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Day, W. |
| Title |
Women and cardiac rehabilitation: A review of the literature |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Contemporary Nurse |
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| Volume |
16 |
Issue |
1-2 |
Pages |
92-101 |
| Keywords |
Cardiovascular diseases; Gender; Nursing; Research |
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This literature review explores some of the issues related to women's experience of cardiac rehabilitation and demonstrates that women's experience may be different to that of men. Much of the research related to coronary heart disease (CHD) has been performed using either exclusively male populations or such small numbers of women that the results from the women studied were unable to be analysed independently. The author advocates that nurses working within this area of practice require an understanding of women's experience of recovery from a heart attack in order to better meet their needs. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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879 |
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| Author |
Warren, S. |
| Title |
Cultural safety, where does it fit? A literature review |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Vision: A Journal of Nursing |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
8 |
Issue |
14 |
Pages |
27-30 |
| Keywords |
Cultural safety; Cross-cultural comparison; History of nursing |
| Abstract |
This literature review discusses the history of the inclusion of culture into nursing studies. There is a small sample of overseas literature for critique with a focus on the inclusion of cultural safety in New Zealand. The concept of cultural safety was first introduced into New Zealand in the late 1980s. It was adopted by the New Zealand Nursing Council for nurses and midwives in 1992 and became part of the basic curriculum for nursing and midwifery education. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1095 |
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1080 |
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| Author |
Wilson, L.J. |
| Title |
Futurist planning, not a shortage stopgap: Recruitment and retention of registered nurses in New Zealand |
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2001 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Pages |
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| Keywords |
Recruitment and retention; Registered nurses; Policy; Careers in nursing |
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This literature review critically examines contributing factors to the current nursing shortage in New Zealand, centering on recruitment and retention of registered nurses. There is a dramatic widening between the supply of registered nurses and the demand for their services. All regions in New Zealand are reporting difficulty in hiring experienced and specialty nurses, and recruiting time is lengthening. This report suggests that the shortage is closely linked to factors in the nursing care environment. As a result of multiple factors during the centralising, cost-containing, acuity-increasing decade of the 1990s, the care environment has driven practising nurses out of acute care settings and discouraged new students from entering the profession. The availability of numerous alternative career opportunities has heightened the effect. Continuing causes to the non-selection of nursing as a profession are the influences of wage compression and limited career progression over the lifetime of the nurse, and insufficient orientation and mentoring of new nurses. Recent changes in the health care system have gone unevaluated and without oversight by nursing regulatory agencies – a situation not in the best interests of patients or nurses. A number of both literature-supported and resourceful approaches, including recommendations towards addressing the nursing shortage are proposed in this review. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1258 |
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Perry, J.(see also C.) |
| Title |
Transition from student to graduate: phase 3, interviews with first year comprehensive graduates (Cohort 1986) |
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Miscellaneous |
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This is the third and last phase of a research project following the careers of 30 of the (1986) cohort of Comprehensive Nursing Graduates. The report consists of interview extracts which allow these graduates to 'speak for themselves' about their post registration experience in the nursing workforce. This information should be of interest to those responsible for providing orientation and staff development programs |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 143 |
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143 |
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Litchfield, M. |
| Title |
A framework of complementary models of nursing practice: A study of nursing roles and practice for a new era of healthcare provision in New Zealand |
Type |
Report |
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2001 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Online on the Ministry of Health's Centre for Rural Health pages |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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| Keywords |
Nursing models; Rural nursing; Policy; Scope of practice |
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This is the second of a series of research projects undertaken to present the contemporary picture of the nurse workforce and their work in rural settings to inform policy for development of rural healthcare. The document presents the findings of telephone interviews with nurses in different work rural work settings around the country discussing their practice. The analysis identified a framework of four models of nursing practice: two traditional models defined by the institutions employing nurses, and two emerging models defined by the new positions requiring nurses to respond directly to health need. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1176 |
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| Author |
Litchfield, M. |
| Title |
The successful design and delivery of rural health services: The meaning of success |
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Report |
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2002 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Online on the Ministry of Health's Centre for Rural Health pages |
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Evaluation; Rural health services; Primary health care |
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This is the report of the analysis of data from an in-depth survey designed by Sue Dawson, previously Rural Health Researcher in the Centre for Rural Health, and follow-up interviews. The study purpose was to construct a definition of “successful design and delivery of rural health services” as a step towards a measurement tool. Participants were grouped as general practitioners, nurses and community representatives. A format for a participatory approach to evaluation of rural health services is derived from the criteria of success identified, with its relevance for the implementation of the new Government primary health care strategy explicit. This format provided the basis for a subsequent evaluation case study undertaken in a small rural forestry township by the Centre for Rural Health. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1177 |
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| Author |
Howie, L. |
| Title |
Contextualised nursing practice |
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Book Chapter |
| Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Jean Ross (Ed.), Rural nursing: Aspects of practice (pp. 33-49) |
Abbreviated Journal |
Ministry of Health publications page |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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| Keywords |
Rural nursing; Nursing models; Nursing research |
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This is the first of three chapters that describe nursing practice. The author presents the Rural Framework Wheel to elaborate aspects of the rural context. The Framework comprises four systems which describe aspects of rurality; being are socio-cultural, occupational, ecological, and health. These systems each comprise of subsystems, which provide a detailed analysis of the way nursing practice is particular in diverse rural settings. The Framework is presented as a work in progress, and is grounded in international nursing literature. It highlights rural nursing as a unique and challenging field, with the dominant themes of partnership and nursing emerging as underpinning the practice when nurses live and work in small, sometimes isolated communities. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 766 |
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750 |
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| Author |
Hall, L. |
| Title |
Burnout: Results of an empirical study of New Zealand nurses |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2001 |
Publication |
Contemporary Nurse |
Abbreviated Journal |
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11 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
71-83 |
| Keywords |
Occupational health and safety; Stress; Nursing |
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This is the first New Zealand study to use the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the Phase Model of Burnout to determine the extent and severity of burnout in a population of 1134 nurses. Burnout is conceptualised as a syndrome consisting of three components-emotional exhaustion, reduced personal accomplishment and depersonalisation of clients or patients that occurs in individuals who work in the human service professions, particularly nursing. It has been observed that nurses are at a high risk of burnout and burnout has been described as the 'professional cancer' of nursing. Results revealed an overall 'low to average' level of burnout, suggesting that New Zealand nurses, apart from those in the 41-45 age group, are doing better than expected insofar as they are managing to avoid or not progress to the advanced phases of burnout. Possible explanations and directions for future research are presented. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1117 |
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1102 |
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Mote, J.A. |
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Quilting conversations: a reflective account of women growing up on the West Coast and going nursing in the 1930's and 1940's |
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1998 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Victoria University of Wellington Library, Grey Ba |
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This is an oral herstory of two West Coast Women in conversation with a contemporary, and all are nurses. The conversations are presented as whole patterns which are quilted together to form a story within a story. I have woven in my story, with the commonality of being a nurse and having lived on the West Coast for five years.Until the 1960s, women on the West Coast had had very little written about their lives and the nursing records on the Coast were very limited, even in the 1990s. The women in this study conveyed the childhood memories and the nursing days, as they reflected on a training that was strictly disciplined, hierarchical in a hospital based apprentice system.The opportunity to do this project has enabled me to explore some of the aspects of the lives of women on the West Coast, particularly through the eyes of two wonderful women. Their contribution has been particularly valuable, in that they were able to convey how it was for them as children, and also the experiences of their mother and other women. Both were nurses who trained at Grey River Hospital between 1933 and 1946, and they were able to recall their nursing days on the Coast and make a contribution to West Coast history.It has enabled me to rediscover my own nursing story and to gain insight into the conversations that will inspire my nursing, and enable me to hand on stories to other nurses. This thesis will also be of interest to nurses of the future, reflecting on the past and experiencing how it was then |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 172 |
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172 |
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| Author |
Tuffnell, C. |
| Title |
Giving patient lifting a lift |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
1987 |
Publication |
New Zealand Nursing Journal |
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80 |
Issue |
4 |
Pages |
10-12 |
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This is an action study where 298 patient lifts were observed and analysed according to environmental patient and nurse activity factors, frequency of different types of lifts were also recorded and Nursing lifting loads estimated. Findings showed lack of planning in preparation for lifts, a tendency for Nurses to perform lifts without help and lifting loads and lift types which put Nurses at increased risk of injury. Suggestions are made for giving patient lifting a lift. These require action at individual nurse and organisational levels |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 58 |
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58 |
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Walton, J.A. |
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The night-time experience of elderly hospitalized adults and the nurses who care for them |
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1989 |
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Massey University Library |
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This is a report of a study into the night-time experience of elderly hospitilised adults and the nurses who care for them. A grounded theory approach was used for the analysis of data and subsequent generation of a theoretical description an partial explanation of patient experiences, nursing actions and nurse-patient interactions.Data were gathered through observation, interview, document audit and literature review; tow general medical wards in a large regional hospital were the focus of field methods of data collection.It is argued that the night-time experiences of elderly hospitalized adults are to a large degree dependent on the individual patterns of sleep and waking behaviour of these people in their normal environments. If individualised care is given, nurses must be aware of people's usual patterns of behaviour.Nurses working at night engage in a series of complex decision sin the course of their interaction with patients. They work under constraints not present during the daytime, and are highly dependent on co-operation from colleagues on other shifts for information which would enable them to deliver optimum care at night. At the same time, night nurses have access to information from and about patients which would be invaluable to a total assessment of any patient's health state.Considerations of sleep and sleep are relevant to nurses working all shifts. The findings of the study have implications in terms of nurses' knowledge of all aspects of sleep; assessment practices; nurse-patient and nurse-nurse communication; nurse-patient relationships at night; wars management; and the independence of nurses |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 179 |
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179 |
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Dodd, J.E.L. |
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Individual privacy and the public good of health research |
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1995 |
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This is a piece of philosophy research and covers the following matters; the nature of privacy, Why it is morally significant, nature of health research, the privacy issues in health research and finally some suggestions as to ways privacy in health research may be preserved |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 305 |
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305 |
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Robertson-Green, B. |
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Enabling choice, public health nurses' perceptions of their work with children and their families |
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1993 |
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Massey University Library |
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This is a grounded theory study which looked at the perceptions of public health nurses regarding their work. This study focuses on their work with children within the context of their families and their communities |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 189 |
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189 |
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Crowe, M.; Ward, N.; Dunnachie, B.; Roberts, M.H. |
| Title |
Characteristics of adolescent depression |
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Journal Article |
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2006 |
Publication |
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing |
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15 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
10-18 |
| Keywords |
Psychiatric Nursing; Mental health; Adolescents |
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This is a descriptive study of the characteristics of depression in a sample of 121 adolescents attending an outpatient specialist adolescent mental health service in New Zealand. The adolescents were required to complete two self-report measures to assess presence of depressive symptoms, severity of depression, and particular characteristics of the depression. The findings revealed that irritability was the most common characteristic along with other interpersonal and thought processing symptoms. It is important that mental health nurses are able to identify the specific characteristics of adolescent depression that may differ from adult depression in order to manage this patient population effectively. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1065 |
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1050 |
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Scott, W. |
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Listen to the beat of my heart: The lived experience of panic attack in undergraduate nursing students: An interpretive inquiry |
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2006 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Psychology; Students; Nursing; Midwifery |
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This interpretive inquiry explores the lived experience of 3 undergraduate nursing students and one midwifery student who have panic attacks. The aim of the research is to give voice to these students and to raise awareness among nurse educators about the impact that panic attacks may have for them. The research question asks, “what is the lived experience of panic attack in undergraduate nursing students?” A semi structured interview was conducted with each student in order to gain significant data. The research identified four key themes implicit to the lived experience of panic attack analysis: Listen to the beat of my heart (embodiedness), fearfulness, shamefulness, and holding one's own (coping). The findings suggest that the lived experience of panic attack is embedded in the lifeworld of lived body, lived time, lived relation, and lived space. Panic attack affects students physically and emotionally and interpersonally. The significant finding is that nurse educators need be aware of the coping or non-coping strategies used by students and, most importantly, recognise the impact that panic attacks have on their study. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 735 |
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721 |
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