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Crogan, P. A. (2010). Nurses' perceptions of their role in quality improvement change. Master's thesis, University of Auckland, Auckland.
Abstract: Explores how nurses perceive quality improvement (QI) change, determines what is needed for nursing to further contribute to QI change and identifies the potential disconnect between the two. Undertakes a sequential, mixed-methods approach, using a questionnaire followed by a focus group representing 10 per cent of RNs at Middlemore Hospital.
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Water, T., McCall, E., Britnell, S., Rea, M., Thompson, S., & Mearns, G. (2018). Paediatric nurses' understanding and utilisation. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 34(1). Retrieved June 28, 2024, from www;.nursingpraxis.org
Abstract: Explores how nurses working in a tertiary-level paediatric health-care facility understand research and evidence-based practice. Offers a descriptive, self-reporting, anonymous questionnaire to 600 paediatric nurses, asking both quantitative and qualitative questions on attitudes, knowledge and barriers relating to research and evidence-based practice utilisation. Identifies the barriers to undertaking research/evidence-based practice in paediatric nursing practice.
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Wailling, J. (2016). How healthcare professionals in acute care environments describe patient safety: a case study. Master's thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington. Retrieved June 28, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/6242
Abstract: Explores how patient safety is described from the perspective of clinicians and organisational managers in a NZ acute-care hospital, using embedded case study design. Conducts three interviews with health-care managers and 6 focus groups, comprising 19 doctors and 19 nurses. Develops the theoretical concept of safety capability: the ability to provide safe patient care based on resilient culture, anticipation and vigilance, along a continuum of safety levels.
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D'Souza, N. J. (2017). Cyberbullying at work : exploring understandings and experiences. Doctoral thesis, Massey University, Albany. Retrieved June 28, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10179/12813
Abstract: Explores how workplace cyberbullying is understood and experienced in NZ, with a focus on nursing. Undertakes three-part qualitative, interview-based research to investigate how workplace cyberbullying manifests in nursing. Interviews eight nurses who had experienced bullying. Uncovers the risk of nurses experiencing cyberbullying from external sources such as students, patients, and patient relatives. Posits a multi-factor socio-ecological model as a framework to guide future research.
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Cresswell, P., & Gilmour, J. (2014). The informed consent process in randomised controlled trials : a nurse-led process. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 30(1), 17–28.
Abstract: Explores in depth the clinical research nurse role in the informed consent process using a qualitative descriptive approach. Interviews three clinical research nurses, identifying three themes using a thematic analysis approach. Describes the themes: preparatory partnerships, partnering the participant, and partnership with the project. Suggests that the informed consent process in trials can be a nurse-led one.
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Yeung, P., & Rodgers, V. (2017). Quality of long-term care for older people in residential settings -- perceptions of quality of life and care satisfaction from residents and their family members. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 33(1). Retrieved June 28, 2024, from http://www.nursingpraxis.org
Abstract: Explores long-term care-home residents’ quality of life and their family's satisfaction with the care provided. Uses descriptive and correlational analyses, collecting secondary data from 39 residents of two long-term care facilities with a resident-directed care approach. Asks residents to complete a survey of quality-of-life and overall satisfaction measures, and asks 31 of their family members to complete a survey on care satisfaction provided by the facilities. Presents a number of practical considerations for nursing care staff to improve residents' quality of life and staff-family relationships.
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Kell, A. - M., Gilmour, J., & Wissen, K. van. (2018). Nurses' experiences caring for patients surgically treated for oral cavity cancer. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 34(1). Retrieved June 28, 2024, from www.nursingpraxis.org
Abstract: Explores nurses' experiences of caring for patients who have had surgery for oral cavity cancer in one NZ hospital, involving wound care, tracheostomy management, oral care, ongoing patient education and the provision of emotional support to patients and families. Interviews three registered nurses about the challenges involved in caring for this patient group; their moral conflict over the effects of surgery on the patients; their professional uncertainty, and the emotional effort involved in nursing oral cavity cancer patients. Suggests the need for informal debriefing, grief counselling, clinical supervision, stress management training, and continuing education in this specialised role.
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Hughes, M., Kirk, R., & Dixon, A. (2018). New Zealand nurses' storied experiences of direction and delegation. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 34(3). Retrieved June 28, 2024, from www.nursingpraxis.org
Abstract: Explores nurses' perceptions about their everyday direction and delegation interactions using a narrative inquiry approach. Invites Registered Nurses (RN)and Enrolled Nurses (EN) who hold a practising certificate, are employed in Canterbury, and registered with the Nursing Council, to participate in this research. Presents 8 narratives that highlight the nature of teamwork, the importance of communication, and the need for a delegation relationship.
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O'Bery, S. S. (2020). Registered Nurses experiences, knowledge and practice of kangaroo care for preterm babies in two Neonatal Intensive care units in South Island of New Zealand. Master's thesis, University of Otago, Dunedin. Retrieved June 28, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/10752
Abstract: Explores registered nurses' (RN) experiences, knowledge and practice of kangaroo care (KC) for preterm infants. Highlights factors promoting or hindering the uptake of the practice in two neonatal intensive care units in both the Canterbury and Southland DHBs. Undertakes a qualitative, semi-structured interview-based study with 14 RNs highlighting the use of KC in everyday clinical practice.
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Walker, L., Clendon, J., & Cheung, V. (2016). Family responsibilities of Asian nurses in New Zealand: implications for retention. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 7(1), 4–10.
Abstract: Explores the care-giving responsibilities of Asian NZNO member nurses for both children and elders, and the impact of these on their work, their nursing careers and their intention to remain as nurses in NZ. Takes a mixed-method approach using a group interview of 25 nurses and a survey of 562 nurses. Highlights impacts on nurses, revealing variable access to support, with implications for continuing education, career advancement and retention.
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MacKenzie, M. (2021). Using trans-disciplinary research to explore solutions to 'wicked problems'. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 12(1), 73–76.
Abstract: Explores the challenges and opportunities for enrolled nursing in NZ. Employs trans-disciplinary research (TDR) methodology to approach the question of how enrolled nurses (EN) might become more visible in the health workforce by means of potential innovations arising from collaboration between stakeholders in health-care delivery.
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Wilson, S., & Carryer, J. B. (2008). Emotional competence and nursing education : A New Zealand study. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 24(1 (Mar)), 36–47.
Abstract: Explores the challenges encountered by nurse educators who seek to assess aspects related to emotional competence in nursing students. This emotional competence includes nurses managing their own emotional life along with the skill to relate effectively to the multiple colleagues and agencies that nurses work alongside. The research was designed to explore the views of nurse educators about the challenges they encounter when seeking to assess a student's development of emotional competence during the three year bachelor of nursing degree. Focus groups were used to obtain from educators evidence of feeling and opinion as to how theory and practice environments influence student nurses' development of emotional competence. The process of thematic analysis was utilised and three key themes arose as areas of importance to the participants. These were personal and social competence collectively comprises emotional competence in nursing; emotional competence is a key component of fitness to practise; and transforming caring into practice. The findings of the study indicate a need for definition of what emotional competence is in nursing. It is argued that educators and practicing nurses, who work alongside students, must uphold the expectation that emotional competence is a requisite ability and should themselves be able to role model emotionally competent communication.
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Poffley, C. (2022). Everything matters: Exposing the complexity of stakeholder collaboration in clinical education for undergraduate nursing students. Doctoral thesis, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland. Retrieved June 28, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10292/15603
Abstract: Explores the complexity of values and beliefs along with contextual factors that enable and constrain stakeholder collaboration between student nurses, registered nurses in clinical practice, and academic clinical educators. Gathers data through focus groups and individual interviews to identify how and when collaboration among the stakeholders occurs.
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Winters, R., & Neville, S. (2012). Registered nurse perspectives on delayed or missed nursing cares in a New Zealand hospital. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 28(1), 19–28.
Abstract: Explores the concept of 'missed care' using a qualitative descriptive approach. Interviews 5 registered nurses within a NZ hospital about fluctuations in nursing-skill mix and staffing levels, inconsistent availability of equipment and supplies, and higher patient acuity. Identifies two main categories of missed care and nurses' resulting moral distress
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Stodart, J. (2017). Infection prevention and control clinical governance in New Zealand District Health Boards. Master's thesis, University of Otago, Dunedin.
Abstract: Explores the current climate of infection prevention control (IPC) clinical governance in NZ. Audits IPC management plans in NZ District Health Boards (DHB) to evaluate which clinical governance factors facilitate or hinder IPC best practice. Employs a mixed-method, exploratory, qualitative study design to conduct semi-structured interviews with ten IPC nurses across NZ. Seeks to understand their perceptions of the IPC Standard, how it is implemented in their DHB, how the IPC risks are managed, and which barriers hinder IPC engagement. Analyses IPC documentation from all 20 DHBs to examine IPC clinical governance in each DHB.
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