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Author (up) Meldrum, L.B.B. openurl 
  Title Navigating the final journey: Dying in residential aged care in Aotearoa New Zealand Type
  Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Palliative care; Older people; Rest homes  
  Abstract New Zealand statistics project that the aging population of people aged 65 years and over will more than double in the next decade. This has implications for palliative care providers including hospices and hospitals because long-term inpatient care is not generally provided by hospitals and hospices. When dying patients need long-term care, residential settings become an option. The level of palliative care in these facilities is dependent on staff training and numbers. In general, staff are not trained in palliative care, neither do they provide the multidisciplinary facets that define palliative care as undertaken by hospices. This paper describes a practice development initiative using storytelling as the vehicle for introducing the concept of the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) for the dying patient into residential aged care settings. With the emergence of a reflective paradigm in nursing the concept of storytelling as a teaching/learning tool has grown. Many staff in residential care settings come from diverse ethnic backgrounds where for some, English is their second language. Storytelling therefore can be a useful approach for learning because it can increase their communication skills. The author suggests that the Liverpool Care Pathway for the dying patient is a model that can be translated across care settings, hospice, hospital, and community. It can demonstrate a framework that facilitates multiprofessional communication and documentation and embraces local needs, culture and language to empower health care workers to deliver high quality care to dying patients and their family/whanau and carers. This paper also explores the role of a facilitator as an agent of change and discusses how the interplay of evidence, context and facilitation can result in the successful implementation of the LCP into residential aged care settings.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 683  
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Author (up) Mercer, C. url  openurl
  Title Interpreting the phenomenology of out-of-town hospitalisation using a Heideggerian framework Type Journal Article
  Year 2003 Publication Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal Available online from Eastern Institute of Technology  
  Volume 11 Issue 17 Pages 20-25  
  Keywords Nursing research; Patient satisfaction  
  Abstract This article is presented in two parts. In the first, an outline of Heidegger's approach to phenomenology is offered. A basic premise of hermeneutic phenomenology is that people make sense of the world through the narratives they tell to themselves and to others. When the researcher uses this philosophical approach, persons communicate their experiences; the researcher interprets the experience and communicates that understanding in writing. In the second part of the paper, the experiences of four people whose partners were hospitalised out of town is described.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1318 Serial 1302  
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Author (up) Messervy, L. openurl 
  Title The rise of the independent nurse practitioner: a comparative study of independent nurse practitioners and nurses in traditional work places Type
  Year 1993 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland Library  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 298 Serial 298  
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Author (up) Meza, Jeanette; Kushner, Bernie openurl 
  Title An exploration of autonomy and independence among community Type Journal Article
  Year 2017 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 33 Issue 2 Pages 20-28  
  Keywords Older adults; Independence; Ageing  
  Abstract Conducts interviews with five adults, aged 85 or over, to discover how they expressed and negotiated independence and autonomy in their daily lives, and when in contact with the health-care system. Aims to provide health-care professionals with information regarding independence, autonomy and decision-making when caring for older adults. Groups the findings into three themes: independence, past and present; autonomy and decision-making; and health. Provides evidence of older adults living self-determined lives.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1534  
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Author (up) Miles, Aimee; Lesa, Raewyn; Ritchie, Lorraine openurl 
  Title Nurses' experiences of providing care in an environment with decentralised nursing stations Type Journal Article
  Year 2021 Publication Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 12 Issue 1 Pages 25-31  
  Keywords Decentralised nursing stations; Pod nursing; Hospital design; Collegiality  
  Abstract Evaluates nurses' experiences of working in decentralised work stations in NZ hospital wards, in order to explore the interesection between the physical environment and nursing care. Backgrounds the shift away from centralised nursing stations to satellite work stations within wards. Identifies the unintended challenges of the design for nurses. Conducts two focus groups of 7 nurses each about the benefits and disadvantages of such nursing stations.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1715  
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Author (up) Miles, M.A.P. openurl 
  Title A critical analysis of the relationships between nursing, medicine and the government in New Zealand 1984-2001 Type
  Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Policy; Nursing  
  Abstract This thesis concerns an investigation of the tripartite arrangements between the government, the nursing and the medical sectors in New Zealand over the period 1984 to 2001 with a particular focus on primary health care. The start point is the commencement of the health reforms instituted by the Fourth New Zealand Labour Government of 1984. The thesis falls within a framework of critical inquiry, specifically, the methodology of depth hermeneutics (Thompson, 1990), a development of critical theory. The effects of political and economic policies and the methodologies of neo-liberal market reform are examined together with the concept of collaboration as an ideological symbolic form, typical of enterprise culture. The limitations of economic models such as public choice theory, agency theory and managerialism are examined from the point of view of government strategies and their effects on the relationships between the nursing and medical professions. The influence of American health care policies and their partial introduction into primary health care in New Zealand is traversed in some detail, together with the experiences of health reform in several other countries. Post election 1999, the thesis considers the effect of change of political direction consequent upon the election of a Labour Coalition government and concludes that the removal of the neo-liberal ethic by Labour may terminate entrepreneurial opportunities in the nursing profession. The thesis considers the effects of a change to Third Way political direction on national health care policy and on the medical and nursing professions. The data is derived from various texts and transcripts of interviews with 12 health professionals and health commentators. The histories and current relationships between the nursing and medical professions are examined in relation to their claims to be scientific discourses and it is argued that the issue of lack of recognition as a scientific discourse is at the root of nursing's perceived inferiority to medicine. This is further expanded in a discussion at the end of the thesis where the structure of the two professions is compared and critiqued. A conclusion is drawn that a potential for action exists to remedy the deficient structure of nursing. The thesis argues that this is the major issue which maintains nursing in the primary sector in a perceived position of inferiority to medicine. The thesis also concludes that the role of government in this triangular relationship is one of manipulation to bring about necessary fundamental change in the delivery of health services at the lowest possible cost without materially strengthening the autonomy of the nursing or the medical professions.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 596 Serial 582  
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Author (up) Miles, M.A.P. openurl 
  Title A critical analysis of the relationships between nursing, medicine and the government in New Zealand 1984-2001 Type
  Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library, University of Otago Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Primary health care; Interprofessional relations; Policy  
  Abstract This thesis concerns an investigation of the tripartite arrangements between the government, the nursing and the medical sectors in New Zealand over the period 1984 to 2001 with a particular focus on primary health care. The start point is the commencement of the health reforms instituted by the Fourth New Zealand Labour Government of 1984. The thesis falls within a framework of critical inquiry, specifically, the methodology of depth hermeneutics (Thompson, 1990), a development of critical theory. The effects of political and economic policies and the methodologies of neo-liberal market reform are examined together with the concept of collaboration as an ideological symbolic form, typical of enterprise culture. The limitations of economic models such as public choice theory, agency theory and managerialism are examined from the point of view of government strategies and their effects on the relationships between the nursing and medical professions. The influence of American health care policies and their partial introduction into primary health care in New Zealand is traversed in some detail, together with the experiences of health reform in several other countries. Post election 1999, the thesis considers the effect of change of political direction consequent upon the election of a Labour Coalition government and concludes that the removal of the neo-liberal ethic by Labour may terminate entrepreneurial opportunities in the nursing profession. The thesis considers the effects of a change to Third Way political direction on national health care policy and on the medical and nursing professions. The data is derived from various texts and transcripts of interviews with 12 health professionals and health commentators. The histories and current relationships between the nursing and medical professions are examined in relation to their claims to be scientific discourses and it is argued that the issue of lack of recognition as a scientific discourse is at the root of nursing's perceived inferiority to medicine. This is further expanded in a discussion at the end of the thesis where the structure of the two professions is compared and critiqued. A conclusion is drawn that a potential for action exists to remedy the deficient structure of nursing. The thesis argues that this is the major issue which maintains nursing in the primary sector in a perceived position of inferiority to medicine. The thesis also concludes that the role of government in this triangular relationship is one of manipulation to bring about necessary fundamental change in the delivery of health services at the lowest possible cost without materially strengthening the autonomy of the nursing or the medical professions.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1146 Serial 1131  
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Author (up) Miles, M.A.P. openurl 
  Title Why they leave: a Heideggerian hermeneutic study of the reasons why ten registered nurses left nursing practice to enter the professions of medicine or law Type
  Year 1997 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library, Bill Robertson Library  
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  Abstract The purpose of the study was to research the reasons for the dissatisfaction experienced by ten professional nurse-practitioners who chose to leave nursing to join the professions of law or medicine. The mnotivation for professional nurses to chose entry to these particular professions may in some way throw light upon the difficulties being experienced in attempts to bring about changes of an emancipatory nature in the nursing profession (Habermas, 1974). The approach for the study is hermeneutic phenomenology (Gadamer, 1975 – ; Heidegger, 1962)  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 148 Serial 148  
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Author (up) Miller, Jodi Shirlene url  openurl
  Title Workplace learning: exploring the context and culture in New Zealand Type Book Whole
  Year 2013 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 234 p.  
  Keywords Workplace learning; Post-registration education; Postgraduate education; Professional development; Learning culture; Critical reflection; Mentoring  
  Abstract Explores the rationale underpinning the development of education programmes within urban district hospitals throughout the country, and ascertains how these workplaces develop education programmes, given that the majority of nurses in New Zealand have identified that they prefer to participate in workplace-based professional development. Cites a clear requirement to foster learning during a nurse's development post-registration, while considering how prepared nurse educators were to fulfil their roles as lifelong learning facilitators and mentors. Utilises the perspective of nurse educators employed in District Health Boards (DHBs) geographically isolated from universities providing post-registration learning.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1566  
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Author (up) Miller, N.R. openurl 
  Title The problems experienced by graduates of student based comprehensive nursing programs as they provide nursing care in general hospitals Type
  Year 1978 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland Library  
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  Abstract When professionals are employed in bureaucratic organisations they can expect to experience incongruence between their professional role conception and the bureaucratic demands of the organisation which lead to their experiencing role deprivation. Students of comprehensive Nursing programs during their preparation are socialised into a role consistent with their professional group when employed in Hospitals, are subjected to its bureaucratic administrative structure This study examines problems experienced by graduates of these programs, the way they cope with these problems and the extent of their role deprivation, 6 months after commencing employment in General hospitals. The result obtained by questionnaire and interview indicate the main problems are related to the provision of nursing Care, the organisation of Hospital and Communication. These problems prevent graduates from functioning as professional Nurses. Almost half considered they have been successful in resolving them. All graduates experienced a considerable magnitude of role deprivation. there are implications both for agencies and for those preparing Comprehensive Nurses  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 120 Serial 120  
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Author (up) Milligan, K. openurl 
  Title Aesthetic knowledge and the use of arts in nursing Type Journal Article
  Year 2002 Publication Beginning Journeys: A Collection of Work Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 7 Issue Pages 9-14  
  Keywords Nursing philosophy; Nursing; Education; Teaching methods  
  Abstract The author considers aesthetic knowing and the use of the arts in nursing. She identifies concepts that pertain to the art of nursing. The interrelationship of the moral sense and the art of nursing is explored. The author concludes that the mediums of non-fiction, fiction and poetry can provide valuable contributions to the aesthetic way of knowing in nursing education, practice and research.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1094  
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Author (up) Milligan, K.; Neville, S.J. openurl 
  Title The contextualisation of health assessment Type Journal Article
  Year 2003 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 19 Issue 1 Pages 23-31  
  Keywords Cross-cultural comparison; Evaluation; Nursing  
  Abstract The authors defines health assessment and argue that it is a tool nurses should be using as a means of improving health outcomes for clients. The skills involved in health assessments are analysed, and four levels of data gathering are identified. The authors present an historical perspective, tracing the development of these skills as they have been incorporated in nursing practice in North America and Australia.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1095  
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Author (up) Milligan, K.; Neville, S.J. openurl 
  Title Health assessment and its relationship to nursing practice in New Zealand Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Contemporary Nurse Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 10 Issue 1/2 Pages 7-11  
  Keywords Nursing; Education; Professional competence; Nurse practitioners; Cross-cultural comparison  
  Abstract This article draws on Australian experience to gain insight to three specific areas of health assessment that are topical in New Zealand, which has recently introduced the concept into nursing training. The issues are annual registration based on evidence of competence to practice, a review of undergraduate curricula, and the development of nurse practitioner/advanced nurse practitioner roles. The meaning of the concept 'health assessment' is also clarified in order to provide consistency as new initiatives in nursing are currently being developed.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1090  
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Author (up) Minchin, I. openurl 
  Title Advanced nursing in the operating theatre: The New Zealand perspective Type Journal Article
  Year 2004 Publication Dissector Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 32 Issue 2 Pages 30-35  
  Keywords Operating theatre; Nursing specialties  
  Abstract This article presents a literature review of current research on perioperative nursing. Research studies are summarised. Overall findings include that there is a lack of exposure to perioperative nursing in undergraduate level, that expert nurses in the operating theatre make a positive economic and social contribution to patient outcomes, and there are barriers to registered nurses expanding their role in operating theatres.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1072 Serial 1057  
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Author (up) Minto, R. openurl 
  Title The future of practice nursing Type Journal Article
  Year 2006 Publication New Zealand Family Physician Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 33 Issue 3 Pages 169-172  
  Keywords Primary health care; Interprofessional relations; Professional development; Physicians; Practice nurses  
  Abstract The author describes and discusses the main barriers to practice nurses achieving their potential as a profession. She identifies key obstacles as the funding model, GP attitudes and the current employment model. Shared governance, the development of a patient-centred services, and new employment models are proposed as the basis of a new model of primary care delivery.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 537 Serial 523  
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