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Author (up) Niven, E.
Title Editorial: Even a small study can make a big difference Type Journal Article
Year 2013 Publication Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal via NZNO library
Volume 4 Issue 1 Pages 3
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Abstract One of the challenges for research journals is to present material that is directly related to practice and that has the capacity to provoke reflection in practitioners that may in turn lead to change.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1387
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Author (up) Noble-Adams, R.
Title Being and becoming an exemplary nurse: An authentic journey Type
Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Nursing philosophy; Nursing; Education
Abstract The aims of this study were to illuminate the joint constructions of exemplary nurses and their lived experiences of being and becoming one. Inherent in being 'exemplary' was the notion of 'becoming', which involved the integration of knowledge and experiences through reflecting on the day-to-day of 'being a nurse'. Being exemplary was not about perfection but learning from every experience and integrating these into becoming. The author developed a creative qualitative and participatory method. Ten exemplary nurses were recruited and interviewed three times. They also provided supplementary data such as photos, poetry and writings. Analysis occurred through first and second level categorising and the use of writing as method. Writing became a way of knowing – assisting discovery and allowing reflection on the data in order to connect the categories and themes together in a coherent and workable whole. The author reports that the above method led to the following emergent findings. The pivotal construct was Authentic Being, through living a reflective life, surrounded by the major constructs of Love of Nursing, Making a Difference, Critical Friends, Walking the Talk and Backpack patients. These constructs directed a specific and comprehensive review of both the philosophical and nursing literature. This review was not used to expand or enlarge the findings but to enlighten, illuminate and clarify. Significant philosophical ideas were extended, developed and synthesised with the findings. The author suggests that the new knowledge that emerged from this research has profound implications for everyday nursing practice, undergraduate and post graduate nursing education, and for Charge Nurses and Senior Nurses, who are of vital importance as role models, mentors and critical friends. The results are significant and are important for nurses and the nursing profession and contribute to, and advance, nursing knowledge.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 729
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Author (up) Noble-Adams, R.
Title 'Exemplary' nurses: An exploration of the phenomenon Type Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 17 Issue 1 Pages 24-33
Keywords Nurse-patient relations; Nursing; Professional competence
Abstract This paper examines the phenomenon of exemplary nursing. It includes a literature review to identify the characteristics of good nurses. These include particular personality traits, altruism, caring, expert practice, vocation, commitment and attitude. Aspects of the nurse-patient relationship with such nurses is described.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 640 Serial 626
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Author (up) Noble-Adams, Rae
Title Cancer Connect New Zealand : description and retrospective audit Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 28 Issue 3 Pages 24-34
Keywords Retrospective audit; Cancer Connect NZ; Cancer Society of NZ; Trained peer support volunteer
Abstract Retrospectively audits the Cancer Connect New Zealand (CCNZ)service to review, assess and describe 156 paper records of CCNZ matches made between July 2008-July 2009. Records baseline demographic data of those using and providing the CCNZ service.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1478
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Author (up) Nolan, M.; Featherston, J.; Nolan, J.
Title Palliative care: Palliative care philosophy in care homes: Lessons from New Zealand Type Journal Article
Year 2003 Publication British Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume 12 Issue 16 Pages 974-979
Keywords Palliative care; Attitude of health personnel
Abstract Drawing on data from a large convenience sample of caregivers in New Zealand, this article argues for a reappraisal of the way in which care homes view death and dying and advocates the more widespread adoption of a palliative care philosophy. Increasing numbers of people are dying in care homes yet little is known about the nature and quality of their deaths. The limited research available suggests that there is a need to promote a philosophy of palliative care that is not confined to the terminal phase of life. However, adopting such an approach appears to be inhibited by a lack of understanding, education and training, as well as continuing reluctance to discuss issues of death and dying in an open and honest way.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1081 Serial 1066
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Author (up) Norris, Katrina A.
Title A position in the making: A Bourdieusian analysis of how RN prescribing influences collaborative team practice in New Zealand Type Book Whole
Year 2022 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 174 p.
Keywords Bourdieusian analysis; RN prescribing; Primary health care nursing; Collaborative interprofessional practice
Abstract Examines designated registered nurse (RN) prescribing among community health nurses. Aims to understand how RN prescribers interact with other members of the health care team and to identify the social processes at play. Employs Bourdieu's 'Theory of Practice' to explore health care teams as competitive social spaces where health professionals vie to establish social position and authority. Recruits three health care teams representing primary health and specialty practice for interviews and observation. Highlights three themes from the data: social topography, working with an RN prescriber; and patterns of communication.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1842
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Author (up) North, N.
Title International nurse migration: Impacts on New Zealand Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice Abbreviated Journal
Volume 8 Issue 3 Pages 220-228
Keywords Recruitment and retention; Registered nurses
Abstract Nurse migration flows in and out of New Zealand are examined to determine impacts and regional contexts. A descriptive statistics method was used to analyse secondary data on nurses added to the register, New Zealand nurse qualifications verified by overseas authorities, nursing workforce data, and census data. It found that international movement of nurses was minimal during the 1990s, but from 2001 a sharp jump in the verification of locally registered nurses by overseas authorities coincided with an equivalent increase in international registered nurses added to the local nursing register. This pattern has been sustained to the present. Movement of local registered nurses to Australia is expedited by the Trans-Tasman Agreement, whereas entry of international registered nurses to New Zealand is facilitated by nursing being an identified “priority occupation”. The author concludes that future research needs to consider health system and nurse workforce contexts and take a regional perspective on migration patterns.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 711
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Author (up) North, N.
Title Compliance from the perspective of tuberculosis patients Type
Year 1983 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 283 Serial 283
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Author (up) North, N.; Rasmussen, E.; Hughes, F.; Finlayson, M.
Title Turnover amongst nurses in New Zealand's district health boards: A national survey of nursing turnover and turnover costs Type Journal Article
Year 2005 Publication New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations Abbreviated Journal
Volume 30 Issue 1 Pages 49-62
Keywords Recruitment and retention; Nursing; Economics; Cross-cultural comparison
Abstract This article reports on the New Zealand part of an international study, using agreed study design and instruments, to determine the direct and indirect costs of nursing turnover. These costs also include the systemic costs, estimated by determining the impacts of turnover on patient and nurse outcomes. It presents the findings from the pilot study conducted in six countries to test the availability of costs and suitability of the instrument. Reports the results from a survey of directors of nursing in 20 of the 21 district health boards on turnover and workplace practices.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 533
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Author (up) Norton, V.
Title Don't wait until we are struggling: what patients and family caregivers tell us about using a syringe driver Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal
Volume 5 Issue 1 Pages 12-16
Keywords Patients and family caregiver; Syringe driver; Palliative care; Symptom management
Abstract Undertakes a study to ascertain the experiences, perceptions and assumptions of patients and their family caregiver(s) about the use of a syringe driver in palliative care. Enrols hospice cancer patients who use syringe drivers to provide continuous delivery of drugs. Conducts interviews with 27 individuals: 12 patient/family caregiver pairs, and 3 caregivers. Uses thematic analysis to apply codes to data to reveal shared versus unique experiences.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1399
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Author (up) Novak, L.
Title Post-operative pain and coping strategies Type Journal Article
Year 1988 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 4 Issue 1 Pages 25-27
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Abstract Post-operative pain is often managed by nurses administering prescribed analgesia four hourly. In contrast to previous studies, the present study is focused on the person experiencing the pain. Five women who were undergoing abdominal hysterectomy agreed to participate in an exploratory study that looked at their pain experience and the coping strategies used
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 354 Serial 354
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Author (up) O'Bery, Scholastica Sussanah
Title Registered Nurses experiences, knowledge and practice of kangaroo care for preterm babies in two Neonatal Intensive care units in South Island of New Zealand Type Book Whole
Year 2020 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 161 p.
Keywords Kangaroo care; Premature infants; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Surveys
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.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1764
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Author (up) O'Brien, A.J.
Title The therapeutic relationship: Historical development and contemporary significance Type Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume 8 Issue 2 Pages 129-137
Keywords Psychiatric Nursing; Nursing models; History of nursing; Nurse-patient relations
Abstract This article examines the therapeutic relationship, a concept held by many to be fundamental to the identity of mental health nurses. While the therapeutic relationship was given formal expression in nursing theory in the middle of the last century, its origins can be traced to attendants' interpersonal practices in the asylum era. The dominance of medical understandings of mental distress, and the working-class status of asylum attendants, prevented the development of an account of mental health nursing based on attendants' relationships with asylum inmates. It was left to Peplau and other nursing theorists to describe mental health nursing as a therapeutic relationship in the 1940s and later. Some distinctive features of colonial life in New Zealand suggest that the ideal of the attendant as the embodiment of bourgeoisie values seems particularly unlikely to have been realised in the New Zealand context. However, New Zealand literature from the 20th century shows that the therapeutic relationship, as part of a general development of a therapeutic discourse, came to assume a central place in conceptualisations of mental health nursing. While the therapeutic relationship is not by itself a sufficient basis for professional continuity, it continues to play a fundamental role in mental health nurses' professional identity. The way in which the therapeutic relationship is articulated in the future will determine the meaning of the therapeutic relationship for future generations of mental health nurses.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1088
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Author (up) O'Brien, A.J.
Title The therapeutic relationship: Perceptions of mental health nurses Type
Year 2000 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Psychiatric Nursing; Mental health; Nurse-patient relations
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 914 Serial 898
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Author (up) O'Brien, A.J.
Title Negotiating the relationship: mental health nurses' perception of their practice Type
Year 1998 Publication Australian & New Zealand Journal of Mental Health Nursing Abbreviated Journal Author
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Abstract This exploratory descriptive study used focus groups to investigate experienced mental health nurses' perceptions of expertise in relation to their practice. Two focus group discussions were conducted, one compiling 4 nurses working in in-patient care, and the other with 5 nurses working in community care. The nurse-patient relationship was the central theme for both groups. Three sub-themes were identified and are discussed. They are: involvement, individualising care & minimising visibility. The significance of these themes for the articulation of mental health nursing practice is discussed
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 362 Serial 362
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