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Author (down) Hickson, P. openurl 
  Title Knowledge and action in nursing: a critical approach to the practice worlds of four nurses Type
  Year 1988 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Abstract This thesis provides an interpretive critique of the way in which knowledge is viewed, transmitted and crystallized in the practice worlds experienced by four registered nurses working in acute care hospital settings. The theoretical assumptions of critical social theory underpin both the methodological approach (case study) and the analysis of data. In-depth unstructured interview, a critically reflexive dialogue between the investigator and participant focussed on the practice world experiences of the nurse, was the principle research method. A brief analysis of documentation was also undertaken.It is argued that previous studies related to nursing practice, and to the social worlds of nursing, have been limited by their failure to take account of the socio-political context in which nursing takes place. There has been a tendency to treat the transmission of knowledge in nursing and nursing practice process of information exchange. No account of socially generated constraints on personal and professional agency, or of systematic distortions in communication within the practice setting are therefore given.The analysis of data in this study demonstrates the way in which constraints on personal and professional agency were experienced by each of the four participants. In particular, practice expressing the participant's professional nursing knowledge and values ws often denied in the face of shared understandings reflective of the institutional ideology. These shared understandings included a belief in the legitimacy of medical domination over other social factors and the support of doctor, rather than nurse or patient, centered practices.This study demonstrates that the way that nurses and other social actors come to “know” and interpret their social worlds is dependent on the socio-political contest in which that knowledge in produced. It also shows how this knowledge may be treated ad though it were 'an object'. This tendency to treat existing social relationships and practices as 'natural' hence unchallengeable masks possibilities for transformative action within the practice of nursing.It is argued that a particular form of knowledge is required if nurses are to overcome the types of constraint experienced by these four nurses. This knowledge, emancipatory knowledge, is that developed in the process of shared, socially critical self-reflection rather than solitary, self-critical reflection  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 268 Serial 268  
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Author (down) Herd, C.M.F. openurl 
  Title Is it a dangerous game? Registered nurses' experiences of working with care assistants in a public hospital setting Type
  Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University, Palmerston North, Library  
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  Keywords Registered nurses; Personnel; Interprofessional relations  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1274 Serial 1259  
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Author (down) Hedwig, J.A. openurl 
  Title Midwives: preparation and practice Type
  Year 1990 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 267 Serial 267  
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Author (down) Hardcastle, J. openurl 
  Title What is the potential of distance education for learning and practice development in critical care nursing in the South Island of New Zealand? Type
  Year 2003 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Keywords Intensive care nursing; Nursing; Education  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1116  
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Author (down) Hansen, C. openurl 
  Title Professional practice attributes within public health nursing Type
  Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Keywords Public health; Nursing  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 868 Serial 852  
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Author (down) Hamilton, C. openurl 
  Title Time perspectives in nursing practice Type
  Year 1982 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 263 Serial 263  
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Author (down) Hamilton, C. openurl 
  Title Nursing care delivery Type
  Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Keywords Nursing  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1133 Serial 1118  
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Author (down) Hames, P.V.M. openurl 
  Title Patient advocacy: A concept analysis Type
  Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Keywords Patient rights; Nursing; Nurse-patient relations  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 689 Serial 675  
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Author (down) Griffin, H.M. openurl 
  Title Home sweet home birth: a qualitative study on the perceptions and experiences of home birth Type
  Year 1994 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 262 Serial 262  
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Author (down) Goffe, R. openurl 
  Title Nursing practice in a hospital context: the subjective experience of four female nurses Type
  Year 1988 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 227 Serial 227  
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Author (down) Glick, C.L. openurl 
  Title An independent nurse practitioner in occupational health: is it feasible for New Zealand? Type
  Year 1988 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 260 Serial 260  
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Author (down) Glen, J. openurl 
  Title The having-been-ness and the being-in-the-world of twin survivors Type
  Year 1996 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 259 Serial 259  
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Author (down) Gilmour, J.A. openurl 
  Title On the margins: Nurses and the intermittent care of people with dementia: A discourse analysis Type
  Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University, Palmerston North, Library  
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  Keywords Older people; Dementia; Nursing  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1276 Serial 1261  
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Author (down) Giles, A.L. openurl 
  Title This voice is forever: one woman's experience following total laryngectomy Type
  Year 1997 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal Author, Massey University Library  
  Volume 14 Issue 1 Pages 50-51  
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  Abstract This phenomenological research project focused on one womans experience following total removal of her larynx and aimed to faithfully capture the essential structure of the phenomenon of voice as it emerged for her. For women in particular gaining a new artifical voice following surgery that is considerably lower sounding, plus the large visible opening in the lower neck is psychologically challenging and can be socially isolating. Most literature relating to laryngectomy and rehabilitation comprises quantitative research with limited attention to womens issues. This could be attributed to the small number of women undergoing this surgery. A review of nursing literature revealed minimal research, with none referring specifically to women. Nor were any studies using entirely qualitative methods identified.This research project used a phenomenological approach informed by the work of Michael Crotty, described as within the parameters of mainstream phenomenology. Based on a traditional common core foundation which is critical, holistic and individualistic, mainstream phenomenology requires achieving co-researchership between researcher and participant while exploring phenomena as objects of authentic human experience.The study began with discussing Crottys stepwise method emphasising the activity of bracketing. The co-researcher was then left to ponder or meditate on her experience following bracketing all her prior understandings and ideas, as if this was the first time she had encountered the phenomenon. Three conversations followed which allowed exploration of the co-researchers written statements. The seven interwoven dimensions that emerged represented the essential structure, meaning and essence of 'what voice is for this woman following total laryngectomy  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 371 Serial 371  
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Author (down) Gasquoine, S.E. openurl 
  Title Constant vigilance: the lived experience of mothering a hospitalised child with acute illness or injury Type
  Year 1996 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Abstract This phenomenological study describes the lived experience of mothering a child hospitalised with acute illness or injury. Seven mothers who had experienced this crisis within twelve months of our first interview agreed to share their stories with me. The resulting data were analysed and interpreted using van Manen's interpretation of Heideggerian phenomenology.Four phenomenological themes emerged from this study. Mothers have a special kind of knowing. They have a need to do with and for their child. Handing over to or leaving their child in the care of strangers and waiting for their child to be returned to their care are very difficult things for mothers to do. Their constant vigilance is enabled by their special kind of knowing and their need to do. The difficulty of handing over, leaving and waiting is emphasised by mothers' constant vigilance.Personal experiences during the course of my study presented significant challenges to my ability to offer an effective phenomenological description of the phenomenon under study. Continuous reflection aided by dialogue with fellow phenomenological researchers has resulted in a meaningful narrative.This description of mothering in a context of crisis is useful in the potential contribution it makes to nurses' understanding of mothers' experience of the hospitalisation of their children. It supports the philosophy of family-centered care and highlights the ability of individual nurses to make a positive difference to a very stressful experience  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 168 Serial 168  
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