toggle visibility Search & Display Options

Select All    Deselect All
 |   | 
Details
   print
  Records Links
Author (down) O'Brien, A.P.; O'Brien, A.J.; Hardy, D.J.; Morrison-Ngatai, E.; Gaskin, C.J.; Boddy, J.M.; McNulty, N.; Ryan, T.; Skews, G. openurl 
  Title The New Zealand development and trial of mental health nursing clinical indicators: A bicultural study Type Journal Article
  Year 2003 Publication International Journal of Nursing Studies Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 40 Issue 8 Pages 853-861  
  Keywords Biculturalism; Psychiatric Nursing; Professional competence; Evaluation  
  Abstract This paper describes the development and validation of bicultural clinical indicators that measure achievement of mental health nursing practice standards in New Zealand (ANZMCHN, 1995, Standards of practice for mental health nursing in New Zealand). A four-stage research design was utilised including focus groups, Delphi surveys, a pilot, and a national field study, with mental health nurses and consumers as participants. Results revealed a variation in the mean occurrence of the clinical indicators in consumer case notes of 18.5-89.9%. Five factors with good internal consistency, encompassing domains of mental health nursing required for best practice, were derived from analysis of the questionnaire. This study presents a research framework for developing culturally and clinically valid, reliable measures of clinical practice.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 956  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author (down) O'Brien, A.P.; Boddy, J.M.; Hardy, D.J.; O'Brien, A.J. openurl 
  Title Clinical indicators as measures of mental health nursing standards of practice in New Zealand Type Journal Article
  Year 2004 Publication International Journal of Mental Health Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 13 Issue 2 Pages 778-788  
  Keywords Psychiatric Nursing; Professional competence; Administration; Quality of health care; Mental ealth  
  Abstract This paper discusses the utility of Consumer Notes Clinical Indicators (CNCI) as a means to monitor mental health nursing clinical practice against the Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses' (ANZCMHN) Standards of Practice for mental health nursing in New Zealand. CNCI are statements describing pivotal mental health nursing behaviours for which evidence can be found in the nurses' case notes. This paper presents 25 valid and reliable CNCI that can be used to monitor mental health nursing practice against the ANZCMHN's Standards of Practice for mental health nursing in New Zealand. The bicultural clinical indicators were generated in focus groups of Maori and non-Maori mental health nurses, prioritised in a three-round reactive Delphi survey of expert mental health nurses and consumers, pilot tested, and applied in a national field study. This paper reports the development and validation of the CNCI, for which achievement is assessed by an audit of the nursing documentation in consumer case notes. The CNCI were tested in a national field study of 327 sets of consumer case notes at 11 district health board sites. The results of the national field study show wide variation in occurrence of individual indicators, particularly in the areas of informed consent, information about legal rights, and provision of culturally safe and recovery-focused care. The authors discuss the implications of using the CNCI to assess the professional accountability of mental health nurses to provide quality care. Recommendations are made regarding the application of the clinical indicators and future research required, determining appropriate benchmarks for quality practice. The CNCI could be adapted for application in other mental health nursing and other mental health professional clinical settings.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1059  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author (down) O'Brien, A.J.; Kar, A. openurl 
  Title The role of second health professionals under New Zealand mental health legislation Type Journal Article
  Year 2006 Publication Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 13 Issue 3 Pages 356-363  
  Keywords Scope of practice; Psychiatric Nursing; Nurse-patient relations  
  Abstract The development of generic statutory roles in mental health care has been the subject of discussion by New Zealand nurses for the past decade. One such role is that of second health professional in judicial reviews of civil commitment. Issues identified by New Zealand nurses have also been raised in England, where it seems that nurses are likely to assume the role of Approved Mental Health Worker under English mental health law. A survey of mental health nurses found that few had received any preparation for the role of second health professional and 45% did not feel adequately prepared for the role. Some of these issues are reflected in a New Zealand inquiry which resulted in the Ministry of Health developing a written report form for second health professionals. However, the form has the potential to reduce the mental health nursing role to a narrow legal role. Statutory roles such as that of second health professional challenge mental health nurses to critically reflect on the conceptual and ethical basis of their practice. While traditional concepts such as therapeutic relationships and advocacy need to be reviewed in light of these changes, nurses need to be vigilant in articulating the moral and clinical basis of their roles. The development of guidelines for the second health professional role is suggested as a way of supporting clinical practice in this area.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1045  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author (down) O'Brien, A.J.; Hughes, F.; Kidd, J.D. openurl 
  Title Mental health nursing in New Zealand primary health care Type Journal Article
  Year 2006 Publication Contemporary Nurse Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 21 Issue 1 Pages 142-152  
  Keywords Mental health; Primary health care; Nursing specialties; Community health nursing  
  Abstract This article describes the move in mental health from institutional care to community arrangements. It draws on international literature and New Zealand health policy, which gives increased emphasis to the role of the primary health care sector in responding to mental health issues. These issues include the need for health promotion, improved detection and treatment of mild to moderate mental illness, and provision of mental health care to some of those with severe mental illness who traditionally receive care in secondary services. These developments challenge specialist mental health nurses to develop new roles which extend their practice into primary health care. In some parts of New Zealand this process has been under way for some time in the form of shared care projects. However developments currently are ad hoc and leave room for considerable development of specialist mental health nursing roles, including roles for nurse practitioners in primary mental health care.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 730 Serial 716  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author (down) O'Brien, A.J. openurl 
  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  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords  
  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  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author (down) O'Brien, A.J. openurl 
  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  
  Abstract  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 914 Serial 898  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author (down) O'Brien, A.J. openurl 
  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  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author (down) O'Bery, Scholastica Sussanah url  openurl
  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  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author (down) Novak, L. openurl 
  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  
  Keywords  
  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  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author (down) Norton, V. openurl 
  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  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author (down) North, N.; Rasmussen, E.; Hughes, F.; Finlayson, M. openurl 
  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  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author (down) North, N. openurl 
  Title Compliance from the perspective of tuberculosis patients Type
  Year 1983 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords  
  Abstract  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 283 Serial 283  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author (down) North, N. openurl 
  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  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author (down) Norris, Katrina A. url  openurl
  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  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author (down) Nolan, M.; Featherston, J.; Nolan, J. openurl 
  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  
Permanent link to this record
Select All    Deselect All
 |   | 
Details
   print