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Neville, S.J. |
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Well-being in the older male: an investigation of mental, social and physical well-being indicators in Wanganui men |
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1998 |
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Massey University Library & Christchurch Polytechn |
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New Zealand's older population is gradually increasing. This will men the number of people with problems related to psychological and general well-being will also rise. When compared to women, men do not live as long, are more likely to die from intentional injury and use primary health services less. There is a paucity of research on older men, particularly within a New Zealand context. Because nurses work closely with people in primary, secondary and tertiary care settings they are well placed to undertake research and utilise research findings from studies relating to the older adult to promote health and well -being. The intention of the present study was to gain a greater understanding of those factors which impact on the well-being in older men. Based on Wan, Odell and Lewis's (1992) model of general well-being, mental, social and physical well-being indicators were investigated to examine their relationships to overall psychological well-being and physical health.The data for the present study was collected from a non-probability sample of 217 males (over 65 years) residing in the Wanganui area. Multiple regression analysis reveled that of the mental, social and physical indicators only satisfaction with social supports and number of visits to the doctor in the previous 12 months were significantly related to psychological well-being, and number of medications and illness/disabilities were significantly related to physical health as measured by self ratings of health.Findings are discussed in relation to the literature. It ids clear that nurses, and other health professionals, need to be aware of the relationship between objective health status and subjective well-being, and the distinction between the quality and quantity of support in order to provide effective care to older men. Finally the general limitations and future research implications are discussed |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 215 |
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215 |
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Neville, S.J. |
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Delirium in the older adult: A critical gerontological approach |
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Massey University Library |
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Geriatric nursing; Older people |
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The purpose of this thesis has been to explore the discursive production of delirium in people over the age of 65 years. The philosophical approaches underpinning the study were derived from the field of critical gerontology, postmodernism and the utilisation of a Foucauldian understanding of discourse and power/knowledge. Data sources included published documents on delirium, interviews with people over the age of 65 years who had been delirious (as well as their clinical notes), family members, registered nurses and a doctor. Textual analysis revealed the presence of two contesting and contradictory discourses that impacted on being an older person who had delirium. These were identified as the discourse of delirium as a syndrome and a personal discourse of delirium. The discourse of delirium as a syndrome is underpinned by the biomedicalisation of the ageing process. This process utilises scientific methods as the foundation from which to understand, research and provide a health service to older people with delirium. Any personal perspectives on delirium are rendered unimportant and relegated to marginalised positions. Nursing through its vicarious relationship to medicine is interpellated into deploying the discourse of delirium as a syndrome and has largely ignored the personal dimensions associated with this phenomenon. Consequently, the older delirious 'body' is known and inscribed as unruly, problematic, physically unwell, cognitively impaired and at risk. Conversely, a personal discourse of delirium privileges the individual narratives of people who have been delirious and provides a different perspective of delirium. The deployment of a personal discourse of delirium offers another position that views this group of older people as bringing to the health care setting a rich tapestry of life experiences that are more than a cluster of signs and symptoms. It is these varied life experiences that need to be included as a legitimate source of knowledge about delirium. This thesis demonstrates how nursing needs to espouse a critical gerontological position when working with older people who have delirium. Critical gerontology provides nurses with the theoretical tools to challenge the status quo and uncover the multiple, varied, contradictory and complex representations of delirium in older people. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 598 |
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584 |
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Nevatt, E.A. |
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A study of individual health beliefs and practices in relation to propensity for self care |
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1981 |
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Massey University Library |
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The concepts of self care of health (the goal of self care) are explored in relation to the self care nursing model. It is a basic premise of this model that the client be involved to the fullest possible extent in regarding or developing self care skills. It is proposed that individuals differ in respect to their readiness of such involvement and effort in their own health work and, hence, inability to benefit from the application of the self care nursing model. The study aimed at developing a means of identifying and predicting these differences. It was hypothesised that the individuals perceptions and beliefs about heath, his attribution about the location of blame for illness and the extent to which he perceives himself as having control over the contingencies of his behaviour, would all systematically influence his readiness to engage in self care. A health questionnaire designed to obtain data on individual health related beliefs and practices was constructed. This was mailed to a random sample of non-academic staff from one of the universities. A combination of univariate and multivariate analyses of the 86 completed questionnaires showed four major variables to be significantly interrelated. The pattern of relationships which emerge between responses to other items in the questionnaire cast further light on the complex determinants of health behaviour. Of particular interest is the suggestion that the way health is defined is a crucial factor. Use of the principal axes method of factor allowed a shortened version of the original questionnaire to be produced. The profile yielded by scores on this instrument, not only describes the client in terms of four major health related variables, but can also be used to predict readiness to benefit from a self care nursing approach |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 19 |
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19 |
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Nevatt, E.A. |
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Occupational health care: An entrepreneurial venture in New Zealand |
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2000 |
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A description of the establishment and the first year's operation of an occupational health service set up as a limited liability company and offering contracted fee- for- service health care for employees of clients' businesses. The report tells how the two nurses established the company and how the company secured contracts, it describes the delivery of health care in the workplace. The nurses' perception of their work and the client managers' evaluation of the service are included. |
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89 |
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Nevatt, E.A. |
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The place of the problem oriented record in nursing practice |
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1979 |
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Massey University Library |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 119 |
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119 |
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Neugebauer, A.F. |
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The adult congenital heart disease service: An evidence-based development of a nurse specialist position |
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2004 |
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University of Auckland Library |
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Cardiovascular diseases; Nursing specialties; Nursing |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 482 |
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469 |
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Nelson, Katherine M; Connor, Margaret; Alcorn, Gillian D |
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Innovative nursing leadership in youth health |
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2009 |
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Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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25 |
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1 |
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27-37 |
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Clinical leadership; Innovation; Youth health; Nurse practitioner; Primary health care |
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Looks one of the eleven health care nursing innovation projects funded by the Ministry of Health: Vibe Youth Transition Services, located in the Hutt Valley, formerly known as the Hutt Valley Youth Service. Highlights the leadership role provided by the nurse practitioner (NP) which led to youth health and development nationally. |
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1441 |
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Nelson, K.; Cook, N. |
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Nursing research questionnaire: Diploma of Nursing research component |
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1986 |
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In October, 1986 the fifteen technical institutes that run Nursing programs in New Zealand were sent questionnaire that were designed to find out about the Nursing Research Component in the Diploma of Nursing, The Advanced Diploma of Nursing and other Nursing Courses. The same questions were asked of each of these courses. Twelve replies were received and eleven were analysed in this report. Two general observations emerged from the Diploma of Nursing: 1. The questionnaires varied greatly in the detail provided in answers. 2. Where there were small numbers enrolled in the Diploma of Nursing, the questionnaire answers suggest there is less emphasis placed on Nursing research as a separate component in the course. This small project provides us with some information about the Nursing Research Component in the Diploma of Nursing courses offered in New Zealand |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 83 |
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83 |
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Nelson, C.M. |
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Nursing the stranger you know |
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1998 |
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Victoria University of Wellington, Library – Depar |
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Nursing the Stranger You Know demonstrates how combining aspects of nursing theory, the work of Ken Wilber, a leading writer in the field of transpersonal psychology and my own reflections have enhanced how I am able to experience and practice nursing in a primary health care setting.This study acknowledges and values the power of the connections which link us all together. The greatest strength of this work is that it shows, through the use of personal writing, how it is possible to nurse beyond the present and beyond the obvious when clinical, theoretical and self knowledge are all equally respected and incorporated into nursing practice |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 197 |
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197 |
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Nelson, C.M. |
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An exploration of factors affecting registered nurses participation in continuing education |
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1993 |
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Wellington Polytechnic Library |
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A qualitative study of factors affecting four registered nurses participating in continuing education.Data was collected through unstructured interviews and then analysed using themetic analysis The data revealed that the nurses had ambient feelings towards the benefits of post registration nursing education and that these were many work related, supervisal, and financial and logistial barriers affecting their ability to participate in further study. The nurses were also disturbed and frustrated by a lack of clinically based programmes for them to attend. Implications from this study are discussed and recommendations are presented |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 359 |
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359 |
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Neehoff, S.M. |
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The invisible bodies of nursing |
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2005 |
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University of Otago Library |
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Nursing philosophy |
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In this thesis, the author explores what she terms 'invisible bodies of nursing', which are the physical body of the nurse, the body of practice, and the body of knowledge. She argues that the physical body of the nurse is absent in most nursing literature. Her contention is that the physical body of the nurse is invisible because it is tacit and much nursing practice is invisible because it is perceived by many nurses to be inarticulable and is carried out within a private discourse of nursing, silently and secretly. Nursing knowledge is invisible because it is not seen as being valid or authoritative or sanctioned as a legitimate discourse by the dominant discourse. This analysis is informed by Luce Irigaray's philosophy of the feminine, Michel Foucault's genealogical approach to analysing, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology. The author discusses strategies that nurses could use to make themselves more 'visible' in healthcare structures. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1124 |
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1109 |
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Neehoff, S.M. |
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Pedagogical possibilities for nursing |
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1999 |
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University of Otago Library |
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Nursing; Nursing philosophy; Feminist critique |
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This thesis is about what the author terms the 'invisible bodies of nursing'. The physical body of the nurse, the body of practice, and the body of knowledge. The physical body of the nurse is absent in most nursing literature, it is sometimes inferred but seldom discussed. The contention is that the physical body of the nurse is invisible because it is tacit. Much nursing practice is invisible because it is perceived by many nurses to be inarticulable and is carried out within a private discourse of nursing, silently and secretly. Nursing knowledge is invisible because it is not seen as being valid or authoritative or sanctioned as a legitimate discourse by the dominant discourse. These issues are approach through an evolving 'specular' lens. Luce Irigaray's philosophy of the feminine and her deconstructing and reconstructing of psychoanalytic structures for women inform this work. Michel Foucault's genealogical approach to analysing discourses is utilized, along with Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology. Nursing's struggle for recognition is ongoing. The author discusses strategies that nurses could use to make themselves more 'visible' in healthcare structures. The exploration of the embodied self of the nurse and through this the embodied knowledge of nursing is nascent. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1287 |
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1272 |
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Narbey, N. |
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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in psychosis: Relevance to mental health nurses |
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ResearchArchive@Victoria |
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Psychiatric Nursing; Psychology; Evidence-based medicine |
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The author uses his personal and professional experience to explore the application of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in caring for people who experience psychosis. Psychosis can be a life-threatening illness; about one in ten young men with psychosis will take their own lives. Much of the progress in treatment has been predicated on a biological explanation of psychosis. The late 1990s have seen increasing interest in psychological approaches in the treatment of psychosis; not withstanding that this treatment does not work for all people. The first aim of this research report is to develop understanding about Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, through exploration of its origins and examining the theoretical basis and reviewing the evidence that may support its use. The second aim is to explore the evidence around mental health nurses' training and use of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, by critically examining some of the major UK and Australian reports. The author considers that Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is theoretically and pragmatically compatible with contemporary nursing practice, and will have increasing prominence for New Zealand mental health nurses. |
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1187 |
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Nakarada-Kordic, Ivana |
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Assessing mental models in multidisciplinary operating room teams |
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2016 |
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238 p. |
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Mental models; Operating room; Surgery; Assessment; Software; Momento |
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Aims to develop a new empirical method for assessing the similarity of mental models in surgery, focusing on laparotomy; to begin the process of validation of the new approach; and to demonstrate how the new approach could be used in clinical practice. Develops a software application (Momento) to sort key tasks in order to capture the information on mental models regarding task sequence and responsibility. Asks 20 6-person operating room (OR) teams, each comprising 3 sub-teams consisting of anaesthesia, surgery and nursing, to complete Momento prior to 2 simulated emergency laparotomies. Suggests the Momento approach could be used to improve teamwork in OR. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1561 |
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Naidu, A. |
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Is scholarship an integral component of advanced nursing practice? |
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2007 |
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Whitireia Nursing Journal |
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14 |
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50-53 |
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Advanced nursing practice; Professional development |
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This article defines scholarship and how it links to nursing. It explores how nurses perceive scholarship and how it can enhance their practice. While agreeing that scholarship plays a vital role in the image of nursing as a professional practice, the article's main focus is on scholarship as an integral component of advanced nursing practice. |
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1035 |
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