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Author Bramley, C.J. openurl 
  Title The nurse and the problem drinker: a study of helping behaviour Type
  Year 1981 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Abstract The purpose of this study is to examine aspects of the behaviour of Nurses towards persons with alcohol related problems. Similarities and differences in helpful and unhelpful behaviour as perceived by providers and users of care are identified using the behaviour to alcoholism management ( B.R.A.M.) scale. The research covers two phases. In phase One 27 Registered Nurses and 12 members of Alcoholics Anonymous completed critical incident questionnaires which furnished a list of helpful behaviours and a list of unhelpful behaviours. These have been analysed and a set of descriptive statements prepared which constitutes the B.R. A.M. scale. In Phase Two this has been administered to 67 Registered Nurses and 46 members of Alcoholics Anonymous and the results assessed. The findings show that Nurses and Problem Drinkers view the same behaviour as helpful. There is however a significant difference between the two groups on the types of behaviour they consider to be unhelpful. This finding has consequences for those who provide care for problem Drinkers and for Teachers and students in education programs for Nurses  
  Call Number (down) NRSNZNO @ research @ 116 Serial 116  
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Author Schumacher, A.T. url  openurl
  Title More than meets the eye: Explicating the essence of gerontology nursing Type
  Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal ResearchArchive@Victoria  
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  Keywords Geriatric nursing; Nursing philosophy; Nursing specialties  
  Abstract The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological was to unveil a deeper meaning and understanding of gerontology nursing, thus contributing to its value and worth as a speciality area of nursing. Conversations with four gerontology nurses were taped, transcribed and then analysed using van Manen's (1990) approach to researching lived experience. From the analysis, four cardinal elements emerged: true acceptance, personal knowing, being present, and being alive. Those four cardinal elements were reworked and further analysed to reveal three central aspects or essences of gerontology nursing. These essences were the centrality of temporality, the interconnectedness of human relationships, and the significance of the lived body. Temporality is demonstrated by nursing application of objective, or clock time, as well as subjectively in regards to the lived time of the clients. Interconnectedness is the lived human relationship between nurse and client and is represented by commitment, presencing/giving of self, connecting, and knowing the client holistically. The third essence is corporeality, which is portrayed by the gerontology nurses' distinguishing characteristics and their perception of the lived body of the nursed. The final analysis unveiled caring for the body, the act of seeing, and the joy of care as emergent essences of gerontology nursing. Language of nursing in relationship to 'basic nursing care' is critiqued for its potential to devalue gerontology nursing and, by association, old people.  
  Call Number (down) NRSNZNO @ research @ 1157 Serial 1142  
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Author Roberts, F. openurl 
  Title The people the programme & the place: Nurses' perceptions of the Lakeland Health Professional Development Programme Type
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library, Victoria University of Wellington Library  
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  Keywords Careers in nursing; Professional development; Registered nurses  
  Abstract This thesis concerns the Professional Development Programme at Lakeland Health. In New Zealand, such programmes were introduced as a mechanism to openly recognise the clinical expertise of nurses. Clinical Career Pathways were introduced to nursing in North America in the 1970's at a time of nursing shortage. Prior to their inception, nurses wishing to develop their careers had to move to administration, management or education. The programmes recognised and rewarded expertise in practice. A qualitative, descriptive approach (using focus groups) was used with Registered Nurses to gather their perceptions of what helps nurses enroll in the Professional Development Programme. The ideas and insights of nine Registered Nurses were clustered around three main categories: The People (fear; being struck; motivation; feedback; peer support; ways of learning); the Programme (relevance; flexibility; Bachelor's Degrees; implementation; supporting information; fairness); the Place (time; regular and accessible; support from nurse leaders; management). These perceptions are discussed in more detail in the context of nursing at Lakeland Health and of Clinical Career Pathways in New Zealand. The findings are helpful for the evaluation and future development of the Professional Development at Lakeland Health. The research contributes to our understanding of what helps nurses enroll in a Clinical Career Pathway, and emphasises the importance of the People, the Programme and the Place.  
  Call Number (down) NRSNZNO @ research @ 1150 Serial 1135  
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Author Blair, S. openurl 
  Title The lived experience of the surgical patient Type Miscellaneous
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  Abstract Acute illness as lived experience gives the person involved an understanding and knowledge of how they perceive a crisis in their lives. It also provides meaning and orientation to their world. Any perception a person has to an acute illness is a lived experience for that person. It is very personal and will live with that person forever  
  Call Number (down) NRSNZNO @ research @ 115 Serial 115  
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Author 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  
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  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 (down) NRSNZNO @ research @ 1146 Serial 1131  
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Author Marlow, S.A. url  openurl
  Title A voyage of grief and beauty: A phenomenological study of the experience of supporting a family member with an intellectual disability who is dying in a community setting Type
  Year 2007 Publication Abbreviated Journal Research Archive@Victoria  
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  Keywords Nurse-family relations; Terminal care; Parents and caregivers; People with disabilities  
  Abstract This thesis reports on a research project which explored the phenomenon of supporting a family member with an intellectual disability who is dying in a community setting. The research purpose was to enhance professional understanding of what it is like to encounter this lived experience. Literature back-grounding the phenomenon and philosophical and theoretical constructs embraced by the researcher are outlined. An explanation is given of the hermeneutic phenomenological methodology which was utilised. The main method of collecting research data was through conducting five open-ended interviews with participants who had supported a dying child or sibling. The participants' family members were aged between 3 and 52 years old at the time of their deaths. Their specific intellectual disabilities included Down syndrome, a metabolically induced disorder and a non-identified syndrome. The family members had died from a variety of terminal illnesses and in a range of community settings. Interpretive analysis was achieved through reflexive journaling and hermeneutic intuiting of interview transcripts and field notes. The research findings have been subjected to rhetorical consideration in the light of further literature and poetic texts. Research findings are expressed metaphorically as groups of boulders representing themes and sub-themes. Three major themes were revealed as having impacted on the river voyage shared by participants and their dying family members. These were Interlocked Companionship, Search for New Balance and Permeable Interaction. An assessment is offered of the strengths and weaknesses of the research project. The thesis concludes with recommendations for reflective practice, evidence based practice, service development and areas of future research.  
  Call Number (down) NRSNZNO @ research @ 1144 Serial 1129  
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Author Lynch, T.M. openurl 
  Title A qualitative descriptive study of youth with Crohn's disease Type
  Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library  
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  Keywords Diseases; Adolescents; Nursing  
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  Call Number (down) NRSNZNO @ research @ 1143 Serial 1128  
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Author Bland, M.F. openurl 
  Title All the comforts of home? A critical ethnography of residential aged care in New Zealand Type
  Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library  
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  Keywords Rest homes; Older people; Patient satisfaction  
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  Call Number (down) NRSNZNO @ research @ 1141 Serial 1126  
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Author Barton, J. openurl 
  Title Pain knowledge and attitudes of nurses and midwives in a New Zealand context Type
  Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library  
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  Keywords Nursing; Pain management; Attitude of health personnel  
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  Call Number (down) NRSNZNO @ research @ 1140 Serial 1125  
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Author Jarvis, B.M. openurl 
  Title The introduction of primary nursing in a paediatric ward with concurrent evaluation of the quality of nursing care and job satisfaction Type
  Year 1982 Publication Abbreviated Journal Otago Hospital Board, Dunedin  
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  Abstract A project to implement Primary Nursing in a Paediatric Ward and to evaluate the effectiveness of this method of organising Nursing  
  Call Number (down) NRSNZNO @ research @ 114 Serial 114  
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Author Trout, F. openurl 
  Title Health needs assessment within the ecology of caring Type
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Keywords Community health nursing  
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  Call Number (down) NRSNZNO @ research @ 1137 Serial 1122  
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Author Thompson, L. url  openurl
  Title Suctioning adults with an artifical airway: A systematic review Type Book Whole
  Year 2000 Publication Abbreviated Journal Subscriber access at the Joanna Briggs Institute  
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  Keywords Evidence-based medicine; Nursing research  
  Abstract This systematic review was conducted by the New Zealand Centre for Evidence Based Nursing, a collaborating centre of The Joanna Briggs Institute for Evidence Based Nursing and Midwifery. The aim was to present the best available evidence on interventions, which are effective in preventing or reducing the prevalence of complications associated with suctioning, in hospitalised adult patients with an artificial airway who are breathing spontaneously or are artificially ventilated and who require suctioning. The specific questions addressed were as follows: Which methods of suctioning reduce the prevalence of mucosal trauma or mucosal dysfunction, and promote the removal of respiratory secretions? Which techniques or methods are effective in reducing the occurrence of suctioning -induced hypoxaemia, during or following the suctioning procedure? Which techniques or methods are effective in minimising the haemodynamic or pulmonary complications associated with the suctioning procedure?  
  Call Number (down) NRSNZNO @ research @ 1136 Serial 1121  
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Author Mossop, M.D. openurl 
  Title Older patients' perspectives of being cared for by first year nursing students Type
  Year 2000 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library  
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  Keywords Older people; Nurse-patient relations; New graduate nurses; Hospitals  
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  Call Number (down) NRSNZNO @ research @ 1135 Serial 1120  
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Author Simon, V.N. openurl 
  Title Characterising Maori nursing practice Type
  Year 2000 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Waikato Library  
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  Keywords Maori; Nursing; Culture  
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  Call Number (down) NRSNZNO @ research @ 1134 Serial 1119  
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Author 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 (down) NRSNZNO @ research @ 1133 Serial 1118  
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