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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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Bridgen, A.F. |
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A heuristic journey of discovery: Exploring the positive influence of the natural environment on the human spirit |
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2007 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Spirituality; Nursing; Nursing philosophy |
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The intention of this heuristic study was to explore and discover the essence of the positive influence of the natural environment on the human spirit. The study quest was identified as a central concern that evolved from the author's personal experience of spiritual awakening in the natural environment and an interest in the concept of connectedness in nursing care and practice. The study also focused on the self of the nurse and the qualities of holistic nursing care. Guided by heuristic methodology developed by Moustakas (1990) the thesis traces a journey of discovery. Using conversational interviews, six nurses were asked to describe their experiences of their spirit being positively influenced in the natural environment. These nurses were also asked if these beneficial experiences had any flow-on effect to their nursing practice. From these interviews various commonalities of experience were identified as well as some experiences unique to the individual participants. The participant knowing was articulated using Reed's (1992) dimensions of relatedness in spirituality as a framework. Reed describes these dimensions as being able to be experienced intrapersonally, interpersonally and transpersonally. A substantive body of nursing and non-nursing literature was explored to support the participant knowing and provide strength to the discussion. The study discovered that the human spirit is positively influenced in the natural environment. The three actions of personal healing and wellbeing in the natural environment, knowing self – knowing others and sustaining self in nursing practice were valued by the participants as contributing to the quality of their nursing care. In bringing together spirituality, the natural environment and nursing, holism was discovered to be the significant and connecting constituent. The study has some implications for the discipline of nursing that are also discussed by the author. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 831 |
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815 |
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Grainger, J. |
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Mind shift: Creating change through narrative learning cycles: A qualitative interpretive study of clinical conversation as an appraisal process for sexual and reproductive health nurses |
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2007 |
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Auckland University of Technology Library |
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Sexual and reproductive health; Nursing; Professional development |
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This thesis explores the process of an annual appraisal strategy, 'clinical conversation', from the perspective of seven nurses who were assessed using this technique. The findings demonstrate that clinical conversation is a strategy which facilitates reflection, both as a solitary exercise and with others, to ensure that learning from experience is optimised. The research used a qualitative interpretive approach informed by the model of Grounded Theory espoused by Strauss and Corbin. All eight nurses who were assessed using the clinical conversation strategy were advanced practitioners working within the scope of sexual and reproductive health. Two of the actual appraisals were observed and seven of the nurses were interviewed within eight weeks of being assessed. The outcome of the clinical conversation was primarily one of learning; the acquisition of new insights into self as practitioner. The learning was facilitated through the process of narration; telling the story of clinical practice. Three distinct narrative cycles were identified, each an experiential learning episode. The experience of undertaking a variety of assessment activities created a narrative with self and triggered an internal reflective thinking process; the experience of working with a peer created an additional narrative, a mutual dialogue reflecting back on practice; the experience of sharing practice with an assessor created a further and final narrative, a learning conversation. Each narrative can be seen as a catalyst for change. Primarily, the nurses felt differently about themselves in practice, the way they saw themselves had shifted. Such a change can be described as an alteration in perspective. These alterations in perspective led all nurses to identify ways in which they would change their actual clinical practice. In this way the nurses attempted to align their espoused beliefs about practice with their actual practice. The author notes that the study shows that each nurse responded differently to each narrative learning cycle: for some the conversation with the assessor was more of a catalyst for change than for others. In this way clinical conversation may be flexible enough to respond to a variety of differing learning styles. Learning was person specific which is an imperative for the continued professional development of already highly skilled clinicians. The implication of the research is that whilst clinical conversation was designed as a tool for appraising clinical competence, its intrinsic value lies in supporting the professional development of nurses. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 833 |
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817 |
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King, B.E.; Fletcher, M.P. |
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Nursing staff employed by hospital boards in New Zealand, 1977 and 1979 |
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1979 |
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University of Canterbury |
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The primary purposes of this paper were: to return to hospital boards the results of the analysis of information on a National level, that they had provided individually, to provide an indication of the absolute size of the Nursing workforce in public hospitals in the two years for which the comparable information was available, to illustrate the potential use of basic information to depict the real size of the Nursing workforce at National, regional and local level |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 84 |
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84 |
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Maloney-Moni, J. |
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Kia Mana: A synergy of wellbeing |
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2004 |
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University of Auckland Library |
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Transcultural nursing; Psychology; Maori |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 841 |
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825 |
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Smith, P.A. |
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Mad bad or sad: Caring for the mentally disordered offender in the court environment from a nurse's perspective |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Mental health; Psychiatric Nursing |
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This paper examines the difficulties health professionals face daily when providing care for the mentally disordered offender in the court environment. The role of the court nurse is to provide care for people with mental health needs in the court and health professionals can find this a restrictive environment to work in. This is mainly due to the court's legal processes which are designed to punish rather than offer therapeutic alternatives. By advocating for the mentally disordered offender, the court nurse ensures the court is aware of an individual's mental health needs, thus reducing the prospect of inappropriate sentencing, and the associated stigmatisation that may occur as a result of a criminal conviction. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 843 |
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827 |
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Codlin, K.C. |
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Mental health nurses and clinical supervision: A naturalistic comparison study into the effect of group clinical supervision on minor psychological disturbance, job satisfaction and work-related stress |
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2004 |
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University of Otago Library |
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Psychiatric Nursing; Clinical supervision; Stress; Job satisfaction; Mental health |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 845 |
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829 |
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Bray, Y.M. |
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A migrant family's experience of palliative nursing care |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Palliative care; Cultural safety; Asian peoples; Nurse-patient relations |
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The focus of this research was to explore the migrant family's experience in palliative care. In writing this thesis, the author notes that it became evident that cultural safety was a connection that warranted further study in relation to end-of-life nursing care as was illustrated by the intergenerational case study of this migrant family in New Zealand. The use of the case study method of qualitative research enabled the voice of the migrant to be heard and the story of the migrant family's experience to be showcased. The uniqueness of this family's palliative care experience was around the religious and cultural needs and migration as a process of transition from a previous society to a new one. Palliative care was defined by the family approach with strong community support and empowered by culturally safe and appropriate nursing practice. End-of-life illness is a time when cultural perspectives are challenged for patients and their families and religious and cultural practices take on a new priority, regardless of how they have lived life previously. As a migrant nurse living and working in the New Zealand context, the author identifies as an important factor, the nurse-patient interaction as an encounter between two cultural perspectives, the patient's and the nurse as bearer of her own culture. Acknowledging this factor is an important step in developing a culturally safe approach to practice, an approach that proved to be a major ingredient in planning and caring for this patient and his family in end-of-life illness. This study and thesis explores the underpinnings of culturally safe palliative nursing care and identified 'reflexive bracketing' as a useful practice in the process. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 846 |
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830 |
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Dodd, J.E.L. |
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Nursing evaluation of the efficacy of analgesic delivery in post operative pain |
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1986 |
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Australian Clinical Review |
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Auckland Hospital Library |
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23 |
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206-212 |
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The progress of 22 adult patients was recorded for three days post operatively. Pain was assessed at rest and on activity three times a day using visual analogues. Nausea levels were assessed similarly. All analgesics and anti emetics administered were recorded. There was a wide range of variation in the administration of medications and consequently a wide range of effectiveness. A significant proportion of patients showed unacceptably high levels of pain indicating under treatment. Patients and nurses had conflicting expectations of who should initiate the request for pain medication |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 85 |
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85 |
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Arcus, K.J. |
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Often wearisome, sometimes saddening, but always interesting: A hundred years of district nursing in Wellington, 1903-2003 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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District nursing; History |
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October 2003 marked the centenary of Wellington district nursing. Annie Holgate, a 'trained, professional' nurse, was employed to care for the sick poor in 1903. The Wellington St John Ambulance District Nursing Guild funded district nursing for over fifty years. The first president, Sarah Ann Rhodes, left a legacy of a solid financial and administrative base for the whole of the Guild's existence. From 1945 the Wellington Hospital Board assumed responsibility for district nursing and expanded the service to the greater Wellington region. In 1974 the Community Health Services were formed, with Pauline MacInnes as the nurse leader. Expansion of healthcare in the community ensued, with district nurses pivotal to client-centred, community-based, collaborative healthcare. This service was dismantled in the wake of health sector restructuring in 1989. The philosophy and operation of the Community Health Service of this period bears a striking resemblance to the current concept of Primary Health Care. Primary sources from Wellington St John, Kai Tiaki and data from official publications were used to compile this history. Emergent themes are the autonomy of district nurses' practice, the invisibility of district nursing and the impact of visionary leadership. All have implications for the future of district nursing. District nursing, initially dependent on philanthropy, has been publicly funded in New Zealand since 1944. District nursing is now an essential component of health care. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 851 |
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835 |
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Takarangi, J. |
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Nursing workforce |
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1985 |
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An indepth appraisal of the nursing workforce planning report (1985) has been made which challenges some of the basic assumptions. The report findings have been reconsidered using the primary health care perspective |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 86 |
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86 |
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Bland, M.F. |
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The challenge of feeling 'at home' in residential aged care in New Zealand |
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2005 |
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Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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21 |
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3 |
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4-12 |
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Rest homes; Older people; Patient satisfaction; Nursing; Identity |
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In this research report, a resident reveals the challenges associated with firstly becoming a nursing home resident, and then trying to establish a new sense of 'home'. The story supports a conclusion that nurses' knowledge of the unique 'admission story' of each resident, and their individual understandings of home, is essential in promoting their ongoing comfort. Although approximately 30,000 older adults live in residential aged care, little research has been done on their experience. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 862 |
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846 |
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Hansen, C. |
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Professional practice attributes within public health nursing |
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Massey University Library |
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Public health; Nursing |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 868 |
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852 |
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Butler, A.M. |
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Nursing workloads in geriatric hospitals |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 87 |
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87 |
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Vernon, R.A. |
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Developing clinical skill competency of undergraduate nursing students utilising a simulated psychomotor skill laboratory and model of self-directed learning: An evaluation research study |
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2003 |
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Massey University Library |
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Students; Evaluation |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 871 |
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855 |
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