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Davy, R. |
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Evaluation of the impact on the quality of women who have participated in a nursing education session on menopause |
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Objective; The objective of this study is to determine if attending a nursing education session on menopause has an impact on women's management of their menopausal symptoms and consequently their quality of life for women aged 40 to 60 years. The hypothesis is that women attending education sessions will start or increase health promotion activities which will reduce menopausal symptoms and thus improve their quality of life.Design and method; Two questionaires were given to the women on the day of the education sessions and another questionnaire was sent to the participant three months later. The sample of 30 completed questionnaires includes feedback from Pacific Island women. A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods were used. The measure of quality of life has been based on the level of impact of menopausal on each women's life before the education session and three months later.Results; Initial analysis indicates that diet, exercise and time out were most commonly reported health activities utilized for relief of symptoms with HRT and herbal remedies used less often. Three months after the education session there was a significant reduction in the impact of symptoms in most categories with 140 incidences of total disappearance of symptoms, 24 incidences of reduction of symptoms, 17 incidences of symptoms increasing while 36 symptoms remained unchanged. Only one woman reported that she continued to have no control over her symptoms while the rest of the sample indicated that they had some or total control. The most common changes in health promotion activities were reduction in caffeine, exercise, relaxation and lubrication with sex. Herbal, homeopathy, dietary and hormone treatment rated low in health activities after the three months.Conclusion; Initial analysis indicates that menopausal symptoms has significantly improved for the majority of women who attended the nursing education session |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 358 |
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van Wissen, K.A.; Woodman, K. |
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Nurses' attitudes and concerns to HIV/AIDS: a focus group approach |
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1994 |
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Journal of Advanced Nursing |
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1141-1147 |
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An exploratory qualitative study was investigated to further identify nurses'' attitudes to the care of people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodefiency syndrome (AIDS). This follows as a sequel to a study using questionnaire. Data collected from nine focus groups attended by a total of 29 nurses at a hospital within a new Zealand regional health authority. The principal findings suggest that nurses' attitudes to this patient group are varied and depend on social influences, personal experiences and the extent of knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS. Other concerns raised included nurses' rights to choose to care for HIV-positive patients and the issue of universal precautions. Theses findings may have implications for further educational initiatives and information of hospital policy |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 356 |
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Boyle, S.D. |
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Nursing education in New Zealand: a case study of experiential learning |
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1994 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library & Welli |
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This thesis presents a study of a nursing 'practicum' from the perspectives of nursing students and staff 'buddies'. A grounded theory approach was used to interview six nursing students during their transition placement, the final practicum of their Diploma in Nursing programme. Five staff nurse buddies selected by the students were also interviewed. An informal, conversational interview was used and data was analysed from an experiential learning perspective.This study differs from others because it focuses on the clinical experience component of nursing education, 'practicum', and includess practitioners viewpoints. At present there is a re-evaluing of experience within nursing education with a new emphasis on practice-based learning. Experience-based learning is becoming increasingly acceptable within academia as a 'seamless' education system evolves.I identified three learning stages which students' experience during practicum – initiation, exploration and consolidation. The key stage for learning through experience was exploration. Learning during this stage was predominantly buddy-directed which contradicted the self-directed curriculum design. Students and staff nurses however agreed that communication between them during this stage enabled the development of 'competence'.The learning /teaching approach used by the students and staff nurses made it difficult for students to translate their 'all-round' competencies during practicum. It is argued that it is the useof such competencies during practicum which enable nursing students to become autonomous in the attitudinal and epistemological sense. The predominantly 'technical training' approach adopted was understood by students and staff nurses to be reinforced by 'silence' from tutors.Restructuring gives the opportunity for nursing to develop an ';investigative', enquiry-based approach in practice. There will increasingly be an emphasis on practice-based research as a result of the implementation of degree and post-graduate programmes in nursing. This study highlights some aspects of nursing education and it's relationship with practice which can assist the development of such an approach |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 339 |
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Hendry, C. |
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Comparison between consumers and providers perceptions of quality maternity hospital care |
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Maternity services in New Zealand have undergone some fundamental and unique changes over the last few years. The promotion of competition among providers for clients have had repercussions on the way that maternity hospitals offers services to women. In adapting to this change, it is important that 'the baby is not thrown out with the bathwater'. Unfortunately the most commonly used indicators, and the standard “Patient Satisfaction Survey”, neither of which contain many valuable clues for maternity facility providers to determine the quality of their service from the consumer's perspective. The need was identified for the development of quality indicators to evaluate maternity hospital care. Closely related to this was the need to determine of how dependable providers are at determining what consumers would describe as an optimal maternity hospital service |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 336 |
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336 |
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Wade, M.R. |
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Community based nurse case management: the experience of consumers |
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1996 |
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Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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Flinders University of South Australia |
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4-10 |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 332 |
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332 |
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Wood, P.J. |
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Constructing colonial dirt: a cultural history of dirt in the nineteenth century colonial settlement of Dunedin, New Zealand |
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University of Otago Library |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 331 |
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331 |
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Kapoor, S.D. |
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Application of the process in the care of an alcohol dependent client |
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1978 |
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Feasibility for Nursing studies component of B.A. degree, Wellington Victoria University, Wellington 1978. With health workers and clients in 4 different health districts, an Industry, Health Centre, Intermediate School and University Health and Counselling |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 33 |
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33 |
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Davies, B. |
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Midwifery competencies: students' stories |
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1997 |
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Victoria University of Wellington |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 326 |
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326 |
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Day, D.R. |
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The recognition of prior learning: a case study of an undergraduate nursing degree programme |
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Author, Flinders University of South Australia Lib |
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A case study which examines the implementation of RPL, in an undergraduate nursing programme. Themes developed about the areas of a shift in ownership and control of nursing education to learner. The need to develop assessment processes that are more consistant with a non technical view was identified. Curricula need to be examined to allow RPL to be included |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 324 |
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324 |
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Bradley, F.V.; Blakey, V.M. |
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Analysis of public health nurses' home visits |
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1978 |
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District Health Office, Dunedin
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 32 |
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Alexander, S.M. |
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Evaluation as an aged-care management tool: a case study |
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1989 |
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University of Auckland Library |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 317 |
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Caldwell, S. |
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From “beloved imbecile” to critical thinker: producing the politicized nurse |
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University of Auckland Library |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 311 |
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311 |
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Chick, D.N.P. |
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Interpersonal needs, norms and performance in nursing |
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Australian National University Library |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 307 |
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Dodd, J.E.L. |
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Individual privacy and the public good of health research |
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This is a piece of philosophy research and covers the following matters; the nature of privacy, Why it is morally significant, nature of health research, the privacy issues in health research and finally some suggestions as to ways privacy in health research may be preserved |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 305 |
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Sherrard, I.M. |
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Chronic illness: a challenge to manage in the workplace |
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1998 |
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Human Resources |
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Author – UNITEC of Technology, Private Bag 92025., |
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Questionnaires were completed in the work place. The participants had all experienced a chronic illness. The results revealed that the manager has the responsibility to deal openly with the staff member who is ill, and for some managers this is difficult to do |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 304 |
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