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Pearce, K. |
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Orientation: Reading the nurses map; what new Plunket Nurses need in an orientation programme |
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2003 |
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Victoria University Library |
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Plunket; Training; New graduate nurses; Curriculum; Community health nursing |
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The Plunket orientation programme, first implemented in 1994, aims to prepare new Plunket Nurses for autonomous practice within the complexity of community based nursing. This study seeks to identify what new Plunket Nurses feel are their orientation needs. An evaluation research approach was used. An examination of the literature explored how orientation is conducted and the needs of nurses in orientation. Key aspects in relation to orientation were identified as including socialisation, job change, new graduates, preceptorship, orientation frameworks and retention. A focus group followed by a postal survey were utilised to collect data from new Plunket Nurses nationwide to ascertain what they thought their orientation needs were. Data analysis was completed using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis. The results of the study identified key orientation needs for new Plunket Nurses. These were an orientation programme, preceptorship, clinical skills teaching, time in own area and beginning autonomous practice, administration needs and support needs. The participants recommended quality preceptorship and early clinical teaching from the Clinical Educator. There was a general dissatisfaction with orientation as it stands in preparing them for their role as a Plunket Nurse. Recommendations to the Plunket Management Team were made based on the results of this study. |
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1240 |
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Lyall, C. |
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Therapeutic relationships: What are inpatient registered nurses perceptions of the factors which influence therapeutic relationship development? |
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2003 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Psychiatric Nursing; Registered nurses; Nurse-patient relations; Mental health |
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The question explored in this research project is: What are inpatient registered nurses' perceptions of the factors which influence therapeutic relationship development? The literature reviewed for this project includes the history of interpersonal relationships in nursing; therapeutic relationships; what constitutes these relationships. Also discussed is literature about phenomenology as the underlying theoretical and philosophical position that informs the research method. To answer the research question a single focus group was used to gather data from a group of registered nurses practising in inpatient mental health units. Focus groups as a data collection method produce data and insights that would not be accessible without the group interaction. The key themes to emerge from the data analysis were; time, environment, knowing / self-awareness, compassion and power imbalance / empowerment. These key themes are discussed in relation to the literature and the wider context of the mental health care environment. The contribution this research makes to nursing includes a list of recommendations to nurses, nurse leaders and managers who aim to provide therapeutic mental health unit environments. |
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1245 |
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Vermeulen, J. |
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“And there's the likes of me”: A phenomenological study of the experience of four women inpatients at a mental health unit |
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2002 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Psychiatric Nursing; Patient satisfaction; Hospitals; Nurse-patient relations |
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This research draws on the experiences of four women whilst they were inpatients at the Mental Health Unit in Southland. The Husserlian path of phenomenology was followed and in-depth interviewing used to collect data. Colaizzi's method of analysis enabled accurate interpretation of transcripts. The overall goal of this research was to provide health professionals with an opportunity to inform their practice, based on what consumers were saying about their experience of hospitalisation. Themes emerged through participants relating their experience by using comparisons with either their outside world or previous episodes of hospitalisation. Through analysis, two fundamental structures became evident within the findings. These were 'the environment as containment' and 'the road to recovery'. The author concludes that this study raises significant issues surrounding the experience of hospitalisation at the Mental Health Unit that have implications for future research and for future service delivery. |
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1246 |
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Hylton, J.A. |
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Enrolled nurse transition to degree level study based at a rural satellite campus |
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2002 |
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Massey University Library |
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Nursing; Education; Enrolled nurses |
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1248 |
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Little, S. |
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An exploration of vicarious traumatisation in emergency nurses |
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2002 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Emergency nursing; Occupational health and safety; Nursing research; Stress |
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This thesis explores the theoretical notions of suffering and caring within the nurse patient relationship in the context of emergency nursing. It includes a small pilot study that aimed to assess the feasibliity of a major research project, by describing the impact of vicarious traumatisation in emergency nurses, specifically in relation to their self capacities. This pilot study utilised a descriptive, correlational design. Data was collected by using the Inner Experience Questionnaire (IEQ) a twenty four-item questionnaire developed by Dr Pearlman (1995), and a profile sheet which identified demographic details. Twenty-seven emergency nurses participated in this pilot study. The IEQ was assessed for internal reliability by applying the Cronbachs alpha and utilising a focus group to gain insight into the usability and relevance of the questions. The internal reliability of the IEQ suggests that it may be an appropriate tool to measure disruption of self capacities in the population of emergency nurses. Although the results are limited, and conclusions cannot be drawn, findings suggest a correlation between the variables of age, experience, nursing qualifications and a history of personal trauma and the IEQ. There is evidence that emergency nurses are affected psychologically when caring for the victims of trauma in emergency departments and the IEQ has the potential as a tool to be integrated into future emergency nursing studies. A multidimensional methodological approach is recommended to capture the many contours of the complex phenomena of vicarious traumatisation and the emergency nurse. |
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1249 |
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Corlett, E. |
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Finding out what works and what doesn't work: Caring for women with a fungating tumour of the breast |
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2002 |
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Massey University, Albany, Library |
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Breast cancer; Nursing; Cancer |
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1250 |
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Kidd, J.D. |
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What's going on? Mental health nursing in New Zealand |
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2002 |
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Otago Polytechnic Library |
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Psychiatric Nursing; Nursing research |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1255 |
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Wilson, L.J. |
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Futurist planning, not a shortage stopgap: Recruitment and retention of registered nurses in New Zealand |
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2001 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Recruitment and retention; Registered nurses; Policy; Careers in nursing |
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This literature review critically examines contributing factors to the current nursing shortage in New Zealand, centering on recruitment and retention of registered nurses. There is a dramatic widening between the supply of registered nurses and the demand for their services. All regions in New Zealand are reporting difficulty in hiring experienced and specialty nurses, and recruiting time is lengthening. This report suggests that the shortage is closely linked to factors in the nursing care environment. As a result of multiple factors during the centralising, cost-containing, acuity-increasing decade of the 1990s, the care environment has driven practising nurses out of acute care settings and discouraged new students from entering the profession. The availability of numerous alternative career opportunities has heightened the effect. Continuing causes to the non-selection of nursing as a profession are the influences of wage compression and limited career progression over the lifetime of the nurse, and insufficient orientation and mentoring of new nurses. Recent changes in the health care system have gone unevaluated and without oversight by nursing regulatory agencies – a situation not in the best interests of patients or nurses. A number of both literature-supported and resourceful approaches, including recommendations towards addressing the nursing shortage are proposed in this review. |
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1258 |
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Rummel, L. |
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Safeguarding the practices of nursing: The lived experience of being-as preceptor to undergraduate student nurses in acute care settings |
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2001 |
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Massey University, Albany, Library |
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Preceptorship; Nursing; Education; Identity; Intensive care nursing |
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This thesis used a Heideggerian Hermeneutic approach to explore the experiences of registered nurses who act as preceptors to undergraduate student nurses. The researcher interviewed fifteen volunteer registered nurses twice as preceptors to investigate their experience. The data generated was audio-taped and analysed. Four dominant themes emerged. The first, 'Becoming attuned – the call', related to registered nurses responding to the call to be preceptors to students in their clinical placement. The second, “The emerging identity of being-as preceptor: keeping the student in mind”, related to preceptors cultivating their own identity as preceptors as they worked with students in the world of nursing practice. The third, 'Assessing where the student is at: the preceptor and preceptee working and growing together', related to a constant evaluation by preceptors of students' knowledge, readiness to learn, and the provision of learning opportunities. The fourth, 'Preceptors as builders of nursing practice through teaching reality nursing', facilitated the preceptee's experience of the real world of nursing practice. An overall constitutive theme: 'Preceptors as the safeguarders of the practices of nursing', emerged as the essence of the experience. |
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1263 |
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Hinder, G. |
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Challenging the boundaries: An initiative to extend public health nursing practice |
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2000 |
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Massey University, Palmerston North, Library |
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Public health; Scope of practice; Nursing |
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1264 |
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Burtenshaw, M.K. |
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Characteristics and expectations of beginning Bachelor of Nursing students |
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1999 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Students; Nursing; Education |
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1269 |
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Delugar, A. |
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An historical inquiry to identify the contribution Beatrice Salmon's writings made to nursing education in New Zealand, 1969-1972 |
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1999 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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History of nursing; Nursing; Education |
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1271 |
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Crawford, R. |
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Nutrition: Is there a need for nurses working with children and families to offer nutrition advice? |
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2001 |
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Vision: A Journal of Nursing |
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7 |
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13 |
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10-15 |
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Paediatric nursing; Community health nursing; Nurse-family relations; Socioeconomic factors; Diet |
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Using nursing and associated literature, the relevance of nutrition in the care of children and families is highlighted in this article. The role of a nurse in providing nutrition advice and interventions is examined, in the context of social and economic pressures on the provision of a healthy diet. Relevant examples of the provision of such advice is provided, along with competencies required to achieve this in practice. |
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1276 |
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Dementia care: A literature review |
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2001 |
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Vision: A Journal of Nursing |
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7 |
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13 |
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33-36 |
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Dementia; Nurse-patient relations; Quality of health care; Nursing; Education |
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This article defines dementia, and explores recent trends in relation to why it is such a misunderstood condition in the health care setting. Within a theoretical framework of literature development, nurse client relationships, and quality of care and attitudes are analysed. Gaps, inconsistencies and consistencies are outlined, with the implications for nursing practice and education explored. |
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1279 |
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Vernon, R.A. |
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Clinical case study: Acute traumatic head injury |
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2001 |
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Vision: A Journal of Nursing |
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7 |
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12 |
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3-9 |
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Trauma; Emergency nursing; Nursing specialties; Quality of health care |
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This clinical case study takes an integrated approach to investigation and critical analysis of the complex physiological and pathophysiological treatment modalities instigated when a patient presents following acute traumatic head injury. A broad overview of the developmental physiology of the brain and an explanation of the mechanism of traumatic brain injury as it relates to alterations in cerebral blood flow, intracranial pressure and cerebral metabolism is presented. The author describes in narrative form the clinical presentation of a patient, her symptoms and initial treatment rationale. It concludes with analysis of the patients initial treatment priorities and symptom management during the first 48 hours of her care. |
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1281 |
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