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Author Rodgers, Vivien; Gilmour, Jean
Title Shaping student nurses' attitudes towards older people through learning and experience Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 27 Issue 3 Pages (up) 13-20
Keywords Ageism; Nursing; Education; Attitudes
Abstract Presents findings of a study comparing student nurse attitudes towards older people before and after an introductory nursing paper that included gerontology theory and clinical practice in an aged-care setting. Administers The Kogan Attitudes Towards Old People Scale to 56 nursing studies students at the beginning and end of the semester of study.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1467
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Author Giddings, D.L.S.; Smith, M.C.
Title Stories of lesbian in/visibility in nursing Type Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication Nursing Outlook Abbreviated Journal
Volume 49 Issue 1 Pages (up) 14-19
Keywords Sexuality; Nursing; Identity; Work
Abstract A study of the life histories of five self-identified lesbian women in nursing is reported. A metastory of “In/Visibility” captured the essence of lesbians being the focus of intense scrutiny while at the same time feeling the pressure to keep their lifestyle and identity hidden from others. Seven story themes were elaborated: closeting of lesbianism in nursing, isolating and hiding from self and others, living a double-life, self-loathing and shame, experiencing discrimination from others, keeping safe, and threatening others who are closeted.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 844
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Author Corbett, A.
Title Cultural safety: A New Zealand experience Type Journal Article
Year 2004 Publication Journal of the Australasian Rehabilitation Nurses Association Abbreviated Journal
Volume 7 Issue 1 Pages (up) 14-17
Keywords Cross-cultural comparison; Cultural safety; Transcultural nursing
Abstract The Indigenous Nursing Education Working Group report “Gettin em n keepin em”, was presented at the Australasian Nurse Educators Conference held in Rotorua, New Zealand. The practicalities of the implementation of this report were challenged in light of the experiences of New Zealand nurse educators in implementing the concepts of cultural safety into undergraduate nurse education in New Zealand. The experiences of one Maori family with the Australian health system is given to illustrate the points made.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 964 Serial 948
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Author Hughes, F.; Farrow, T.
Title Caring for obese patients in a culturally safe way Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 13 Issue 4 Pages (up) 14-16
Keywords Nursing models; Obesity; Cultural safety
Abstract The authors review the contemporary notion of obesity and suggest that the nursing approach, with an emphasis on treatment, are shaped by a culture located within “western” views of ideal body shape. The biomedical framework regards obesity as disease and obese people as the cause of their own health problems. The authors note varying cultural interpretations of obesity, and suggest that by viewing obesity as a disease, the cultural, social or economic determinants of obesity are not acknowledged. Nursing needs to broaden the concept of the categories of difference to respond in a culturally safe way to obesity. Cultural safety asks that nurses care for people “regardful” of difference. This means nurses must reflect on the care given, so that the biomedical model is not just replicated. Nurse-led clinics offer an opportunity for practices based on nursing values of care and cultural safety. Such clinics are based on nursing's social model of health, rather than a biomedical, disease-focused model.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 994 Serial 978
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Author Surtees, R.
Title Developing a therapeutic alliance in an eating disorders unit Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 13 Issue 10 Pages (up) 14-16
Keywords Nursing specialties; Multidisciplinary care teams; Psychiatric Nursing; Nurse-patient relations; Anorexia nervosa
Abstract The author presents the approach of a nursing team at Christchurch's Princess Margaret Hospital, in the regional specialist service for people with anorexia nervosa. This unit provides the only specialist inpatient unit in the country, consisting of a six or seven-bed facility that shares a unit with a mother and baby unit. A multidisciplinary team of psychiatric nurses, dietitians, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers all make significant contributions. The Christchurch unit uses a cognitive-behavioural therapy model (CBT) across the disciplines, a multidimensional approach incorporating psychotherapeutic, psychoeducational, biomedical and behaviourist paradigms. This occurs within a “lenient flexible approach”. Within the Unit, the eight nurses constitute what could be seen as an “intra”-disciplinary team within the wider “inter”-disciplinary or MDT team. They apply an evidence-based nursing approach with a commitment to partnership and advocacy with their patients. They use collaborative techniques for defining shared goals, and the careful management of the introduction of food. As one of the team members, the author envisages that the job of specialised nurses is to form a therapeutic alliance with patients, which takes account of the dynamic ways that patients may negotiate their own complex understandings of health, care, and recovery.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 982
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Author Wilkinson, J.A.
Title Creating a culture of workplace safety Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 8 Issue 6 Pages (up) 14-15
Keywords Occupational health and safety; Workplace violence; District nursing; Organisational culture
Abstract This study investigated the safety of working environments of a group of urban district nurses. Six district nurses were interviewed and participated in a focus group. The findings focus on the risks associated with client behaviour and with the organisational structure in which district nurses work. Recommendations for primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of harm to nurses working in isolation in the community are presented. The author describes her personal background in district nursing, which prompted the study.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1002
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Author Sadlier, C.
Title Gaining insight into the experience of diabetes Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 8 Issue 1 Pages (up) 14-16
Keywords Diabetes Type 2; Maori; Nursing
Abstract This article reports a research project that investigated the experience and expectations of Maori who were newly-diagnosed with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). Four people diagnosed with NIDDM were interviewed over 12 months. Participant recommendations are incorporated into suggested improvements for managing the condition.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1020 Serial 1004
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Author Crowe, M.; O'Malley, J.; Bigwood, S.
Title Nursing mental health consumers in the community Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 8 Issue 8 Pages (up) 14-15
Keywords Community health nursing; Psychiatric Nursing
Abstract The purpose of this research was to describe the characteristics of community mental health nursing care in the community. Twenty six nurses were enrolled in a study consisting of semi-structured interviews about the nature of their care. Responses were analysed to identify categories of skills. These were characterised as: establishing connectedness; promoting individual and family resilience, promoting citizenship; and addressing structural issues. Responses from the nurses are used to illustrate these categories.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1024 Serial 1008
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Author Hansen, G.
Title The role of massage in the care of the critically ill Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 8 Issue 7 Pages (up) 14-16
Keywords Nursing; Alternative therapies; Intensive care nursing
Abstract This article looks at the research on the benefits of massage for alleviating the anxiety of patients in critical care. The author draws on her own experiences with cardiac patients and affirms the lasting psychological benefit of massage. She provides advice on which parts of the body to massage on patients in critical care, which to avoid and how to know when it is contraindicated.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1010
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Author Wright, R.
Title Linking theory with practice Type Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 7 Issue 2 Pages (up) 14-15
Keywords Intensive care nursing; Nurse-family relations; Nursing models
Abstract This article describes the care of a brain-dead intensive care unit patient. The human caring theory of Jean Watson is used to interpret the interactions between family, patient and nurse in this case study. Watson's concepts of care are examined as they relate to each stage of caring for the patient and his family.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1012
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Author Paterson, M.
Title Dealing with life and death decisions Type Journal Article
Year 2000 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 6 Issue 7 Pages (up) 14-16
Keywords Ethics; Nursing; Patient rights; Clinical decision making; Euthanasia
Abstract This article examines the implications for nurses of not-for-resuscitation orders and orders to withdraw treatment. The rights of patients and correct procedure in the case of not-for-resuscitation or do-not-resuscitate orders are considered, as well as the ethical dilemma facing nurses in cases of the withdrawal of treatment. Guidelines are offered to assist nurses in reaching an ethical decision to withdraw treatment. Euthanasia is defined and case law decisions on not-for-resuscitation and treatment withdrawal are cited.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1017
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Author Lewer, D.
Title Analysing the Mental Health Act Type Journal Article
Year 1999 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 5 Issue 8 Pages (up) 14-16
Keywords Psychiatric Nursing; Mental health; Law and legislation; Ethics
Abstract Changes brought by the Mental Health Act (MHA) to clinical practice, and some of the problems it has created for nurses, are examined in this article. Compulsory assessment and treatment orders (CATO) and the role of Duly Authorised Officers (DAO), and moral dilemmas that can arise as a consequence of CATOs used by DAOs are examined. The requirement for DAOs to act as patient advocates and to safeguard cultural beliefs are highlighted. The MHA promotes self responsibility and a treatment philosophy rather than detention of the mentally ill.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1039 Serial 1023
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Author McKenna, B.
Title Bridging the theory-practice gap Type Journal Article
Year 1999 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 5 Issue 2 Pages (up) 14-16
Keywords Psychiatric nursing; Nursing; Education; Teaching methods
Abstract The author presents a case study of a joint appointment between a nurse lecturer and a staff nurse in an acute forensic psychiatry unit. He explores the advantages, disadvantages and reasons for success in relation to the findings of a survey of the literature on joint appointments. This technique is seen as a means of narrowing the gap between theory and practice which resulted when nurse training was transferred from hospitals to polytechnics. He highlights the need to develop research methodology to clarify potential benefits of this approach.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1024
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Author Ronaldson, A.
Title Coping with body image changes after limb loss Type Journal Article
Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume 5 Issue 11 Pages (up) 14-16
Keywords People with disabilities; Nursing; Psychology
Abstract The author reviews the literature on the differences in the way people manage the process of coming to terms with amputation. The socio-cultural implications of body image construction are discussed and a new framework for clinical practice is suggested. The implications for nursing are examined and positions nurses as advocates. The importance of language is identified.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1042 Serial 1026
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Author Garrod, A.
Title Cultural safety: Living with disability Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication Whitireia Nursing Journal Abbreviated Journal
Volume 9 Issue Pages (up) 14-19
Keywords Cultural safety; People with disabilities; Nursing models
Abstract This article outlines some of the health experiences and concerns of people with physical and/or mental disabilities. These experiences and concerns are explored within the context of the practice of cultural safety. In 1996, the Nursing Council of New Zealand adopted its definition of cultural safety and defines 'culture', in the context of 'cultural safety', as involving all people who are not part of the culture of nursing. Each person with a disability is unique, and they may also be part of a larger disability culture, which has its own shared experiences, values, beliefs and lifestyles. People with disabilities are also a minority within the population. Therefore, any power they might have within their own culture is minimal, compared to the advantages enjoyed by the rest of the population.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1082
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