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Author Greenwood, S.; Wright, T.; Nielsen, H.
Title Conversations in context: Cultural safety and reflexivity in child and family health nursing Type Journal Article
Year 2006 Publication Journal of Family Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume 12 Issue 2 Pages (up) 201-224
Keywords Cultural safety; Nursing; Education; Curriculum; Nursing philosophy; Teaching methods; Biculturalism
Abstract This article outlines some key aspects of the practice of a number of nurse educators and researchers, and their commitment to the needs of their specific region. The group has been based at the Waikato Institute of Technology (WINTEC) over the last decade and have worked collaboratively across primary health, cultural safety, and child and family health domains of the nursing curriculum. They share a common philosophy underpinned by notions of diversity and health equity. The philosophy informs their theoretical inquiry, practice and research interests, and pedagogical concerns. In this article, the nurse researchers begin by situating themselves within the region, its people, and influences before moving into a consideration of the wider political and policy environment. They then consider the destabilising effects of cultural safety education and the tension between biculturalism and multiculturalism in their context. Finally, they reflect on how these ideas inform their work with postgraduate child and family nurses.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 883
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Author Spence, D.; Fielding, S.
Title Win-win-win: Collaboration advances critical care practice Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication Contemporary Nurse Abbreviated Journal
Volume 13 Issue 2/3 Pages (up) 223-228
Keywords Nursing specialties; Rural nursing; Nursing; Education; Curriculum
Abstract This paper provides an overview of the structure and processes of an eighteen month, distance education course focused on developing advanced practice in the context of critical care nursing. Within the framework of a Master of Health Science, the postgraduate certificate (critical care nursing) was developed as a collaboration between Auckland University of Technology and two regional health providers. Students enrol in science and knowledge papers concurrently then, in the second half of the course, are supported within their practice environment to acquire advanced clinical skills and to analyse, critique and develop practice within their specialty. This course is set against a background of increasing interest in education post registration. The acquisition of highly developed clinical capabilities requires a combination of nursing experience and education. This requires collaboration between clinicians and nurse educators, and approaches to address accessibility of relevant educational opportunities for nurses outside the country's main centres.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 878
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Author Papps, Elaine
Title Knowledge, power, and nursing education in New Zealand: a critical analysis of the construction of the nursing identity Type Book Whole
Year 1998 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages (up) 330 p.
Keywords Nursing education; Nursing identity; Michel Foucault; Curriculum; Governmentality
Abstract Describes and critically analyses the construction of the nursing identity through curriculum and social relations of power. Conducts a critical analysis using Foucault's power/knowledge problematic to unmask power relations positioning the nurse in the discourses of medicine and gender. Analyses the construction of the nursing identity through curriculum and the social relations of power, using the Foucauldian notion of governmentality.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 330
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Author Nicol, M.J.
Title The teaching of genetics in New Zealand undergraduate nursing programmes Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication Nurse Education Today Abbreviated Journal
Volume 22 Issue 5 Pages (up) 401-408
Keywords Curriculum; Nursing; Education
Abstract This paper reports the results of a survey to determine how much genetics is taught in the bioscience component of the three-year Bachelor of Nursing degree offered by 16 tertiary education institutes in New Zealand. A questionnaire was mailed to the bioscience lecturers seeking information on the bioscience and genetics content of current programmes. They were also asked to indicate their perception of the impact and relevance of new genetic knowledge on health care and nursing education. Results indicated that on average 250-350 hours are devoted to the teaching of biosciences. Less than 10 hours are devoted to genetics at 66% of institutes, one institute did not teach any aspect of genetics. None of the institutes taught more than 20 hours of genetics in the programme, although 47% of lecturers said they would like to teach more genetics if there were more time available in the curriculum. Lecturers teaching bioscience to Bachelor of Nursing students are aware of the importance of genetics in health care and to nursing in particular, and the majority are of the opinion that more genetics should be included in undergraduate programmes, however 'curriculum crowding' is a problem.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1076
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Author van Rooyen, P.; Dixon, D.A.; Dixon, G.; Wells, C.C.
Title Entry criteria as predictor of performance in an undergraduate nursing degree programme Type Journal Article
Year 2006 Publication Nurse Education Today Abbreviated Journal
Volume 27 Issue 7 Pages (up) 593-600
Keywords Nursing; Education; Curriculum; Evaluation
Abstract This research explored the relationship between entry criteria and academic performance in the first and second year bioscience papers at Otago Polytechnic School of Nursing. The School's inclusion of a bioscience requirement varies from the Nursing Council criteria for acceptance into undergraduate nursing programmes. Six hundred and nineteen academic records of 1994-2002 graduates were sampled. Chi-square and correlational analyses found a relationship between entry qualifications and students' academic performance in the two papers. The entry criteria had a stronger relationship with the students' performance in the first year bioscience paper than the second year paper. Performance in the first year was predicative of second year performance. Age was also found to be a useful predictor of grades. These findings support the School's Bioscience entry criteria and provide important information for admission committees.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 693
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Author Rydon, S.E.; Rolleston, A.; Mackie, J.
Title Graduates and initial employment Type Journal Article
Year 2008 Publication Nurse Education Today Abbreviated Journal
Volume 28 Issue 5 Pages (up) 610-619
Keywords New graduate nurses; Curriculum; Work
Abstract This research project was undertaken to inform nurse educators in the Department of Nursing and Health Studies of Manukau Institute of Technology of the employment opportunities for new graduate nurses emerging from the three year degree and registration programme. Graduates from the programme for the previous three years were surveyed for their experiences in gaining employment. 89.8% of graduates were successful in gaining employment in the first three months post registration. The number of graduates employed within a district health board declined across the three years but there were no significant differences between cohorts. Overall, 73% of graduates were employed into new graduate positions. The majority of graduates felt that their nursing education prepared them well for their role as a registered nurse. The findings of the qualitative data identified a strong need for science throughout the degree; longer clinical blocks; increased hands on experience; more practice with skills and less theory in relation to practical experience.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 701
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