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Author Renor, C
Title Blogging about 'It' Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication Whitireia Nursing Journal Abbreviated Journal Available through NZNO library
Volume Issue 19 Pages (down) 59-62
Keywords Blogs; Education, Non-Traditional; Education, Nursing, Continuing; Learning Styles
Abstract As nurses and students we all have our own 'its', which get out of perspective and cause us anxiety. By sharing this blog with you, I hope I help you with your 'it'. When all else fails try blogging about your 'it', and use reflection as a tool to grow yourself, instigate change and promote yourself as the evidence-based, caring nurse that you are.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1385
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Author McBride-Henry, K.; Foureur, M.
Title A secondary care nursing perspective on medication administration safety Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume 60 Issue 1 Pages (down) 58-66
Keywords Patient safety; Drug administration; Organisational culture; Nursing
Abstract This paper reports on a study to explore how nurses in a secondary care environment understand medication administration safety and the factors that contribute to, or undermine, safe practice during this process. Data were collected in 2005 using three focus groups of nurses that formed part of a larger study examining organisational safety and medication administration from a nursing perspective. A narrative approach was employed to analyse the transcripts. Participants had good understandings of organisational culture in relation to medication safety and recognised the importance of effective multi-disciplinary teams in maintaining a safe environment for patients. Despite this, they acknowledged that not all systems work well, and offered a variety of ways to improve current medication practices. These findings highlight the meaningful contribution nurses can make to patient safety and emphasise the importance of including the nursing voice in any quality improvement initiatives.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 648
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Author Major, G.; Holmes, J.
Title How do nurses describe health care procedures? Analysing nurse-patient interaction in a hospital ward Type Journal Article
Year 2008 Publication Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume 25 Issue 4 Pages (down) 58-70
Keywords Communication; Nursing; Nurse-patient relations
Abstract This study examines the communication strategies used by nurses on the ward in one aspect of the job, namely the ways that they describe health procedures to patients. The data used in this project was collected by nurses on a busy hospital ward as part of Victoria University's Language in the Workplace Project. Three nurses carried minidisc recorders as they went about their normal working day, recording their conversations with patients, visitors, and other staff. The data was collected in a women's hospital ward. All patients, nurses, cleaners and ward clerks were female; two doctors were female and two were male. Twenty three instances where nurses described procedures to patients were identified in the data set. The analysis identified several typical components; indicated there was no fixed order of components; and demonstrated that all except the core component of describing the procedure were optional rather than obligatory elements. The researchers note this is qualitative and exploratory research. The findings demonstrate the benefit of discourse analysis within a sociolinguistic framework for the analysis of nurse-patient interaction. The results indicate that health discourse is not one-sided, nor is it as straightforward as many nursing textbooks suggest.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 975 Serial 959
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Author McKenna, B.; Poole, S.; Smith, N.A.; Coverdale, J.; Gale, C.
Title A survey of threats and violent behaviour by patients against registered nurses in their first year of practice Type Miscellaneous
Year 2003 Publication International Journal of Mental Health Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume 12 Issue 1 Pages (down) 56-63
Keywords New graduate nurses; Workplace violence; Occupational health and safety; Training; Mental health; Psychiatric nursing
Abstract For this study, an anonymous survey was sent to registered nurses in their first year of practice. From the 1169 survey instruments that were distributed, 551 were returned completed (a response rate of 47%). The most common inappropriate behaviour by patients involved verbal threats, verbal sexual harassment, and physical intimidation. There were 22 incidents of assault requiring medical intervention and 21 incidents of participants being stalked by patients. Male graduates and younger nurses were especially vulnerable. Mental health was the service area most at risk. A most distressing incident was described by 123 (22%) of respondents. The level of distress caused by the incident was rated by 68 of the 123 respondents (55%) as moderate or severe. Only half of those who described a most distressing event indicated they had some undergraduate training in protecting against assault or in managing potentially violent incidents. After registration, 45 (37%) indicated they had received such training. The findings of this study indicate priorities for effective prevention programmes.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 649
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Author Gage, J.; Everrett, K.D.; Bullock, L.
Title Integrative review of parenting in nursing research Type Journal Article
Year 2006 Publication Journal of Nursing Scholarship Abbreviated Journal
Volume 38 Issue 1 Pages (down) 56-62
Keywords Parents and caregivers; Nursing research; Evaluation
Abstract The authors synthesise and critically analyse parenting research in nursing. They focused on studies published between 1993 and 2004 by nurse researchers in peer-reviewed journals. Data were organised and analysed with a sample of 17 nursing research studies from core nursing journals. The majority of parenting research has been focused on mothers, primarily about parenting children with physical or developmental disabilities. Research about fathers as parents is sparse. Parenting across cultures, parenting in the context of family, and theoretical frameworks for parenting research are not well developed. The authors conclude that the scope of nursing research on parenting is limited.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 709
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Author Washbourne, G A
Title Registered Nurses' Experiences of How in Situ Simulation Contributes to Ongoing Clinical Skill Development: A Qualitative Descriptive Study Type Book Whole
Year 2017 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages (down) 56 p.
Keywords Simulation; Nursing education; Post-graduate education; Emergency departments (ED)
Abstract Recruits Emergency Department (ED) nurses to participate in three semi-structured interviews. Conducts thematic analysis of interview transcripts to identify the effects on clinical skills, and what facilitated participants' learning.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1560
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Author Meek, Gillian
Title Second-level nurses: a critical examination of their evolving role in New Zealand healthcare Type Report
Year 2009 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages (down) 55 p.
Keywords Enrolled nurses; Maori nurses; Nursing history
Abstract Examines the evolution of the enrolled nurse in NZ from the perspective of a registered nurse who has worked with enrolled nurses in both Britain and NZ. Analyses key documents from a critical perspective to consider the positioning of enrolled nurses in NZ, particularly from the point of view of the large number of Maori enrolled nurses. Makes recommendations for a more equitable future for those who undertake enrolled nursing.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1602
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Author Connor, M.
Title The practical discourse in philosophy and nursing: An exploration of linkages and shifts in the evolution of praxis Type Journal Article
Year 2004 Publication Nursing Philosophy Abbreviated Journal
Volume 5 Issue 1 Pages (down) 54-66
Keywords Nursing philosophy; Ethics; Nursing
Abstract This paper, firstly, examines the linkages and shifts in the evolution of of praxis. The concept of praxis, also known as the practical discourse in philosophy, has been expressed in different ways in different eras. However, the linkages from one era to another and from one paradigm to another are not well explicated in the nursing literature. Blurring of the linkages occurred from the popular association of praxis within the emancipatory paradigm. Integral to the concept of praxis, since the time of Aristotle, is the notion of phronesis: a process of moral reasoning enacted to establish the 'good' of a particular situation, often referred to as practical wisdom. Secondly, the paper, promotes and affirms the importance of praxiological knowledge development in the discipline. Furthermore, increased appreciation of the concept of praxis provides an important vehicle for the advancement of nursing as a moral endeavour and the nurse as moral agent.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 890 Serial 874
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Author Donaldson, Andrea
Title Forensic clinical nurses in emergency departments: an emerging need for New Zealand Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal
Volume 10 Issue 1 Pages (down) 54-58
Keywords Forensic nursing; Emergency departments; Nursing skills; Nursing specialisation
Abstract Performs a systematic review of the literature undertaken to gather evidence to support the establishment of clinical forensic nurse specialist roles in NZ emergency departments. Examines research on the role, function and purpose of the clinical forensic nurse in caring for the most challenging patients while upholding ethical and legal principles
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1625
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Author Hart, Maria
Title Reducing poverty by addressing equity with a focus on prenatal alcohol exposure and inter-generational trauma: Identify, address and remove systemic barriers Type Report
Year 2018 Publication Margaret May Blackwell Travel Study Fellowship Report Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages (down) 53 p.
Keywords Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; Alcoholism; Pregnancy; Inter-generational trauma; Child health nursing; Community health nursing; Health education; Women's health; Maori health
Abstract Travels to Australia and Canada to examine public health efforts in those countries to inform pregnant women about the risks of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), particularly among indigenous populations. Studies regional initiatives around NZ to inform the establishment of a preventive and assessment programme in the Bay of Plenty DHB.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1664
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Author Giddings, D.L.S.; Grant, B.M.
Title A Trojan Horse for positivism? A critique of mixed methods research Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Advances in Nursing Science Abbreviated Journal
Volume 30 Issue 1 Pages (down) 52-60
Keywords Nursing research; Methodology; Evaluation
Abstract This paper presents an analysis of mixed methods research, which the authors suggest is captured by a pragmatically inflected form of post-positivism. Although it passes for an alternative methodological movement that purports to breach the divide between qualitative and quantitative research, most mixed methods studies favour the forms of analysis and truth finding associated with positivism. The authors anticipate a move away from exploring more philosophical questions or undertaking modes of enquiry that challenge the status quo. At the same time, they recognise that mixed methods research offers particular strengths and that, although it serves as a Trojan Horse for positivism, it may productively carry other paradigmatic passengers.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 650
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Author Spence, D.
Title The evolving meaning of 'culture' in New Zealand nursing Type Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 17 Issue 3 Pages (down) 51-61
Keywords Cultural safety; Biculturalism; History of nursing; Maori
Abstract The author traces the nursing definition of biculturalism as it has evolved from the colonial period to the present. An examination of nursing literature demonstrates that local understandings of culture have matured beyond anthropological interpretations to a sociopolitical definition of Maori culture. The author suggests that, in nursing, culture has come to mean cultural safety.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 625
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Author Jonsdottir, H.; Litchfield, M.; Pharris, M.
Title Partnership in practice Type Journal Article
Year 2003 Publication Research & Theory for Nursing Practice Abbreviated Journal
Volume 17 Issue 1 Pages (down) 51-63
Keywords Nurse-patient relations; Nursing philosophy; Nursing research
Abstract This article presents a reconsideration of partnership between nurse and client as the core of the nursing discipline. It points to the significance of the relational nature of partnership, differentiating its features and form from the prevalent understanding associated with prescriptive interventions to achieve predetermined goals and outcomes. The meaning of partnership is presented within the nursing process where the caring presence of the nurse becomes integral to the health experience of the client as the potential for action. Exemplars provide illustration of this emerging view in practice and research. This is the first of a series of articles written as a partnership between nurse scholars from Iceland, New Zealand and the USA. The series draws on research projects that explored the philosophical, theoretical, ethical and practical nature of nursing practice and its significance for health and healthcare in a world of changing need.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1172
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Author Byrson, K
Title Perception of Cultural Safety and Attitudes: A Nursing Student's Reflection and Artwork Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication Whitireia Nursing Journal Abbreviated Journal Available through NZNO library
Volume Issue 19 Pages (down) 51-58
Keywords Cultural Safety; Education Nursing; Nurse Attitudes; Nursing Practice; Students, Nursing
Abstract A nurse's journey in cultural safety and how this is reflected in her nursing practice and described through her artwork.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1384
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Author Naidu, A.
Title Is scholarship an integral component of advanced nursing practice? Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Whitireia Nursing Journal Abbreviated Journal
Volume 14 Issue Pages (down) 50-53
Keywords Advanced nursing practice; Professional development
Abstract This article defines scholarship and how it links to nursing. It explores how nurses perceive scholarship and how it can enhance their practice. While agreeing that scholarship plays a vital role in the image of nursing as a professional practice, the article's main focus is on scholarship as an integral component of advanced nursing practice.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1035
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