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Wilkinson, J.A.; Huntington, A.D. |
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Title |
The personal safety of district nurses: A critical analysis |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2004 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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Volume |
20 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
31-44 |
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District nursing; Occupational health and safety; Organisational culture; Risk factors |
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A workplace safety study of district nurses in New Zealand was conducted to explore personal safety experiences. A qualitative methodology informed by Critical Social Theory was employed. This paper details the findings and implications derived from data collected from six district nurses in two urban New Zealand health services who recalled incidents in which they felt their personal safety was compromised. Data were collected through individual interviews and a focus group discussion with the participants. Data analysis revealed two-fold risks to nurse safety; these were associated with client behaviour as well as risks embedded in the organisational structure. The findings suggest a number of practical issues involving basic security measures require urgent attention. The complex power relationships that shape the experience of nursing in a community impinged on the ability of the nurses in this study to confidently and safely fulfil their role. An organisational commitment to a culture of safety would help address the powerlessness experienced by district nurses. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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549 |
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Walker, J.; Bailey, S. |
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Title |
The clinical performance of new degree graduates |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
1999 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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14 |
Issue |
2 |
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31-42 |
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New graduate nurses; Professional competence; Nursing; Education; Teaching methods |
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This study aimed to identify how graduates perceived their clinical performance during their first year of practice. A convenience sample of 30 graduates was surveyed after 3 months and 7 months in practice, using an adapted form of a questionnaire devised by Ryan and Hodson (1992). The results showed that over time, graduates generally required less direction in all areas of clinical competence. After 7 months in practice, the majority of the graduates rated their performance in nursing skills, communication skills, and professionalism at the expected level or above. However, some still required direction with using theory and research in practice, with meeting client's psychosocial needs and with teaching clients. In the leadership competency, after 7 months, most graduates saw themselves functioning at the expected level related to client care and needed less direction in unit management skills. However, many of the unit management skills were rated as 'not applicable' indicating that new graduates are not initially placed in a management role. Implications for nursing education and limitations of the research are discussed. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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638 |
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Taikato, Veronica |
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Title |
The place of Rangahau Maori in nursing practice |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2018 |
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Whitireia Nursing and Health Journal |
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25 |
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31-36 |
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Rangahau Maori; Maori nursing research; Nursing practice; Kaupapa Maori; Research methodologies |
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Compares two different articles, one using a Kaupapa Maori framework, and the other a tauiwi framework. Emphasises the importance of Kaupapa Maori research and the contributions it makes to nursing practice and to health research outcomes for Maori. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1611 |
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Hutchinson, Rosie; Adams, Sue; Cook, Catherine |
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From regulation to practice: Mapping the organisational readiness for registered nurse prescribers in a specialty outpatient clinic setting |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2020 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand |
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Volume |
36 |
Issue |
1 |
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31-40 |
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Keywords |
Registered nurses; Community nursing; Primary health care; Sexual health services; Nurse precsribing; Institutional ethnography |
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Asserts that registered-nurse (RN) prescribing could improve equitable access and care delivery for patients. Uses a mapping tool to reflect how one RN qualified to deliver prescribing services in a sexual health clinic. Emphasises the need for organisational readiness to employ RN prescribers. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1674 |
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Mortensen, A.; White, G.E. |
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Title |
The process of destigmatisation: The work of sexual health nurses |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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Volume |
19 |
Issue |
1 |
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32-39 |
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Nursing specialties; Sexual and reproductive health; Attitude to health |
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The focus of this article is on the findings of a grounded theory study of sexual health nursing in New Zealand. Nurses' experiences of providing sexual health care are described and theoretical explanations generated. The emphasis in this article is on countering stigma which emerged as a recurrent problem for nurses in the study. A comparative analysis of the nurses' counter reactions with Gilmore and Somerville's (1994) model of stigmatised reactions towards people with sexually transmitted diseases was done. The model describes the processes of disidentification, depersonalisation, scapegoating, and discrimination, which characterise stigmatised reactions. Nurses' understandings of the impact of socioeconomic conditions and gender/power relations in society have an important role to play in how nurses manage care. The concept of destigmatisation, which seeks to counteract negative social attitudes, is discussed. The study showed that as a consequence of their work nurses in this study encountered professional stigma and marginalisation. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 626 |
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612 |
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Author |
Water, Tineke; McCall, Elaine; Britnell, Sally; Rea, Miriam; Thompson, Sarah; Mearns, Gael |
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Title |
Paediatric nurses' understanding and utilisation |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2018 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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Volume |
34 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
32-45 |
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Keywords |
Evidence-based practice; Paediatric nursing; Nursing practice; Surveys |
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Explores how nurses working in a tertiary-level paediatric health-care facility understand research and evidence-based practice. Offers a descriptive, self-reporting, anonymous questionnaire to 600 paediatric nurses, asking both quantitative and qualitative questions on attitudes, knowledge and barriers relating to research and evidence-based practice utilisation. Identifies the barriers to undertaking research/evidence-based practice in paediatric nursing practice. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1592 |
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Author |
Phiri, Tari; Mowat, Rebecca; Cook, Catherine |
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Title |
What nursing interventions and healthcare practices facilitate type 1 diabetes self-management in young adults? An integrative review |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2022 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand |
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Volume |
38 |
Issue |
2 |
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32-43 |
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Type 1 diabetes; Diabetes nursing; Young adults; Digital technology; Medical technology; Nursing research |
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Explores how current nursing and health-care practices can be designed to facilitate effective type 1 diabetes (T1D) self-management in young adults aged 16-25 years. Reviews quantitative and qualitative literature published between 2017 and 2021. Identifies four themes by means of thematic analysis: digital information systems; glucose monitoring and insulin devices; group- and peer-education and peer support; diabetes care delivery style. Highlights the importance of adopting age-appropriate interventions to improve young adults' engagement in T1D self-management, requiring nurses and health-care practitioners to keep up to date with the rapid changes in digital technology and diabetes-related device technology. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1807 |
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Author |
Richardson, S. |
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Title |
Incorporation of research into clinical practice: The development of a clinical nurse researcher position |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2005 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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21 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
33-42 |
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Emergency nursing; Nursing research; Hospitals |
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The author backgrounds the development of the role of an innovative Nurse Researcher (Emergency Medicine) role at Christchurch Hospital. She describes the emergency department and the factors leading to the creation of the role. Specific nursing research projects are reviewed, and the nature of nursing in relation to research is discussed. The author argues that the nurse researcher is integral to the expansion of evidence-based nursing, and that the role of Clinical Nurse Researcher in the emergency department has resulted in a higher profile for research, and the gradual integration of research as a clinical skill with direct practical relevance. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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536 |
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Author |
White, G.E.; Su, H.-R. |
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Title |
Am I dying, nurse? |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2000 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
15 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
33-40 |
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Keywords |
Communication; Ethics; Nursing; Palliative care |
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This paper addresses the concept of truth, and debates who should tell it and how it should be told. It explores the cultural aspects of knowing the truth about dying. The question of whether nurses have a moral obligation to tell the truth is explored, and suggests the lack of New Zealand research in this area should be addressed. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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631 |
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McArthur, J.; Dickinson, A.R. |
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Decision making the explicit evidence-based way: Comparing benefits, harms and costs |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
1999 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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Volume |
14 |
Issue |
1 |
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33-42 |
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Keywords |
Evidence-based medicine; Nursing; Guidelines; Clinical decision making |
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This paper explores the relationship between evidence, decision tools, and the effectiveness of the nursing contribution to health services. It examines a continuum of decision-making within the international trend of the Effectiveness Movement, drawing on international literature and local experience. It draws on the concept of explicit evidence-based decision-making, the guideline development movement as exemplified through the New Zealand Guidelines Group, information technology in decision support, and the challenges of an evidential approach to nursing. This article is based on a paper given at 'The Pride and Passion of Professional Nursing Practice' College of Nurses' Aotearoa (NZ) Conference, Rotorua, 8-9 October 1998. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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639 |
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McBride-Henry, K.; Foureur, M. |
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Title |
Medication administration errors: Understanding the issues |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2006 |
Publication |
Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing |
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Volume |
23 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
33-41 |
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Nursing; Patient safety; Medical errors; Drug administration; Quality assurance |
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This literature review focused on research that primarily addresses the issues related to medications that arise in tertiary care facilities. It finds that investigations into medication errors have primarily focused on the role of nurses, and tended to identify the nurse as deliverer of unsafe practice. Over the past few years a shift in how medication errors are understood has led to the identification of systems-related issues that contribute to medication errors. The author suggests that nurses should contribute to initiatives such as the 'Quality and Safe Use of Medicines' and develop nursing led research, to address some of the safety related issues with a view to enhancing patient safety. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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715 |
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Author |
Buisman, B. |
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Title |
Nursing 2020: How will 'Magnet' hospitals fit in? |
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Journal Article |
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2006 |
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Nursing Journal Northland Polytechnic |
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10 |
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33-41 |
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Nursing; Leadership; Hospitals |
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Nursing shortages, technology, advances in genetics and the knowledge explosion are trends that have an influence on the nursing profession in the future. This article will examine these trends and give an overview of what it may be like to nurse in an acute-care hospital in the year 2020. The impact of leadership, management and political influences will also be discussed. The American concept of 'Magnet' hospitals will be described as one possible solution to the issues that affect the nursing profession in New Zealand. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1209 |
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1194 |
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Title |
Dementia care: A literature review |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2001 |
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Vision: A Journal of Nursing |
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Volume |
7 |
Issue |
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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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1279 |
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Author |
Diack, Aileen |
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Innovations in home care for infants and young children with long-term illness (observations of care provision in United States of America and England) |
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Report |
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1993 |
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33 p. |
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Child health services; Long-term care; Domiciliary nursing; Reports |
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Visits the US and the UK to observe paediatric nursing services for chronically-ill children at home. Discusses the concepts that enable children with long-term illness to be cared for in the home, how staff are chosen and trained and the degree to which the family is involved in setting objectives and directing the focus of care. Part of the Margaret May Blackwell Scholarship Reports series. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1418 |
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Author |
Curtis, K.; Donoghue, J. |
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The trauma nurse coordinator in Australia and New Zealand: A progress survey of demographics, role function, and resources |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2008 |
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Journal of Trauma Nursing |
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15 |
Issue |
2 |
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34-42 |
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Emergency nursing; Personnel; Nurse managers; Economics |
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An initial profile of the demographics and current practice of Australian trauma nurse coordinators (TNCs) was conducted in 2003. The study identified common and differing role components, provided information to assist with establishing national parameters for the role, and identified the resources perceived necessary to enable the role to be performed effectively. This article compares the findings of the 2003 study with a 2007 survey, expanded to include New Zealand trauma coordinators. Forty-nine people, identified as working in a TNC capacity in Australia and New Zealand, were invited to participate in February 2007. Participation in the research enabled an update of the previously compiled Australia/New Zealand trauma network list. Thirty-six surveys (71.5% response rate) were returned. Descriptive statistics were undertaken for each item, and comparisons were made among states, territories, and countries. Participants reported that most of their time was spent fulfilling the trauma registry component of the role (27% of total hours), followed by quality and clinical activities (19% of total hours), education, and administration. The component associated with the least amount of time was outreach (3% of total hours). Although the proportion of time has almost halved since 2003, TNCs still spend the most time maintaining trauma registries. Compared to the 2003 survey, Australian and New Zealand TNCs are working more unpaid overtime, spending more time performing quality and clinical activities and less time doing data entry. Despite where one works, the role components identified are fulfilled to a certain extent. However, the authors conclude that trauma centres need to provide the TNC with adequate resources if trauma care systems are to be optimally effective |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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964 |
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