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Author |
Giddings, D.L.S. |
Title |
A theoretical model of social consciousness |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2005 |
Publication |
Advances in Nursing Science |
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Volume |
28 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
224-239 |
Keywords |
Attitude of health personnel; Feminist critique; Nursing models |
Abstract |
The article presents a theoretical model of social consciousness developed from nurses' life histories. A 3-position dialectical framework (acquired, awakened, and expanded social consciousness) makes visible the way people respond to social injustice in their lives and in the lives of others. The positions coexist, are not hierarchical, and are contextually situated. A person's location influences her or his availability for social action. Nurses who could most contribute to challenging social injustices that underpin health disparities are relegated to the margins of mainstream nursing by internal processes of discrimination. The author suggests that more inclusive definitions of “a nurse” would open up possibilities for social change. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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944 |
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Author |
Haji Vahabzadeh, Ali |
Title |
Optimal Allocation of Intensive Care Unit nurses to Patient-At-Risk-Team |
Type |
Book Whole |
Year |
2018 |
Publication |
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Volume |
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Issue |
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Pages |
224 p. |
Keywords |
Intensive Care Units; Intensive care nursing; Patients; Mortality; Health economics |
Abstract |
Explains the need for nurse-led Patient-at-Risk-Teams(PART) to prevent unnecessary ICU admissions. Investigates which nurse allocation policy between PART and ICU would result in the best outcomes for patients and hospitals. Provides econometric models to estimate the impact of critical care nurses on hospital length of stay. Proposes queueing and simulation models to obtain the optimal nurse allocation policy for minimising the ICU mortality rate. Validates proposed models at Middlemore Hospital from 2015 to 2016. Estimates the financial and mortality impact of allocating another nurse to PART per shift. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1647 |
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Author |
Lawless, J.; Moss, C. |
Title |
Exploring the value of dignity in the work-life of nurses |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
2007 |
Publication |
Contemporary Nurse |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
23 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
225-236 |
Keywords |
Work; Nursing philosophy; Job satisfaction; Ethics |
Abstract |
In this paper the authors draw attention to the value and understandings of nurse dignity in the work-life of nurses. A review of nursing literature and a theoretical lens on worker dignity derived from recent work by Hodson (2001) was used to explore these questions. In the context of current and international workforce issues associated with recruitment and retention, analysis of the construct of worker dignity within the profession takes on a strong imperative. Findings of this inquiry reveal that while there is a degree of coherence between the nursing research and elements of Hodson's (2001) research on worker dignity, the dignity of nurses, as a specific construct and as an intrinsic human and worker right has received little explicit attention. Reasons for this may lie partly in approaches that privilege patient dignity over nurse dignity and which rely on the altruism and self-sacrifice of nurses to sustain patient care in environments dominated by cost-control agendas. The value of dignity in the work-life of nurses has been under-explored and there is a critical need for further theoretical work and research. This agenda goes beyond acceptance of dignity in the workplace as a human right towards the recognition that worker dignity may be a critical factor in sustaining development of healthy workplaces and healthy workforces. Directing explicit attention to nurse dignity may benefit the attainment of both nurse and organisational goals. Hodson's (2001) framework offers a new perspective on dignity in the workplace. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1031 |
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Author |
Framp, A. |
Title |
Diffuse gastric cancer |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
2006 |
Publication |
Gastroenterology Nursing |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
29 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
232-238 |
Keywords |
Maori; Nursing; Diseases; Case studies; Cancer; Oncology |
Abstract |
This article provides an overview of gastric cancer using a unique case study involving a Maori family genetically predisposed to diffuse gastric cancer. The pathophysiology of diffuse gastric cancer, including prognosis, diagnosis, and treatment, along with important patient considerations is highlighted. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
691 |
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Author |
Wilson, D. |
Title |
The nurse's role in improving indigenous health |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Contemporary Nurse |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
15 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
232-240 |
Keywords |
Transcultural nursing; Maori; Health status |
Abstract |
The health status of indigenous peoples is a global concern with mortality and hospitalisation data indicating that the health of indigenous groups falls below that of other ethnic groups within their countries. The preliminary findings of grounded theory research project undertaken with a group of 23 New Zealand Maori women about their health priorities and 'mainstream' health service needs provide the foundation for an exploration of issues impacting on the health status of indigenous people. The role that nursing and nurses have in improving access and use of health services by indigenous people is discussed. Strategies are suggested that nurses can utilise within their practice when working with local indigenous groups. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1065 |
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Author |
MacGeorge, J.M.; Nelson, K. |
Title |
The experience of the nurse at triage influences the timing of CPAP intervention |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Accident & Emergency Nursing |
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Volume |
11 |
Issue |
4 |
Pages |
234-238 |
Keywords |
Emergency nursing; Clinical decision making; Hospitals; Quality of health care |
Abstract |
This study used a non-experimental correlational design to research the relationship between the experience of the nurse, with the application of continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP) to patients presenting to a metropolitan emergency department with cardiogenic pulmonary oedema (CPO), and to establish what difference, if any, CPAP made to outcomes. A retrospective audit of records was used to extract data on all 54 patients that received CPAP over a 12-month period. The primary outcome measures were off CPAP within two hours, transfer to intensive care unit or cardiac care unit, and secondary outcome measures were length of hospital stay and death. There was a trend towards more experienced nurses attending patients who required immediate treatment or treatment within 10 minutes. These patients were more likely to be recognised at triage as requiring CPAP therapy. The early application of CPAP reduced hospital mortality, length of stay, and the need for intubation and ventilation. Attention needs to be given on how best to educate nurses so that more patients presenting with acute respiratory failure can benefit from nurses' decision-making regarding the commencement of CPAP. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
847 |
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Author |
Te Whata, Tracy Deborah |
Title |
Determining the value of Maori nurses in Aotearoa |
Type |
Book Whole |
Year |
2020 |
Publication |
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Volume |
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Issue |
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Pages |
236 p. |
Keywords |
Maori nurses; Kaupapa Maori; Tikanga; Nursing discourse; Discrimination; Cultural safety |
Abstract |
Offers an understanding of how nursing discourse is embedded within legislation, regulatory bodies, and nursing practice and its direct impact on the health and well-being of Maori nurses. Argues that nursing discourse marginalises and undervalues tikanga. Explores the experiences of Maori registered nurses (RN) using a kaupapa Maori, mixed-method approach. Surveys over 300 Maori RNs about career and professional development, use of tikanga, cultural identity, and racism/discrimination at work. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1799 |
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Author |
Jonsdottir, H.; Litchfield, M.; Pharris, M. |
Title |
The relational core of nursing practice as partnership |
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Journal Article |
Year |
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Publication |
Journal of Advanced Nursing |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
47 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
241-250 |
Keywords |
Nurse-patient relations; Nursing philosophy; Nursing research |
Abstract |
This article elaborates the meaning of partnership in practice for nurses practising in different and complementary way to nurses in specialist roles and medical practitioners. It positions partnership as the relational core of nursing practice. Partnership is presented as an evolving dialogue between nurse and patient, which is characterised by open, caring, mutually responsive and non-directive approaches. This partnership occurs within a health system that is dominated by technologically-driven, prescriptive, and outcome-oriented approaches. It is the second of a series of articles written as a partnership between nurse scholars from Iceland, NZ and USA. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1188 |
Serial |
1173 |
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Author |
Joyce, Sophie |
Title |
Running some tests: essays on doctors, nurses and hospital health care |
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Book Whole |
Year |
2013 |
Publication |
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Volume |
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Issue |
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Pages |
242 p. |
Keywords |
Demographics; Decision-making; Nursing hours; Patient outcomes; Caesarean sections; Health economics |
Abstract |
Comprises three essays on the economics of health-care delivery in hospitals: considers the relationship between gender and/or ethnic concordance between a doctor and patient, and the number of diagnostic tests ordered during a hospital stay; estimates the impact of doctor-patient demographic concordance (where doctor and patient share the same ethnic group and/or gender) on a doctor's decision-making for diagnostic resources and medical treatments; calculates the relationship between ward-level nursing hours and a patient's health outcome, e.g. mortality and length of ward stay. Uses a detailed nursing-staff dataset, a novel instrumental variable for nursing hours (the amount of sick and bereavement leave taken by nurses on a ward) and the separate effect of nursing and patient hours in a ward, on a patient's health outcome. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1577 |
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Author |
Davenport, Angela C. |
Title |
Exploring nurses' documentation of their contribution to Traumatic Brain Injury rehabilitation in an Aotearoa-New Zealand Rehabilitation Unit |
Type |
Book Whole |
Year |
2020 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
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Issue |
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Pages |
244 p. |
Keywords |
Traumatic brain injury; Documentation; Rehabilitation Nursing; Decision-making |
Abstract |
Utilises a critical realist case study framework to explore how rehabilitation nurses documented their contribution for clients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), and the influences on that documentation. Administers a questionnaire, undertakes an audit and interviews the nurses about their contribution. Makes six recommendations in relation to organisational level decision-making and the practice of individual nurses. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1744 |
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Author |
Gardner, A.; Hase, S.; Gardner, G.; Dunn, S.; Carryer, J.B. |
Title |
From competence to capability: A study of nurse practitioners in clinical practice |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Journal of Clinical Nursing |
Abbreviated Journal |
Author copy available 12 months after publication from QUT ePrints |
Volume |
17 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
250-258 |
Keywords |
Nurse practitioners; Professional competence; Advanced nursing practice; Evaluation |
Abstract |
This research aimed to understand the level and scope of practice of the nurse practitioner in Australia and New Zealand further using a capability framework. The original study, from which the present paper was developed, sought to identify competency standards for the extended role of the nurse practitioner in Australia and New Zealand. In doing so the researchers became aware that while competencies described many of the characteristics of the nurse practitioner they did not manage to tell the whole story. In a search of the literature, the concept of capability appeared to provide a potentially useful construct to describe the attributes of the nurse practitioner that went beyond competence. A secondary analysis of data obtained from the interviews with 15 nurse practitioners working in Australia and New Zealand was undertaken. The analysis showed that capability and its dimensions is a useful model for describing the advanced level attributes of nurse practitioners. Thus, nurse practitioners described elements of their practice that involved: using their competences in novel and complex situations as well as the familiar; being creative and innovative; knowing how to learn; having a high level of self-efficacy; and working well in teams. This study suggests dimensions of capability need to be considered in the education and evaluation of nurse practitioners. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 945 |
Serial |
929 |
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Author |
Ferguson, Katelyn Maye |
Title |
The appropriation of cultural safety: A mixed methods analysis |
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Book Whole |
Year |
2021 |
Publication |
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Issue |
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Pages |
250 p. |
Keywords |
Cultural safety; Nursing practice; Cross-cultural communication; Maori health care; Internationally Qualified Nurses (IQN) |
Abstract |
Argues that the concept of cultural safety (CS) has been appropriated from an indigenous-led bicutural context to an inclusive cross-cultural framework for working with diverse patient populations. Investigates nurses' understanding of the 'Guidelines for Cultural Safety, the Treaty of Waitangi and Maori Health in Nursing Education and Practice' published in 2011 by the Nursing Council of NZ. Conducts a mixed-methods survey using both closed and open-ended questions to gauge nurses' confidence in applying the guidelines and their view of their relevance. Describes differences between NZ Registered Nurses (RN) and Internationally Qualified Nurses (IQN) in their understanding of CS. Argues that the CS model should be by Maori, for Maori. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1763 |
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Author |
Peri, K.; Kerse, N.; Kiata, L.; Wilkinson, T.; Robinson, E.; Parsons, J.; Willingale, J.; Parsons, M.; Brown, P.; Pearson, J.R.; von Randow, M.; Arroll, B. |
Title |
Promoting independence in residential care: Successful recruitment for a randomized controlled trial |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association |
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Volume |
9 |
Issue |
4 |
Pages |
251-256 |
Keywords |
Research; Geriatric nursing; Rest homes; Evaluation; Attitude of health personnel |
Abstract |
The aim of this study was to describe the recruitment strategy and association between facility and staff characteristics and success of resident recruitment for the Promoting Independence in Residential Care (PIRC) trial. A global impression of staff willingness to facilitate research was gauged by research nurses, facility characteristics were measured by staff interview. Forty-one (85%) facilities and 682 (83%) residents participated, median age was 85 years (range 65-101), and 74% were women. Participants had complex health problems. Recruitment rates were associated (but did not increase linearly) with the perceived willingness of staff, and were not associated with facility size. Design effects from the cluster recruitment differed according to outcome. The recruitment strategy was successful in recruiting a large sample of people with complex comorbidities and high levels of functional disability despite perceptions of staff reluctance. Staff willingness was related to recruitment success. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 803 |
Serial |
787 |
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Author |
Drake, M. |
Title |
The sonata form of musical composition as a framework for thesis writing |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2004 |
Publication |
Contemporary Nurse |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
16 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
252-258 |
Keywords |
Nursing research; Nursing; Education |
Abstract |
This article introduces an innovation in writing master's level research and suggests that other structures may offer new and different frameworks for reporting nursing research. This is exemplified by reference to an example of nursing research which adopted the sonata form of musical composition as the framework for presentation of the thesis. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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876 |
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Author |
Ross, J. |
Title |
International perspective: The development of the advanced role of rural nurses in New Zealand |
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Journal Article |
Year |
1999 |
Publication |
Australian Journal of Rural Health |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
7 |
Issue |
4 |
Pages |
253-257 |
Keywords |
Nursing; Education; Rural nursing; Advanced nursing practice |
Abstract |
This paper offers an insight into the development of the advanced role of rural nursing practice in New Zealand. The concept of advanced nursing practice is discussed within the context of the interdisciplinary healthcare team. It is argued that as nurses take on advanced practice, it is essential they receive appropriate clinical and theoretical skills to ensure they are in a position to provide competent and clinically safe, effective health care in an ethical, efficient manner. A description of a survey, undertaken by the author, studying rural nurses' skills provides the recommendation for the development of an appropriate postgraduate course at Masters level, designed specifically for primary rural nurses for the advanced role. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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953 |
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