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Poffley, C. (2022). Everything matters: Exposing the complexity of stakeholder collaboration in clinical education for undergraduate nursing students. Doctoral thesis, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10292/15603
Abstract: Explores the complexity of values and beliefs along with contextual factors that enable and constrain stakeholder collaboration between student nurses, registered nurses in clinical practice, and academic clinical educators. Gathers data through focus groups and individual interviews to identify how and when collaboration among the stakeholders occurs.
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Hackney, L. H. (2021). Examining the relationship between coping strategies, burnout, bullying, and distress in Registered Nurses working in intensive care and progressive care. Master's thesis, University of Otago, Christchurch. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/12778
Abstract: Expands on existing research on the impact of coping constructs, derived from coping theory, on the inter-related issues of burnout, bullying, and psychological distress in RNs working in acute hospital settings, specifically Intensive Care Units (ICU) and Surgical Progressive Care Units (SPCU). Aims to demonstrate a positive relationship between burnout and bullying. Uses a quantitative cross-sectional design, collecting data via electronic questionnaire from RNs working in Christchurch Hospital's ICU and SPCU.
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Norris, K. A. (2022). A position in the making: A Bourdieusian analysis of how RN prescribing influences collaborative team practice in New Zealand. Doctoral thesis, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://hdl.handle.net/10292/15550
Abstract: Examines designated registered nurse (RN) prescribing among community health nurses. Aims to understand how RN prescribers interact with other members of the health care team and to identify the social processes at play. Employs Bourdieu's 'Theory of Practice' to explore health care teams as competitive social spaces where health professionals vie to establish social position and authority. Recruits three health care teams representing primary health and specialty practice for interviews and observation. Highlights three themes from the data: social topography, working with an RN prescriber; and patterns of communication.
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Patel, R. (2022). Nurse expertise saves lives through early recognition of patient deterioration. Master's thesis, University of Auckland, Auckland. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://hdl.handle.net/2292/62214
Abstract: Explores and identifies factors associated with nurse concern when patient deterioration is recognised in the absence of an emergency activation score such as early warning scoring (EWS) or the physiologically-unstable patient (PUP) tool. Describes the two phases of the multi-site and mixed-methods study: retrospective chart review of 19,326 referrals for emergency assistance; and seven focus group discussions with 29 nurses about what they do when concerned about patient deterioration in the absence of an EWS. Highlights the role of nurse expertise, knowledge and skill in identifying patient deterioration prior to the activation score on an EWS.
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Marshall, D. (2016). Surgical nurses' non-technical skills: A human factors approach. Doctoral thesis, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/2292/30744
Abstract: Explores the social and cognitive non-technical skills (NTS) required of nurses practising in general surgical wards, a taxonomy of NTS for general surgical nurses, and identifies the differences in levels of performance of the NTS between experienced and less experienced nurses, by means of applied cognitive task analysis (ACTA). Highlights the association between poor performance of NTS with adverse patient events. Conducts the study in four surgical wards in a metropolitan hospital, using observation and semi-structured interviews with RNs.
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Butters, K. J. (2008). A qualitative study of the ethical practice of newly-graduated nurses working in mental health. Master's thesis, Massey University, . Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://mro.massey.ac.nz/server/api/core/bitstreams/12ac3b47-6cac-4a71-8353-c00540490d8e/content
Abstract: Presents a qualitative exploration of factors that influence eight newly-graduated nurses as they endeavour to practice ethical mental health nursing. Gathers data from in-depth interviews with the participants, analysed using a thematic analysis method. Considers aspects of the social and political context within which the participants are situated.
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Hendry, C. (2024). A process to inform rural nursing workforce planning and development. Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, . Retrieved August 24, 2024, from http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.36951/001c.115490
Abstract: Describes a four-stage project to identify the current status of the nursing and support-worker workforce to develop a plan to match community health needs: profiles current population and health resources available in the community; profiles the current nursing workfoece; surveys local nurses regarding current work and future plans; seeks perspectives of local nurses, health managers and community representatives on strategies to sustain a future nursing workforce. Focuses primarily on the first two stages of the project.
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Jauny, R., Montayre, J., Winnington, R., Adams, J., & Neville, S. (2024). Nursing students' perceptions of assisted dying: a qualitative study. Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, . Retrieved August 24, 2024, from http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.36951/001c.94582
Abstract: Aims to gain insight into nursing students' views about assisted dying, given the questions surrounding nursing practices and responsibilities in relation to the service. Conducts a qualitative descriptive study using a paper-based questionnaire, among nursing students enrolled in a BN programme at a single tertiary institution in 2019. Identifies three categories of responses: approval of personal choice, disapproval due to personal beliefs, maintaining a professional stand.
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Fyers, K. (2024). Entanglements, shadows, and dissonance: Formations of socio-political knowing in nursing. A critical inquiry. Doctoral thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Entanglements_shadows_and_dissonance_Formations_of_socio-political_knowing_in_nursing_A_critical_inquiry_/25009007
Abstract: Examines the nature of social-political knowing in nursing, or the “where-in” as proposed by Jill White (1995; 2014), whereby the nurse looks beyond therapeutic relationships towards the circumstances that compromise health and wellbeing and contribute to social injustice. Aims to discover how registered nurses (RN) understand, use, and communicate their knowing of contemporary societal and political issues impacting on the health and wellbeing of those they care for. Employs a critical constructivist methodology in interviews woth 26 RNs, and identifies the themes that emerged.
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Oda, K. (2024). Integrating oral care into nursing practice from home to hospital care with interprofessional education and collaboration. Doctoral thesis, University of Auckland, Auckland. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://hdl.handle.net/2292/67875
Abstract: Develops a conceptual framework of nursing oral care as a measure of older adults' deconditioning in hospital. Devises an oral health assessment guideline, called the Oral Health Assessment Care and Planning (OHCAP) Tool, and a training module called Nursing Oral Health Assessment (NOHAT) with IPC/IPE in conjunction with oral health professionals. Aims to improve nursing oral care provision among nursing staff who work in settings from home care to aged residential care (ARC) by means of interprofessional collaboration (IPC).
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Martini, N., Choong, JW, Dela Cruz, PD, and others. (2022). Assessing antibiotic prescribing in nurse practitioners: applied cognitive task analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 4. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnsa.2022.100101
Abstract: Identifies the cognitive demands of antibiotic prescribing complexity and explores the strategies that new NPs in NZ use when prescribing antibiotics. Uses Applied Cognitive Task Analysis (ACTA) methodology to conduct face-to-face interviews with 5 NPs registered within last 5 years. Outlines the cognitive elements involved in the decision-making associated with the prescription of antibiotics.
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Satchell, E., & Jacobs, S. (2024). What Matters to You? A qualitative investigation of factors that influence Aotearoa New Zealand early-career nurses to thrive in the workplace. Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, . Retrieved August 24, 2024, from http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.36951/001c.120581
Abstract: Uses semi-structured interviews to explore those factors influencing how NZ nurses in an urban hospital thrive in their jobs. Interviews 9 early-career nurses who identified four factors determining whether or not they thrive in the workplace: interpersonal relations, the work environment, meaningful work, and continuing professional development.
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Manning, E., Cook, C., & Carryer, J. (2024). Registered nurses in policy: The betwixt and between of self-employment and contracting. Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, . Retrieved August 24, 2024, from http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.36951/001c.120618
Abstract: Explores the experiences of registered nurses (RN) transitioning into, and practising as, solo self-employed contractors within the practice area of professional advice and policy. Undertakes an ethnographic qualitative study of 13 RNs, identifying reasons for the change to self-employment and the challenges of working for oneself.
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Heenan, S. M.(retired). (1978). On-going – a 4 week assessment of ward situations, staff utilisation and nursing care index. Ph.D. thesis, , .
Abstract: The author does not have a copy of the project.
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Wells, C. C. (1998). Our dreams. Ph.D. thesis, , .
Abstract: There has been a great deal written about the efforts of the nursing profession to achieve full professional status but little about individual nurses' aspirations in seeking this goal. A group of 6 co-researchers, myself included, looked at this perceived gap in nurses' dreams for the profession.The philosophical underpinnings of the research were feminist and reflected postmodern feminist and some radical feminist concepts. This philosophical positions guided our research to uncover the knowledge of how we actively construct ourselves into dominant social values. This means we were searching for how our dreams were constructed and how we reflected the values of society in the way we produced our dreams. Peace and Power (Chinn & Wheeler, 1989) was used to guide the group interaction and Memory-Work (Hague, 1987) for data collecting and analysis. The co-researchers wrote individual stories about their dreams for the nursing profession. Collective analysis of the stories occurred in order to uncover the was in which the dreams were constructed. From this collective analysis the individual co-researchers redrafted their stories. Each redraft contained new insights, motives and actions of ourselves and others, forgotten experiences and inconsistencies, as a means of identifying and questioning dominant ideologies. The aim was to move towards empowerment through making the unconscious conscious.Four common dreams emerged from analysis of the stories: the first was that individual nurses want full professional status and autonomy; the second asked the nurses to care and support each other; a high standard of patient and nursing-focussed care was the third dream; and the fourth was for continuing education and knowledge to be shared between nurses. Although the dreams were common across the group it was found that the dreams varied in their construction. The dreams for each group member reflected multiple realities that emerged from different contexts, influenced by historical and socially dominant cultural values.Through studying and theorising our dreams for the nursing profession, we increased our understanding of how they were shaped so that we were able to initiate change and make our dreams become a reality. This has implications for the nursing profession. We live our lives collectively, as nurses and women, as others influence our being and reality. Although others influence us, it is each individual nurse who contributes to actively construct her/himself in to the dominant cultural values held by society and therefore up to each individual to initiate change. If nurses are able to make dreams a reality then positive changes will occur within the profession; I.e. decreased staff turnover, increased morale and increased quality in patient care
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