Yeung, P., & Rodgers, V. (2017). Quality of long-term care for older people in residential settings -- perceptions of quality of life and care satisfaction from residents and their family members. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 33(1).
Abstract: Explores long-term care-home residents’ quality of life and their family's satisfaction with the care provided. Uses descriptive and correlational analyses, collecting secondary data from 39 residents of two long-term care facilities with a resident-directed care approach. Asks residents to complete a survey of quality-of-life and overall satisfaction measures, and asks 31 of their family members to complete a survey on care satisfaction provided by the facilities. Presents a number of practical considerations for nursing care staff to improve residents' quality of life and staff-family relationships.
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Kell, A. - M., Gilmour, J., & Wissen, K. van. (2018). Nurses' experiences caring for patients surgically treated for oral cavity cancer. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 34(1).
Abstract: Explores nurses' experiences of caring for patients who have had surgery for oral cavity cancer in one NZ hospital, involving wound care, tracheostomy management, oral care, ongoing patient education and the provision of emotional support to patients and families. Interviews three registered nurses about the challenges involved in caring for this patient group; their moral conflict over the effects of surgery on the patients; their professional uncertainty, and the emotional effort involved in nursing oral cavity cancer patients. Suggests the need for informal debriefing, grief counselling, clinical supervision, stress management training, and continuing education in this specialised role.
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Hales, C., Curran, N., & Vries, K. de. (2018). Morbidly obese patients' experiences of mobility during hospitalisation. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 34(1).
Abstract: Examines the mobility experiences and needs of morbidly-obese patients before and during hospital admission. Undertakes semi-structured interviews with seven morbidly obese patients. Identifies two categories of mobility problems: 'compromised pre-existing mobility', with a subcategory of 'accessing services prior to admission' and 'mobilisation difficulties during hospitalisation', with a subcategory of 'dissonance between dependency and need for assistance'. Recommends bariatric-care pathways for the morbidly-obese patient.
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Water, T., McCall, E., Britnell, S., Rea, M., Thompson, S., & Mearns, G. (2018). Paediatric nurses' understanding and utilisation. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 34(1).
Abstract: 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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Walker, L. (2019). Do New Zealand's nursing students know how to access health-promotion services and look after their own health? Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 35(1).
Abstract: Examines nursing students' knowledge about services, their access to facilities and their confidence in referring sources of health promotion to other students. Offers a web-based survey to nursing students at 23 nursing schools providing undergraduate nursing education in NZ. Conducts descriptive statistical analysis and compares groups based on age, year of study and ethnicity, using 2-sample t-tests. Describes the responses regarding service availability, health-promoting aspects of each campus, and confidence in provision of health advice.
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Almeida, S., & Montayre, J. (2019). An integrative review of nurse-led virtual clinics. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 35(1).
Abstract: Describes virtual clinics as planned contact by a nurse to a patient for the purposes of clinical consultation,advice and treatment planning. Examines nurse-led virtual clinic follow-up within chronic care services, particularly in relation to clinical utility and clinical outcomes. Identifies three themes from search of the literature: technical aspects of nurse-led virtual clinics, outcomes of nurse-led virtual clinics; the future application of nurse-led virtual clinics within the health industry.
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Hernandez, M., King, A., & Stewart, L. (2019). Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention and nurses' checklist documentation of their indwelling catheter management practices. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 35(1).
Abstract: Investigates nurses' catheter management practices, by means of an audit, as documented in a newly-introduced self-administered indwelling catheter-management checklist incorporating four components of catheter care in a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention bundle. Identifies these components of the bundle of care as: minimisation of inappropriate catheter use, aseptic insertion of catheters, adherence to catheter maintenance guidelines, and ongoing review and evaluation of catheter necessity. Shows that implementation of care components decreases bacteriuria rates and CAUTI when used together in standardised clinical checklists and performed collectively by nurses. Employs a quantitative research design as part of a mixed-methods study conducted at two surgical wards in a public hospital in Auckland where 50 nurses completed 175 checklists.
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Adams, S., Cook, C., & Jones, M. (2021). Jocelyn Keith's prescient question about the human right to health and healthcare. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 37(1). Retrieved July 3, 2024, from http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.36951/27034542.2021.003
Abstract: Reflects on a paper by Jocelyn Keith delivered at the conference of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, entitled 'The Right to Health or the Right to Health Care'. Places the article in the context of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006, the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 2007, and the WHO Sustainable Development Goals, 2015. Considers the need to redress disparities in health in relation to the Health and Disability Systems Review, 2020.
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Hunter, K., Roberts, J., Foster, M., & Jones, S. (2021). Dr Irihapeti Ramsden's powerful petition for cultural safety. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 37(1). Retrieved July 3, 2024, from http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.36951/27034542.2021.007
Abstract: Revisits the concepts addressed in Ramsden's speech to nursing graduands in 1990, 'Moving On'. Places the speech in the context of her later articles on cultural safety, in 1993 and 2000. Maintains that the concept is critically relevant in 2021 due to health disparities for Maori.
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Rook, H., Hales, C., Milligan, K., & Jones, M. (2021). Dr Jill Wilkinson's discourse analysis of the sources of power and agency for nursing. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 37(1). Retrieved July 3, 2024, from http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.36951/27034542.2021.012
Abstract: Highlights two articles written by Jill Wilkinson in 2008 pertaining to the Ministerial Taskforce on Nursing in 1998, in which she discusses the conflict between autonomy and unionism in nursing and the development of the nurse practitioner (NP) role. Considers the ongoing challenges to establish NP toles in mainstream health services.
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