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Author Wilson, H.V.
Title Power and partnership: A critical analysis of the surveillance discourses of child health nurses Type Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume 36 Issue (down) 2 Pages 294-301
Keywords Paediatric nursing; Nurse-family relations; Nursing philosophy; Plunket
Abstract The aim of this research was to explore surveillance discourses within New Zealand child health nursing and to identify whether surveillance practices have implications in this context for power relations. Five experienced and practising Plunket nurses were each interviewed twice. The texts generated by these semi-structured interviews were analysed using a Foucauldian approach to critical discourse analysis. In contrast with the conventional view of power as held and wielded by one party, this study revealed that, in the Plunket nursing context, power is exercised in various and unexpected ways. Although the relationship between the mother and the nurse cannot be said to operate as a partnership, it is constituted in the nurses' discourses as a dynamic relationship in which the mother is actively engaged on her own terms. The effect of this is that it is presented by the nurses as a precarious relationship that has significant implications for the success of their work.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1085
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Author O'Brien, A.J.
Title The therapeutic relationship: Historical development and contemporary significance Type Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume 8 Issue (down) 2 Pages 129-137
Keywords Psychiatric Nursing; Nursing models; History of nursing; Nurse-patient relations
Abstract This article examines the therapeutic relationship, a concept held by many to be fundamental to the identity of mental health nurses. While the therapeutic relationship was given formal expression in nursing theory in the middle of the last century, its origins can be traced to attendants' interpersonal practices in the asylum era. The dominance of medical understandings of mental distress, and the working-class status of asylum attendants, prevented the development of an account of mental health nursing based on attendants' relationships with asylum inmates. It was left to Peplau and other nursing theorists to describe mental health nursing as a therapeutic relationship in the 1940s and later. Some distinctive features of colonial life in New Zealand suggest that the ideal of the attendant as the embodiment of bourgeoisie values seems particularly unlikely to have been realised in the New Zealand context. However, New Zealand literature from the 20th century shows that the therapeutic relationship, as part of a general development of a therapeutic discourse, came to assume a central place in conceptualisations of mental health nursing. While the therapeutic relationship is not by itself a sufficient basis for professional continuity, it continues to play a fundamental role in mental health nurses' professional identity. The way in which the therapeutic relationship is articulated in the future will determine the meaning of the therapeutic relationship for future generations of mental health nurses.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1088
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Author Spence, D.
Title Prejudice, paradox, and possibility: Nursing people from cultures other than one's own Type Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication Journal of Transcultural Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume 12 Issue (down) 2 Pages 100-106
Keywords Cultural safety; Transcultural nursing; Nurse-patient relations
Abstract This article provides a brief overview of the findings of a hermeneutic study that explored the experience of nursing people from cultures other than one's own. The notions prejudice, paradox, and possibility are argued to describe this phenomenon. Nurses in New Zealand are being challenged to recognise and address racism in their practice. Yet, the implementation of cultural safety in nursing education has created tension within the profession and between nursing and the wider community. As nurses negotiate the conflicts essential for ongoing development of their practice, the play of prejudice, paradox, and possibility is evident at intrapersonal and interpersonal levels as well as in relation to professional and other discourses. Nurses are challenged to continue their efforts to understand and move beyond the prejudices that otherwise preclude the exploration of new possibilities.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1104 Serial 1089
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Author Litchfield, M.
Title Practice wisdom Type Journal Article
Year 1999 Publication Advances in Nursing Science Abbreviated Journal
Volume 22 Issue (down) 2 Pages 62-73
Keywords Nursing research; Nursing; Health knowledge
Abstract The paper is the report of two cumulative research projects studying the nature of nursing knowledge and methodology to develop it. They were undertaken as theses for masters and doctoral degrees at the University of Minnesota, USA. Nursing knowledge is depicted as relational: an evolving participatory process of research-as-if-practice of which 'health' (its meaning), dialogue, partnership and pattern recognition are threads inter-related around personal values of vision and community.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1186 Serial 1171
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Author White, T.
Title Avoiding the pitfalls of long-term suprapubic catheterisation Type Journal Article
Year 2004 Publication Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal Available online at Eastern Institute of Technology
Volume 12 Issue (down) 2 Pages 4-7
Keywords Nursing specialties; Long term care
Abstract Studies show that majority of complications experienced by patients with long term suprapubic catheters are associated with urinary tract infection and encrustation of catheters. This article will revise the pathophysiology of infection and encrustation and discuss management of suprapubic catheters based on current best practice. It is stressed that suprapubic catheters should only be considered once less invasive methods of maintaining bladder function have been exhausted as it is preferable for patients to manage incontinence with bladder training, pelvic floor exercises and continence products than to have a permanent indwelling catheter inserted.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1319 Serial 1303
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Author Kennedy, W.
Title Professional supervision to enhance nursing practice Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal Available online from Eastern Institute of Technology
Volume 14 Issue (down) 2 Pages 3-6
Keywords Professional development; Clinical supervision; Nursing; Education
Abstract This article examines the concept of clinical supervision as “professional supervision”. Professional supervision contains many elements, is structured and not without effort. Fundamentally it is about being safe and professional. 'Reflective learning' and 'Live/tutorial' models are reviewed in different contexts for assisting nurses work through everyday issues, conflicts and problems of their role. The author concludes that regardless of which model is used there are benefits for safety and professionalism.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1310
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Author Vernon, R.A.; Jacobs, S.; Papps, E.
Title An innovative initiative for advanced nursing practice roles Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal Available online from Eastern Institute of Technology
Volume 14 Issue (down) 2 Pages 16-17
Keywords Advanced nursing practice; Primary health care; Nurse practitioners; Nursing models
Abstract This paper reports an initiative which is an example of partnership between education and health organisations resulting in the implementation of a jointly funded advanced nursing practice role. The model is for community based Nurse Practitioner-managed health care for primary health and disease management. The key partners in this project are the Eastern Institute of Technology, Hawke's Bay District Health Board, and a Primary Health Organisation (Tu Meke – First Choice). This article summarises the objectives, implementation, evaluation and benefits of the programme.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1311
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Author Litchfield, M.
Title Between the idea and reality Type Journal Article
Year 1986 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 1 Issue (down) 2 Pages 17-29
Keywords Nursing research; Nursing philosophy; Diagnosis; Evaluation
Abstract A paper presented as one of the four “Winter Lecture Series” hosted by the Nursing Studies unit of the Department of Education, Victoria University of Wellington. It is a critique of “ The Nursing Process” referred to commonly in nursing education programmes. It challenges the usefulness for nursing of the linear sequence of steps of assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1313
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Author Litchfield, M.
Title Case management and nurses Type Journal Article
Year 1998 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 13 Issue (down) 2 Pages 26-35
Keywords Nursing; Care plans
Abstract The report of an exploratory study of current approaches to case management by nurses as requested by the College of Nurses Aotearoa New Zealand. It revealed different interpretations of nurse case management around New Zealand and in the US, UK and Australia. They differed according to the conceptualisation of health service design and delivery in the respective country. Case management in New Zealand in general presented nurse care management roles as an interface between the mangement of health service delivery and the peculiarities of the healthcare people received, holding the potential for achieving tailored, patient-centred care outcomes.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1323
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Author Connor, Margaret J; Nelson, Katherine M; Maisey, Jane
Title Impact of innovation funding on a rural health nursing service : the Reporoa experience Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 25 Issue (down) 2 Pages 4-14
Keywords Primary health care; Rural nursing; Innovation; Advancing practice
Abstract Examines the impact of innovation funding through the MOH primary health-care nursing innovation funding scheme on Health Reporoa Inc, which offers a first-contact rural nursing service to the village of Reporoa and surrounding districts. Looks at funding impact during the project period of 2003-2006, and in the two years that followed.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1443
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Author Prior, Patsy; Wilkinson, Jill; Neville, Stephen
Title Practice nurse use of evidence in clinical practice : a descriptive survey Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 26 Issue (down) 2 Pages 14-25
Keywords Evidencxe-based practice; Primary health care; Nursing; Education
Abstract Describes nurses' perceptions of their use of evidence-based practice, attitudes toward evidence-based practice and perceptions of their knowledge/skills associated with evidence-based practice. Determines the effect of educational preparation on practice, attitudes, and knowledge/skills toward evidence-based practice. Utilises a descriptive survey design to poll 55 West Auckland practice nurses working the general practice setting.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1455
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Author Walker, Rachael; Abel, Sally; Meyer, Alannah
Title What do New Zealand pre-dialysis nurses believe to be effective care? Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 26 Issue (down) 2 Pages .26-34
Keywords Pre-dialysis nursing; Effective care; Qualitative research; Nurses' perceptions; Surveys
Abstract Conducts semi-structured phone interviews with 11 pre-dialysis nurses from around NZ. Identifies key themes by means of inductive analysis. Argues that qualitative elements of pre-dialysis nursing care must be considered in addition to quantifiable parameters.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1456
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Author Scott, Susan
Title A tripartite learning partnership in health promotion Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 27 Issue (down) 2 Pages 16-23
Keywords Health promotion; Clinical learning; Partnership; Primary health-care; Nursing students
Abstract Describes a partnership between a NZ nursing programme and a community trust whereby nursing students enrolled with youth at a local high school that promoted health. Argues that the strategy contributes to the students' acquisition of the collaborative skills required to develop nursing partnerships within communities.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1464
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Author Roberts, Jennifer; Floyd, Sue; Thompson, Shona
Title The clinical nurse specialist in New Zealand : how is the role defined? Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 27 Issue (down) 2 Pages 24-35
Keywords Clinical nurse specialist; Advanced nursing practice; Clinical expert
Abstract Reports the findings from research designed to investigate the role of the clinical nurse specialist (CNS) and how it is defined by New Zealand District Health Boards (DHBs). Identifies the current requirements and expectations of the CNS role and how it is defined in practice. Collects 15 CNS job descriptions from 8 DHBs, subjecting them to thematic analysis yielding 4 key areas of the CNS role.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1465
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Author Spence, Deborah
Title Preparing registered nurses depends on 'us and us and all of us' Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 28 Issue (down) 2 Pages 5-13
Keywords Undergraduate nursing; Clinical teaching/learning; Team work; Collaboration
Abstract Reports on the qualitative findings of a collaborative study undertaken to monitor implementation of a new model of clinical education for undergraduate nursing students. Describes the development of a clinical education model devised by 3 District Health Boards (DHBs) and 2 universities, based on the inclusion of student nurses in team nursing.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1473
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