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Seccombe, J. |
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Title |
Attitudes towards disability in an undergraduate nursing curriculum: A literature review |
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Year |
2007 |
Publication |
Nurse Education Today |
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27(5) |
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Nursing; Education; Students; People with disabilities |
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In the process of introducing a new disability unit into an undergraduate nursing curriculum in a New Zealand educational setting, the opportunity arose to conduct a small study comparing the attitudes of students nurses to people with disabilities. This paper discusses the literature review, which formed the basis for the study. A range of perspectives and research was identified that explored societal and nurses' attitudes, disability studies in undergraduate nursing curricula, the impact of nurses' attitudes on patient care, and interventions for changing those attitudes. Effective nursing care can be severely compromised through negative attitudes, and concerns are expressed at the lack of attention given to this issue in nursing curricula generally. The literature showed that combining educational approaches with opportunities for student nurses to interact with disabled people provides the most effective means for student nurses to develop positive attitudes towards disabled people. The goal for nurse educators is to ensure the inclusion of disability studies as a core component in undergraduate nursing education. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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834 |
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Pool, Leanne; Day, Liz; Ridley, Susan |
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Title |
Mountain climbing: the journey for students with English as an additional language in a concept-based nursing curriculum |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2019 |
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Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health and Social Services |
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26 |
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28-36 |
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English as an additional language (EAL); Student support; Nursing education; Communication |
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Identifies the communication and learning needs of EAL students in undergraduate nursing education. Presents strategies for EAL students and others with diverse learning needs to comprehend the underlying concepts of cultural safety, praxis, professional nursing and leadership in Whitireia's BN integrated nursing curriculum. Reports findings from focus group discussions with 13 students involved in the three-way partnership comprising lecturers, learning support services and EAL students. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1633 |
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Spence, D.; Fielding, S. |
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Title |
Win-win-win: Collaboration advances critical care practice |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Contemporary Nurse |
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13 |
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2/3 |
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223-228 |
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Keywords |
Nursing specialties; Rural nursing; Nursing; Education; Curriculum |
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This paper provides an overview of the structure and processes of an eighteen month, distance education course focused on developing advanced practice in the context of critical care nursing. Within the framework of a Master of Health Science, the postgraduate certificate (critical care nursing) was developed as a collaboration between Auckland University of Technology and two regional health providers. Students enrol in science and knowledge papers concurrently then, in the second half of the course, are supported within their practice environment to acquire advanced clinical skills and to analyse, critique and develop practice within their specialty. This course is set against a background of increasing interest in education post registration. The acquisition of highly developed clinical capabilities requires a combination of nursing experience and education. This requires collaboration between clinicians and nurse educators, and approaches to address accessibility of relevant educational opportunities for nurses outside the country's main centres. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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878 |
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Author |
Spence, D.; Anderson, M. |
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Title |
Implementing a prescribing practicum within a Master's degree in advanced nursing practice |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2007 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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23 |
Issue |
2 |
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27-42 |
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Advanced nursing practice; Education; Nurse practitioners; Prescribing; Teaching methods |
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This article reports the implementation of a collaborative project undertaken to monitor and improve the effectiveness of the prescribing practicum papers delivered within two Master's degree programmes in advanced nursing practice. The recent introduction of Nurse Practitioner registration in New Zealand has resulted in the development of a number of Master's degree programmes in which students can complete a Nursing Council of New Zealand approved programme for prescribing. For the study, a developmental action research approach was used. Data were collected through interviews with practicum students, their medical supervisors and academic staff. Formative findings were progressively used to refine delivery of the practicum papers and a thematic analysis of summative findings identified areas for further improvement. The findings suggest that the processes being implemented are developing well. The researchers recommend that further education is required to clearly differentiate medical and advanced nursing roles. They recommend that greater attention needs to be paid to the preparation of medical supervisors and, most significantly, revision of funding is required to more equitably support the ongoing development of nurses for advanced practice roles. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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457 |
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Janssen, J. |
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Title |
Fat simple: A nursing tool for client education |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2006 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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22 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
21-32 |
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Keywords |
Health education; Nursing; Diet |
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This article summarises the current level of knowledge regarding dietary effects on serum cholesterol. Information from a literature review was used to design a table that identifies how changes in diet and activity can alter components of a person's lipid profile. Nurses can use the resulting table as a simple tool to give clients targeted education based on their individual cholesterol results. This tool illustrates that not all dietary recommendations to the public are beneficial to serum cholesterol levels and it also explains why popular diets such as the Atkins, Mediterranean, and glycaemic index / load can produce more cardio-protective profiles than the traditional low fat diet. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 536 |
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522 |
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Author |
Phibbs, S.; Curtis, B. |
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Title |
Gender, nursing and the PBRF |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2006 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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22 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
4-11 |
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Keywords |
Research; Sex discrimination; Administration; Education |
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The authors examine gender based disparities for academics with respect to remuneration, academic grading and Perfomance Based Research Fund (PBRF) scores, whereby women do less well than men in each of these areas. In this article individualised explanations for the failure of women to progress are set in the context of a critical exploration of the PBRF evaluation methodology. It is argued that both academia and the PBRF research assessment exercise embody a form of academic masculinity that systematically disadvantages women in general and nursing in particular. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 538 |
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524 |
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Author |
Spence, D. |
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Title |
Advanced nursing practice through postgraduate education, part one |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2004 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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20 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
46-55 |
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Keywords |
Advanced nursing practice; Education; Professional development; Research |
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In New Zealand the clinically focused postgraduate papers and programmes, available through universities and polytechnics, are evaluated from an educational perspective but little evaluation of the implications for practice has been undertaken. This paper is Part One of a report on a study that sought to illuminate the impact of clinically focused postgraduate education on advancing nursing practice. Hermeneutic methodology provided a framework for analysing both the perspectives of nurses who had undergone such education and those who had directly employed and worked alongside these nurses. Emerging themes are described here. In a second article the findings will be discussed in relation to literature. Constraining factors will be identified and strategies designed to maximise the benefits of education for advancing nursing practice will be recommended. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 555 |
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541 |
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Schroyen, B.; Finlayson, M. |
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Title |
Clinical teaching and learning: An action research study |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2004 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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20 |
Issue |
2 |
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36-45 |
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Keywords |
Education; Nursing; Hospitals |
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Using an educational action research model, a nursing lecturer based in a polytechnic and ten students formed a research group to address one issue that was important to them. The research group chose to plan, implement and evaluate a practical change strategy aimed at improving the teaching and learning relationship between students and staff nurses in clinical settings. A sample of five staff nurses working closely with five students in the group was invited to join the study in order to gain their perspectives on the issues. The findings were that contract learning provides a strategy which, under certain conditions, offers both students and staff nurses an opportunity to improve the effectiveness of their interactions. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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545 |
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Author |
Vallance, E.; Scott, S. |
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Title |
A critique of problem-based learning in nursing education and the contribution it can make toward beginning professional practice, part one |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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19 |
Issue |
2 |
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41-51 |
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Keywords |
Nursing; Education; Critical thinking; Problem solving; Nursing; Teaching methods |
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Within New Zealand nursing education there appears to be a widespread acceptance of problem-based learning and an assumption that the strategies it uses are unproblematic. A review of the literature however, reveals that problem-based learning has drawbacks that may inhibit the achievement of desired graduate outcomes. It seems timely for nurse educators to exercise caution in uncritically accepting problem-based learning approaches and using them as the predominant approach to teaching and learning. To this end, a two-part critique of this teaching and learning method is presented. Part one critiques the methods of problem-based learning, discussing self-directed learning, the group process, self-assessment, and content knowledge. Part two explores the philosophical underpinnings of problem-based learning, and the so-called 'fit' within nursing. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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556 |
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Author |
Nicol, M.J. |
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Title |
Genetics and nursing: Preparing for future health care development |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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19 |
Issue |
2 |
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27-40 |
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Keywords |
Nursing; Education |
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The author discusses the impact of 'new genetic knowledge' on society and how molecular and clinical genetics are having an increasing influence on routine health care. Increasingly, nurses will be exposed to this new genetic knowledge and challenged to integrate it into their clinical practice in order to ensure that patients and families receive the best health care available. The paper reports the percentage of undergraduate nursing curricula devoted to teaching about genetics and considers how the fundamental principles of molecular genetics and the clinically relevant areas of genetics can be incorporated into pre- or post-registration education. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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609 |
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Day, D.R.; Mills, B.; Fairburn, F. |
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Exercise prescription: Are practice nurses adequately prepared for this? |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2001 |
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New Zealand Journal of Sports Medicine |
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Volume |
29 |
Issue |
2 |
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32-36 |
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Practice nurses; Health education; Primary health care |
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This study sought to examine whether practice nurses were prepared to provide exercise prescriptions to clients. It involved administering questionnaires to 53 practice nurses in Otago to examine their understanding of green prescriptions and their knowledge and participation in exercise prescription. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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628 |
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Author |
Horsburgh, M. |
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Title |
Quality in undergraduate nursing programmes: The role of Nursing Council |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2000 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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15 |
Issue |
2 |
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25-37 |
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Nursing Council of New Zealand; Nursing; Education; Nursing; Quality assurance |
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This paper looks broadly at issues to do with quality monitoring in higher education and considers the role and focus of the Nursing Council of New Zealand in the approval of and ongoing monitoring of undergraduate nursing degree programmes. It is suggested that the approach taken by the Nursing Council is accountability led where minimal attention is given to teaching and learning and actual graduate outcomes. This may lead to a mistaken belief that Nursing Council's monitoring focuses on quality or that the outcomes of their monitoring might contribute to programme enhancement. A shift to emphasise learning processes, students and continual improvement in order to enhance programme quality is proposed. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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634 |
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Author |
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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Author |
Honey, M.; North, N.; Gunn, C. |
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Improving library services for graduate nurse students in New Zealand |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2006 |
Publication |
Health Information & Libraries Journal |
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23 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
102-109 |
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Nursing; Education; Evidence-based medicine; Teaching methods |
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This paper describes a collaboration between library staff and nurse educators, where information literacy skills are strengthened and embedded in the curriculum. A case-study approach was used with both quantitative and qualitative data. An anonymous questionnaire was distributed to all nurses enrolled in graduate courses in the second semester of 2002. Interviews were then undertaken with library staff. It was found that the university library services were not used by 43% of graduate nursing students . The library staff responded by developing a number of initiatives which aimed to improve awareness of services, access and provide education in a bid to improve literacy skills. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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708 |
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Nicol, M.J.; Manoharan, H.; Marfell-Jones, M.; Meha-Hoerara, K.; Milne, R.; O'Connell, M.; Oliver, J.D.; Teekman, B. |
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Title |
Issues in adolescent health: A challenge for nursing |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Contemporary Nurse |
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Volume |
12 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
155-163 |
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Keywords |
Adolescents; Health education; Health promotion; Nursing; Risk factors; Suicide; Sexual health; Smoking; Mental health |
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This review provides an overview of the health issues for adolescents, and the implications for nursing practice, particularly around health promotion. It looks at the social context of adolescents including peer pressure, along with health issues such as suicide, mental health, sexual health, and smoking. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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712 |
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