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Author Richardson, Sandra openurl 
  Title Senior nurses' perceptions of cultural safety in an acute clinical practice area Type Journal Article
  Year 2009 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 25 Issue 3 Pages 27-36  
  Keywords (down) Cultural safety; Attitudes and beliefs; Senior clinical nurses; Nursing perceptions  
  Abstract Presents the results of a small study aimed at eliciting the beliefs and attitudes of a group of senior nurses with respect to the concept of cultural safety, and their perception of its role in clinical practice.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1449  
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Author Nelson, Katherine M; Connor, Margaret; Alcorn, Gillian D openurl 
  Title Innovative nursing leadership in youth health Type Journal Article
  Year 2009 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 25 Issue 1 Pages 27-37  
  Keywords (down) Clinical leadership; Innovation; Youth health; Nurse practitioner; Primary health care  
  Abstract Looks one of the eleven health care nursing innovation projects funded by the Ministry of Health: Vibe Youth Transition Services, located in the Hutt Valley, formerly known as the Hutt Valley Youth Service. Highlights the leadership role provided by the nurse practitioner (NP) which led to youth health and development nationally.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1441  
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Author Mockford, Andrea openurl 
  Title The exploration of systems and technologies to enhance the healthcare of children under five Type Report
  Year 2009 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 130p  
  Keywords (down) Child health services; Children's hospitals; Family nursing; Reports  
  Abstract The well known premise that 'healthy children grow into healthy adults' should reinforce the need for us to engage with parents and caregivers to ensure that we support them with meeting their child's health care needs. This scholarship enabled the author to see what the UK, Sweden, the US, and Canada were doing to strengthen and support children under five and their families across the continuum of care. Part of the Margaret May Blackwell Scholarship Reports series.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1422  
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Author Lamb, Jillian openurl 
  Title The Effect of Cigarette Smoking On the Frequency of Colposcopy Visits, Treatments and Re-referrals Type
  Year 2009 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
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  Abstract Current research has confirmed that cigarette smoking is a risk factor for cervical cancer. The objective of this pilot study was to observe if women who smoked and were referred to the colposcopy department at Christchurch Women?s Hospital, required more follow up visits, treatments and re-referrals compared to non-smokers. New patients (n=494) who attended at the Christchurch Women?s Hospital colposcopy department in 2001 had their data observed for a six year period. The results identified that women who smoked were three times more likely to need a third follow up visit and twice more likely to need further treatments to remove abnormalities when compared to non-smokers. This pilot study also identified that 71% of Maori women attending the clinic were smokers compared to 44% of non-Maori women. The results are being used to highlight to health professionals that treatment has a greater chance of success if patients cease smoking. The results have also supported the maintenance and development of the smoking cessation clinic for colposcopy patients at Christchurch Women's Hospital where the link to cervical abnormalities and smoking is explained and behaviour modification is offered. We also found that Maori women were poor attendees for colposcopy when compared to non-Maori and these results identified a need for further research and development of strategies to improve attendance.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1333  
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Author Clendon, Dr. J url  openurl
  Title Motherhood and the 'Plunket Book': A social history Type
  Year 2009 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 306 pp  
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  Abstract The Well Child/Tamariki Ora Health Book (the Plunket book) is a small booklet given to New Zealand mothers on the birth of a child. Although use of the book has decreased since it?s inception in 1920, it is frequently kept within the family and handed on from mother to child. Utilising an oral history approach, this study has traced the development of the Plunket book over time and explored the experiences of a group of 34 women and one man who have reflected on their ownership of, or involvement with, Plunket books. The study found that the book remains an effective clinical tool for mothers and nurses. Nurses use the book as a tool to help develop a relationship with a mother and her family, and to identify and build on strengths. Mothers have used the book as a tool to link past with present, to maintain kinship ties across generations, to deal with change intergenerationally, and in a manner that contributes to their self-identity as woman and mother. The study recommends that nurses and other health professionals continue to use the Plunket book as a clinical tool mindful of the fact that the book remains in use beyond the health professional?s immediate involvement with the mother and child, playing an important role in the context of the New Zealand family across generations.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1335  
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Author Hayward, S. url  openurl
  Title Evaluation of a change programme: model of nursing care delivery Type
  Year 2009 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 78 pp  
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  Abstract A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment for the degree of Master of Health Sciences.

Primary nursing as a framework within which nurses deliver patient care has been a nursing care delivery system of choice in New Zealand for the last two decades. A number of studies have been carried out, with a review of the literature suggesting inconclusive support for this delivery system over other functional nursing care models. However, there is support for the philosophy underpinning this model, with documented evidence that this framework can help nurses achieve a degree of professional development and autonomous practice that other models cannot. Using documented information created during the move from one model of nursing care to another this work evaluates what were the drivers for the change, how it was managed and what the outcomes were.

Findings indicated that this change project was a success. Analysis of the data collected pre and post implementation indicated some positive shifts, but more importantly it was the information gathered from both patients and nurses that gave creditability to the new model of nursing care.
 
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1336  
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Author Moore, J openurl 
  Title The role of the advanced nurse practitioner in the identification and management of patients with symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Type
  Year 2009 Publication Abbreviated Journal Held by NZNO Library  
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  Abstract A submitted for the degree of Master of Health Sciences(Nursing Clinical)at The University of Otago, Christchurch.

This study examined the role of an advanced nurse practitioner in the identification, diagnosis and management of patients referred to an IBS nurse led clinic with symptoms of IBS as their primary problem. Items of interest were identification of the causes of symptoms, the effects of symptoms on quality of life (QOL), coping strategies of the patient, and patient satisfaction with care. These were measured by prospective data on two questionnaires given several months apart. In addition, some basic retrospective data were collected from a database of information on prior patients, to determine that the study subjects were representative of the IBS practice.
 
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1360  
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