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| Author |
Fielding, S. |
| Title |
Learning to do, learning to be: The transition to competence in critical care nursing |
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| Year |
2006 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Auckland University of Technology Library |
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Pages |
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Intensive care nursing; Preceptorship; Nursing specialties |
| Abstract |
Making the transition to an area of specialist nursing practice is challenging for both the learner and staff who are responsible for education and skill development. This study uses grounded theory methodology to explore the question: “How do nurses learn critical care nursing?” The eight registered nurses who participated in this study were recruited from a range of intensive care settings. The criteria for inclusion in the study included the participant having attained competency within the critical care setting. Data was collected from individual interviews. This study found that nurses focus on two main areas during their orientation and induction into critical care nursing practice. These are learning to do (skill acquisition) and learning to be (professional socialisation). The process of transition involves two stages: that of learning to do the tasks related to critical care nursing practice, and the ongoing development of competence and confidence in practice ability. The relationship of the learner with the critical care team is a vital part of the transition to competency within the specialist area. This study identifies factors that influence the learner during transition and also provides an understanding of the strategies used by the learners to attain competency. These findings are applicable to educators and leaders responsible for the education and ongoing learning of nurses within critical care practice. The use of strategies such as simulated learning and repetition are significant in skill acquisition. However attention must also be paid to issues that influence the professional socialisation process, such as the quality of preceptor input during orientation and the use of ongoing mentoring of the learner. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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509 |
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Tweed, C.; Tweed, M. |
| Title |
Intensive care nurses' knowledge of pressure ulcers: Development of an assessment tool and effect of an educational program |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2008 |
Publication |
American Journal of Critical Care |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
17 |
Issue |
4 |
Pages |
338-347 |
| Keywords |
Intensive care nursing; Training; Evaluation |
| Abstract |
The aim of this study was to assess intensive care nurses' knowledge of pressure ulcers and the impact of an educational programme on knowledge levels. A knowledge assessment test was developed. A cohort of registered nurses in a tertiary referral hospital in New Zealand had knowledge assessed three times: before an educational programme, within two weeks after the programme, and 20 weeks later. Completion of the educational programme resulted in improved levels of knowledge. Mean scores on the assessment test were 84% at baseline and 89% following the educational programme. The mean baseline score did not differ significantly from the mean 20-week follow-up score of 85%. No association was detected between demographic data and test scores. Content validity and standard setting were verified by using a variety of methods. Levels of knowledge to prevent and manage pressure ulcers were good initially and improved with an educational programme, but soon returned to baseline. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
958 |
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| Author |
Haji Vahabzadeh, Ali |
| Title |
Optimal Allocation of Intensive Care Unit nurses to Patient-At-Risk-Team |
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Book Whole |
| Year |
2018 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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224 p. |
| Keywords |
Intensive Care Units; Intensive care nursing; Patients; Mortality; Health economics |
| Abstract |
Explains the need for nurse-led Patient-at-Risk-Teams(PART) to prevent unnecessary ICU admissions. Investigates which nurse allocation policy between PART and ICU would result in the best outcomes for patients and hospitals. Provides econometric models to estimate the impact of critical care nurses on hospital length of stay. Proposes queueing and simulation models to obtain the optimal nurse allocation policy for minimising the ICU mortality rate. Validates proposed models at Middlemore Hospital from 2015 to 2016. Estimates the financial and mortality impact of allocating another nurse to PART per shift. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1647 |
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| Author |
Burke, A.; Walker, L.; Clendon, J. |
| Title |
Managing intergenerational nursing teams : evidence from the literature |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2015 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki Nursing Research |
Abbreviated Journal |
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6 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
24-27 |
| Keywords |
Intergenerational; Multigenerational; Nursing Workforce; Ageing; Workplace Conflict |
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Examines current literature on the intergenerational nature of the nursing workplace, and presents strategies for creating work environments that acknowledge and cater for differences among nurses spanning four generations. Suggests recommendations to managers and policy-makers on how to utilise generational strengths and minimise intergenerational conflict. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1408 |
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| Author |
Harvey, Geoffrey |
| Title |
'Thank you for telling our story...': An exploration of the needs of migrant nurses undergoing competence assessment for New Zealand registration |
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Book Whole |
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2022 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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Issue |
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Pages |
108 p. |
| Keywords |
Internationally qualified nurses (IQN); Migrant nurses; Competency assessment; Nursing registration; Surveys |
| Abstract |
Seeks to give voice to migrant nurses, using case-study methodology to highlight their experience of the competence assessment process. Distributes a questionnaire to a group of 22 newly-arrived IQNs, and conducts interviews with 10 IQNs who had been working in NZ for several years. Uncovers the motivations among the first group and reflections on the Competence Assessment Programme (CAP) among the second. Makes recommendations for CAP training based on the results of the study. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1836 |
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Meeks, Maggie; Miligan, Kaye; Seaton, Philippa; Josland, Heather |
| Title |
Interprofessional education: let's listen to the students |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2023 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand |
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39 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
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| Keywords |
Interprofessional education (IPE); Nursing students; Medical students; Focus groups |
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Invites pre-registration nursing and medical students to write down questions to ask of students in the other discipline. Provides these questions for discussion in a facilitated interprofessional group session. Uses descriptive thematic analysis to inductively analyse the written data, from which three themes emerged: lack of knowledge about each profession, misperceptions about the other profession, and the desire to develop interprofessional relationships. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1858 |
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| Author |
Horsburgh, M.; Perkins, R.; Coyle, B.; Degeling, P. |
| Title |
The professional subcultures of students entering medicine, nursing and pharmacy programmes |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2006 |
Publication |
Journal of Interprofessional Care |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
20 |
Issue |
4 |
Pages |
425-431 |
| Keywords |
Interprofessional relations; Attitude of health personnel; Nurse managers; Nursing; Education; Organisational culture |
| Abstract |
This study sought to determine the attitudes, beliefs and values towards clinical work organisation of students entering undergraduate medicine, nursing and pharmacy programmes in order to frame questions for a wider study. University of Auckland students entering medicine, nursing and pharmacy programmes completed a questionnaire based on that used by Degeling et al. in studies of the professional subcultures working in the health system in Australia, New Zealand, England and elsewhere. Findings indicate that before students commence their education and training medical, nursing and pharmacy students as groups or sub-cultures differ in how they believe clinical work should be organised. Medical students believe that clinical work should be the responsibility of individuals in contrast to nursing students who have a collective view and believe that work should be systemised. Pharmacy students are at a mid-point in this continuum. There are many challenges for undergraduate programmes preparing graduates for modern healthcare practice where the emphasis is on systemised work and team based approaches. These include issues of professional socialisation which begins before students enter programmes, selection of students, attitudinal shifts and interprofessional education. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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937 |
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| Author |
Carryer, J.B.; Boyd, M. |
| Title |
The myth of medical liability for nursing practice |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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| Volume |
19 |
Issue |
4-12 |
Pages |
4-12 |
| Keywords |
Interprofessional relations; Law and legislation; Nurse practitioners; Advanced nursing practice |
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This article explores the complex nature of liability in the case of standing orders and vicarious liability by employers, and also when nurses and doctors are in management roles. The authors address misconceptions about medico-legal responsibility for nursing practice with the advent of nurse prescribers and nurse practitioners. They refer to the submission made by the College of Nurses Aotearoa (NZ) on the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act (2003), and discuss practice liability and nurse-physician collaboration. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 624 |
Serial |
610 |
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| Author |
Strochnetter, K.T. |
| Title |
Influences on nurses' pain management practices within institutions: A constructivist approach |
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2000 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Pages |
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| Keywords |
Interprofessional relations; Pain management; Nursing |
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Alleviating patient suffering, providing comfort and pain relief are all central to the philosophical caring position nurses have always espoused. Despite this, patients continue to suffer pain although we have the means to provide pain relief. The author notes that research has identified that nurses have a knowledge deficit regarding pain and its management, as well an erroneous attitudes, which combined are blamed for an inability to make significant progress in this area. This study was undertaken to uncover the contextual aspects of working within a New Zealand health care institution that affect nurses' ability to manage their patient' pain effectively. It highlights the difficulties and the complicated nature of working within an institution in the 1990's health care environment, where accountability for pain is absent and where pain is often under-assessed and under-treated. By using focus group of nurses, the author notes she was able to uncover constructions on nursing practice, which, she suggests, have been missing from the literature, but prevent nurses from implementing their knowledge. Using a constructivist research, she used nurse's stories and current literature to argue one way forward in, what she terms, the pain management debacle. This study revealed a diverse range of contextual factors that prevent nurses from using their knowledge. Many of the constraints on nursing practice are the results of complex organisational structures within health reform, which have significantly affected the nurse's ability to provide quality-nursing care. One of the most important factors limiting the management of the patient' pain is the inability of the nurse to autonomously initiate analgesia. While nurses are largely responsible for the assessment of pain, they are usually powerless to access necessary analgesia, without a medical prescription. The author argues that once an initial medical diagnosis has been made, nurses are usually left responsible for patient comfort and the management of pain. To do so effectively, nurses need to able to prescribe both pharmacological and non-pharmacological measures for the patient. Presently nurses are prescribing using a variety of illegitimate mechanisms, needing the endorsement of a doctor. To fulfil this role, nurses must be adequately prepared educationally and given the authority to either prescribe autonomously, of provided with extensive “standing orders”. While legislative changes in New Zealand in 1999 extended prescribing right to a few nurses within certain areas of care, the ward nurse is unlikely to gain prescribing rights in the near future. The author concludes that a way forward may be to encourage and further develop the use of protocols for managing pain via standing orders. Standing orders are common place within nursing practice today, have the support of the Nursing Council of New Zealand and are currently under-going legislative review. An institutional commitment to developing pain protocols for nurses would recognise the nurses active role and expertise in the management of pain and facilitate expedient relief for the patient. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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909 |
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| Author |
Farrow, T. |
| Title |
Owning their expertise: Why nurses use 'no suicide contracts' rather than their own assessments |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2002 |
Publication |
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing |
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| Volume |
11 |
Issue |
4 |
Pages |
214-219 |
| Keywords |
Interprofessional relations; Psychiatric Nursing; Community health nursing; Qualiltative research; Suicide |
| Abstract |
'No suicide contracts' are a tool commonly used by nurses in community crisis situations. At times this tool is utilised because the clinician believes that it is beneficial. However, there are other occasions when 'No suicide contracts' are introduced in a manner that runs counter to the clinical judgement of the crisis nurse. This paper discusses the results of a qualitative study that addressed the question of why nurses use 'No suicide contracts' in such situations, rather than relying on their own expertise. This analysis suggests that underlying concerns of clinicians can determentally affect decision-making in such circumstances, and recommends that rather than subjugating nursing expertise, underlying issues be addressed directly. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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785 |
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| Author |
Higgins, A. |
| Title |
Collaboration to improve health provision: Advancing nursing practice and interdisciplinary relationships |
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Book Chapter |
| Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Jean Ross (Ed.), Rural nursing: Aspects of practice (pp. 215-223) |
Abbreviated Journal |
Ministry of Health publications page |
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Pages |
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Interprofessional relations; Rural health services; Nursing; Policy |
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This chapter introduces national policies and strategies that promote interdisciplinary collaboration as a means of providing better access to health care for all communities. It identifies a role for advancing nursing practice as part of a collaborative approach to healthcare in rural areas. An increasing focus on collaboration as a concept within health practice during the last 10 years has become evident in policy documents from the Report of the Ministerial Taskforce on Nursing (Ministry of Health, 1998) to the Working Party for After Hours Primary Health Care (Ministry of Health, 2005). The emphasis would seem to be in response to political pressure to address health inequalities and an apparent assumption that interprofessional collaboration results in improved communication, fewer gaps in provision of care and more effective use of the limited health funds. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 779 |
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763 |
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| Author |
Armstrong, S.E. |
| Title |
Exploring the nursing reality of the sole on-call primary health care rural nurse interface with secondary care doctors |
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Book Chapter |
| Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Jean Ross (Ed.), Rural nursing: Aspects of practice (pp. 225-46) |
Abbreviated Journal |
Ministry of Health publications page |
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Pages |
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| Keywords |
Interprofessional relations; Rural nursing; Primary health care |
| Abstract |
A qualitative framework was used to explore the nature and the quality of interactions between sole on-call primary health care rural nurses and secondary care doctors. This study is framed as investigating a specific component of rural nursing practice and as being representative of the primary-secondary care interface. The primary-secondary care interface is crucial for the delivery of patient-centered care, and there is an increased focus on preventive primary health care. The New Zealand government sees the repositioning of professional roles and increasing emphasis on collaboration as an opportunity to re-define and address the current constraints to nursing practice. This has resulted in tensions between the medical and nursing professions. These tensions are not new, with the relationship sometimes marred by conflict which has been attributed to historical medical dominance and nursing deference. This study explores some specific areas which affect collaboration and makes recommendations at the national, regional and individual level to address them. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 780 |
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764 |
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| Author |
Corner, Kathy |
| Title |
Perceptions of Indian IQNs transitioning into a bachelor of nursing programme in New Zealand |
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Journal Article |
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2020 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki Nursing Research |
Abbreviated Journal |
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11 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
61-62 |
| Keywords |
IQNs; Bachelor of Nursing; Nursing students; Cultural safety; Cross-cultural communication; Resilience |
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Aims to understand the experiences of Indian internationally-qualified nurses (IQN) making the transition into a NZ bachelor of nursing (BN) programme. Conducts a focus group with four Indian IQN students enrolled in an 18-month bridging course. Identifies four themes: adaptation to a new way of learning; cultural differences in living and working in NZ; adaptation to a different clinical environment; and cultural safety. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1663 |
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| Author |
Hendry, Chris; Ogden, Emma |
| Title |
Consumers at the heart of care: developing a nurse-led community-based infusion service |
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Journal Article |
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2016 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki Nursing Research |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
7 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
27-31 |
| Keywords |
IV therapy; Nurse-led clinics; Community care; District nursing; Infusion clinic; Intermediary care; Disaster recovery |
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Shares findings from an evaluation of a community-based, nurse-led intravenous (IV) therapy clinic in Christchurch, NZ. Backgrounds the establishment of the clinic in the Nurse Maude community specialty nursing centre following the 2011 Canterbury earthquakes. Describes the mixed-methods approach to the evaluation, including analysis of financial and service activity data, and qualitative feedback from consumers, referrers and staff. Provides recommendations about continuation of the service. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1528 |
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Farr, A.M. |
| Title |
Satisfaction in nursing: Reality in a secondary hospital in New Zealand |
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2006 |
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Otago Polytechnic library. A copy can be obtained by contacting pgnursadmin@tekotago.ac.nz |
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| Keywords |
Job satisfaction; Nursing; Hospitals |
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The focus for this research was nursing culture satisfaction and intent to remain working within a secondary hospital in the New Zealand public healthcare system. A specific group of 117 registered and enrolled nurses were surveyed to identify what issues would encourage them to remain working within the organisation. Descriptive data derived from the Nursing Culture Satisfaction Questionnaire found higher levels of job satisfaction and intention to stay from the staff in operating theatre, compared to other surveyed areas. Factors reported as contributing to job satisfaction included supportive, friendly staff, teamwork, and organisation size. Important issues regarding recruitment and retention include pay parity, personal satisfaction, conditions of employment, the valuing of staff and poor nurse patient ratios. Findings suggest that hospital management should foster positive work environments and respect, to promote job satisfaction and discourage nurses leaving the organisation. While pay parity was a large issue at the time of the questionnaire, the inclusion of the district health board in the nurse Multi Employer Collective Agreement may have reduced this as a contributing factor. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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743 |
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