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Author Hendry, Chris; Ogden, Emma
Title Hydration in aged residential care: a practical audit process Type Journal Article
Year 2016 Publication Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal
Volume 7 Issue 1 Pages 41-45
Keywords (down) Hydration; Aged residential care; Dehydration in the elderly
Abstract Presents the findings of an audit of 34 hospital-level aged-residential-care clients' hydration over a 24-hour period. Describes the audit, undertaken by health-care assistants, and the strategies implemented to meet daily fluid requirements.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1530
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Author Winters, Shelley
Title Exploring the perceptions of nursing students and nursing academic lecturers on the use of gallows humour in the clinical setting Type Book Whole
Year 2019 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 146 p.
Keywords (down) Humour; Nursing students; Nursing academics; Surveys
Abstract Investigates the perceptions of students enrolled in any of the three years of an undergraduate nursing degree programme, including the nurse lecturers in charge of their teaching. Compares their results with students' to determine differences in perception between those with clinical experience and those without. Collects data using an online questionnaire to identify differences in perception of gallows humour by lecturers, and by older versus younger students.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1639
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Author Adams, Sue; Cook, Catherine; Jones, Mark
Title Jocelyn Keith's prescient question about the human right to health and healthcare Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 37 Issue 1 Pages 14-18
Keywords (down) Human rights; Health care; Health equity; Maori health
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.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1684
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Author McLelland, Hinemoa; Hindmarsh, Jennie H.; Akroyd, Shaun
Title Effective HPV vaccination with Maori male students: Evaluation of a Kaupapa Maori primary-health-care initiative Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 37 Issue 2 Pages 45-52
Keywords (down) Human Papillomavirus (HPV); HPV vaccine; Immunisation; Health literacy; Primary health care; Maori men; Maori students; Kaupapa Maori
Abstract Reports on a local multi-component initiative to improve local Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage among Maori male students aged 13-17 years in a rural location in Aotearoa New Zealand. Backgrounds the initiative co-designed by the rural health nurse from a community clinic of the Hauora (Maori health provider) and the principal of the local area school, in order to improve health literacy and provide an environment to support student consent to vaccination. Undertakes an evaluation of the initiative in 2018, comprising 10 key informant interviews and a group discussion with eight male students. Identifies the factors associated with the success of the initiative.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1708
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Author Minton, Claire; Burrow, Marla; Manning, Camille; Van der Krogt, Shelley
Title Cultural safety and patient trust: the Hui Process to initiate the nurse-patient relationship Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Contgemporary Nurse Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 9 p.
Keywords (down) Hui Process; Fundamentals of Care; Nursing education; Cultural safety; Maori patients
Abstract Argues that the Hui Process, being a model informed by Maori values on connection, serves the aim of the Fundamentals of Care framework for nursing students, to learn relationship-based nursing through culturally-safe practice and communication. Explains the Hui Process which comprises four steps: mihi, whakawhanaungatanga, kaupapa and poroporoaki. Examines how the process leads to culturally-safe patient-centred care.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1798
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Author Morton, J.; Williams, Y.; Philpott, M.
Title New Zealand's Christchurch Hospital at night: An audit of medical activity from 2230 to 0800 hours Type Journal Article
Year 2006 Publication New Zealand Medical Journal Abbreviated Journal
Volume 119 Issue 1231 Pages
Keywords (down) Hospitals; Teamwork; Administration; Shiftwork; Organisational culture
Abstract The authors conduct an audit of medical activity at Christchurch Hospital, a 650 bed tertiary centre, between 2230 and 0800 hours. They measured the volumes of tasks requiring completion overnight and identified the competencies required for this as well as the level of teamwork that existed. They found several organisational areas of concern, that indicate new approaches are required to staff the “hospital at night,” and an Out of Hours Multidisciplinary Team is recommended. Specific issues included the lack of teamwork from the Resident Medical Officers (RMOs), with some overextended while others were inactive. House officer tasks were largely generic rather than specialty specific; there was no formal handover from the afternoon or day shifts and the level of hospital medical staffing did not reflect the activity levels over the time period studied. The researchers also recommend an urgent review of the beep policy. A third of the admissions were to General Medicine, and basic medical activities (including admitting, reviewing, and prescribing drugs and fluids) for patients admitted under all specialties represented the majority of the night workload. Medical registrars had reduced some of the traditional multiple clerking by admitting patients themselves.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 528
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Author Challis-Morrison, S.
Title Management and guidance of patient resuscitations within secondary rural hospitals Type Book Chapter
Year 2008 Publication Jean Ross (Ed.), Rural nursing: Aspects of practice (pp. 111-122) Abbreviated Journal Ministry of Health publications page
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords (down) Hospitals; Rural health services; Resuscitation
Abstract This chapter firstly offers background information relating to the management and guidance of resuscitation within secondary rural hospitals. Secondly, it discusses the evidence related to issues concerning resuscitation and not-for-resuscitation, including issues involving medical and nursing staff, the patient experience, appropriate documentation, and cultural factors. Thirdly, it presents the findings through an implementation and evaluation plan.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 771 Serial 755
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Author Pirret, A.M.
Title A preoperative scoring system to identify patients requiring postoperative high dependency care Type Journal Article
Year 2003 Publication Intensive & Critical Care Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume 19 Issue 5 Pages 267-275
Keywords (down) Hospitals; Quality of health care; Surgery; Nursing; Clinical assessment
Abstract The incidence of postoperative complications is reduced with early identification of at risk patients and improved postoperative monitoring. This study describes the development and effect of a nursing preoperative assessment tool to identify patients at risk of postoperative complications and to reduce the number of acute admissions to ICU/HDU. All surgical patients admitted to a surgical ward for an elective surgical procedure (n=7832) over a 23-month period were concurrently scored on admission using the preoperative assessment tool. During the time period studied, acute admissions to ICU/HDU reduced from 40.37 to 19.11%. Only 24.04% of patients who had a PAS >4 were identified by the surgeon and/or anesthetist as being at risk of a postoperative complication, or if identified, no provision was made for improved postoperative monitoring. This study supports the involvement of nurses in identifying preoperatively patients at risk of a postoperative complication and in need of improved postoperative monitoring. The postoperative monitoring requirements for the PAS >4 patients were relatively low technology interventions.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 904 Serial 888
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Author Haitana, J.
Title Building relationships: A qualitative descriptive study reflective of the day-to-day experiences of one group of preceptors in a provincial hospital in New Zealand Type
Year 2007 Publication Abbreviated Journal Otago Polytechnic library. A copy can be obtained by contacting pgnursadmin@tekotago.ac.nz
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords (down) Hospitals; Preceptorship; Education; Professional development; Mentoring; Training; Nursing
Abstract Research suggests that the experience of being a preceptor can be rewarding, but there are challenges which may impact on their ability to fulfil the preceptorship role. In an effort to understand the experiences of being a preceptor and the factors that impact on that role, a qualitative descriptive study was undertaken in a small provincial hospital in New Zealand. A purposeful sample of five registered nurse preceptors completed semi-structured audio-taped interviews. Seven common categories were developed from the data – willingness to engage, building a relationship, letting go, support, workload, students in the clinical setting and making judgements. The author notes that this research has highlighted that preceptors need prior notice that they are going to be having student nurses so that they can be better prepared; preceptors and student nurses also need to be rostered together for the whole placement to allow a one-on-one relationship to develop. Preceptors would benefit from having a lighter workload during the first few days of preceptoring as then they can spend more time teaching the student. Schools of nursing and hospitals also need to have an ongoing collaborative relationship in planning and supporting the preceptorship program; this would further support preceptors in their role. The lecturer from the school of nursing needs to be contactable and available to both the preceptor and the student to clarify any misunderstandings and as a resource should any problems arise.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 476
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Author Blockley, C.E.
Title The experience of hospitalization first time for an acute medical illness Type
Year 2000 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords (down) Hospitals; Patient satisfaction
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 811 Serial 795
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Author Hardcastle, J.
Title The meaning of effective education for critical care nursing practice: A thematic analysis Type Journal Article
Year 2004 Publication Australian Critical Care Abbreviated Journal
Volume 17 Issue 3 Pages 114, 116-2
Keywords (down) Hospitals; Nursing; Education; Nursing specialties
Abstract Using thematic analysis, this study explored the phenomenon of effective education for critical care nursing practice by asking: What does effective education for critical care nursing practice mean to nurses currently practising in the specialty? Eighty eight critical care nurses from the South Island provided written descriptions of what effective education for critical care nursing practice meant to them. Descriptive statements were analysed to reveal constituents, themes and essences of meaning. Four core themes of personal quality, practice quality, the learning process and learning needs emerged. Appropriateness or relevance for individual learning needs is further identified as an essential theme within the meaning of effective education for critical care nursing practice. Shared experiences of the phenomenon are made explicit and discussed with reference to education and practice development in the specialty. The study results lend support to education that focuses on individual learning needs, and identifies work based learning as a potential strategy for learning and practice development in critical care nursing.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 873
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Author Stojanovic, J.E.E.
Title Leaving your dignity at the door: Maternity in Wellington 1950 – 1970 Type
Year 2002 Publication Abbreviated Journal ResearchArchive@Victoria
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords (down) Hospitals; Nursing specialties; Maternity care; Patient satisfaction
Abstract This thesis describes the maternity system in Wellington between 1950 and 1970 particularly from the perspectives of consumers and midwives. Four women consumers who experienced maternity in Wellington and two midwives who worked in Wellington's maternity hospitals during this period provided their oral testimonies as the main primary sources for this study. The author's experience of being a student nurse and a consumer in Wellington and other primary and secondary sources are used to substantiate, explore and explain the topic. The study traces the socio-political changes in New Zealand maternity from 1900 to 1970 creating a backdrop against which Wellington's maternity system, including the women, the hospitals, the workforce, maternity practices and the childbearing process are illuminated using the insights of women and midwives who experienced them. The oral testimonies of the six participants described positive and negative aspects of their maternity experiences, but the three strong themes that arose from their accounts included 'being alone', 'lack of autonomy' and 'uncaring attitudes'.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1223 Serial 1208
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Author Litchfield, M.
Title The language of nursing practice in hospitals Type Conference Article
Year 1997 Publication Abbreviated Journal held by NZNO Library and author
Volume Proceedings of the National Nursing Informatics Co Issue Pages
Keywords (down) Hospitals; Nurse managers; Advanced nursing practice; Nurse-patient relations; Care plans
Abstract A paper presenting the findings of a small research project involving a group of self-selected senior nurses of Wellington Hospital to explore the nature of nursing practice in the care and management of hospitalised patients and to formalise the language that would acknowledge its significance in the current effort of hospitals to define patient care pathways. The nature of hospital nursing practice was described in themes of a generic process of nurse-patient care that articulates a distinct specialism of hospital nursing, whatever the hospital department in which nurses hold positions.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1322
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Author Cook, D.
Title Open visiting: Does this benefit adult patients in intensive care units? Type
Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal Otago Polytechnic library. A copy can be obtained by contacting pgnursadmin@tekotago.ac.nz
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords (down) Hospitals; Intensive care nursing
Abstract As the healthcare system moves toward a consumer-driven paradigm, visiting hours for family and significant others of the intensive care unit patient have become a topic of interest and discussion. Research since the 1970s has generated controversy and speculation over the ideal visiting practices in the adult intensive care unit. The aim of this dissertation was to examine the benefits for the patient, family members and nurses of appropriate visiting practices within intensive care areas in order to establish if open visiting is the best regime for patients in the adult intensive care unit (ICU). This dissertation explores visiting practices in adult critical care unit settings. Specifically, the benefits of visiting for patients, and the factors that may impede or facilitate visiting practices within the ICU were critically discussed. These factors included the benefits and disadvantages of open visiting, and the nurse as an influential factor in visiting. These areas linked together to form the basis for consideration of visiting in the ICU. Review of existing literature pertaining to visiting in the ICU indicated that patients wanted open visiting hours yet also indicated that they would like some visiting restrictions. Nurses appeared to value family input into care and were aware of patient and family needs, even though they may restrict visiting to suit their own work practices. Family members can provide the patient with psychological support, provide important historical data, assist the nurse with selected aspects of physical care, and actively encourage the patient's efforts to recover. The outcome of this exploration is the recommendation of an open visiting policy tailored to individual patients, as, the author suggests, this would foster nursing practice and ultimately benefit patients and their families.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 680
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Author Wassner, A.
Title Labour of love: Childbirth at Dunedin Hospital, 1862-1972 Type Book Whole
Year 1999 Publication Dissector Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords (down) Hospitals; History of nursing; Maternity care; Registered nurses; Nursing; Education
Abstract This book covers obstetrical care from a nursing perspective at the Dunedin Hospital's Maternity Units. The researcher found little information on the two lying-in (maternity) wards of the first two Dunedin Hospitals. The book presents historical records outlining obstetric nursing procedures and maternity culture at the Dunedin Hospitals, The Benevolent Institution, The Batchelor Maternity Hospital, and Queen Mary Hospital. It covers cultural, social and legislative changes over the period, and examines conditions and pay for nursing staff across this time. A chapter on the evolution of baby care looks at changes in acceptable practices around nursery care, breast and bottle feeding, and medical procedures. The book has an extensive list of appendices, including staff lists, training notes for staff, duty lists, and interviews with staff and patients.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1049
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