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Mercer, C. |
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Title |
Interpreting the phenomenology of out-of-town hospitalisation using a Heideggerian framework |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Vision: A Journal of Nursing |
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Available online from Eastern Institute of Technology |
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Volume |
11 |
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17 |
Pages |
20-25 |
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Nursing research; Patient satisfaction |
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This article is presented in two parts. In the first, an outline of Heidegger's approach to phenomenology is offered. A basic premise of hermeneutic phenomenology is that people make sense of the world through the narratives they tell to themselves and to others. When the researcher uses this philosophical approach, persons communicate their experiences; the researcher interprets the experience and communicates that understanding in writing. In the second part of the paper, the experiences of four people whose partners were hospitalised out of town is described. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1318 |
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1302 |
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Litchfield, M. |
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Title |
Practice wisdom |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
1999 |
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Advances in Nursing Science |
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22 |
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2 |
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62-73 |
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Nursing research; Nursing; Health knowledge |
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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. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1186 |
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1171 |
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Author |
Drake, M. |
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Title |
The sonata form of musical composition as a framework for thesis writing |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2004 |
Publication |
Contemporary Nurse |
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16 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
252-258 |
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Keywords |
Nursing research; Nursing; Education |
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This article introduces an innovation in writing master's level research and suggests that other structures may offer new and different frameworks for reporting nursing research. This is exemplified by reference to an example of nursing research which adopted the sonata form of musical composition as the framework for presentation of the thesis. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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876 |
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Author |
Litchfield, M. |
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Title |
The nursing praxis of family health |
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Book Chapter |
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2005 |
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Picard, C & Jones, D., Giving voice to what we know (pp.73-82) |
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Nursing research; Nursing philosophy; Nurse-family relations |
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The chapter explores the process of nursing practice and how it contributes to health, derived from research undertaken in New Zealand. It presents the nature of nursing research as if practice – the researcher as if practitioner – establishing a foundation for the development of nursing knowledge that would make a distinct contribution to health and health care. It includes the philosophy and practicalities of nursing through the use of a case study of nursing a family with complex health circumstances. |
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Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 1185 |
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1170 |
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Author |
Litchfield, M. |
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Title |
Between the idea and reality |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
1986 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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1 |
Issue |
2 |
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17-29 |
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Nursing research; Nursing philosophy; Diagnosis; Evaluation |
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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. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1313 |
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Author |
Litchfield, M. |
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Title |
What is nursing research? |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
1998 |
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P. Watson & M.Woods (Eds.), Waiora: Nursing research in Aotearoa/New Zealand, evolving a shared sense of our future. Proceedings of the Nursing Research Section/Te Runanga O Aotearoa (New Zealand Nurses' Organisation) conference, Wellington 26-27 March. |
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Nursing research; Nursing |
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This conference paper outlines the nature of nursing research developing the distinct knowledge for nursing practice. It is presented as a cumulative process of knowledge development about health, practice and service delivery. Nursing research is illustrated by tracing a personal trajectory of research over 25 years that addressed questions relating to and derived from the practice of nursing. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1326 |
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Giddings, D.L.S.; Grant, B.M. |
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Title |
A Trojan Horse for positivism? A critique of mixed methods research |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2007 |
Publication |
Advances in Nursing Science |
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Volume |
30 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
52-60 |
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Keywords |
Nursing research; Methodology; Evaluation |
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This paper presents an analysis of mixed methods research, which the authors suggest is captured by a pragmatically inflected form of post-positivism. Although it passes for an alternative methodological movement that purports to breach the divide between qualitative and quantitative research, most mixed methods studies favour the forms of analysis and truth finding associated with positivism. The authors anticipate a move away from exploring more philosophical questions or undertaking modes of enquiry that challenge the status quo. At the same time, they recognise that mixed methods research offers particular strengths and that, although it serves as a Trojan Horse for positivism, it may productively carry other paradigmatic passengers. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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650 |
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Author |
Bland, M.F. |
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Title |
Patient observation in nursing home research: Who was that masked woman? [corrected] [published erratum appears in Contemporary Nurse 2002 Apr; 12(2): 135] |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Contemporary Nurse |
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12 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
42-48 |
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Nursing research; Ethics; Rest homes; Nurse-patient relations |
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This article discusses the issues that one nurse researcher faced during participant observation in three New Zealand nursing homes. These include the complexity of the nurse researcher role, the blurring of role boundaries, and various ethical concerns that arose, including the difficulties of ensuring that all those who were involved in the study were kept informed as to the researcher's role and purpose. Strategies used to maintain ethical and role integrity are outlined, with further debate and discussion around fieldwork issues and experiences for nurse researchers called for. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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892 |
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Author |
Litchfield, M. |
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Title |
Viewpoint: Telling nursing stories |
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Journal Article |
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1994 |
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Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
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2 |
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4 |
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28 |
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Nursing research; Ethics; Patient rights |
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A brief critique and comment on the ethical implications of nurse researchers using methodology that involves soliciting personal experiences of patients and subsequently publishing them as stories. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1321 |
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Author |
Butcher, Dan; Hales, Caz |
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Title |
Ensuring doctoral research is relevant to the international nursing community |
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Journal Article |
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2023 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand |
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39 |
Issue |
2 |
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Nursing research; Doctoral research; PhD research; International research community |
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Argues that nurses undertaking doctoral research have a responsibility to ensure their research engages with international nursing research and is relevant post-doctorally. Distinguishes between the purpose of PhDs and Professional Doctorates. Finds that nursing doctoral graduates are impeded from assuming leading roles in funded research. Attempts to find ways to address this challenge, suggesting that remote attendance at conferences and Internet communication with nurse researchers overseas encourages an international perspective on nursing topics. Backgrounds the establishment of an international nursing research community between Oxford Brookes University in the UK and Victoria University of Wellington in NZ. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1854 |
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Author |
Litchfield, M. |
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Title |
Knowledge embedded in practice |
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Journal Article |
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1989 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
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82 |
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10 |
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24-25 |
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Nursing research; diagnosis; Education; Nursing philosophy |
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A statement of the nature of research needed to distinguish the knowledge of nursing practice from knowledge developed by other disciplines. It orients to the interrelationship of practice and research as the foundation of the discipline of nursing. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1315 |
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Author |
Litchfield, M |
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Title |
To advance health care: The origins of nursing research in New Zealand |
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Book Whole |
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2009 |
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129 pp |
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Nursing Research Section, New Zealand Nurses Organisation |
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This book examines in detail the confluence of personalities and professional and practice agendas, out of which emerged the research section, intent on placing research at the centre of the profession's evolution. It provides a fascinating look at how a group of women, utterly committed to nursing, drove their research agenda and it expands understandings of why nursing research is significant for the development of nursing. It also provides an insight into that web of relationships between the professional body, NZNA, the Department of Health, service delivery and education.
To order a copy:
Email: publications@nzno.org.nz
NZNO members: $25 (incl GST + p&p)
Non-NZNO members: $35 (incl GST + p&p) |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1341 |
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Author |
Litchfield, M. |
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Priorities for research |
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Journal Article |
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1993 |
Publication |
kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
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1 |
Issue |
8 |
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28-30 |
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Nursing research |
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An article adapted from the author's contribution as an invited member of the International Panel of Nurse Researchers leading the Special Research Seminar of the 1993 International Council of Nurses Quadrennial Congress, Madrid, Spain. The priorities of nursing research in New Zealand were derived from the findings of a semi-structured survey of the opinions of nurses in academic settings. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1320 |
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Author |
Grainger, P C |
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Nursing documentation in the emergency department: nurses' perspectives |
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Report |
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2007 |
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184 pp |
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Nursing Records; Emergency Nursing; Qualitative Description; Nursing Documentation; Emergency Nurses? Perspectives; Interviews, Context Specific Influences; Facilitating and Inhibiting factors |
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Explores emergency nurses? perspectives and practices about the quality, importance and value of emergency nursing documentation in relation to their personal beliefs, past experiences and preferred systems of documentation; the practical and contextual factors that influence documentation practices within an emergency department (ED); their interests in documentation tools or systems; and their interests in relation to further development of documentation practices and systems. Conducts a qualitative descriptive study in which ten emergency nurses from one ED in New Zealand were interviewed using interactive interview methods, and asked to complete a Likert scale to identify the relevance of internationally- recognised general influences on documentation to their own practices in the context of an ED. Includes recommended routes to development through partnership, participation and process engagement, and strategies including document development, knowledge advancement and support. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1404 |
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Author |
McEldowney, R.A. |
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Title |
Shape-shifting: Stories of teaching for social change in nursing |
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2002 |
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ResearchArchive@Victoria |
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Nursing philosophy; Teaching methods; Feminist critique; Qualiltative research |
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This research explores why and how nurse educators teach for social change. Critical feminist educators provide a useful framework for theorising about teaching for change that addresses issues of hegemony, agency, praxis, individual voice, difference, justice and equity. Six women Pakeha/Tauiwi nurse educators from throughout New Zealand volunteered to participate in this research and share their lived experiences of teaching for social change. In-depth conversations over two years unfolded new and rich material about how and why these six women continue to teach the evaded subjects, like mental health, women's health, community development and cultural safety. All teach in counter-hegemonic ways, opening students' eyes to the unseen and unspoken. Among the significant things to emerge during the research was the metaphorical construct of shape-shifting as an active process in teaching for social change. It revealed the connectedness and integrity between life as lived and the moral imperative that motivates the participants to teach for difference. Shape-shifting was also reflected in other key findings of the study. As change agents, the participants have had significant shape-shifting experiences in their lives; they live and work as shape-shifters within complex social and political structures and processes to achieve social justice; and, they deal with areas of health practice where clients are socially and politically displaced. The research also generated new methods for gathering life-stories and new processes for analysis and interpretation of life-stories. It is hoped that this research will open pathways for other nurse educators to become shape-shifters teaching for social change. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1193 |
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