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Author |
Rayat, P. |
Title |
The relationship between job satisfaction and professional development in nursing: A socio critical outlook |
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Year |
2001 |
Publication |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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Keywords |
Job satisfaction; Professional development; Nursing |
Abstract |
Health reforms, reviews and restructuring are not new to New Zealand nursing. The author notes that changes in the environment have created many pressures on nursing as a profession. The profession is trying to deal with this turmoil in a responsible fashion. It is also trying to grow and develop at the same time. This research is focused on finding the relationship between job and professional development. It also highlights the factors that affect job satisfaction and professional development. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
570 |
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Author |
Wright, R. |
Title |
Linking theory with practice |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
2001 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
7 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
14-15 |
Keywords |
Intensive care nursing; Nurse-family relations; Nursing models |
Abstract |
This article describes the care of a brain-dead intensive care unit patient. The human caring theory of Jean Watson is used to interpret the interactions between family, patient and nurse in this case study. Watson's concepts of care are examined as they relate to each stage of caring for the patient and his family. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1012 |
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Author |
Prentice, D.; Hathaway, M. |
Title |
Responding to a death from meningococcal disease: A case study |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2001 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
7 |
Issue |
5 |
Pages |
16-18 |
Keywords |
Infectious diseases; Public health; Infection control |
Abstract |
The public health nurses present a case study on adapting meningococcal disease public health protocols to work with the situation of a Cook Island family following the death of a member from meningococcal disease. They discuss the meningococcal disease epidemic in New Zealand and outline the signs and symptoms of the disease. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1016 |
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Author |
Herbert, B. |
Title |
How often do health professionals wash their hands? |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
2001 |
Publication |
Vision: A Journal of Nursing |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
7 |
Issue |
13 |
Pages |
29-32 |
Keywords |
Infection control; Attitude of health personnel |
Abstract |
This literature review presents evidence on health professionals' practice in hand washing. The research was primarily quantitative and consistently showed that health professionals did not have a lack of knowledge, but that hand washing was not always done. More qualitative research is required to investigate reasons for this and possible interventions. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1293 |
Serial |
1278 |
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Author |
Henry, Pamela |
Title |
'Coming home safely : a successful transition from hospital to home' : Margaret May Blackwell Study Fellowship for Nurses of Young Children, Nursing Education Research Foundation |
Type |
Report |
Year |
2001 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
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Issue |
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Pages |
38 |
Keywords |
Infants; Hospital care; Home care services; Community health care; Reports |
Abstract |
Investigates programmes to facilitate the transition to home for babies who have had lengthy admission to Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Provides an overview of the transition services at four sites visited in the US and Canada. Highlights the common elements among all four programmes and identifies the components of quality transition services. Evaluates their clinical effectiveness. Part of the Margaret May Blackwell Scholarship Reports series. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1426 |
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Author |
Richardson, S.; Allen, J. |
Title |
Casualization of the nursing workforce: A New Zealand perspective on an international phenomenon |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
2001 |
Publication |
International Journal of Nursing Practice |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
7 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
104-108 |
Keywords |
Industrial relations; Organisational change; Nursing; Personnel staffing and scheduling |
Abstract |
A discussion of the increased use of 'casual' nursing staff (those nurses employed on a casual or 'per diem' basis) is presented. Reference is made to related literature, together with consideration of the implications associated with this trend. This issue has international significance, with the increased use of casual staff being widely recognised. A New Zealand perspective is included, with the provision of nursing care at Christchurch Hospital presented to illustrate certain aspects of the discussion. The impact of changing health-care systems and increased emphasis on efficiency and accountability are identified. This change to workplace practice will inevitably affect nursing; possible future developments are considered. |
Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 909 |
Serial |
893 |
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Author |
Papps, E. |
Title |
(Re)positioning nursing: Watch this space |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
2001 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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Volume |
17 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
4-12 |
Keywords |
History of nursing; Nurse practitioners |
Abstract |
This paper traces the emergence of categories of nurse over the last hundred years from the time that the Nurses Registration Act became law in 1901. Insights from the work of Michel Foucault are utilised to show how nurses and nursing have been historically shaped and positioned. It is suggested that the recent endorsement by the Nursing Council of New Zealand of the concept and title of 'nurse practitioner' represents an opportunity for nurses to imagine what might be constructed for their roles. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
630 |
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Author |
French, P. |
Title |
Nursing registration: A time to celebrate? |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
2001 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
7 |
Issue |
8 |
Pages |
17-19 |
Keywords |
History of nursing; Interprofessional relations; Physicians; Nursing philosophy |
Abstract |
This article examines the knowledge and power relationships between the medical profession and nurses during the first half of the twentieth century. It argues that the 1901 Nurses' Registration Act allowed doctors to exert control over the nursing profession and that the hierarchal structure of the profession contributes to the culture of control and surveillance. |
Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 1029 |
Serial |
1013 |
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Author |
Watson, S. |
Title |
Humane caring: Quality of life issues for those elderly people wanting to remain in their own environment |
Type |
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Year |
2001 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
ResearchArchive@Victoria |
Volume |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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Keywords |
Geriatric nursing; Older people; Home care |
Abstract |
This thesis explores the issues surrounding the elderly remaining in their own environment and why remaining 'at home' becomes so essential for them. There are many elderly people who have moved to residential care settings on the advice of others. The author explores the implications of such moves through the stories of several elderly persons, and her own experiences as a nurse working with the elderly in institutional care. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1217 |
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Author |
Schumacher, A.T. |
Title |
More than meets the eye: Explicating the essence of gerontology nursing |
Type |
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Year |
2001 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
ResearchArchive@Victoria |
Volume |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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Keywords |
Geriatric nursing; Nursing philosophy; Nursing specialties |
Abstract |
The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological was to unveil a deeper meaning and understanding of gerontology nursing, thus contributing to its value and worth as a speciality area of nursing. Conversations with four gerontology nurses were taped, transcribed and then analysed using van Manen's (1990) approach to researching lived experience. From the analysis, four cardinal elements emerged: true acceptance, personal knowing, being present, and being alive. Those four cardinal elements were reworked and further analysed to reveal three central aspects or essences of gerontology nursing. These essences were the centrality of temporality, the interconnectedness of human relationships, and the significance of the lived body. Temporality is demonstrated by nursing application of objective, or clock time, as well as subjectively in regards to the lived time of the clients. Interconnectedness is the lived human relationship between nurse and client and is represented by commitment, presencing/giving of self, connecting, and knowing the client holistically. The third essence is corporeality, which is portrayed by the gerontology nurses' distinguishing characteristics and their perception of the lived body of the nursed. The final analysis unveiled caring for the body, the act of seeing, and the joy of care as emergent essences of gerontology nursing. Language of nursing in relationship to 'basic nursing care' is critiqued for its potential to devalue gerontology nursing and, by association, old people. |
Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 1157 |
Serial |
1142 |
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Author |
Jackson, H. |
Title |
Compassion: A concept exploration |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2001 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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Volume |
17 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
16-23 |
Keywords |
Ethics; Nursing philosophy |
Abstract |
This paper explores the nature of compassion and posits it as a moral virtue that requires the nurse to act in the presence of suffering. Compassion is defined in relation to suffering and reciprocity, and distinguished from sympathy and pity. |
Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 638 |
Serial |
624 |
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Author |
Cleary, H. |
Title |
Caring and bioethics: Perspectives, predicaments and possibilities |
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Year |
2001 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
ResearchArchive@Victoria |
Volume |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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Keywords |
Ethics; Feminist critique; Nurse-patient relations |
Abstract |
This thesis presents an explorative study of the place of caring in bioethics. Through the examination of various sources of literature from the disciplines of nursing, feminist theory and ethics, and bioethics, a case is developed that argues for a valid respected place for caring, as an ethic of care in bioethical decision-making. The case is built by providing evidence to support the fundamental importance of caring to human life, health, relationships, and survival at the broad societal level. This is presented from the feminist and nursing perspectives, along with a critique of the negative aspects of caring practices. The next stage of the case presents a layout of the discipline of bioethics, using an historical perspective to illuminate the influences of bioethics' deep past, as it still affects the discipline in the present. The development of contemporary bioethics' current status is presented along with critiques from bioethicists themselves, and nursing and feminist theory and ethics. In the case at this point, from a bioethical perspective, two major predicaments appear to prevent an ethic of care obtaining a valid place in ethical decision-making in bioethics. These are the justice/care duality, and the conflict between different conceptions of care and autonomy. The bioethical objections and arguments put forward regarding these predicaments are examined and refuted, and the author suggests a case is established for the inclusion of an ethic of care in bioethical decision-making. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1198 |
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Author |
Johnstone, C. |
Title |
Linking diet and respiratory distress |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
2001 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
7 |
Issue |
5 |
Pages |
22-23 |
Keywords |
Diet; Chronic diseases; District nursing |
Abstract |
The author, a district nurse, describes the experiences of a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring long-term oxygen therapy and characterised as a carbon dioxide retainer whose overall health was improved by a carbohydrate restricted diet. The literature on carbohydrate intake and respiratory disease is briefly reviewed. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1011 |
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Author |
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Title |
Dementia care: A literature review |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2001 |
Publication |
Vision: A Journal of Nursing |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
7 |
Issue |
13 |
Pages |
33-36 |
Keywords |
Dementia; Nurse-patient relations; Quality of health care; Nursing; Education |
Abstract |
This article defines dementia, and explores recent trends in relation to why it is such a misunderstood condition in the health care setting. Within a theoretical framework of literature development, nurse client relationships, and quality of care and attitudes are analysed. Gaps, inconsistencies and consistencies are outlined, with the implications for nursing practice and education explored. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1279 |
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Author |
Spence, D. |
Title |
Prejudice, paradox, and possibility: Nursing people from cultures other than one's own |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2001 |
Publication |
Journal of Transcultural Nursing |
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Volume |
12 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
100-106 |
Keywords |
Cultural safety; Transcultural nursing; Nurse-patient relations |
Abstract |
This article provides a brief overview of the findings of a hermeneutic study that explored the experience of nursing people from cultures other than one's own. The notions prejudice, paradox, and possibility are argued to describe this phenomenon. Nurses in New Zealand are being challenged to recognise and address racism in their practice. Yet, the implementation of cultural safety in nursing education has created tension within the profession and between nursing and the wider community. As nurses negotiate the conflicts essential for ongoing development of their practice, the play of prejudice, paradox, and possibility is evident at intrapersonal and interpersonal levels as well as in relation to professional and other discourses. Nurses are challenged to continue their efforts to understand and move beyond the prejudices that otherwise preclude the exploration of new possibilities. |
Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 1104 |
Serial |
1089 |
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