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Author Mockford, Andrea
Title The exploration of systems and technologies to enhance the healthcare of children under five Type Report
Year 2009 Publication (down) Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 130p
Keywords 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 Moore, Justin
Title Breaking down barriers in child healthcare (0-5) years. Margaret May Blackwell Travelling Fellowship 2005 Type Report
Year 2005 Publication (down) Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 29
Keywords Child health services; Children's Hospitals; Emergency Departments; Drugs; Reports
Abstract Travels to Australia, Canada, the US and the UK to investigate various methods of procedural sedation for 0-5-year-olds in paediatric Emergency Departments. Describes the types of sedation used and the recovery periods. Transcribes the interviews he conducted with Emergency Department staff in each country. Part of the Margaret May Blackwell Scholarship Reports series.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1427
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Author Seldon, Lucy A
Title Non-pharmacological Methods in Relieving Children's Pain in Hospital: a pilot study Type Book Whole
Year 2017 Publication (down) Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 72 p.
Keywords Non-pharmacological; Pain relief; Pain; Hospitals; Paediatric nurses; Children
Abstract Adapts the questionnaire used in three international studies of the utilisation of non-pharmacological methods of post-operative pain management for paediatric surgical patients, and distributes it to registered nurses working in a paediatric surgical ward in one district health board (DHB) hospital. Discusses the non-pharmacological methods used and how they correlate with international literature.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1559
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Author Tewin, Maureen Heather
Title Exploring the impact of the lung cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist role on patient care in a regional hospital in New Zealand Type Book Whole
Year 2015 Publication (down) Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 193 p.
Keywords Lung cancer; Clinical nurse specialist; Patient care; Standards of care; Hospitals
Abstract Distributes a questionnaire to 50 members of the multidisciplinary team within a regional lung cancer service to investigate the impact of an advanced nursing role within the team. Performs an audit of five months of clinical data relating to patients cared for by the lung cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist as judged against the MOH Standards of Service Provision for Lung Cancer Patients in New Zealand .
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1576
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Author Beaver, Peter James
Title Contemporary patient safety and the challenges for New Zealand Type Book Whole
Year 2015 Publication (down) Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 329 p.
Keywords Patient safety; Hospitals; Accidents; Risk; Surveys
Abstract Outlines the history, emergence, necessity, challenges, and strategies of the patient safety movement. Explores the challenges for staff working to reduce harm and implement safety improvement in NZ hospitals. Considers medical harm as a persistent and expensive threat to public health. Analyses health policy in the US, England and NZ using the theory of countervailing powers, and a shift from medical to managerial dominance. Reviews theories of accidents and risk, and the safety improvement literature. Provides staff perspectives from NZ by means of interviews with doctors, nurses and managers in two hospitals.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1578
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Author Stodart, Jo
Title Infection prevention and control clinical governance in New Zealand District Health Boards Type Book Whole
Year 2017 Publication (down) Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 62
Keywords Infection control; Standards; Clinical governance; Hospitals; Surveys
Abstract Explores the current climate of infection prevention control (IPC) clinical governance in NZ. Audits IPC management plans in NZ District Health Boards (DHB) to evaluate which clinical governance factors facilitate or hinder IPC best practice. Employs a mixed-method, exploratory, qualitative study design to conduct semi-structured interviews with ten IPC nurses across NZ. Seeks to understand their perceptions of the IPC Standard, how it is implemented in their DHB, how the IPC risks are managed, and which barriers hinder IPC engagement. Analyses IPC documentation from all 20 DHBs to examine IPC clinical governance in each DHB.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1593
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Author Crogan, Patricia Ann
Title Nurses' perceptions of their role in quality improvement change Type Book Whole
Year 2010 Publication (down) Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 156 p.
Keywords Quality control; Quality assurance; Registered Nurses; Hospitals; Surveys
Abstract Explores how nurses perceive quality improvement (QI) change, determines what is needed for nursing to further contribute to QI change and identifies the potential disconnect between the two. Undertakes a sequential, mixed-methods approach, using a questionnaire followed by a focus group representing 10 per cent of RNs at Middlemore Hospital.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1823
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Author Gray, H.J.
Title Clinician or manager: An exploration of duty management in New Zealand hospitals Type
Year 2006 Publication (down) Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Nurse managers; Administration; Scope of practice; Hospitals
Abstract
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 741 Serial 727
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Author Blockley, C.E.
Title The experience of hospitalization first time for an acute medical illness Type
Year 2000 Publication (down) Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Hospitals; Patient satisfaction
Abstract
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 811 Serial 795
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Author Crawford, R.
Title An exploration of nurses' understanding of parenting in hospital Type
Year 2000 Publication (down) Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Nurse-family relations; Children; Hospitals; Parents and caregivers
Abstract
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 812 Serial 796
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Author Mossop, M.D.
Title Older patients' perspectives of being cared for by first year nursing students Type
Year 2000 Publication (down) Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Older people; Nurse-patient relations; New graduate nurses; Hospitals
Abstract
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1135 Serial 1120
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Author Smart, S.
Title Post-operative pain management knowledge and attitude of paediatric nurses: A New Zealand regional view Type
Year 2005 Publication (down) Abbreviated Journal ResearchArchive@Victoria
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Pain management; Paediatric nursing; Hospitals; Pharmacology
Abstract This research explored the knowledge and attitudes towards paediatric post-operative pain, within the New Zealand context of small regional hospitals. It established how nurses working in these areas obtain and update their paediatric pain management knowledge, and what is it that influences their paediatric post-operative pain management practices. A questionnaire survey of registered nurses working in three small paediatric units (5 to 12 beds), in regional secondary service hospitals was undertaken. The survey had a 79% (n=33) response rate. Findings corroborate many findings in previously published literature including that nurses do well in questions related to assessment. However pharmacological knowledge continues to be lacking. Results also indicated that while nurses have a good understanding about who is the best person to rate pain, this wasn't carried through in the clinical scenarios provided. Education is clearly an important factor in improving the knowledge and attitudes needed in clinical practice. While this survey was somewhat limited, both in size and in that a clear correlation between the results and actual clinical practice could not be made, results are significant for the areas surveyed and for the development of pain education for nurses.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1194 Serial 1179
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Author Davies, B.
Title Same person different nurse: A study of the relationship between nurse and patient based on the experience of shifting from secondary care to home-based nursing Type
Year 2008 Publication (down) Abbreviated Journal Research Archive at Wintec
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Nurse-patient relations; Communication; Hospitals; Home care
Abstract This study focuses on power themes in the nurse-patient relationship. The study is a critical reflection of the author's practice using a humanistic perspective from Hartrick Doane and Varcoe's (2005) model of relational family practice. It reviews the literature relating to power relationships in communication between nurses and patients and compares the ability to provide relational care in the home with hospital care. Practice examples demonstrate the shift in power relationships that the author had noticed since changing roles from hospital based to home care nursing. This is related to cultural, socio-environmental, historical and traditional influences on power in communication. The study is based on her reflection of the paradigm shift in her practice. Her practice moved from a problem solving approach to an empowerment, strengths based approach within partnership. The ethical challenges of discussing her practice in relation to clients has been managed by scrambling patient data so that it is not related to a single person and is focused on the author's nursing practice.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1195 Serial 1180
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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 (down) Abbreviated Journal ResearchArchive@Victoria
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords 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 Mosley, B.
Title Seclusion management in an acute in-patient unit Type
Year 2005 Publication (down) Abbreviated Journal ResearchArchive@Victoria
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Psychiatric Nursing; Patient rights; Hospitals; Workplace violence
Abstract This study was developed to explore the use of seclusion in an acute in-patient unit for people with mental illnesses. Investigation into this issue was considered important due to an identified large increase in seclusion use over the previous two years. The study used a qualitative research methodology with a descriptive and interpretive approach. Data collection included a retrospective file audit of patients who had been secluded over the past seven years, and one-to-one staff interviews. It also includes the author's personal reflections of seclusion events. The principle reason for using seclusion was violence and aggression in the context of mental illness. It was also used for people who were at risk of, or who had previously absconded from the unit. A recovery approach and the use of the strengths model was fundamental to nurses' way of working with patients in the unit. Nurses believed that the strengths process should be adapted to the person's level of acuity and to their ability to engage in this approach in a tangible way. Seclusion continues to be a clinical management option in the unit that is the subject of this study. However, in many circumstances there are other options that could be explored so that the utmost consideration is given to the dignity, privacy and safety of that person.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1227 Serial 1212
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