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Davy, R. |
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Title |
Strategy to increase smear testing of older women |
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Journal Article |
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2002 |
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Practice nurse: Official Journal of the New Zealand College of Practice Nurses |
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2 |
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3 |
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13-14 |
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Health promotion; Older people; Screening |
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The author presents a project to increase enrolments of women aged 60-69 years in the cervical screening programme. The programme included provision of packages comprising fliers, counter signs, stickers, postcards and pens to 1387 women's groups or locations where women gather. The author collates and analyses calls to the advertised 0800 telephone number, smear tests at the Well Women's Nursing Trust, and enrolment rates on the Cervical Screening Register from June to August 2001. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 637 |
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623 |
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Horsburgh, M.; Smith, V.A.; Kivell, D. |
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South Auckland community paediatric nursing service: A framework for evaluation |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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18 |
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3 |
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40-49 |
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Paediatric nursing; Community health nursing; Evaluation research |
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This paper describes the Kidz First paediatric community homecare nursing team in South Auckland. While the service was not initially planned as an integrated approach to child health, its evolution reflects the move to more community based care delivery and the expansion of nurse-led initiatives in New Zealand. The components of a community paediatric home nursing team as described by Eaton (2000) are used to provide the framework with which to describe the service. A focus group held with the Kidz First paediatric community homecare nurses has enabled definition of the key nursing components provided to children and their families living in South Auckland. |
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McKenna, B. |
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Title |
Risk assessment of violence to others: Time for action |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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18 |
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1 |
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36-43 |
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Mental health; Workplace violence; Risk management; Nursing; Nurse-patient relations; Psychiatric nursing |
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The author performs a literature search on the topics of risk assessment, dangerousness, aggression, and violence in order to determine an evidence-based approach to risk assessment of patient violence towards others. This is set in the context of possible expansion in the scope of practice of mental health nurses, and the prevalence of nurses being assaulted by patients. In the absence of reliable and valid nursing risk assessment measures, the approach suggested here focuses on the use of observation skills to detect behaviour antecedent to physical assault, and the ability to adapt evidence to specific clinical settings. |
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621 |
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Carryer, J.B.; Budge, C.; Russell, A. |
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Title |
Measuring perceptions of the Clinical Career Pathway in a New Zealand hospital |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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18 |
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3 |
Pages |
18-29 |
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Professional development; Careers in nursing; Nursing; Hospitals |
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The authors outline the Clinical Career Pathways (CCPs) for nurses, which were first established in New Zealand during the late 1980s. This paper introduces a new instrument, the Clinical Career Pathway Evaluation Tool (CCPET) designed to assess nurses' and midwives' knowledge of and attitudes towards their Clinical Career Pathway. The 51 item instrument takes the form of a self-report questionnaire. The development of the CCPET is described and results from an initial application of the instrument with 239 nurses and midwives in a New Zealand hospital are presented. Results indicate that knowledge levels were moderate in this sample and were correlated with both positive and negative attitudes. Results of t-test comparisons indicated that, on average, the group who had already completed a CCP portfolio had greater knowledge and more positive attitudes than the group who had not. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 634 |
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620 |
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Mackay, B. |
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Leadership development: Supporting nursing in a changing primary health care environment |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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18 |
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2 |
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24-32 |
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Leadership; Professional development; Primary health care; Nursing |
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The author argues that the involvement of nurses in the decision-making of health organisations is essential to maximise the contribution of nurses and promote positive outcomes for patients. She suggests that development of leadership skills will make nurses aware of power structures in the health system and allow them to become interdependent health professionals in primary health organisations (PHO). The particular competencies discussed are those proposed by Van Maurik (1997), namely ability to understand and manage organisational politics, work facilitatively with people and circumstances, and build a feeling of purpose. |
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619 |
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Farrow, T.; McKenna, B.; O'Brien, A.J. |
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Initiating committal proceedings 'just in case' with voluntary patients: A critique of nursing practice |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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18 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
15-23 |
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Patient rights; Law and legislation; Mental health; Nurse-patient relations |
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The authors report a clinical audit that, combined with anecdotal evidence, verifies the practice of putting section 8B medical certificates on the files of voluntary mental health patients at the time of admission. This is seen as a strategy to balance the requirement to support and promote the autonomy of voluntary patients with the need to protect those patients or other people. A conceptual analysis of these issues indicates that such a practice is both legally questionable and ethically inappropriate. The authors suggest an alternative framework for practice that is legally and ethically preferable for both nurses and patients. |
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618 |
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Ardagh, M.; Wells, E.; Cooper, K.; Lyons, R.; Patterson, R.; O'Donovan, P. |
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Effect of a rapid assessment clinic on the waiting time to be seen by a doctor and the time spent in the department, for patients presenting to an urban emergency department: A controlled prospective trial |
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Journal Article |
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2002 |
Publication |
New Zealand Medical Journal |
Abbreviated Journal |
Access is free to articles older than 6 months, and abstracts. |
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115 |
Issue |
1157 |
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Emergency nursing; Time factors; Clinical assessment; Clinical decision making |
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The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that triaging certain emergency department patients through a rapid assessment clinic (RAC) improves the waiting times, and times in the department, for all patients presenting to the emergency department. For ten weeks an additional nurse and doctor were rostered. On the odd weeks, these two staff ran a RAC and on even weeks, they did not, but simply joined the other medical and nursing staff, managing patients in the traditional way. During the five weeks of the RAC clinic a total of 2263 patients attended the emergency department, and 361 of these were referred to the RAC clinic. During the five control weeks a total of 2204 patients attended the emergency department. There was no significant difference in the distribution across triage categories between the RAC and non-RAC periods. The researchers found that the rapid management of patients with problems which do not require prolonged assessment or decision making, is beneficial not only to those patients, but also to other patients sharing the same, limited resources. |
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Author |
Warren, B.L. |
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Title |
Intramuscular injection angle: Evidence for practice? |
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Miscellaneous |
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Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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18 |
Issue |
2 |
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42-51 |
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Patient safety; Immunisation |
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This article presents the findings of a search for evidence to support the 45-60 degree angle of insertion for intramuscular injection of vaccine which is recommended in New Zealand. With the objective of discovering the evidence base for an intramuscular injection angle which differs from that recommended by the World Health Organisation and the accepted practice experienced by the author in the UK, Canada, Malawi and the USA, a comprehensive library and internet literature search was undertaken. Information was also sought by personal correspondence and contact with a range of immunisation specialists. Both the literature specifically on needle angle and that which includes needle angle within a wider investigation of technique is included. Overwhelmingly the evidence supports a 90 degree angle of needle insertion for intramuscular injection as being most effective in terms of patient comfort, safety and efficacy of vaccine. |
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616 |
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Finlayson, M.; Gower, S.E. |
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Title |
Hospital restructuring: Identifying the impact on patients and nurses |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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18 |
Issue |
2 |
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27-35 |
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Quality of health care; Hospitals; Organisational change |
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The authors report a survey of all nurses working in hospitals included in the International Hospital Outcomes Study of staffing and patient outcomes in New Zealand's secondary and tertiary hospitals from 1988-2001. The survey examines the way in which the hospitals have been restructured and analyses patient outcomes. Research has identified links between how nursing is organised in a hospital and that hospital's patient outcomes. |
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615 |
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Fourie, W.; Oliver, J.D. |
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Title |
Defining currency of practice for nurse educators |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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18 |
Issue |
3 |
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30-39 |
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Quality assurance; Professional competence; Education |
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Recent Nursing Council of New Zealand guidelines for competence-based practising certificates and the fact that all nurse educators must have a current practising certificate prompted the Nursing Schools within the Tertiary Accord of New Zealand (TANZ) to explore issues surrounding current competency in practice and how this can be maintained by nurse educators. The authors note that discussions related to competence-based practising certificates generally refer to competence only in terms of direct patient care. They set out to clarify the issue with specific reference to nurse educators who, by the nature of their scope of practice, often do not carry a patient caseload. They review the literature relating to currency of practice and draw on the findings of a survey of TANZ Nursing Schools and provide a position on how currency of practice applies to nurses working in an educational setting. They present strategies to maintain clinical, teaching and scholarly currency and make some suggestions for providing evidence that currency of practice is maintained. |
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614 |
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Brasell-Brian, R.; Vallance, E. |
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Clinical practice/education exchange: Bridging the theory-practice gap |
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Journal Article |
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2002 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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18 |
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1 |
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17-26 |
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Education; Interprofessional relations |
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This article positions clinical practice/education exchange (CPEE) within nursing literature and presents narrative accounts from a nurse educator and clinician who exchanged jobs for one year. This type of exchange, between education institutes and service areas where students are placed, is a new concept. The aim is to enhance student learning and facilitating meaningful links between theory and practice for them. |
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Mortensen, A.; White, G.E. |
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The process of destigmatisation: The work of sexual health nurses |
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Journal Article |
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2003 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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19 |
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1 |
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32-39 |
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Nursing specialties; Sexual and reproductive health; Attitude to health |
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The focus of this article is on the findings of a grounded theory study of sexual health nursing in New Zealand. Nurses' experiences of providing sexual health care are described and theoretical explanations generated. The emphasis in this article is on countering stigma which emerged as a recurrent problem for nurses in the study. A comparative analysis of the nurses' counter reactions with Gilmore and Somerville's (1994) model of stigmatised reactions towards people with sexually transmitted diseases was done. The model describes the processes of disidentification, depersonalisation, scapegoating, and discrimination, which characterise stigmatised reactions. Nurses' understandings of the impact of socioeconomic conditions and gender/power relations in society have an important role to play in how nurses manage care. The concept of destigmatisation, which seeks to counteract negative social attitudes, is discussed. The study showed that as a consequence of their work nurses in this study encountered professional stigma and marginalisation. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 626 |
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612 |
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Fraser, A.G.; Williamson, S.; Lane, M.; Hollis, B. |
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Nurse-led dyspepsia clinic using the urea breath test for Helicobacter pylori |
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Journal Article |
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2003 |
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New Zealand Medical Journal |
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Access is free to articles older than 6 months, and abstracts. |
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116 |
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1176 |
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Advanced nursing practice; Hospitals; Clinical assessment; Evaluation |
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Reports the audit of a nurse-led dyspepsia clinic at Auckland Hospital. Referrals to the Gastroenterology Department for gastroscopy were assessed in a dyspepsia clinic. Initial evaluation included consultation and a urea breath test (UBT). Patients given eradication treatment prior to initial clinic assessment were excluded. Patients with a positive UBT were given eradication treatment and were reviewed two months later for symptom assessment and follow-up UBT. Patients with a negative UBT were usually referred back to the GP. There were 173 patients with a mean age 38 years. The urea breath test was found to be useful as part of the initial assessment of selected patients who would otherwise have been referred for endoscopy. It is likely that the need for gastroscopy was reduced, but longer follow up will be required to determine whether or not this effect is simply due to delayed referral. This approach is likely to have value only in patients who have a relatively high chance of being H. pylori positive. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 625 |
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Carryer, J.B.; Boyd, M. |
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Title |
The myth of medical liability for nursing practice |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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19 |
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4-12 |
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4-12 |
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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 |
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Author |
Nicol, M.J. |
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Title |
Genetics and nursing: Preparing for future health care development |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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19 |
Issue |
2 |
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27-40 |
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Nursing; Education |
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The author discusses the impact of 'new genetic knowledge' on society and how molecular and clinical genetics are having an increasing influence on routine health care. Increasingly, nurses will be exposed to this new genetic knowledge and challenged to integrate it into their clinical practice in order to ensure that patients and families receive the best health care available. The paper reports the percentage of undergraduate nursing curricula devoted to teaching about genetics and considers how the fundamental principles of molecular genetics and the clinically relevant areas of genetics can be incorporated into pre- or post-registration education. |
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