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Author |
Cullens, V. |
Title |
Not just a shortage of girls: The shortage of nurses in post World War 2 New Zealand 1945-1955 |
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Year |
2001 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Victoria University Library |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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Keywords |
Recruitment and retention; Nursing; History of nursing |
Abstract |
This thesis explores the shortage of general hospital nurses in post World War II New Zealand between 1945 and 1955. Historical inquiry is used to identify the causes of the shortage and the response to the shortage by the Health Department, hospital boards and nurse leaders. Christchurch Hospital, administered by the North Canterbury Hospital Board, is used to illustrate the situation at one large, public, general hospital. Primary sources provided the majority of material which informed this thesis. Two themes emerge regarding the causes of the shortage of nurses: those that were readily acknowledged by nurse leaders and other health professionals at the time, and those which were less widely discussed, but which contributed to the nature of nursing work appearing less attractive to potential recruits. In response to the shortage the Health Department, hospital boards and the New Zealand Registered Nurses Association mounted several recruitment campaigns throughout the decade. As the shortage showed no sign of abatement the focus turned from recruitment to retention of nurses. While salaries, conditions and training were improved, nurse leaders also gave attention to establishing what nurses' work was and what it was not. Nurse leaders and others promoted nursing as a profession that could provide young women with a satisfying lifelong career. Due to these efforts, by 1955, this episode in the cycle of demand and supply of nurses had begun to improve. |
Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 1169 |
Serial |
1154 |
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Author |
Wilson, L.J. |
Title |
Futurist planning, not a shortage stopgap: Recruitment and retention of registered nurses in New Zealand |
Type |
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Year |
2001 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Victoria University of Wellington Library |
Volume |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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Keywords |
Recruitment and retention; Registered nurses; Policy; Careers in nursing |
Abstract |
This literature review critically examines contributing factors to the current nursing shortage in New Zealand, centering on recruitment and retention of registered nurses. There is a dramatic widening between the supply of registered nurses and the demand for their services. All regions in New Zealand are reporting difficulty in hiring experienced and specialty nurses, and recruiting time is lengthening. This report suggests that the shortage is closely linked to factors in the nursing care environment. As a result of multiple factors during the centralising, cost-containing, acuity-increasing decade of the 1990s, the care environment has driven practising nurses out of acute care settings and discouraged new students from entering the profession. The availability of numerous alternative career opportunities has heightened the effect. Continuing causes to the non-selection of nursing as a profession are the influences of wage compression and limited career progression over the lifetime of the nurse, and insufficient orientation and mentoring of new nurses. Recent changes in the health care system have gone unevaluated and without oversight by nursing regulatory agencies – a situation not in the best interests of patients or nurses. A number of both literature-supported and resourceful approaches, including recommendations towards addressing the nursing shortage are proposed in this review. |
Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1258 |
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Author |
Walker, Leonie |
Title |
Hardships and hurdles: The experiences of migrant nurses in New Zealand |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2010 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki Nursing Research |
Abbreviated Journal |
NZNO Library |
Volume |
1 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
4-8 |
Keywords |
Recruitment and retention; Personnel recruitment; Foreign nurses; English as a second language; Emigration and immigration; Bullying |
Abstract |
The New Zealand nursing workforce is increasingly made up of overseas trained nurses. There is extensive literature from elsewhere in the world on the impacts of international nurse recruitment and migration on individual nurses and on health services. The literature also portrays evidence of abuse and exploitation, yet few studies are available relating to the experiences of migrant nurses in New Zealand. This research conducted a survey of overseas-trained nurses, specifically focusing on those nurses for whom English is not their first language, to understand the experiences and factors affecting migrant registered nurses in New Zealand. Given the importance to the New Zealand workforce of overseas-trained nurses, this research highlighted that more warnings and advice regarding recruitment agencies and information about nursing in New Zealand and the Nursing Council requirements for registration should be made available to nurses prior to their migration. Nursing leaders should be particularly alert to any evidence of bullying or discrimination based on race or overseas origin. |
Call Number |
NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1337 |
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Author |
Pool, L. |
Title |
How Culture Influences Choosing Nursing as a Career |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2012 |
Publication |
Whitireia Nursing Journal |
Abbreviated Journal |
Available through NZNO library |
Volume |
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Issue |
19 |
Pages |
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Keywords |
Careers in Nursing; Minority Groups; Nursing Shortage; Personnel Recruitment |
Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to explore how young people make career choices and why young people choose or reject nursing as a career choice. This study has highlighted the complexity of this decision-making process, and the importance of making positive connections and offering appropriate support during this process. It seems that many young people are well equipped to make career decisions when given support.
The need to recruit people from minority cultures into nursing is a global issue. This study also highlights the need for an inter-sectoral approach to raise the profile of nursing and make a career that is attractive to young people. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1382 |
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Author |
Scott, Susan (and others) |
Title |
The graduate nursing workforce : does an international perspective have relevance for New Zealand? |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2011 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
27 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
4-12 |
Keywords |
Graduates; Nursing workforce; Retention; Recruitment |
Abstract |
Reviews studies of nursing graduates that use local, regional or national populations of graduates to explore reasons for turnover over periods of time longer than the first twelve months of transition to practice. Identifies the reasons for mobility within nursing and out of the profession altogether. |
Call Number |
NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1466 |
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Author |
Foxall, Donna |
Title |
Barriers in education of indigenous nursing students : a literature review |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2013 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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Volume |
29 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
18-30 |
Keywords |
Recruitment; Retention; Nurse education; Cultural safety; Maori |
Abstract |
Reports the findings of a review of the literature that sought to identify key barriers for indigenous tertiary nursing students in NZ. Reveals the barriers to recruitment and retention of nursing students, and strategies to overcome them. Stresses the need for partnerships between academic institutes and indigenous communities to ensure the provision of a culturally-safe environment for Maori nursing students. |
Call Number |
NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1487 |
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Author |
Jamieson, Isabel; Sims, Deborah; Casey, Michelle; Wilkinson, Katie; Osborne, Rachel |
Title |
Utilising the Canterbury Dedicated Education Unit model of teaching |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
2017 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
33 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
29-39 |
Keywords |
Dedicated Education Units; Graduate nurses; Recruitment and retention; Student support |
Abstract |
Considers whether the Canterbury Dedicated Education Unit model of clinical teaching and learning can support graduate registered nurses in their first year of practice. Uses a descriptive exploratory case-study approach to gather data via three focus groups with a total of eleven participants. Undertakes thematic analysis to identify patterned meaning across the dataset from which two primary themes emerge: support, and recruitment and retention. Identifies five associated sub-themes: peer support, organisational support, liaison nurse support, team support for the graduate registered nurses, and team support for the staff. Reveals the significant contribution made by the Nurse Entry-to-Practice Programme Liaison Nurse as a conflict broker. |
Call Number |
NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1535 |
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Author |
Ledesma-Libre, Krizia |
Title |
Factors influencing nurses' choice to work in mental health services for older people |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
2019 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki Nursing Research |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
10 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
61-62 |
Keywords |
Aged care; Mental health nursing; Motivation; Recruitment and retention |
Abstract |
Explores what influences nurses to work in mental health services for older people (MHSOP)and what factors encourage those who did not choose this area of nursing, to continue in MHSOP. Includes nurses' positive and negative perceptions of MHSOP. Collects data via focus group discussions with 30 mental health nurses. |
Call Number |
NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1627 |
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Author |
Ogden, Emma |
Title |
Is it ACE? The influence of the Advanced Choice of Employment scheme on new graduates' decisions to accept a position in the Nurse Entry to Specialist Practice in Mental Health and Addiction programme. |
Type |
Book Whole |
Year |
2018 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
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Issue |
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Pages |
183 p. |
Keywords |
Graduate nurses; Recruitment and retention; Nursing education; Nurse Entry to Specialty Practice (NESP); Advanced Choice of Employment (ACE); Mental health nursing; Addiction nursing |
Abstract |
Uses an instrumental case study to explore the role of Advanced Choice of Employment (ACE) on the decision to enter the Nurse Entry to Specialised Practice (NESP). Examines the NESP programme in one DHB in which 14 participants who had accepted positions on NESP without specifying the specialty were given semi-structured interviews, as was the NESP coordinator about the employer experience of NESP. Suggests how education providers and DHBs can prepare ACE applicants for the recruitment process. |
Call Number |
NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1643 |
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Author |
Guy, Max Timothy |
Title |
An exploration of the educational experiences of new nurses who are men within Aotearoa New Zealand |
Type |
Book Whole |
Year |
2020 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
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Issue |
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Pages |
131 p. |
Keywords |
Male nurses; Nursing students; Nursing workforce; Recruitment and retention; Surveys |
Abstract |
Aims to inform future curriculum design to support, retain, and attract more men to nursing. Uses a descriptive qualitative design to explore the experiences of male nurses prior, during and after the Bacelor of Nursing degree. Conducts semi-structured interviews with 9 male nurses resulting in two main themes: isolation during training; inaccurate public perception of the of the scope of the modern nurse. |
Call Number |
NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1759 |
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