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Gage, J.; Hornblow, A.R. |
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Development of the New Zealand nursing workforce: Historical themes and current challenges |
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Journal Article |
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2007 |
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Nursing Inquiry |
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14 |
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4 |
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330-334 |
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History of nursing; Nursing research; Personnel; Interprofessional relations |
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This article reviews the development of the New Zealand nursing workforce, which has been shaped by social, political, scientific and interprofessional forces. The unregulated, independent and often untrained nurses of the early colonial period were succeeded in the early 1900s by registered nurses, with hospital-based training, working in a subordinate role to medical practitioners. In the mid/late 1900s, greater specialisation within an expanding workforce, restructuring of nursing education, health sector reform, and changing social and political expectations again reshaped nursing practice. Nursing now has areas of increasing autonomy, expanding opportunities for postgraduate education and leadership roles, and a relationship with medicine, which is more collaborative than in the past. Three current challenges are identified for nursing in New Zealand's rapidly evolving health sector; development of a nursing-focused knowledge culture, strengthening of research capacity, and dissemination of new nursing knowledge. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 946 |
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930 |
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Sargison, P.A. |
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Essentially a woman's work: A history of general nursing in New Zealand, 1830-1930 |
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2002 |
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University of Otago Library |
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History of nursing; Gender |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1127 |
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1112 |
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Phillips, S. |
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Exploration of the socio-cultural conditions and challenges which may impede nursing development in the twenty-first century and proactive strategies to counter these challenges |
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1999 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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History of nursing; Nursing philosophy |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1285 |
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1270 |
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Chenery, K. |
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Title |
Family-centred care: Understanding our past |
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Miscellaneous |
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2004 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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20 |
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3 |
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4-12 |
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History of nursing; Nurse-family relations; Paediatric nursing; Parents and caregivers |
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Oral history accounts of the care of the hospitalised child in the context of family are used to argue that current practice paradoxes in family-centred care are historically ingrained. The article looks at the post-war period, the intervening years, and current practice, centred on the changing concept of motherhood throughout that time. The conflict between clinical expediency versus family and child needs is explored. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1113 |
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1098 |
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Smillie, A. |
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Historical investigations: Risk management in a New Zealand hospital, 1888-1904 |
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Journal Article |
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2006 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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22 |
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2 |
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33-38 |
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Risk management; History; Patient safety |
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This article examines historical events within one hospital and compares them with contemporary risk management practices. The examples involve a nurse sustaining injury in the course of her work, a fire in the hospital and two instances of patient complaints – one concerning nursing care and the other relating to a time lag between admission to hospital and receiving medical attention. Analysis of the processes followed in investigating these occurrences reveals that these historic investigations were small in scale and less bureaucratic than contemporary practice, and were based on a culture of blame. This is contrasted with modern risk management practices which are more focused on understanding what can be learned from the incident with respect to preventing recurrence. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 539 |
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525 |
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Clendon, Jill; McBride-Henry, Karen |
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Title |
History of the Child Health and Development Book : part 1, 1920 to 1945 |
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Journal Article |
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2014 |
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Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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30 |
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1 |
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29-41 |
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Maternal and child health; History of nursing; Plunket; Child health and development record book |
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Traces the history of the Plunket Book, or Well Child/Tamariki Ora Health Book, during the years 1920-1945, chronicling the development of a medicalised relationship between mothers and health professionals during this era. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1490 |
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Clendon, Jill; McBride-Henry, Karen |
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Title |
History of the Child Health and Development Book : part 2: 1945-2000 |
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Journal Article |
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2014 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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30 |
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2 |
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5-17 |
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Maternal and child health; History of nursing; Plunket, Child health and development record book |
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Highlights how women challenged the concept of 'medicalised mothering' during the period 1945-2000, and how these views affected the development of the Well Child/Tamariki Ora Health book, or Plunket book. Analyses how the language of the book reflects tensions between competing discourses and knowledge sources among mothers and health professionals. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1492 |
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Wassner, A. |
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Labour of love: Childbirth at Dunedin Hospital, 1862-1972 |
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Book Whole |
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1999 |
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Dissector |
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Hospitals; History of nursing; Maternity care; Registered nurses; Nursing; Education |
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This book covers obstetrical care from a nursing perspective at the Dunedin Hospital's Maternity Units. The researcher found little information on the two lying-in (maternity) wards of the first two Dunedin Hospitals. The book presents historical records outlining obstetric nursing procedures and maternity culture at the Dunedin Hospitals, The Benevolent Institution, The Batchelor Maternity Hospital, and Queen Mary Hospital. It covers cultural, social and legislative changes over the period, and examines conditions and pay for nursing staff across this time. A chapter on the evolution of baby care looks at changes in acceptable practices around nursery care, breast and bottle feeding, and medical procedures. The book has an extensive list of appendices, including staff lists, training notes for staff, duty lists, and interviews with staff and patients. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1049 |
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Harding, T.S. |
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Male nurses: The struggle for acceptance |
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Journal Article |
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2004 |
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Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
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9 |
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4 |
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17-19 |
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Sex discrimination; Male nurses; History of nursing; Law and legislation |
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This article describes the role of men in the nursing profession in New Zealand from colonial times to the 1970s. It considers attitudes towards male nurses, the provision of training for men and the various laws and regulations dealing with the issue. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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999 |
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Cullens, V. |
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Not just a shortage of girls: The shortage of nurses in post World War 2 New Zealand 1945-1955 |
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2001 |
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Victoria University Library |
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Recruitment and retention; Nursing; History of nursing |
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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. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1169 |
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1154 |
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French, P. |
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Title |
Nursing registration: A time to celebrate? |
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Journal Article |
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2001 |
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Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
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7 |
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8 |
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17-19 |
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History of nursing; Interprofessional relations; Physicians; Nursing philosophy |
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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. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1029 |
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1013 |
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Arcus, K.J. |
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Often wearisome, sometimes saddening, but always interesting: A hundred years of district nursing in Wellington, 1903-2003 |
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2004 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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District nursing; History |
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October 2003 marked the centenary of Wellington district nursing. Annie Holgate, a 'trained, professional' nurse, was employed to care for the sick poor in 1903. The Wellington St John Ambulance District Nursing Guild funded district nursing for over fifty years. The first president, Sarah Ann Rhodes, left a legacy of a solid financial and administrative base for the whole of the Guild's existence. From 1945 the Wellington Hospital Board assumed responsibility for district nursing and expanded the service to the greater Wellington region. In 1974 the Community Health Services were formed, with Pauline MacInnes as the nurse leader. Expansion of healthcare in the community ensued, with district nurses pivotal to client-centred, community-based, collaborative healthcare. This service was dismantled in the wake of health sector restructuring in 1989. The philosophy and operation of the Community Health Service of this period bears a striking resemblance to the current concept of Primary Health Care. Primary sources from Wellington St John, Kai Tiaki and data from official publications were used to compile this history. Emergent themes are the autonomy of district nurses' practice, the invisibility of district nursing and the impact of visionary leadership. All have implications for the future of district nursing. District nursing, initially dependent on philanthropy, has been publicly funded in New Zealand since 1944. District nursing is now an essential component of health care. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 851 |
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835 |
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Woods, Heather |
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Oral history: a rich tapestry of information |
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Journal Article |
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2023 |
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Kaitiaki Nursing Research |
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14 |
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1 |
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62-64 |
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Oral history; Interviewing; Oral history collections; Nursing Education and Research Foundation (NERF) |
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Explains oral history, its types and best practice. Introduces the Oral History and Sound Collection at Turnbull Library, focusing on the Nursing Education and Research Foundation (NERF) special collection of oral history interviews with nurses, which arose out of the NERF Oral History Project. Provides examples of three oral history interview records from the collection. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1853 |
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Prebble, K. |
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Ordinary men and uncommon women: A history of psychiatric nursing in New Zealand public mental hospitals, 1939-1972 |
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2007 |
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University of Auckland Library |
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Psychiatric Nursing; Mental health; History; Gender |
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This social-cultural history explores the changing context, culture, and identity of psychiatric nurses working in New Zealand public mental hospitals between 1939 and 1972. Primary documentary sources and oral history interviews provided the data for analysis. The thesis is divided into two periods: 1939 to 1959 when asylum-type conditions shaped the culture of the institutional workforce, and 1960 to 1972 when mental health reform and nursing professionalisation challenged the isolation and distinct identity of mental hospital nurses. Between 1939 and 1959 the introduction of somatic treatments did not substantially change nursing practice in mental hospitals. Overcrowding, understaffing and poor resources necessitated the continuance of custodial care. The asylum-type institutions were dependent on a male attendant workforce to ensure the safety of disturbed male patients, and the maintenance of hospital farms, gardens, and buildings. Although female nurses provided all the care and domestic work on the female side, the belief that psychiatric nursing was physically demanding, potentially dangerous, and morally questionable, characterised the work as generally unsuitable for women. Introduction of psychiatric nursing registration which was a move toward professionalisation did little to change the dominance of a male, working-class culture. From 1960 to 1972 psychiatric nurses' identity was contested. New therapeutic roles created the possibility of the nurses becoming health professionals. Their economic security and occupational power, however, was tied to an identity as unionised, male workers. As psychiatric nurses were drawn closer to the female-dominated nursing profession through health service changes and nursing education reform, both men and women acted to protect both their working conditions and their patients' welfare. To achieve these ends, they employed working-class means of industrial action. By accepting the notion that psychiatric nurses' identity was socially constructed, this thesis provides an interpretation that goes beyond the assumption that nursing is a woman's profession. Instead, it presents psychiatric nursing as a changing phenomenon shaped by contested discourses of gender, class and professionalisation. Nursing in public mental hospitals attracted ordinary men and uncommon women whose collective identity was forged from the experience of working in a stigmatised role. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 763 |
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749 |
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Matheson, S. |
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Psychiatric/mental health nursing: Positioning undergraduate education |
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2002 |
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ResearchArchive@Victoria |
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Psychiatric Nursing; History of nursing; Nursing; Education |
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In this paper, the critique of the mental health component of comprehensive nursing education and the questions that it raises are explored from historical, structural and ideological perspectives. In order to locate the past and highlight its significance to where psychiatric/mental health nurses find themselves today some of the history of the asylum system and the development of psychiatric nursing in New Zealand within these structures are presented. Ideological changes to the way mental health was thought about, and responded to, have had considerable impact on where psychiatric nurses practiced, how they practised and what they were named. This created the need for a different kind of nurse and has led to changes in the education of nurses. The structural influences on the training and education of nurses are identified through relevant reports and their recommendations and significance in relation to psychiatric/mental health nursing are examined. Issues deriving from the critique of undergraduate psychiatric/mental health nursing education highlight the urgent nature of the crisis and draw out the multiple and competing discourses that inform the education of nurses. In acknowledging that the crisis can be viewed from multiple perspectives the need for responses from multiple levels involving the Nursing Council of New Zealand, the Ministry of Health, the Mental Health Commission and nurses in education and practice are recommended. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1146 |
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