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Author Spence, Deborah openurl 
  Title (down) Preparing registered nurses depends on 'us and us and all of us' Type Journal Article
  Year 2012 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 28 Issue 2 Pages 5-13  
  Keywords Undergraduate nursing; Clinical teaching/learning; Team work; Collaboration  
  Abstract Reports on the qualitative findings of a collaborative study undertaken to monitor implementation of a new model of clinical education for undergraduate nursing students. Describes the development of a clinical education model devised by 3 District Health Boards (DHBs) and 2 universities, based on the inclusion of student nurses in team nursing.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1473  
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Author Seaton, L.; Seaton, P.; Yarwood, J. openurl 
  Title (down) Preparedness: Lessons for educators from the Christchurch disaster Type Journal Article
  Year 2013 Publication Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal Available through NZNO library  
  Volume 4 Issue 1 Pages 11-16  
  Keywords Education, Nursing; Case studies; Disasters  
  Abstract This study describes the impact of a sudden, traumatic natural disaster on a bachelor of nursing programme, and the capacity and processes required to minimise disruption to programme delivery and student learning. This descriptive case study, undertaken across 2011-2012, collected data through interviews, a survey and artefact collection. Six key themes emerged from the inductive and descriptive statistical analyses: context; communication; leadership and followership; decision making; the need to balance shifting priorities around professional responsibilities and personal imperatives; and taking action and action plans. The conclusions reached emphasise safety as the first priority, encourage personal risk mitigation, and emphasise the importance of ongoing support and flexibility for all staff and students as well as the need for clear communication and decision-making. What is perhaps most important to take from this experience is that a plan does not, by itself, equal preparedness; every institution must look to its own context, consider its own priorities, and formulate its own approach to preparedness.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1389  
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Author Ward, V C url  openurl
  Title (down) Preoperative fluid management of the older adult patient with hip fracture Type
  Year 2013 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 162 pp  
  Keywords Older people --Medical care; Hip joint -- Fractures -- Treatment; Hip joint -- Fractures -- Patients -- Rehabilitation; Fluid therapy; Preoperative care; Postoperative care; Outcome assessment (Medical care)  
  Abstract Explores the relationships between pre-operative fluid management (PFM) and post-operative outcomes. Undertakes an observational study of 100 consecutive older adult patients admitted to a tertiary NZ hospital with traumatic hip fracture between March and Sept 2012. Gathers data regarding cohort demographics and in-hospital events, including surgical details, alongside PFM and post-operative outcomes. Itemises characteristics of the patients, predominantly female with a mean age of 85.2 years. Finds no statistically significant relationship between pre-operative fluid management and post-operative outcomes.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1395  
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Author Spence, D. openurl 
  Title (down) Prejudice, paradox, and possibility: Nursing people from cultures other than one's own Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Journal of Transcultural Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  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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Author Spence, D. openurl 
  Title (down) Prejudice, paradox and possibility Type
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal Auckland  
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  Abstract This study explores the the experience of nursing a person, or people, form cultures other than one's own. Informed by the tradition of philosophical hermeneutics, and drawing specifically on some of the notions articulated by Hans-Georg Gadamer and Charles Taylor, it seeks to understand everyday nursing practices within their cultural and historical context.Against a background of Maori resurgence, nurses in New Zealand have been challenged in Aotearoa-New Zealand to recognise and address racism in their practice. Meeting the health needs of all people has long been important in nursing yet the curricular changes implemented in the early 1990s to enhance nursing's contribution to a more equitable health service created uncertainty and tension both within nursing, and between nursing and the wider community.In this study, I have interpreted the experiences of seventeen nurses practising in an increasingly ethnically diverse region. Personal understandings and those from relevant literature have been used to illuminate further the nature of cross-cultural experience from a nurse's perspective. The thesis asserts that the notions of prejudice, paradox and possibility can be used to describe the experience of nursing a person from another culture. Prejudice refers to the prior understandings that influence nursing action in both a positive and a negative sense. Paradox relates to the coexistence and necessary interplay of contradictory meanings and positions, while possibility points to the potential for new understandings to surface from the fusion of past with present, and between different interpretations. As New Zealand nurses negotiate the conflicts essential for ongoing development of their practice, the play of prejudice, paradox and possibility is evident at intra-personal and interpersonal levels as well as in relation to professional and other social discourses. This thesis challenges nurses to persist in working with the tensions inherent in cross-cultural practice. It encourages continuation of their efforts to understand and move beyond the prejudices that otherwise preclude the exploration of new possibilities.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 448 Serial 448  
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Author Green, D.E. openurl 
  Title (down) Prediction of academic success and attrition on nursing students Type
  Year 1976 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 6 Serial 6  
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Author Haywood, B. url  openurl
  Title (down) Pre-employment health screening: Is it useful? Type Journal Article
  Year 2003 Publication Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal Available online from the Eastern Institute of Technology  
  Volume 11 Issue 17 Pages 10-14  
  Keywords Occupational health and safety; Nursing specialties  
  Abstract The author, an occupational health nurse, examines rationale for and effectiveness of the pre-employment assessment, which has become an accepted practice. Reasons for doing assessments include the reduction of risk to the employer from lower accident rates and absenteeism, compliance with legislative requirements and the provision of baseline health measures for general health surveillance. The costs of the screening process, along with the benefits are weighed up, in conjunction with international research in the area. The author found little research on the process in New Zealand. The opportunity for primary health care and health promotion practice as an aspect of this screening is highlighted as an important, though underestimated, benefit. Regular auditing is recommended to ensure that the outcomes of the process meet the criteria required.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1299  
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Author Litchfield, M. openurl 
  Title (down) Practice wisdom Type Journal Article
  Year 1999 Publication Advances in Nursing Science Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 22 Issue 2 Pages 62-73  
  Keywords Nursing research; Nursing; Health knowledge  
  Abstract The paper is the report of two cumulative research projects studying the nature of nursing knowledge and methodology to develop it. They were undertaken as theses for masters and doctoral degrees at the University of Minnesota, USA. Nursing knowledge is depicted as relational: an evolving participatory process of research-as-if-practice of which 'health' (its meaning), dialogue, partnership and pattern recognition are threads inter-related around personal values of vision and community.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1186 Serial 1171  
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Author Medlin, E. openurl 
  Title (down) Practice nursing: An autoethnography: Changes, developments and influences Type
  Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal Otago Polytechnic library. A copy can be obtained by contacting pgnursadmin@tekotago.ac.nz  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Practice nurses; Community health nursing  
  Abstract Practice nurses work in general practice providing an increasingly autonomous service to consumers of primary health care. Autoethnography is a biographical method of research that describes personal experience in terms of society and culture and is the theoretical foundation of personal narratives and storytelling. Throughout history, stories have been used as a means of communicating and learning which with reflection, allows new meanings to develop for all participants. This autoethnography is the author's story of practice nursing and it discusses her experience of being a practice nurse over the past 12 years. It is autobiographical and reflexive and charts the changes that she has found in her practice during this time. Some of these changes have arisen from influences personal to her practice, others because of influences on practice nursing in general, but all are intertwined. Education and professional development, leadership and government policies are identified as the major influences on her practice. A discussion of these influences enables recognition of the changes, advancement and expansion of services thereby allowing others to share the experience and find meaning within it.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 745  
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Author Davies, D.C. openurl 
  Title (down) Practice nurses' perceptions of their contribution to the care of individuals with chronic health conditions Type
  Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Primary health care; Chronic diseases; Patient satisfaction; Nursing  
  Abstract Table of Contents: 1. Background and overview; 2. Research design and method; 3. Literature review; 4. Preparation of the individual for an appointment at the general practice; 5. Care provided by the practice nurse at the general practice; 6. The giving of information; 7. A discussion of the dualities of the contribution of practice nurses to the care of individuals with chronic conditions; 8. Study summary and conclusions.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 492 Serial 478  
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Author Henty, C.; Dickinson, A.R. url  openurl
  Title (down) Practice nurses' experiences of the Care Plus programme: A qualitative descriptive study Type Journal Article
  Year 2007 Publication New Zealand Family Physician Abbreviated Journal The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners website  
  Volume 34 Issue 5 Pages 335-338  
  Keywords Primary health care; Chronic diseases; Nursing; Evaluation  
  Abstract The aim of this small qualitative descriptive pilot study was to describe the experiences of practice nurses delivering the Care Plus programme within the general practice setting. Care Plus was introduced into Primary Health Organisations (PHOs) in 2004. This programme encourages more involvement from practice nurses in chronic care management. For many New Zealand practice nurses this is a new role. This study, carried out prior to the larger Care Plus implementation review (2006), provides an insight into the nursing experience of implementing Care Plus and provides a basis for future studies with regard to the nurse's role within the Care Plus programme.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 468 Serial 454  
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Author Hardy, D.J.; O'Brien, A.P.; Gaskin, C.J.; O'Brien, A.J.; Morrison-Ngatai, E.; Skews, G.; Ryan, T.; McNulty, N. openurl 
  Title (down) Practical application of the Delphi technique in a bicultural mental health nursing study in New Zealand Type Journal Article
  Year 2004 Publication Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 46 Issue 1 Pages 95-109  
  Keywords Clinical assessment; Biculturalism; Professional competence; Psychiatric Nursing; Maori  
  Abstract The aim of this paper is to detail the practical application of the Delphi technique as a culturally and clinically valid means of accessing expert opinion on the importance of clinical criteria. Reference is made to a bicultural New Zealand mental health nursing clinical indicator study that employed a three-round reactive Delphi survey. Equal proportions of Maori and non-Maori nurses (n = 20) and consumers (n = 10) rated the importance of 91 clinical indicator statements for the achievement of professional practice standards. Additional statements (n = 21) suggested by Delphi participants in round 1 were included in subsequent rounds. In round 2, participants explained the rating they applied to statements that had not reached consensus in round 1, and summarised responses were provided to participants in round 3. Consensus was considered to have been achieved if 85% of round 3 ratings lay within a 2-point bracket on the 5-point Likert-scale overall, or in one of the Maori nurse, non-Maori nurse, or consumer groups. A mean rating of 4.5 after round 3 was set as the importance threshold. Consensus occurred overall on 75 statements, and within groups on another 24. Most statements (n = 86) reached the importance benchmark. The authors conclude that when rigorous methods of participant selection, group composition, participant feedback, and determination of consensus and importance are employed, the Delphi technique is a reliable, cost-effective means of obtaining and prioritising experts' judgements.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1060  
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Author Poot, Betty; Nelson, Katherine; Zonneveld, Rebecca; Weatherall, Mark url  doi
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  Title (down) Potentially inappropriate medicine prescribing by nurse practitioners in New Zealand Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners Abbreviated Journal JAANP  
  Volume 32 Issue 3 Pages 220-228  
  Keywords Nurse prescribing; Nurse practitioners; Potentially inappropriate medicines (PIM); Older people  
  Abstract Reports the prescribing of potentially-inappropriate medicines (PIM) to older adults (> 65 years). Undertakes a subset analysis of data from the Ministry of Health pharmaceutical collection for the years 2013-2015. Includes nurse practitioner (NP) registration number, medicines dispensed, patient age, gender and NZ Deprivation level. Uses the Beers 2015 criteria to identify PIM. Details the medicines most commonly inappropriately prescribed.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1768  
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Author Chandler-Knight, Eden openurl 
  Title (down) Poster[sic]Bullying in mental health inpatient nursing Type Report
  Year 2020 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 78 p.  
  Keywords Mental health nursing; Workplace bullying; Registered Nurses; Surveys  
  Abstract Asserts that bullying is common in nursing, and particularly in mental health nursing. Conducts a literature review before administering a mixed-method online survey to registered nurse (RN) inpatient mental health nurses, of whom 38 responded.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1668  
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Author Weidenbohm, K. openurl 
  Title (down) Pioneering rural nursing practice: An impact evaluation of a preventive home visiting service for older people Type
  Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Community health nursing; Rural health services; Older people; Home care; Preventive health services  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 579 Serial 565  
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