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Fostekew, Sarah L; Andersen, Patrea R; Amankwaa, Isaac |
Title |
Addison's disease and adrenal crisis: a phenomenological study of the patient experience |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2023 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand |
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Volume |
39 |
Issue |
2 |
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Addison's disease; Adrenal crisis; Patient experience; Surveys |
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Describes the lived experiences and issues central to patients with Addison's disease during hospitalisation due to adrenal crisis. Explores the experiences of six participants who had undergone one or more of these crises, and analyses the experiences using Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis. Three themes emerge: response, adjustment, and learning. Develops the Addison's and Adrenal Crisis Patient Experience model from the analysis |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1859 |
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Prebble, K.; McDonald, B. |
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Adaptation to the mental health setting: the lived experience of comprehensive nurse graduates |
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Journal Article |
Year |
1997 |
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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Mental Health Nursing |
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6 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
30-36 |
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The aim of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore the experience of new comprehensive nursing graduates as they adapted to working in the acute psychiatric setting. Interviews were conducted with four participants, focussing on their current work experiences and how the philosophical beliefs and values derived from their educational preparation fit with those they encountered within the practice setting. The data were analysed by noting common experiences, values and meanings and identifying the themes as they emerged. The themes were: transition to practice, conflict, contradiction, structural constraints, and the reality of the psychiatric setting. The results of the study confirm the concern that has been voiced by new graduates about the quality and quantity of current orientation programmes. Conflicting values and beliefs concerning the nature of mental health/psychiatric nursing has also become evident. It appears that the graduates' Comprehensive nursing preparation may have contributed to their feelings of unease as they attempted to fit their own values and beliefs about nursing with those of the acute psychiatric setting |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 412 |
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412 |
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Turnwald, A.B. |
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Acute Hypercarbia in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Presentations to a New Zealand emergency department |
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2006 |
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ResearchArchive@Victoria |
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Keywords |
Chronically ill; Clinical assessment; Emergency nursing |
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A retrospective descriptive design was used to examine the records of all presentations to the emergency department of patients with COPD over a 3-month period to determine whether there is a subset group of people who present with hypercarbia. There were 114 presentations, amongst those there were 71 individuals, a number presenting more than once within the three months. 80% of the 71 individuals had a smoking history of which 53% were female. Of the 114 presentations, 76 had arterial blood gases taken during their emergency department presentation. Of these 76 presentations 30 had hypercarbia and 46 were non-hypercarbia. These 76 presentations involved 58 individuals, with some individuals presenting five times over the three-month period. Three groups emerged, some who were only hypercarbia (n= 18), some in the non-hypercarbia group (n=35) and 5 individuals who had presentations in both the hypercarbia and non-hypercarbia groups. Data showed that there was no definable subset group of hypercarbia patients within acute exacerbations of COPD presenting to the emergency department according to the variables. However the sample of presentations (with a blood gas) found within the study suffering hypercarbia was much higher (31.1%) than anticipated. Further analysis showed that the hypercarbia group had a significant lower forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and a combination diagnosis of emphysema or asthma and congestive heart failure. An implication to the clinician is that identification of hypercarbia within COPD exacerbation is problematically difficult until the late signs are shown with the individual. By that time effective treatment patterns may have changed from the initial presenting problem. The author concludes that future areas of research within this field needs to lie within the community, and look at when these people start the exacerbation, what leads them to progression presentation to the emergency department, and whether these people are chronic sufferers of hypercarbia or presenting after a period of days exacerbation within their own home. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1210 |
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Author |
Adamson, M.J. |
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Action research: the journey from enrolled nurse to registration and beyond. Discovering a process to promote self-efficacy and professional development |
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1997 |
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Victoria University of Wellington |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 219 |
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219 |
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Author |
O'Shea, M.; Reddy, L. |
Title |
Action change in New Zealand mental health nursing: One team's perspective |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2007 |
Publication |
Practice Development in Health Care |
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Volume |
6 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
137-142 |
Keywords |
Experiential learning; Psychiatric Nursing; Communication; Community health nursing |
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This paper describes an attempt at effecting change with specific relevance to the discharge planning of clients from a New Zealand inpatient mental health unit to a community setting. It explores how a team of community mental health nurses, practising in an urban/rural area, used the concepts of practice development to endeavour to bring about change while still retaining a client-centred focus. It describes how, in their enthusiasm, they embarked on the road to practice change without undertaking some of the essential ground work, Although they did not achieve all they set out to achieve, much was learnt in the process. In this paper, the authors outline their key learning points concerning the importance of engagement, communication, consistency and cooperation to the process and outcomes of practice change. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 897 |
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881 |
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Author |
Litchfield, M. |
Title |
Achieving health in a rural community: A case study of nurse – community partnership |
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Book Whole |
Year |
2004 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
University and Polytechnic Libraries, NZNO Library |
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Rural health services; Nursing models; Advanced nursing practice; Health promotion; Organisational change |
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This study describes rural, nurse-led health services provided by the Takapau Health Centre (Central Hawkes Bay) and its outreach, Norsewood & District Health Centre. The study looks at its model of service delivery through to 2002. It examines the establishment, development, funding and management of the service, along with the nursing practice and the healthcare people received. The book is a snapshot of nursing initiative and survival through a decade of change in health policy and service funding and delivery. The information was subsequently used to move the health centre service into the new paradigm of primary health care launched in the New Zealand Health Strategy. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1183 |
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1168 |
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Author |
Litchfield, M.; Laws, M. |
Title |
Achieving family health and cost-containment outcomes: Innovation in the New Zealand Health Sector Reforms |
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Book Chapter |
Year |
1999 |
Publication |
Cohen,E. & De Back,V. (Eds.), The outcomes mandate: New roles, rules and relationships. Case management in health care today (pp. 306-316) |
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Advanced nursing practice; Nurse managers; Teamwork; Nurse-family relations; Leadership; Health reforms |
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The chapter presents the research findings of the 1992-1993 Wellington Nurse Case Management Scheme Project as a distinct model of nurse case management, which introduced a role and form of practice of a family nurse and a diagram of the service delivery structure required for support and relevant for the New Zealand health system reforms. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1169 |
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Author |
Jones, Bernadette Doris |
Title |
Achieving equitable asthma services for Maori |
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Book Whole |
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2017 |
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1v |
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Asthma; Maori children; Primary healthcare; Kaupapa Maori; Maori health; Pou Ora; Maori-centred research |
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Undertakes a qualitative, phenomenological study to explore the experiences of practitioners delivering asthma services to tamariki Maori and their whanau in primary healthcare. Employs a kaupapa Maori methodology in order to provide a Maori perspective to the research. Uses an equity framework in the analysis and interpretation of the results, to ensure alignment with Maori values and aspirations. Interviews 15 doctors and nurses from Maori, mainstream and Very-Low-Cost-Access providers of asthma services. Presents the results using the Pou Ora framework with four main themes: Hauora, Toi Ora, Whanau Ora, and Mauri Ora. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1585 |
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McKellar, Dianne; Rodrigues, Agustilia |
Title |
Access to health care for people living in Aotearoa with a serious mental iullness: a social justice issue |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2017 |
Publication |
Whitireia Nursing and Health Journal |
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24 |
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53-57 |
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Serious mental illness; Physical health; Disparity; Social justice; Person-centred care |
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Argues for an integrated care model combining mental and primary health care while providing person-centred care that upholds the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. Maintains that there is a need for national guidelines for the management and assessment of people with serious mental illness (SMI)to redress their health disparities. Suggests that nurses have the opportunity to become agents of change to address this issue of social justice. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1551 |
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Author |
Dal Din, A. |
Title |
Accepting the challenge: Registered nurses' experiences of undertaking the statutory role of Responsible Clinician in New Zealand |
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2006 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Mental health; Registered nurses; Nursing specialties; Scope of practice |
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This aim of this thesis was to explore and describe registered nurses' experiences of undertaking the statutory role of Responsible Clinician under the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992. The role of Responsible Clinician has been available to nurses since 1992 yet to date there has been little research into nurses' experiences of undertaking this role. An exploratory descriptive approach was therefore used in this study. A convenience sample of four nurses who had been undertaking the role of Responsible Clinician was recruited. Their experiences were elicited through in-depth interviews. Analysis of the interview material revealed the themes of legitimacy, relationships, expanding practice, responsibility and accountability, approaches to care, nurses' responsiveness to the role and support of the role. The author points to this research being important to nurses who are working in the psychiatric mental health area so that they can understand the role more fully. In this way, more nurses may choose to undertake the role of Responsible Clinician. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 745 |
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731 |
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Hendry, Chris; Prileszky, Gail |
Title |
A usability study: an e-medication dispenser as part of a home-based medication management programme |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2017 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki Nursing Research |
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8 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
23-30 |
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Usability study; E-medication dispenser; Medication management; District nursing |
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Investigates the logistics and acceptability of an electronic medication dispenser (EMD) within a home-based medication management service as a substitute for face-to-face home visiting, as a means of reminding elderly clients to take their medication on time. Uses a qualitative usability study methodology to conduct the study, centred on a small group of clients receiving the service from a small group of clients receiving the service from a community nursing organisation in Christchurch. Involves patients, pharmacists, nurses and managers of the community nursing service. Identifies critical processes and protocols required to safely support a wider roll-out of the product within the service. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1539 |
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Giddings, D.L.S.; Grant, B.M. |
Title |
A Trojan Horse for positivism? A critique of mixed methods research |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2007 |
Publication |
Advances in Nursing Science |
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30 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
52-60 |
Keywords |
Nursing research; Methodology; Evaluation |
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This paper presents an analysis of mixed methods research, which the authors suggest is captured by a pragmatically inflected form of post-positivism. Although it passes for an alternative methodological movement that purports to breach the divide between qualitative and quantitative research, most mixed methods studies favour the forms of analysis and truth finding associated with positivism. The authors anticipate a move away from exploring more philosophical questions or undertaking modes of enquiry that challenge the status quo. At the same time, they recognise that mixed methods research offers particular strengths and that, although it serves as a Trojan Horse for positivism, it may productively carry other paradigmatic passengers. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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650 |
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Currie, J.; Edwards, L.; Colligan, M.; Crouch, R. |
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A time for international standards? Comparing the Emergency Nurse Practitioner role in the UK, Australia and New Zealand |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2007 |
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Accident & Emergency Nursing |
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15 |
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4 |
Pages |
210-216 |
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Emergency nursing; Cross-cultural comparison; Nursing; Education |
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The aim of this paper is to compare the Emergency Nurse Practitioner role in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Whilst geographically distant, the role of the Emergency Nurse Practitioner within these three countries shares fundamental similarities, causing the researchers to question, is this a time to implement international standards for the role? The Emergency Nurse Practitioner role in all three countries is gradually establishing itself, yet there are shared concerns over how the role is regulated and deficits in standardisation of scope of practice and educational level. Together these issues generate confusion over what the role embodies. The authors suggest that one method of demystifying the Emergency Nurse Practitioner role would be to progress towards international standards for regulation, education and core components of practice. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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971 |
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Kapoor, S.D. |
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A time for health: a study into the collaboration of professional, non-professionals and the public to promote better health |
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1983 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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An exploratory study of the functioning of four multi disciplinary health care teams ( HCT) in the New Zealand services and possible implications foe Health personnel education. This research seeks to 1. establish form structure and functioning of the HCT in the relation to the delivery of comprehensive primary health care. 2. Determine what collaborative skills are being used, the extent of interdependence and these factors which inhibit the use of these skills in providing primary health care. 3. Identify the key requirements for, and these factors which limit the successful functioning of the HCT in the provision of comprehensive primary health care. Data has been collected through structured interviews and observations. The analysis will compare and contrast the functioning of the social groups in the different settings in terms of their responses to both HCT index and appropriate contextual variables such that differences and similarities are delineated |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 7 |
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7 |
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Author |
Giddings, D.L.S. |
Title |
A theoretical model of social consciousness |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2005 |
Publication |
Advances in Nursing Science |
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28 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
224-239 |
Keywords |
Attitude of health personnel; Feminist critique; Nursing models |
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The article presents a theoretical model of social consciousness developed from nurses' life histories. A 3-position dialectical framework (acquired, awakened, and expanded social consciousness) makes visible the way people respond to social injustice in their lives and in the lives of others. The positions coexist, are not hierarchical, and are contextually situated. A person's location influences her or his availability for social action. Nurses who could most contribute to challenging social injustices that underpin health disparities are relegated to the margins of mainstream nursing by internal processes of discrimination. The author suggests that more inclusive definitions of “a nurse” would open up possibilities for social change. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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944 |
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