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McDonald, S.; Willis, G.; Fourie, W.; Hedgecock, B. |
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Graduate nurses and their experience of postgraduate education within a Graduate Nurse programme |
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2007 |
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Copies can be obtained from The Department of Nursing and Health Studies, Manukau Institute of Techn |
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(Monograph Series 2/2007) |
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Nursing; Education; New graduate nurses; Teaching methods; Students |
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The authors note that the literature identifies that the transition from tertiary based training to the realities of industry expectations can be a stressful period for graduates. Various District Health Boards offer postgraduate papers within their graduate nursing programmes, resulting in graduates being expected to perform the role of a beginning practitioner as well as embark on postgraduate education during this first year. As yet, the authors note, there is little evidence available to substantiate the efficacy and impact of such papers. The purpose of this study was to explore graduate nurse's experience of postgraduate education within the Graduate Nurse Programme. The report contains the results of a survey of nurses within the Programme. This report details the results of that survey and make recommendations for consideration. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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911 |
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Horsburgh, M. |
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Graduate nurses' adjustment to initial employment |
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1987 |
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Journal of Advanced Nursing |
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University of Auckland, Auckland Institute of Te |
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14 |
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610-617 |
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An ethnographic study which attempts to understand what initial employment means to graduates from a comprehensive nursing course. The researcher participated in the first 3-4 months of the nurses' employment in general hospital settings. Five major themes emerge from the study indicating that the rhetoric practice of the school of nursing is different from the rhetoric and practice within general hospital settings. The reality of initial employment for the new graduated conflicts with the values and ideals of nursing promulgated by the comprehensive nursing course. The educational program stressed patient centred nursing, where nurses accepted responsibility for the continuing care of individuals. In contrast the hospital settings stress nursing as management of tasks across different patients. This conflict was a major source of frustration for the 'beginning' nurses. Ultimately they accept the reality of nursing as the management of tasks, but not without some personal cost. Orientation programs and the early employment period focus on 'fitting in to the system'. A significant determinant of the practice of new graduates are context effects such the time of their shift and the availability of experienced nurses. A number of management practices foster and maintain a beginning level of practice and new graduates have no opportunity to practice as autonomous nurses within a multi disciplinary health care team. Beginning practice is identified in new graduates through their difficulties in coping with unplanned or unexpected events. The initial employment period is dominated by shift work, resulting tiredness and adjustment to social activities.It is argued that management practices which support the ideals of comprehensive nursing courses and totally qualified nursing workforce have yet to occur. There are implications in this study for nursing education and nursing practice |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 59 |
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59 |
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McDonald, Stuart |
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Graduate nurses' experience of postgraduate education within a nursing entry to practice programme |
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2009 |
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Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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25 |
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3 |
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17-26 |
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Graduate nurse; Nursing entry-to-practice programme; Postgraduate education; Cross-sectional survey |
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Explores graduate nurses' experiences of postgraduate education embedded within a Nursing Entry-to-Practice (NETP) programme, a programme aimed at socialising new nursing graduates into their new role and work environment during their first year of practice. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1448 |
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Rydon, S.E.; Rolleston, A.; Mackie, J. |
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Graduates and initial employment |
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2008 |
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Nurse Education Today |
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28 |
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5 |
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610-619 |
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New graduate nurses; Curriculum; Work |
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This research project was undertaken to inform nurse educators in the Department of Nursing and Health Studies of Manukau Institute of Technology of the employment opportunities for new graduate nurses emerging from the three year degree and registration programme. Graduates from the programme for the previous three years were surveyed for their experiences in gaining employment. 89.8% of graduates were successful in gaining employment in the first three months post registration. The number of graduates employed within a district health board declined across the three years but there were no significant differences between cohorts. Overall, 73% of graduates were employed into new graduate positions. The majority of graduates felt that their nursing education prepared them well for their role as a registered nurse. The findings of the qualitative data identified a strong need for science throughout the degree; longer clinical blocks; increased hands on experience; more practice with skills and less theory in relation to practical experience. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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701 |
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Fielden, J. |
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Grief as a transformative experience: Weaving through different lifeworlds after a loved one has completed suicide |
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2003 |
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International Journal of Mental Health Nursing |
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12 |
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1 |
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74-85 |
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Grief; Psychology; Nursing specialties; Suicide |
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This research is an exploration and interpretation of the lived experiences of family members since they lost a close family member to suicidal death. The findings have implications for nurses and counsellors working in the area of suicide bereavement. Heidegger's hermeneutic phenomenology was utilised and informed by van Manen's and Benner's work. Data from in-depth interviews with six participants, the researcher's journal entries and published literature were analysed. Findings gave rise to a grief model where suicide survivors moved through four modes of being-in-the-world characterized by 13 lifeworlds or themes. Surviving suicide was a transformative process that in time enabled survivors to discover new ways of understanding and relating to the world. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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702 |
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Radka, I.M. |
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Handover and the consumer voice: The importance of knowing the whole, full story |
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2003 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Communication; Patient satisfaction; Nurse-patient relations |
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In the acute hospital setting, nurses provide care twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Due to the ever-changing nature of the patient's situation, nurses need quality information at the beginning of each eight-hour shift to plan and implement patient care effectively. It is claimed that handover is central for maintaining the continuity and the quality of patient care. This qualitative descriptive study was undertaken to identify what core information needs to be exchanged at nursing handover to ensure quality and continuity of patient care. Five consumers who had experience of recurrent hospital admissions shared their perceptions of handover practice through individual interviews. Three focus group meetings of seven nurses from a secondary care setting discussed handover practice from their professional perspectives. Both nursing and consumer voices are integral to the overall understanding of this study but the consumer voice is the privileged and dominant voice. Through the process of thematic content analysis the central themes of communication, continuity and competence emerged for the consumers. Consumers expect to be kept informed and involved in their healthcare. They want continuity of nurse, information and care and expect that nurses involved in the delivery of healthcare are competent to manage their situation. The 'importance of knowing' is the overarching construct generated in this research. Knowing is identified as the foundation on which quality and continuity of care is built and is discussed under the subheadings of: not knowing, knowing the patient as a person, knowing takes time, hidden knowing, knowing consumers' rights, oral knowing, knowing involves more than handing over patient care and knowing the economics. Recommendations have been developed for future research, nursing practice, education and management. These centre on ways to develop a more consumer-focused approach to contemporary healthcare. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 883 |
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867 |
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Walker, Leonie |
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Hardships and hurdles: The experiences of migrant nurses in New Zealand |
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2010 |
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Kai Tiaki Nursing Research |
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NZNO Library |
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1 |
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1 |
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4-8 |
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Recruitment and retention; Personnel recruitment; Foreign nurses; English as a second language; Emigration and immigration; Bullying |
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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. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1337 |
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MacDonald, S. |
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Having attitude: nurses' perceptions of the qualities and skills needed to successfully nurse the 10 -24 year old client |
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1999 |
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Massey University Library, Whitireia Community Po |
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This thesis presents a grounded theory study following Glaser's methodological stance. It explores nursing of the 10-24 year old client through interviews with thirteen registered nurses. The participants worked in a variety of clinical settings including community, hospital and specific adolescent services. From the analysis of the data emerged the complexity of the nurses work with the chosen age group. The study identifies that the quality of the nurse/client encounter may enable the young person to feel accepted and to be empowered to make their own health choices.This thesis identifies how Having Attitude is seen by the nurse participants as critical in the care of the young person. Having Attitude is about the nurse balancing the dependence/independence needs of the young person with their family and peers, and about being acceptable to the client. This results from the work of the nurse which is characterised by the nurse being competent' and 'being supportive whilst taking into account all of the socio-political factors that effect the nurses working situation. The socio-political context impacts upon the young persons life in terms of the types of health issues they have, and the availability and affordability of appropriate health services. It also impacts on the environment in which the nurse works, in terms of the complexity of the concerns with which young people present, current health reforms and funding issues. The nurse needs to have a broad knowledge base and ability to work within a complex situation. Nurses believe they can make a difference to the young persons health experience when they are supportive, competent and have attitude |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 368 |
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368 |
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Ihimaera, L.V. |
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He ara ki te ao marama : a pathway to understanding the facilitation of taha wairua in mental health services |
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2004 |
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Held by Lakes DHB Library (ROM) |
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A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for a Masters of Arts, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1366 |
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Browne, B. |
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Health and safety in employment: legal remedies to prevent the occupational hazards of hospital oncology nurses |
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1995 |
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University of Waikato Library |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 313 |
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313 |
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Milligan, K.; Neville, S.J. |
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Health assessment and its relationship to nursing practice in New Zealand |
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2001 |
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Contemporary Nurse |
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10 |
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1/2 |
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7-11 |
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Nursing; Education; Professional competence; Nurse practitioners; Cross-cultural comparison |
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This article draws on Australian experience to gain insight to three specific areas of health assessment that are topical in New Zealand, which has recently introduced the concept into nursing training. The issues are annual registration based on evidence of competence to practice, a review of undergraduate curricula, and the development of nurse practitioner/advanced nurse practitioner roles. The meaning of the concept 'health assessment' is also clarified in order to provide consistency as new initiatives in nursing are currently being developed. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1090 |
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Pybus, M.W.; Thomson, M. |
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Health awareness and health actions of parents health |
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1979 |
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Department of Nursing Studies Archives 68.101/68.3 |
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The parents of 238 children in standard one (7 – 8 year olds) in two localities in New Zealand (one group chosen randomly, the other a census of a small community) were interviewed about health matters. Objectives of the study were:1. To describe parents understanding of the nature of health.2. Their understanding of threats to their health.3. To describe actions they take to promote their own and their children's health.Few respondents describe health as being just the absence of illness: the concept of energy is important in many descriptions of health. Threats to the health of children are seen as coming more from the environment as compared with adults, for whom more threats are seen as having a physiological origin. Only 13% of adults thought that they put a lot of effort into keeping healthy. The underlying rationale is the recognition of the importance of people's own actions in the attainment and maintenance of health |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 60 |
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60 |
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Budge, C.; Carryer, J.B.; Wood, S. |
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Health correlates of autonomy, control and professional relationships in the nursing work environment |
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2003 |
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Journal of Advanced Nursing |
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42 |
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3 |
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260-268 |
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Workplace; Occupational health and safety; Registered nurses |
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The aim of this study was to examine nursing in New Zealand and to see whether aspects of the work environment are associated with health status. A total of 225 registered nurses in a general hospital completed the Revised Nursing Work Index (NWI-R) and Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36). Ratings indicated that the New Zealand hospital environment was characterized by less autonomy and control and better nurse-physician relations than in USA hospitals. Results of correlations demonstrated that more positive ratings of the three workplace attributes were associated with better health status amongst the nurses. The results of regression analyses were indicative either of a confounding relationship or of a mediating relationship such that nurses' relations with physicians, administration and other departments mediate the associations between autonomy, control and health status. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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703 |
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Giddings, D.L.S. |
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Health disparities, social injustice, and the culture of nursing |
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2005 |
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Nursing Research |
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54 |
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5 |
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304-312 |
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Cross-cultural comparison; Racism; Attitude of health personnel; Feminist critique |
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The aim of this cross-cultural study was to collect stories of difference and fairness within nursing. The study used a life history methodology informed by feminist theory and critical social theory. Life story interviews were conducted with 26 women nurses of varying racial, cultural, sexual identity, and specialty backgrounds in the United States (n = 13) and Aotearoa New Zealand (n = 13). Participants reported having some understanding of social justice issues. They were asked to reflect on their experience of difference and fairness in their lives and specifically within nursing. Their stories were analysed using a life history immersion method. Nursing remains attached to the ideological construction of the “White good nurse.” Taken-for-granted ideals privilege those who fit in and marginalise those who do not. The nurses who experienced discrimination and unfairness, survived by living in two worlds, learned to live in contradiction, and worked surreptitiously for social justice. For nurses to contribute to changing the systems and structures that maintain health disparities, the privilege of not seeing difference and the processes of mainstream violence that support the construction of the “White good nurse” must be challenged. Nurses need skills to deconstruct the marginalising social processes that sustain inequalities in nursing and healthcare. These hidden realities-racism, sexism, heterosexism, and other forms of discrimination-will then be made visible and open to challenge. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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943 |
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Dallas, Janette; Neville, Stephen |
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Health education and health screening in a sample of older men : a descriptive survey |
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2012 |
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Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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28 |
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1 |
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6-16 |
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Older men; Health education; Health screening; Gerontological nursing; Surveys |
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Describes the health education and health screening received by community-dwelling men aged 65 or older. Undertakes a survey of 59 men in Wanganui via a self-administered questionnaire. Investigates the barriers/benefits to healthy living choices. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1470 |
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