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Author Houston, Gail url  openurl
  Title (up) The impacts for the registered nurses of the New Entry to Specialty Practice Mental Health and Addiction Nursing Programme, of the programme, on their personal and professional development Type Book Whole
  Year 2018 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 123 p.  
  Keywords Mental health nursing; Addicition nursing; Nursing education; Registered nurses; Professional development; Nurse Entry to Specialty Practice (NESP)  
  Abstract Explores the impact on nurses three to six years after completion of the New Entry to Specialty Practice (NESP) Programme. Thematically analyses in-depth, semi-structured interviews to identify the aspects of personal and professional development affected by the programme, using a qualitative descriptive approach. Focuses on four key themes: well set up; thinking differently; inter-connectedness; and reciprocation.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1641  
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Author Falleni, P.M. url  openurl
  Title (up) The implications of stress and the effect it has on Maori who have type 2 diabetes in Aotearoa/New Zealand Type
  Year 2007 Publication Abbreviated Journal ResearchArchive@Victoria  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Maori; Diabetes Type 2; Stress; Community health nursing  
  Abstract In this review, the author illustrates the connection between diabetes, stress and barriers to care, and the impact these have on Maori who have type 2 diabetes. A literature review, which focused mainly on indigenous peoples, and more specifically on Maori was undertaken. The connections between all the factors involved are explored, and combined with reflections from the author's own clinical practice experience. She argues that stress, diet, exercise and barriers to care place a heavy burden on the lives of Maori who live in Aotearoa/New Zealand, suffering from the disease of diabetes. By empowering them to face their situation and see this from a wellness rather than an illness perspective, they can take control of their diabetes and so will live a healthy, longer life, ensuring quality time with their mokopuna/grandchildren.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1155  
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Author Roberts, C. openurl 
  Title (up) The influence of nursing culture on family visiting in adult intensive care units Type
  Year 2007 Publication Abbreviated Journal Otago Polytechnic library. A copy can be obtained by contacting pgnursadmin@tekotago.ac.nz  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Intensive care nursing; Nurse-family relations; Culture; Nursing  
  Abstract This dissertation considers the implications of the relationship between nurses and the patient's family, when family members visit intensive care units (ICUs) following the acute admission of a relative there. In particular it explores the issues of power and control, nurses might have in this setting, the culture that supports that, and the implications this has for practice in the New Zealand context. A comprehensive literature review on the perspective of nurses in relation to relatives visiting adult intensive care units was conducted. The author concludes that nurses modify policies related to visiting access for family members to suit themselves, and the needs of their patient. Nurses use a variety of tactics to maintain a position of power and control by looking out for themselves first, their patient second, and relatives third. The need of the patient and their families is not well understood by nurses, and nurses feel they have inadequate skills to cope with the needs and stresses of visiting relatives. The author suggests that for nurses to provide family focused care in ICU they must develop a therapeutic relationship with all concerned. ICU nursing culture affects nurses ability to focus on caring for their patients and their families. Nurses in ICU appear to need to maintain power and control over their environment but further research is needed to identify the current situation in New Zealand ICUs.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 502  
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Author Kyle, W. openurl 
  Title (up) The influence of technology in nursing practice with elder care facilities Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 7 Issue 12 Pages 20-23  
  Keywords Older people; Technology; Nursing specialties; Ethics; Training  
  Abstract This article firstly describes the application of technological care practices in elder care, and then looks at the attitudes of the elderly and their families towards this care. The value of the equipment in terms of quality of care is considered, and a discussion of the continuing education needs of nurses is presented. The ethical questions around the use of technology are examined, along with possible strategies to deal with such issues.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1299 Serial 1284  
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Author Goulding, M.T. openurl 
  Title (up) The influence of work-related stress on nurses' smoking: A comparison of perceived stress levels in smokers and non-smokers in a sample of mental health nurses Type
  Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Smoking; Psychiatric Nursing; Stress; Mental health  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 701 Serial 687  
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Author Litchfield, M. openurl 
  Title (up) The innovation effort: ?Are you in or are you out?? Type Miscellaneous
  Year 2007 Publication Abbreviated Journal http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/pagesmh/7696/$File/mlitchfield.pdf  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Nursing; Primary health care; Policy  
  Abstract A graphic presentation in PDF format (April 2007) of the findings and policy implications of the developmental evaluation research programme for the Turangi Primary Health Care Nursing Innovation.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1327  
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Author Mowat, Rebecca; Winnington, Rhona; Cook, Catherine url  doi
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  Title (up) The integrative review: A threshold concept for Graduate Entry to Nursing students Type Journal Article
  Year 2023 Publication Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 39 Issue 2 Pages  
  Keywords Integrative reviews; Graduate Entry to Nursing students; Nursing research; Threshold Concepts  
  Abstract Provides a critical reflection on the integration of empirical learning with the literature on integrative reviews. Avers that in undertaking an integrative review, Granduate Entry Nursing students learn how nursing care is based in evidence-based practice. Considers the common problems for nursing students which make supervisory oversight necessary at every stage. Draws on the experiences of three academic supervisors with threshold concepts to suggest that incorporating a research identity into students' developing nursing identity enhances evidence-informed practice.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1856  
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Author Neehoff, S.M. openurl 
  Title (up) The invisible bodies of nursing Type
  Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Nursing philosophy  
  Abstract In this thesis, the author explores what she terms 'invisible bodies of nursing', which are the physical body of the nurse, the body of practice, and the body of knowledge. She argues that the physical body of the nurse is absent in most nursing literature. Her contention is that the physical body of the nurse is invisible because it is tacit and much nursing practice is invisible because it is perceived by many nurses to be inarticulable and is carried out within a private discourse of nursing, silently and secretly. Nursing knowledge is invisible because it is not seen as being valid or authoritative or sanctioned as a legitimate discourse by the dominant discourse. This analysis is informed by Luce Irigaray's philosophy of the feminine, Michel Foucault's genealogical approach to analysing, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology. The author discusses strategies that nurses could use to make themselves more 'visible' in healthcare structures.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1124 Serial 1109  
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Author Wood, Pamela J; Nelson, Katherine openurl 
  Title (up) The journal Kai Tiaki's role in developing research capability in New Zealand nursing, 1908-1959 Type Journal Article
  Year 2013 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 29 Issue 1 Pages 12-22  
  Keywords Research capability; History of nursing; Nursing journal; Nursing scholarship; Nursing research  
  Abstract Undertakes an analysis of past issues of Kai Tiaki over the five decades following its establishment in 1908 to identify the antecedents to the development of research in NZ nursing from the 1970s. Demonstrates how the journal fostered nurses' awareness of research and promoted nursing scholarship, by publishing case studies, holding essay competitions, and published nurses' articles on practice or professional issues.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1480  
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Author Litchfield, M. openurl 
  Title (up) The language of nursing practice in hospitals Type Conference Article
  Year 1997 Publication Abbreviated Journal held by NZNO Library and author  
  Volume Proceedings of the National Nursing Informatics Co Issue Pages  
  Keywords Hospitals; Nurse managers; Advanced nursing practice; Nurse-patient relations; Care plans  
  Abstract A paper presenting the findings of a small research project involving a group of self-selected senior nurses of Wellington Hospital to explore the nature of nursing practice in the care and management of hospitalised patients and to formalise the language that would acknowledge its significance in the current effort of hospitals to define patient care pathways. The nature of hospital nursing practice was described in themes of a generic process of nurse-patient care that articulates a distinct specialism of hospital nursing, whatever the hospital department in which nurses hold positions.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1322  
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Author Pirret, A.M. openurl 
  Title (up) The level of knowledge of respiratory physiology articulated by intensive care nurses to provide rationale for their clinical decision-making Type Journal Article
  Year 2007 Publication Intensive & Critical Care Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 23 Issue 3 Pages 145-155  
  Keywords Evaluation; Intensive care nursing; Clinical decision making; Nursing; Education  
  Abstract The objective of this paper is to outline a study firstly, assessing ICU nurses' ability in articulating respiratory physiology to provide rationale for their clinical decision-making and secondly, the barriers that limit the articulation of this knowledge. Using an evaluation methodology, multiple methods were employed to collect data from 27 ICU nurses who had completed an ICU education programme and were working in one of two tertiary ICUs in New Zealand. Quantitative analysis showed that nurses articulated a low to medium level of knowledge of respiratory physiology. Thematic analysis identified the barriers limiting this use of respiratory physiology as being inadequate coverage of concepts in some ICU programmes; limited discussion of concepts in clinical practice; lack of clinical support; lack of individual professional responsibility; nurses' high reliance on intuitive knowledge; lack of collaborative practice; availability of medical expertise; and the limitations of clinical guidelines and protocols. These issues need to be addressed if nurses' articulation of respiratory physiology to provide rationale for their clinical decision-making is to be improved.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 933  
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Author Raleigh, S. url  openurl
  Title (up) The meaning and importance of service for health professionals Type
  Year 2007 Publication Abbreviated Journal ScholarlyCommons@AUT  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Qualiltative research; Nursing; Education  
  Abstract The primary purpose of this study was to explore and identify the meaning and importance of service for health professionals. Those who participated in this study are all registered nurses who each have between 10 and 40 years of clinical nursing and nurse lecturing experience. The participants each wrote two stories, one about the meaning of service and the other about the importance of service. Definitions of service generally suggest organised labour involving an act of help or assistance. Our intent was to understand what constituted service for each of us in the healthcare – and specifically the nursing practice/education – context. A secondary purpose of this qualitative research was guided by participatory and critical theory paradigms. Seven participants and the initiating researcher formed a co-operative inquiry group to undertake the research using a collaborative process. Within this method the leader and the group became co-participants and co-researchers. Nurses and women are identified as marginalised people and by honouring the principles of co-operative inquiry we were empowered through this process. While the initial data was analysed thematically by the lead researcher, the original 19 sub-themes were refined by participants into five themes. The findings of the participants are consistent with overseas studies on emotional labour and sentimental work. The five themes that emerged as the meaning of service are helping, giving, elements of service, acts of doing, and pride in work. This study affirmed that service has much importance to those involved and deepened our understanding of the blend of meanings service expresses.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1204  
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Author Water, T. url  openurl
  Title (up) The meaning of being in dilemma in paediatric practice: A phenomenological study Type
  Year 2008 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library  
  Volume Issue Pages 259 pp  
  Keywords Psychology; Paediatric nursing; Paedetric practice; Problem solving  
  Abstract This study explores the phenomenon of dilemma in paediatric practice. Using a hermeneutic phenomenological method informed by the writings of Heidegger [1889-1976] and Gadamer [1900-2002] this study provides an understanding of the meaning of 'being in dilemma' from the perspective of predominantly paediatric health care professionals but also families in New Zealand. Study participants include four families who had a child requiring health care and fifteen health care practitioners from the disciplines of medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, play specialist and occupational therapy who work with families and children requiring health care. Participants' narratives of their experiences of 'being in dilemma' were captured via audio taped interviewing. These stories uncover the everyday realities facing health professionals and families and provide an ontological understanding for the notion of dilemma. The findings of this study suggest that experience of dilemma for health professionals reveals a world that is uncertain and questionable where they are thrown into having to make uncomfortable choices and must live with the painful consequences of their actions. The consequences of being in such dilemma are having to find ways of living with the angst, or risk becoming too sensitive or desensitizing. For families the experience of dilemma reveals a similar phenomenon most evident in circumstances where they feel totalized by the impact of heath care encounters. This study has uncovered that the perspectives that health professionals and families bring to the experience of dilemma reveal different concerns and commitments and may be hidden from each other. This thesis proposes that health professionals and families need support in living with their own personal encounters of enduring experiences of dilemma.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1234  
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Author Hardcastle, J. openurl 
  Title (up) The meaning of effective education for critical care nursing practice: A thematic analysis Type Journal Article
  Year 2004 Publication Australian Critical Care Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 17 Issue 3 Pages 114, 116-2  
  Keywords Hospitals; Nursing; Education; Nursing specialties  
  Abstract Using thematic analysis, this study explored the phenomenon of effective education for critical care nursing practice by asking: What does effective education for critical care nursing practice mean to nurses currently practising in the specialty? Eighty eight critical care nurses from the South Island provided written descriptions of what effective education for critical care nursing practice meant to them. Descriptive statements were analysed to reveal constituents, themes and essences of meaning. Four core themes of personal quality, practice quality, the learning process and learning needs emerged. Appropriateness or relevance for individual learning needs is further identified as an essential theme within the meaning of effective education for critical care nursing practice. Shared experiences of the phenomenon are made explicit and discussed with reference to education and practice development in the specialty. The study results lend support to education that focuses on individual learning needs, and identifies work based learning as a potential strategy for learning and practice development in critical care nursing.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 873  
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Author McNamara, N. openurl 
  Title (up) The meaning of the experience for ICU nurses when a family member is critically ill: A hermeneutic phenomenologcial study Type
  Year 2007 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Intensive care nursing; Nurse-family relations  
  Abstract This study provides insight into the experience of being an ICU nurse and relative of a critically ill patient. Analysis of data from interviews of four ICU nurses who had experienced having a family member admitted to ICU brought up several themes. These included: a nurses' nightmare, knowing and not knowing, feeling torn, and gaining deeper insight and new meaning. Recommendations for organisational support for ICU nurse/relatives, and education for staff are made, based on the findings.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1312 Serial 1296  
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