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Seton, K.M. |
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Title |
Diversity in action: Overseas nurses' perspectives on transition to nursing practice in New Zealand |
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2004 |
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University of Auckland Library |
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Nursing; Cross-cultural comparison; Education |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1110 |
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Author |
Alcorn, G. |
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Title |
Giving voice to school nursing as a primary health care specialty |
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2001 |
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ResearchArchive@Victoria |
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School nursing; Primary health care; Cross-cultural comparison |
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The purpose of this thesis is to give voice to school nursing as a primary health care specialty, and to promote the development of school nursing in New Zealand. School nursing is an invisible practice specialty that is largely funded from within the education sector, to address the health needs of student clients. School nursing is a significant primary health care initiative that can positively influence student health outcomes. The author presents her own school nursing practice experience and philosophy, prior to reflecting upon the history of school nursing, and the health concerns present within the student population. The work then moves to review and critique school nursing literature from New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. This thesis highlights the need for collaborative policy and practice development initiatives including a legislative requirement for school nurses, school nursing competencies and standards, school nurse to student ratios, postgraduate training, professional liaison, practice funding, and research. A discourse on the reflective topical autobiographical method introduces autobiographical poetry from school nursing practice and reflective inquiry, as the central research endeavour of this thesis. Autobiographical poetry is offered as a window to this specialty practice, and accompanying reflections allow access to a further layer of practice knowledge. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1143 |
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Esera, F.I. |
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If a client is operating from a Samoan world view how can s/he be holistically and appropriately treated under the western medical model? |
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2001 |
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ResearchArchive@Victoria |
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Mental health; Psychiatric Nursing; Cultural safety; Cross-cultural comparison; Pacific peoples |
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This paper is an analysis of the cultural and traditional factors that the author presents as essential considerations in the treatment of Samoan people who have been diagnosed with a mental illness. Just as important to any clinical diagnosis, is the spiritual nature of Samoan culture and traditions, which inform belief systems. A full understanding of these will explain how the traditional beliefs and cultural values of Samoan people have an impact on their perception of mental illness, its causes and cures. The thesis places emphasis on 'ma'i -aitu', the Samoan term for most ailments pertaining to the mind or psyche. The focus is on defining 'ma'i -aitu' as part of a Samoan world view and likewise a description of a similar type of manifestation in the Papalagi (western) context of a psychiatric disorder and how treatment and management is usually undertaken. The issues addressed in this paper aim to highlight the Samoan client's world view from a Samoan perspective of mental illness which then poses the question of how they can be managed holistically and appropriately under the Papalagi medical system. Furthermore, it questions if the traditional belief system of Samoans run deeper than originally thought and can the replacement thereof by a foreign culture be responsible for the increased mental problems in Samoans living in New Zealand? This paper emphasises the importance of integrating the western medical model and Samoan health models, for appropriate mental health service delivery to Samoan people. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1231 |
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Author |
McKenna, B.; Poole, S. |
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Title |
Debating forensic mental health nursing [corrected] |
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Miscellaneous |
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Year |
2001 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
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7 |
Issue |
6 |
Pages |
18-20 |
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Keywords |
Psychiatric Nursing; Law and legislation; Cross-cultural comparison; History of nursing |
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Forensic mental health nursing roles have developed along different lines in the United States and the United Kingdom. The authors suggest that New Zealand nurses consider the evolution of such roles here. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1043 |
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1027 |
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Finlayson, M.; Aitken, L.H. |
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Title |
New Zealand nurses' reports on hospital care: An international comparison |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2007 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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23 |
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1 |
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17-28 |
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Keywords |
Job satisfaction; Cross-cultural comparison; Workplace |
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The authors present the results of a 2001 New Zealand survey on nurses' perception of staffing, work organisation and outcomes, comparing this with the 2001 International Hospital Outcomes Study (US, Canada, England, Scotland and Germany). The report describes the findings for job dissatisfaction, burnout and the intent to leave, the work climate in hospitals, workforce management, the structure of nurses' work, and quality of care. The authors discuss these findings and their implications for nursing in New Zealand. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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462 |
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North, N.; Rasmussen, E.; Hughes, F.; Finlayson, M. |
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Title |
Turnover amongst nurses in New Zealand's district health boards: A national survey of nursing turnover and turnover costs |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2005 |
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New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations |
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30 |
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1 |
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49-62 |
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Recruitment and retention; Nursing; Economics; Cross-cultural comparison |
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This article reports on the New Zealand part of an international study, using agreed study design and instruments, to determine the direct and indirect costs of nursing turnover. These costs also include the systemic costs, estimated by determining the impacts of turnover on patient and nurse outcomes. It presents the findings from the pilot study conducted in six countries to test the availability of costs and suitability of the instrument. Reports the results from a survey of directors of nursing in 20 of the 21 district health boards on turnover and workplace practices. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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533 |
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Clendon, J.; Krothe, J. |
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Title |
The nurse-managed clinic: An evaluative study |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2004 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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20 |
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2 |
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15-23 |
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Evaluation research; Nurse managers; Primary health care; Cross-cultural comparison |
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Part of an international project, the aim of this study was to evaluate a nurse managed primary health care clinic (Mana Health Clinic) from the perspectives of users, funders, and providers of clinical services in order to identify factors which contribute to success. The method used was Fourth Generation Evaluation (FGE) whereby, consistent with the methodological precepts of the constructivist enquiry paradigm, there was active involvement of clients in the process and outcome of the evaluation. Open-ended interviews were conducted with 13 individuals and one focus group. The data yielded four main categories: factors that contribute to success; contrasting past experience of health care with that of nurse-managed care; the effectiveness of nurse-managed care; and suggestions for change in current practice. The authors note that the results to date support a tentative conclusion of success for the clinic. As the study is on-going, summaries of the four categories were fed back to the participants for further discussion and interpretation and eventual integration with data from the similar study being undertaken in the United States. The authors conclude that this paper demonstrates how the use of an appropriate method of evaluation can itself contribute to the success of the nurse managed clinic. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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547 |
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Flynn, L.; Carryer, J.B.; Budge, C. |
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Title |
Organisational attributes valued by hospital, home care, and district nurses in the United States and New Zealand |
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Journal Article |
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2005 |
Publication |
Journal of Nursing Scholarship |
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37 |
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1 |
Pages |
67-72 |
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Keywords |
Organisational culture; Cross-cultural comparison; Nursing |
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The aim of this study was to determine whether hospital-based, home care, and district nurses identify a core set of organisational attributes in the nursing work environment that they value as important to the support of professional practice. Survey data, collected in 2002 2003 from 403 home care nurses in the United States and 320 district nurses in New Zealand, were pooled with an existing data set of 669 hospital-based nurses to conduct this descriptive, nonexperimental study. The importance of organisational attributes in the nursing work environment was measured using the Nursing Work Index-Revised (NWI-R). The authors found that at least 80% of hospital-based, home care, and district nurses either agreed or strongly agreed that 47 of the 49 items comprising the NWI-R represented organisational attributes they considered important to the support of their professional nursing practice. Mean importance scores among home care nurses, however, were significantly lower than were those of the other two groups. The authors conclude that the overall, hospital-based, home care, and district nurses had a high level of agreement regarding the importance of organisational traits to the support of their professional practice. The intensity of the attributes' importance was less among home care nurses. Further research is needed to determine whether this set of organisational traits, measured using the NWI-R, is associated with positive nurse and patient outcomes in home care and district nursing practice, as has been shown in acute care settings. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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886 |
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Author |
DeSouza, R. |
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Wellness for all: The possibilities of cultural safety and cultural competence in New Zealand |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Journal of Research in Nursing |
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13 |
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2 |
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125-135 |
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Cultural safety; Nursing models; Cross-cultural comparison; Maori |
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The author contends that responses to cultural diversity in nursing need to consider the theory and practice developments of the profession, whilst also responding to broader social and historical process that prevent marginalised groups from utilising universal health services. A combination of approaches is suggested in this paper to meet these two imperatives. Cultural safety is one indigenous New Zealand nursing approach derived in response to inequalities for Maori, whereas cultural competence is an imported paradigm derived from a multicultural context. Furthermore, research and dialogue are required to examine points of complementarity and tension. This paper offers a beginning for this process. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 943 |
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927 |
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Carryer, J.B.; Gardner, G.; Dunn, S.; Gardner, A. |
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Title |
The core role of the nurse practitioner: Practice, professionalism and clinical leadership |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2007 |
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Journal of Clinical Nursing |
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16 |
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10 |
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1818-1825 |
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Professional competence; Nurse practitioners; Evaluation research; Cross-cultural comparison |
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This article draws on empirical evidence to illustrate the core role of nurse practitioners in Australia and New Zealand. A study jointly commissioned by both countries' Regulatory Boards developed information of the newly created nurse practitioner role, to develop shared competency and educational standards. This interpretive study used multiple data sources, including published and grey literature, policy documents, nurse practitioner programme curricula and interviews with 15 nurse practitioners from the two countries. The core role of the nurse practitioner was identified as having three components: dynamic practice, professional efficacy and clinical leadership. Nurse practitioner practice is dynamic and involves the application of high level clinical knowledge and skills in a wide range of contexts. The nurse practitioner demonstrates professional efficacy, enhanced by an extended range of autonomy that includes legislated privileges. The nurse practitioner is a clinical leader with a readiness and an obligation to advocate for their client base and their profession at the systems level of health care. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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932 |
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Author |
Giddings, D.L.S. |
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Health disparities, social injustice, and the culture of nursing |
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Journal Article |
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2005 |
Publication |
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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Author |
Corbett, A. |
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Cultural safety: A New Zealand experience |
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Journal Article |
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2004 |
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Journal of the Australasian Rehabilitation Nurses Association |
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7 |
Issue |
1 |
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14-17 |
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Cross-cultural comparison; Cultural safety; Transcultural nursing |
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The Indigenous Nursing Education Working Group report “Gettin em n keepin em”, was presented at the Australasian Nurse Educators Conference held in Rotorua, New Zealand. The practicalities of the implementation of this report were challenged in light of the experiences of New Zealand nurse educators in implementing the concepts of cultural safety into undergraduate nurse education in New Zealand. The experiences of one Maori family with the Australian health system is given to illustrate the points made. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 964 |
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948 |
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Stone, P.W.; Tourangeau, A.E.; Duffield, C.M.; Hughes, F.; Jones, C.A.; O'Brien-Pallas, L.; Shamian, J. |
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Evidence of nurse working conditions: A global perspective |
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Journal Article |
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2003 |
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Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice |
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4 |
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2 |
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120-130 |
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Nursing; Recruitment and retention; Policy; Cross-cultural comparison; Nursing research |
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The purpose of this article is to review evidence about nurse workload, staffing, skill mix, turnover, and organisational characteristics' effect on outcomes; discuss methodological considerations in this research; discuss research initiatives currently under way; review policy initiatives in different countries; and make recommendations where more research is needed. Overall, an understanding of the relationships among nurse staffing and organisational climate to patient safety and health outcomes is beginning to emerge in the literature. Little is known about nursing turnover and more evidence is needed with consistent definitions and control of underlying patient characteristics. Research and policy initiatives in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States are summarised. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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951 |
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Rose, L.; Nelson, S.; Johnston, L.; Presneill, J.J. |
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Workforce profile, organisation structure and role responsibility for ventilation and weaning practices in Australia and New Zealand intensive care units |
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Journal Article |
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2008 |
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Journal of Clinical Nursing |
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17 |
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8 |
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1035-1043 |
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Advanced nursing practice; Clinical decision making; Intensive care nursing; Cross-cultural comparison |
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The aim of this research is to provide an analysis of the scope of nursing practice and inter-professional role responsibility for ventilatory decision-making in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units (ICU). Self-administered questionnaires were sent to nurse managers of eligible ICUs within Australia and New Zealand. Survey responses were available from 54/180 ICUs. The majority (71%) were located within metropolitan areas and categorised as a tertiary level ICU (50%). The mean number of nurses employed per ICU bed was 4.7 in Australia and 4.2 in New Zealand, with 69% (IQR: 47-80%) of nurses holding a postgraduate specialty qualification. All units reported a 1:1 nurse-to-patient ratio for ventilated patients with 71% reporting a 1:2 nurse-to-patient ratio for non- ventilated patients. Key ventilator decisions, including assessment of weaning and extubation readiness, were reported as predominantly made by nurses and doctors in collaboration. Overall, nurses described high levels of autonomy and influence in ventilator decision-making. Decisions to change ventilator settings, including FiO(2) (91%, 95% CI: 80-97), ventilator rate (65%, 95% CI: 51-77) and pressure support adjustment (57%, 95% CI: 43-71), were made independently by nurses. The authors conclude that the results of the survey suggest that, within the Australian and New Zealand context, nurses participate actively in ventilation and weaning decisions. In addition, they suggest, the results support an association between the education profile and skill-mix of nurses and the level of collaborative practice in ICU. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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962 |
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Author |
Diers, D. |
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Title |
“Noses and eyes”: Nurse practitioners in New Zealand |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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24 |
Issue |
1 (Mar) |
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4-10 |
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Keywords |
Cross-cultural comparison; Nurse practitioners; History of nursing |
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Principles for understanding and evolving nurse practitioner practice, politics and policy are distilled from 40 years of experience in the United States and Australia. The issues in all countries are remarkably similar. The author suggests that some historical and conceptual grounding may assist the continuing development of this expanded role for nursing in New Zealand. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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965 |
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