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Daniels, A. (2004). Listening to New Zealand nurses: A survey of intent to leave, job satisfaction, job stress, and burnout. Master's thesis, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland. Retrieved July 7, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10292/199
Abstract: This study aims to identify work related factors contributing to New Zealand nurses' intent to leave the job. Two hundred and seventy five surveys (response rate = 68.8%) from a random sample of 400 nurses employed in one district health board were used to explore intent to leave the job. Three research questions directed the description of levels of job satisfaction, job stress, and burnout found in nurse participants, correlations between the three variables, and the identification of variables predicting intent to leave the job through regression analyses. The survey found levels of job satisfaction were high, job stress was low, and burnout was average. Specifically, lack of opportunity to participate in organisational decision making, control over work conditions, control over what goes on in the work setting (key Magnet Hospital characteristics) were not evident, and with pay rates, were the main sources of job dissatisfaction. Workload was the most frequently experienced source of stress by nurse participants. Twenty-five per cent of nurse participants reported high levels of intent to leave the job. Correlations suggested that reductions in job satisfaction influenced increases in job stress and burnout. Job stress was associated with increases in emotional exhaustion. Emotional exhaustion was influenced by eight job satisfaction, job stress, and burnout subscales. Five subscales (professional opportunities, praise and recognition, interaction opportunities, extrinsic rewards, lack of support) explained 26.2% of the variance in nurse participant's intent to leave. The author concludes that issues of power and control were associated with job dissatisfaction, job stress and burnout in nursing practice. However, predictors of intent to leave the job suggest a growing realisation by nurse participants that postgraduate education and nursing research may provide the tools to create positive change in the health care environment and make nursing visible, valued and appropriately rewarded.
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Were, K. J. (2016). Early Career Nurses: The relationship between Organisational Climate and Job Satisfaction and Burnout. Master's thesis, University of Waikato, .
Abstract: Identifies early-career nurses' perceptions of their first two years of clinical practice, and how the organisational climate at a District Health Board (DHB) within NZ impacts on their success in clinical practice. Determines the relationship between three aspects of organisational climate -- nursing relationships, charge-nurse manager leadership, and staff organisation -- and early-career nurses' perceptions of job satisfaction and burnout. Receives 91 responses to a mixed-method survey. Identifies significant themes that emerged from thematic analysis: supervisor support, emotional labour, workload and staffing relations.
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Lienert-Brown, M. F. (2013). Exploring undergraduate nursing students' experiences of their first clinical placement in an acute adult mental health inpatient service. Master's thesis, University of Otago, .
Abstract: Seeks to develop a better understanding of the undergraduate nursing students' experience of their clinical placement in mental health, and to identify the influences on student learning in an acute adult mental health service. Enrols a cohort of 13 nursing students to analyse their lived experiences through their written reflections on practice, which offered important insights into the students' experience of their first mental health clinical placement. Identifies six themes by means of thematic analysis.
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Baby, M. (2013). Mental health nurses' experiences of patient assaults. Master's thesis, University of Otago, .
Abstract: Interviews thirteen registered nurses and one enrolled nurse working in different nursing positions within the Southern District Health Board -- Mental Health Services. Codes data into 24 sub-themes related to the sequence and impact of assaults on the participants. Discusses the nature and impact of assaults and the supportive strategies associated with violence against mental health nurses.
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Sharma, M. (2020). An exploration of the experiences of registered nurses working in aged residential care facilities regarding interRAI: A qualitative research design. Master's thesis, University of Otago, Dunedin. Retrieved July 7, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/10009
Abstract: Assesses the experiences of registered nurses (RNs)working in aged residential care facilities in Christchurch, in performing interRAI assessments using interRAI MOMENTUM software. Explores the positive and negative aspects of their experiences and the factors affecting performance of interRAI-based comprehensive health assessments. Identifies the aids and barriers faced by RNs in applying and using interRAI. Conducts focus-group interviews with 7 RNs. Highlights the need for a unified standard assessment system.
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Kussmaul, J. (2020). An investigation of occupational health and safety workplaces and working conditions in comparison to nursing care quality in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) in New Zealand. Doctoral thesis, University of Auckland, Auckland. Retrieved July 7, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/2292/50165
Abstract: Identifies critical factors related to the occupational health and safety of workplaces and working conditions in residential aged-care facilities (RACF), from the perspective of nursing staff. Correlates quality indicators for occupational health and safety for workplaces and in working conditions with nursing care quality based on the InterRAI Clinical Assessment Protocols (CAP). Uses a mixed-method approach to conduct an audit of workplace health and safety and environmental conditions in 17 RACFs. Surveys 398 registered nurses (RN), enrolled nurses (EN), and Healthcare Assistants (HCA) about the mental and physical stressors in their work.
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Hutton, G. (2018). How do rural nurse specialists in South Westland perceive their personal safety whilst working in isolation? Master's thesis, University of Otago, Christchurch. Retrieved July 7, 2024, from https://www.otago.ac.nz/christchurch/departments/nursing/research/dissertations/index.html
Abstract: Identifies how rural nurse specialists (RNS) working in South Westland (SW) perceiver their personal safety in a rural environment as compared with an urban one. Uses a focus group to explore RNS responses and to identify the following themes related to safety in isolated environments: community, pressure to perform, and luck versus planning for safety. Suggests recommendations for future practice.
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Eton, S. J. (2020). Clinical handover from the operating theatre nurse to the post anaesthetic care unit nurse: a New Zealand perspective. Master's thesis, University of Otago, Christchurch. Retrieved July 7, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/10582
Abstract: Presents findings from a study of nurse-to-nurse handover in the perioperative care setting. Describes current practices in nurse handover and surveys theatre and post-anaesthetic-care nurses from around NZ about their satisfaction with handover and whether it affects patient outcomes.
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Frost, C. E. (2020). After mastectomy -- inpatient experience of women in New Zealand: A qualitative study. Master's thesis, University of Otago, Dunedin. Retrieved July 7, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/10193
Abstract: Explores the experiences of 10 women post-operatively following mastectomy in an acute surgical ward in a large tertiary hospital in NZ by means of face-to-face, semi-structured, individual interviews. Identifies the women's expectations of care and service delivery from healthcare professionals, in order to inform the development of evidence-based interventions and models of care for the breast cancer care team. Suggests potential areas for future research.
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Lockett, J. (2020). Strategies and processes emergency department nurses consider important to safely manage during an influenza pandemic: a qualitative descriptive study. Master's thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington. Retrieved July 7, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8992
Abstract: Explores what NZ Emergency Department (ED) nurses perceive as the biggest challenges to nursing care and staff safety during an influenza pandemic, in order to provide information on how to ensure the engagement of these nurses at the frontline of the pandemic response. Uses a qualitative descriptive design to allow an examination of the first-hand perspectives of ED nurses, gaining meaningful insights into a phenomenon little explored. Interviews 16 ED nurses about future pandemic planning at ED, DHB and government level.
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Blair, W. (2021). Nurses' recognition and response to unsafe practice by their peers. Ph.D. thesis, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia. Retrieved July 7, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1422832
Abstract: Uses a mixed-methods approach to identify the behaviours and cues that nurses recognise as indicators of unsafe practice. Details those factors that influence unsafe practice. Reports the actions and responses taken by nurses who encounter unsafe practice by their peers. Conducts surveys of nurses about their perceptions of unsafe practice and the organisational practices and policies for its prevention.
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Bear, R. (2019). Kangaroo Mother Care: Participatory action research within a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Aotearoa New Zealand. Doctoral thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington. Retrieved July 7, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8089
Abstract: Illustrates the use of participatory action research (PAR) to assist in the improvement of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) in one Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in a NZ hospital, by means of audit, observation and interview. Describes the unfolding processes of PAR, as well as the inclusion of a secondary discourse analysis and parental perspectives from local and global literature.
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Officer, T. N. (2018). Nurse practitioners and pharmacist prescribers in primary health care: A realist evaluation of the New Zealand experience. Doctoral thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington. Retrieved July 7, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/7098
Abstract: Investigates how nurse practitioner and pharmacist prescriber roles are developing in NZ primary health care, and what is needed to better support the future development of these roles. Employs a qualitative research design involving semi-structured interviews of (1) policy, training, and advocacy stakeholders; (2) primary health-care nurse practitioners, pharmacist prescribers, and general practitioners; and (3) patients of advanced practitioners and carers of patients using such services.
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Rook, H. (2017). Living nursing values: a collective case study. Doctoral thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington. Retrieved July 7, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/6358
Abstract: Explores the humanistic values of professional nurses practising in medical ward environments and how these values are lived in day-to-day nursing practice on three medical wards in NZ using observations, focus groups, interviews, a burn-out survey and theoretical application. Challenges the nursing profession to acknowledge and address the visibility of nursing values in contemporary practice, as well as acknowledge the dissonance that exists between the values of nursing and the values that drive healthcare delivery.
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Greenlees-Rae, J. (2016). Being confident in practice: A study on the influences on confidence in new graduate nurses. Master's thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington. Retrieved July 7, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/6129
Abstract: Aims to understand influences on new graduate nurses' confidence in their nursing practice. Confirms the value of self-confidence in newly-qualified nurses commencing practice. Utilises Appreciative Inquiry methodology to analyse the dialogue of nine new graduate nurses who share their stories of practice. Highlights five themes from their accounts. Identifies influences on the nurses' confidence, and the reflective practice pervading their nursing practice.
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