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Author Mossop, M.D. openurl 
  Title Older patients' perspectives of being cared for by first year nursing students Type
  Year 2000 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Older people; Nurse-patient relations; New graduate nurses; Hospitals  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1135 Serial 1120  
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Author Trout, F. openurl 
  Title Health needs assessment within the ecology of caring Type
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Community health nursing  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1137 Serial 1122  
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Author Barton, J. openurl 
  Title Pain knowledge and attitudes of nurses and midwives in a New Zealand context Type
  Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Nursing; Pain management; Attitude of health personnel  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1140 Serial 1125  
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Author Bland, M.F. openurl 
  Title All the comforts of home? A critical ethnography of residential aged care in New Zealand Type
  Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Rest homes; Older people; Patient satisfaction  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1141 Serial 1126  
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Author Lynch, T.M. openurl 
  Title A qualitative descriptive study of youth with Crohn's disease Type
  Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Diseases; Adolescents; Nursing  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1143 Serial 1128  
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Author Miles, M.A.P. openurl 
  Title A critical analysis of the relationships between nursing, medicine and the government in New Zealand 1984-2001 Type
  Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library, University of Otago Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Primary health care; Interprofessional relations; Policy  
  Abstract This thesis concerns an investigation of the tripartite arrangements between the government, the nursing and the medical sectors in New Zealand over the period 1984 to 2001 with a particular focus on primary health care. The start point is the commencement of the health reforms instituted by the Fourth New Zealand Labour Government of 1984. The thesis falls within a framework of critical inquiry, specifically, the methodology of depth hermeneutics (Thompson, 1990), a development of critical theory. The effects of political and economic policies and the methodologies of neo-liberal market reform are examined together with the concept of collaboration as an ideological symbolic form, typical of enterprise culture. The limitations of economic models such as public choice theory, agency theory and managerialism are examined from the point of view of government strategies and their effects on the relationships between the nursing and medical professions. The influence of American health care policies and their partial introduction into primary health care in New Zealand is traversed in some detail, together with the experiences of health reform in several other countries. Post election 1999, the thesis considers the effect of change of political direction consequent upon the election of a Labour Coalition government and concludes that the removal of the neo-liberal ethic by Labour may terminate entrepreneurial opportunities in the nursing profession. The thesis considers the effects of a change to Third Way political direction on national health care policy and on the medical and nursing professions. The data is derived from various texts and transcripts of interviews with 12 health professionals and health commentators. The histories and current relationships between the nursing and medical professions are examined in relation to their claims to be scientific discourses and it is argued that the issue of lack of recognition as a scientific discourse is at the root of nursing's perceived inferiority to medicine. This is further expanded in a discussion at the end of the thesis where the structure of the two professions is compared and critiqued. A conclusion is drawn that a potential for action exists to remedy the deficient structure of nursing. The thesis argues that this is the major issue which maintains nursing in the primary sector in a perceived position of inferiority to medicine. The thesis also concludes that the role of government in this triangular relationship is one of manipulation to bring about necessary fundamental change in the delivery of health services at the lowest possible cost without materially strengthening the autonomy of the nursing or the medical professions.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1146 Serial 1131  
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Author Roberts, F. openurl 
  Title The people the programme & the place: Nurses' perceptions of the Lakeland Health Professional Development Programme Type
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library, Victoria University of Wellington Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Careers in nursing; Professional development; Registered nurses  
  Abstract This thesis concerns the Professional Development Programme at Lakeland Health. In New Zealand, such programmes were introduced as a mechanism to openly recognise the clinical expertise of nurses. Clinical Career Pathways were introduced to nursing in North America in the 1970's at a time of nursing shortage. Prior to their inception, nurses wishing to develop their careers had to move to administration, management or education. The programmes recognised and rewarded expertise in practice. A qualitative, descriptive approach (using focus groups) was used with Registered Nurses to gather their perceptions of what helps nurses enroll in the Professional Development Programme. The ideas and insights of nine Registered Nurses were clustered around three main categories: The People (fear; being struck; motivation; feedback; peer support; ways of learning); the Programme (relevance; flexibility; Bachelor's Degrees; implementation; supporting information; fairness); the Place (time; regular and accessible; support from nurse leaders; management). These perceptions are discussed in more detail in the context of nursing at Lakeland Health and of Clinical Career Pathways in New Zealand. The findings are helpful for the evaluation and future development of the Professional Development at Lakeland Health. The research contributes to our understanding of what helps nurses enroll in a Clinical Career Pathway, and emphasises the importance of the People, the Programme and the Place.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1150 Serial 1135  
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Author Cullens, V. openurl 
  Title Not just a shortage of girls: The shortage of nurses in post World War 2 New Zealand 1945-1955 Type
  Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Recruitment and retention; Nursing; History of nursing  
  Abstract This thesis explores the shortage of general hospital nurses in post World War II New Zealand between 1945 and 1955. Historical inquiry is used to identify the causes of the shortage and the response to the shortage by the Health Department, hospital boards and nurse leaders. Christchurch Hospital, administered by the North Canterbury Hospital Board, is used to illustrate the situation at one large, public, general hospital. Primary sources provided the majority of material which informed this thesis. Two themes emerge regarding the causes of the shortage of nurses: those that were readily acknowledged by nurse leaders and other health professionals at the time, and those which were less widely discussed, but which contributed to the nature of nursing work appearing less attractive to potential recruits. In response to the shortage the Health Department, hospital boards and the New Zealand Registered Nurses Association mounted several recruitment campaigns throughout the decade. As the shortage showed no sign of abatement the focus turned from recruitment to retention of nurses. While salaries, conditions and training were improved, nurse leaders also gave attention to establishing what nurses' work was and what it was not. Nurse leaders and others promoted nursing as a profession that could provide young women with a satisfying lifelong career. Due to these efforts, by 1955, this episode in the cycle of demand and supply of nurses had begun to improve.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1169 Serial 1154  
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Author Litchfield, M. openurl 
  Title Achieving health in a rural community: A case study of nurse – community partnership Type Book Whole
  Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal University and Polytechnic Libraries, NZNO Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Rural health services; Nursing models; Advanced nursing practice; Health promotion; Organisational change  
  Abstract 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.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1183 Serial 1168  
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Author Litchfield, M. openurl 
  Title The nursing praxis of family health Type Book Chapter
  Year 2005 Publication Picard, C & Jones, D., Giving voice to what we know (pp.73-82) Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Nursing research; Nursing philosophy; Nurse-family relations  
  Abstract The chapter explores the process of nursing practice and how it contributes to health, derived from research undertaken in New Zealand. It presents the nature of nursing research as if practice – the researcher as if practitioner – establishing a foundation for the development of nursing knowledge that would make a distinct contribution to health and health care. It includes the philosophy and practicalities of nursing through the use of a case study of nursing a family with complex health circumstances.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1185 Serial 1170  
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Author Litchfield, M. openurl 
  Title Practice wisdom Type Journal Article
  Year 1999 Publication Advances in Nursing Science Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 22 Issue 2 Pages 62-73  
  Keywords Nursing research; Nursing; Health knowledge  
  Abstract The paper is the report of two cumulative research projects studying the nature of nursing knowledge and methodology to develop it. They were undertaken as theses for masters and doctoral degrees at the University of Minnesota, USA. Nursing knowledge is depicted as relational: an evolving participatory process of research-as-if-practice of which 'health' (its meaning), dialogue, partnership and pattern recognition are threads inter-related around personal values of vision and community.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1186 Serial 1171  
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Author Jonsdottir, H.; Litchfield, M.; Pharris, M. openurl 
  Title The relational core of nursing practice as partnership Type Journal Article
  Year Publication Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 47 Issue 3 Pages 241-250  
  Keywords Nurse-patient relations; Nursing philosophy; Nursing research  
  Abstract This article elaborates the meaning of partnership in practice for nurses practising in different and complementary way to nurses in specialist roles and medical practitioners. It positions partnership as the relational core of nursing practice. Partnership is presented as an evolving dialogue between nurse and patient, which is characterised by open, caring, mutually responsive and non-directive approaches. This partnership occurs within a health system that is dominated by technologically-driven, prescriptive, and outcome-oriented approaches. It is the second of a series of articles written as a partnership between nurse scholars from Iceland, NZ and USA.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1188 Serial 1173  
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Author Buisman, B. openurl 
  Title Nursing 2020: How will 'Magnet' hospitals fit in? Type Journal Article
  Year 2006 Publication Nursing Journal Northland Polytechnic Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 10 Issue Pages 33-41  
  Keywords Nursing; Leadership; Hospitals  
  Abstract Nursing shortages, technology, advances in genetics and the knowledge explosion are trends that have an influence on the nursing profession in the future. This article will examine these trends and give an overview of what it may be like to nurse in an acute-care hospital in the year 2020. The impact of leadership, management and political influences will also be discussed. The American concept of 'Magnet' hospitals will be described as one possible solution to the issues that affect the nursing profession in New Zealand.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1209 Serial 1194  
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Author Barber, M. openurl 
  Title Exploring the complex nature of rural nursing Type Journal Article
  Year 2007 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 13 Issue 10 Pages 22-23  
  Keywords Rural nursing; Scope of practice; Community health nursing  
  Abstract This article reports the results of a research study undertaken to examine how nurses manage their professional and personal selves while working in small rural communities. The participants were a small group of rural nurses on the West Coast. The rationale for the study was the long-term sustainability and viability of the service to this remote area. The research showed that the rural nurse specialists' role is a complex and challenging one, performed within the communities in which nurses live.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1212 Serial 1197  
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Author Hamilton, J. openurl 
  Title Personal power and the language of possibility: A study of opportunity and potential and its implications for nursing Type
  Year 2003 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Nursing philosophy; Careers in nursing  
  Abstract This study uses a critical approach to analyse influences connected to opportunities for nurses to have their unique contribution to the health system recognised, and identifies a plan of action. The stories as told by four Northland nurses, identified the underlying principle of self-knowledge which, when connected to core values emerged as personal power with the language of possibility. Other factors which enabled opportunity recognition were labelled as: knowing the self, integrating core values from personal and professional qualities, connecting these to an intuitive plan, trusting it because it is value-based, using that plan to form goals and achieve direction. Integrating core values into goal setting enabled people to make choices that would enhance as well as protect their personal development. This study has implications for nurses as they seek out places where they can work well and for health planners to design systems where this can happen.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1256 Serial 1241  
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