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Author |
Bear, Rebecca |
Title |
Kangaroo Mother Care: Participatory action research within a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Aotearoa New Zealand |
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Year |
2019 |
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318 p. |
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Neonatal Intensive Care Units; Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC); Mother-infant attachment; Participatory Action Research |
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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NZNO @ research @ |
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1692 |
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Officer, Tara N. |
Title |
Nurse practitioners and pharmacist prescribers in primary health care: A realist evaluation of the New Zealand experience |
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Book Whole |
Year |
2018 |
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301 p. |
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Nurse practitioners; Primary health care; Advanced nursing practice; Pharmacist prescribers |
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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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NZNO @ research @ |
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1693 |
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Author |
Rook, Helen |
Title |
Living nursing values: a collective case study |
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Book Whole |
Year |
2017 |
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Pages |
278 p. |
Keywords |
Nursing values; Value dissonance; Burn-out; Medical wards; Case studies |
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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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NZNO @ research @ |
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1694 |
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Greenlees-Rae, Joanne |
Title |
Being confident in practice: A study on the influences on confidence in new graduate nurses |
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Book Whole |
Year |
2016 |
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151 p. |
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Professional confidence; New graduate nurses; Critical reflection; Surveys |
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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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NZNO @ research @ |
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1695 |
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Author |
Hawes, Philip C. |
Title |
What educational and other experiences assist recently qualified nurses to understand and deal with clinical risk and patient safety? |
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Book Whole |
Year |
2016 |
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131 p. |
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Patient safety; Clinical risk; Graduate nurses; Professional development; Surveys |
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Interviews 9 nurses in their first year of clinical practice to investigate how newly-qualified nurses recognise and develop those skills relating to clinical risk and patient safety. Identifies workplace culture, clinical role models, exposure to the clinical environment, experiential learning, narrative sharing, debriefing and simulation as contributing to learning and understanding clinical risk and safe patient care. Considers strategies to facilitate professional development. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1696 |
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Author |
Rees, Lorraine |
Title |
Exploring the barriers and levers to hand hygiene of nursing and medical staff in Emergency Departments: a mixed-methods study |
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Book Whole |
Year |
2016 |
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116 p. |
Keywords |
Hand hygiene; Healthcare-associated infection; Compliance; Emergency Departments; Surveys |
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Undertakes an explanatory, sequential, mixed-methods study to identify barriers and levers to hand-hygiene (HH) practice in two Emergency Departments (ED) in NZ. Distributes a survey to ED nurses and doctors to identify perceived facilitators and hindrances to HH. Follows up with nurse focus groups to explore specific aspects of the survey results. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1697 |
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Author |
Wailling, Joanna |
Title |
How healthcare professionals in acute care environments describe patient safety: a case study |
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Book Whole |
Year |
2016 |
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Pages |
169 p. |
Keywords |
Patient safety; Acute care; Safety capability; Case studies |
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Explores how patient safety is described from the perspective of clinicians and organisational managers in a NZ acute-care hospital, using embedded case study design. Conducts three interviews with health-care managers and 6 focus groups, comprising 19 doctors and 19 nurses. Develops the theoretical concept of safety capability: the ability to provide safe patient care based on resilient culture, anticipation and vigilance, along a continuum of safety levels. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1698 |
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Author |
Lally, Elsa |
Title |
Symbiotic relationships in patients' engagements with practice nurses |
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Book Whole |
Year |
2014 |
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Pages |
262 p. |
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Practice nurses; Patients; Symbiotic relationships; Primary health care; Surveys |
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Records from patient perspectives the nature of the engagements patients have with practice nurses which influence patients' health and well-being. Posits this mutually-beneficial close association as a form of symbiosis. Surveys 15 patients from seven rural and urban general practices in NZ about aspects of the participants' relationships and engagements with nurses, analysing the results using Narrative Inquiry methodology. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1699 |
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Author |
Powell, Samantha |
Title |
The older nurse in the workplace: retention or retirement |
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Book Whole |
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2010 |
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79 p. |
Keywords |
Retention; Retirement; Older nurses; Aging workforce |
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Examines the issues facing the older nurse in NZ. Recruits two groups of Clinical/Charge Nurse Managers (CNM) in two District Health Boards (DHB) to interview about the issues confronting older nurses and the strategies they use to retain them. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1700 |
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Author |
Manson, Leanne Marama |
Title |
Te Ao Maori: Maori nurses' perspectives on assisted dying and the Te Ao Maori cultural considerations required to guide nursing practice |
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Book Whole |
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2021 |
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100 p. |
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Assisted dying; Death; Te Ao Maori; Cultural considerations; Kaupapa Maori research methodology; Maori nursing |
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Explores, through kaupapa Māori (Māori ideology) research principles, the fundamental concepts guiding ten Māori nurses working in end-of-life care settings. Identifies the concepts of whanaungatanga (establishing connections), manaakitanga (generosity and care for others), and kaitiakitanga (guardianship) as central to the practice of these Māori nurses along with the ethical principles of tika (the right way), pono (honesty) and aroha (generosity of spirit). Describes how these concepts and principles shape how these Māori nurses cared for their Māori patients and whānau, and for themselves. Stresses the need for the health system to better understand the Maori world view on death and dying. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1702 |
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Author |
Kennedy, Wendy Lynette |
Title |
How do Registered Nurses utilise self assessment and performance appraisal to inform their professional practice? |
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Book Whole |
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2008 |
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97 p. |
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Registered Nurses; Self-assessment; Performance appraisal; Surveys |
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Describes an exploratory study of Registered Nurses (RNs) within a local District Health Board which pursued the question of 'if' and 'how' professional practice frameworks assisted nurses in their individual professional practice, specifically self-assessment and performance appraisal. Utilises a qualitative descriptive framework to explore the experiences of RNs in inpatient settings, via questionnaire. Identifies 8 themes related to self-assessment, performance appraisal, and professional practice. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1703 |
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Author |
Cumming, Glynis |
Title |
From a generic to a gynaecological oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist: an evolving role |
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Book Whole |
Year |
2008 |
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Pages |
106 p. |
Keywords |
Clinical Nurse Specialist; Nursing role; Patient outcomes; Patient satisfaction; Gynaecology nursing; Oncology nursing |
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Explores the role of the generic clinical nurse specialist (CNS) in order to provide clarity and guidance for an evolving Gynaecological Oncology CNS. Undertakes an integrative literature review to identify the generic components of a CNS role, the factors that impact on role development, and to establish what current literature states regarding the impact of the CNS role on patient outcomes. Highlights clinical expert, educator, consultant, researcher and care coordinator as generic components of a CNS role, with relational practice key to improved patient outcomes and satisfaction. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1704 |
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Author |
Gultiano, Juan Paulo |
Title |
The experiences of internationally-qualified nurses working in a publicly-funded tertiary hospital in New Zealand: A qualitative descriptive study |
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Book Whole |
Year |
2022 |
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162 p. |
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Nurse Migration; Migrant Nurses; Nursing Workforce, Internationally Qualified Nurses, Workplace Bullying |
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Explores and describes the experiences of Internationally Qualified Nurses (IQN) working in a public hospital in NZ. Uses qualitative descriptive methodology to illuminate their experiences. Employs purposive sampling using maximum variation and snowball sampling methods to recruit 12 IQNs employed in the tertiary hospital. Conducts 12 one-to-one, semi-structured face-to-face interviews, which were analysed using Braun and Clarke's method of thematic analysis. Derives the following three themes: hospital navigation, ambivalence and being an outsider. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1740 |
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Author |
Deo, Lalesh |
Title |
Parental needs and nursing response following SUFE Surgery; An interpretive descriptive study |
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Book Whole |
Year |
2021 |
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141 p. |
Keywords |
Slipped Upper Femoral Epiphysis (SUFE); Parents and Caregivers; Child health; Maori children; Pacific children; Paediatric nurses |
Abstract |
Examines the experiences of parents and nurses in caring for a child following invasive Slipped Upper Femoral Epiphysis (SUFE) repair. Conducts semi-structured interviews with parents of five children, predominantly Māori or Pacific, who underwent SUFE repair, and five paediatric nurses caring for the children and their families in the hospital ward. Offers two perspectives of the journey for these parents following such an injury, from the child's hospitalisation to caring for these children once they are home. Presents and contrasts these perspectives, revealing insights into the parents' ongoing need for support, information and planning for care, and nurses' efforts to meet these needs. Presents implications for nursing practice. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1741 |
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Author |
Gray, Nadine |
Title |
Privileging Matauranga Maori in nursing education: Experiences of Maori student nurses learning within an indigenous university |
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Book Whole |
Year |
2020 |
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116 p. |
Keywords |
Matauranga Maori; Nursing education; Wananga; Kaupapa Maori research methodology |
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Investigates factors supporting Maori student engagement, retention and success in nursing education. Explores the experiences, perceptions and insights of Maori nursing students enrolled in Te Ohanga Mataora: Bachelor of Health Sciences Maori Nursing at Te Whare Wananga O Awanuiarangi. Conducts semi-structured face-to-face interviews with 12 full-time Maori undergraduate nursing students, highlighting both positive and negative factors in academic engagement. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1742 |
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