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Author Ball, Christine
Title Are we ready yet?: New graduate nurses' experience of workplace violence and agression and their sense of readiness Type Book Whole
Year (up) 2016 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 160 p.
Keywords Graduate nurses; Workplace violence; Workplace aggression
Abstract Uses a qualitative descriptive approach to explore the experience of 7 graduate nurses employed in a range of sectors, of workplace violence and aggression (WPVA). Conducts semi-structured interviews and analyses the data using thematic analysis, generating 3 themes: Part of the Journey, Towards Self-Efficacy, and Maintaining Integrity. Identifies coping strategies.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1564
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Author Lala, Anita Carol
Title Variability in neonatal gentamicin administration influencing drug delivery kinetics Type Book Whole
Year (up) 2016 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 109 p.
Keywords Drugs; Drug delivery; Neonates; Neonatal nurses; Neonatal Intensive Care Units; Surveys
Abstract Distributes a self-administered questionnaire to Dunedin Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) nurses to investigate: the site of administration, comparing peripheral intravenous line (PIV) or umbilical venous catheter (UVC); and which dose of gentamicin would be used in two clinical scenarios describing babies of 24 and 32-weeks' gestation. Simulates gentamycin delivery and notes clinical variability.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1574
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Author Greenlees-Rae, Joanne
Title Being confident in practice: A study on the influences on confidence in new graduate nurses Type Book Whole
Year (up) 2016 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 151 p.
Keywords Professional confidence; New graduate nurses; Critical reflection; Surveys
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.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 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? Type Book Whole
Year (up) 2016 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 131 p.
Keywords Patient safety; Clinical risk; Graduate nurses; Professional development; Surveys
Abstract 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.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 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 Type Book Whole
Year (up) 2016 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 116 p.
Keywords Hand hygiene; Healthcare-associated infection; Compliance; Emergency Departments; Surveys
Abstract 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.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1697
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Author Wailling, Joanna
Title How healthcare professionals in acute care environments describe patient safety: a case study Type Book Whole
Year (up) 2016 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 169 p.
Keywords Patient safety; Acute care; Safety capability; Case studies
Abstract 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.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1698
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Author Tansley, Susan Elizabeth
Title The role of postgraduate education for registered nurses working in the aged care sector Type Book Whole
Year (up) 2016 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 122 p.
Keywords Postgraduate education; Registered nurses; Aged care; Surveys
Abstract Explores the perspectives of registered nurses (RN) working in aged residential care, and their views and experiences of postgraduate education. Performs a qualitative study using mixed-method data triangulation including document review, focus groups and interviews at four aged care facilities. Conducts focus groups and interviews with five nurse managers and 15 RNs on the value of, and access to postgraduate education.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1791
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Author Marshall, Dianne
Title Surgical nurses' non-technical skills: A human factors approach Type Book Whole
Year (up) 2016 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 256 p.
Keywords Surgical nurses; Non-technical skills (NTS); Adverse patient events; Taxonomy; Surveys
Abstract Explores the social and cognitive non-technical skills (NTS) required of nurses practising in general surgical wards, a taxonomy of NTS for general surgical nurses, and identifies the differences in levels of performance of the NTS between experienced and less experienced nurses, by means of applied cognitive task analysis (ACTA). Highlights the association between poor performance of NTS with adverse patient events. Conducts the study in four surgical wards in a metropolitan hospital, using observation and semi-structured interviews with RNs.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1844
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Author Vick, Margaret; Dannenfeldt Gudrun; Shaw, Bill
Title Do students training to be health-care workers have compassionate attributes? Type Journal Article
Year (up) 2017 Publication Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal
Volume 8 Issue 1 Pages 16-22
Keywords Compassion; Health care students; Surveys; Measurements
Abstract Measures the extent to which health-care students began their training with compassionate attributes. Defines compassion as an awareness of others and a desire to help, using a non-judgmental approach. Highlights the significance of compassion in health care. Provides a self-administered 'compassion to others' psychometric scale to measure compassionate attributes to 146 students enrolled in the first semester of nursing, midwifery and social work at the Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec). Analyses data using the SPSS and ANOVA for descriptive statistics and predictive information.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1538
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Author Marshall, Bob; Craig, Andrea; Meyer, Alannah
Title Registered nurses' attitudes towards, and experiences of, aggression and violence in the acute hospital setting Type Journal Article
Year (up) 2017 Publication Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal
Volume 8 Issue 1 Pages 31-36
Keywords Aggression; Violence; Actue hospital settings; Training; Surveys; Registered nurses
Abstract Examines NZ registered nurses' experiences of aggression and violence and the impact of aggression management training (AMT) on their experiences. Collects data using an internet survey incorporating Collins' Attitudes Towards Aggressive Behaviours Questionnaire. Rates the effect of participation in AMT on exposure to aggression or violence and its impact on attitudes towards aggression and violence.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1540
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Author Ross, Jean
Title 'Place' Matters to Rural Nurses: A Study Located in the Rural Otago Region of New Zealand Type Book Whole
Year (up) 2017 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 346 p.
Keywords Rural nursing; Identity; Otago; Sense of place
Abstract Explores the social construction of the evolving professional identity, of rural nurses between the 1990z and early 2000s, a period of time was associated with two

significant national directives impacting on the professional practice of rural nurses and their contribution to the delivery of health care, from the rural Otago region of NZ. Engages with the concepts of place and governmentality. Demonstrates that rural nursing is a place–based practice governed both from within and beyond location, an analytical diagrammatic matrix.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1555
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Author Seldon, Lucy A
Title Non-pharmacological Methods in Relieving Children's Pain in Hospital: a pilot study Type Book Whole
Year (up) 2017 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 72 p.
Keywords Non-pharmacological; Pain relief; Pain; Hospitals; Paediatric nurses; Children
Abstract Adapts the questionnaire used in three international studies of the utilisation of non-pharmacological methods of post-operative pain management for paediatric surgical patients, and distributes it to registered nurses working in a paediatric surgical ward in one district health board (DHB) hospital. Discusses the non-pharmacological methods used and how they correlate with international literature.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1559
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Author Washbourne, G A
Title Registered Nurses' Experiences of How in Situ Simulation Contributes to Ongoing Clinical Skill Development: A Qualitative Descriptive Study Type Book Whole
Year (up) 2017 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 56 p.
Keywords Simulation; Nursing education; Post-graduate education; Emergency departments (ED)
Abstract Recruits Emergency Department (ED) nurses to participate in three semi-structured interviews. Conducts thematic analysis of interview transcripts to identify the effects on clinical skills, and what facilitated participants' learning.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1560
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Author Zwimpfer, Lucy Annabelle
Title Being with Babies: Vocal soothing for preterm infants during painful procedures in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Type Book Whole
Year (up) 2017 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 290 p.
Keywords Pain management; Premture infants; Infant mental health; NICU; Vocal soothing
Abstract Investigates the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurse-infant relationship, with a focus on vocal soothing. Undertakes two observational studies to record the use of voice by NICU nurses during painful and non-painful procedures. Develops a model of vocal soothing and tests it for its ability to provide comfort to pre-term infants undergoing painful procedures. Measures pain using the Premature Infant Pain Profile Revised.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1562
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Author Sundarajoo, Sarathambal
Title The Lived Experience of Person-Centred Care in Residential Homes in New Zealand and Singapore: the perspectives of residents, frontline caregivers and family members Type Book Whole
Year (up) 2017 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 232 p.
Keywords Person-centred care; Aged care; Residential care; Phenomenology; Lived experience; Hermeneutics; Singapore
Abstract Employs the life-world hermeneutic phenomenology of Van Manen to examine perspectives on person-centred care in residential homes in both NZ and Singapore. Conducts interviews with 30 residents, 10 family members and 10 caregivers at 2 residential facilities. Records the interviews and analyses data using Van Manen's 6-step research process.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1563
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