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Lally, E.J. |
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An exploration of language and nursing practice to improve communication in the context of ear syringing |
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2002 |
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ResearchArchive@Victoria |
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Communication; Practice nurses; Economics |
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This action research inquiry explores communication and nursing practice in an effort to improve practice and enhance patient care. Action research is a critical reflective process that involves spirals or cycles of planning, acting, reflecting/evaluating and replanning the next cycle. Using ear syringing as a procedure, in the general practice setting and at two separate surgeries, the author and another practice nurse co-researched this study during working hours. Twelve people consented to participate in the research that involved the audiotaping of each ear syringing interaction. Following each transcription of the recording, the researchers read their own and then each other's transcripts, and listened to the recordings. They discussed and reflected on their findings and planned the next cycle. Throughout the process, the researchers found a number of areas of practice to change or enhance. Changes included the use of technical language such as “contraindications” and “auditory meatus”, the side effects of syringing, improvements in communicating situations where ear syringing is not recommended and the options available, and post procedure information. These changes became a significant challenge, for example when both researchers forgot the changes, thus repeating previous errors and omissions. This factor highlighted the need to practise any changes prior to interactions, and to have a cue card on hand to facilitate recollection and to cement improvements into practice. Although time constraints limited this inquiry to three cycles, at the final meeting the researchers agreed to continue the reflective process they had begun to explore their practice. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1189 |
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McEldowney, R.A. |
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Shape-shifting: Stories of teaching for social change in nursing |
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2002 |
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ResearchArchive@Victoria |
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Nursing philosophy; Teaching methods; Feminist critique; Qualiltative research |
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This research explores why and how nurse educators teach for social change. Critical feminist educators provide a useful framework for theorising about teaching for change that addresses issues of hegemony, agency, praxis, individual voice, difference, justice and equity. Six women Pakeha/Tauiwi nurse educators from throughout New Zealand volunteered to participate in this research and share their lived experiences of teaching for social change. In-depth conversations over two years unfolded new and rich material about how and why these six women continue to teach the evaded subjects, like mental health, women's health, community development and cultural safety. All teach in counter-hegemonic ways, opening students' eyes to the unseen and unspoken. Among the significant things to emerge during the research was the metaphorical construct of shape-shifting as an active process in teaching for social change. It revealed the connectedness and integrity between life as lived and the moral imperative that motivates the participants to teach for difference. Shape-shifting was also reflected in other key findings of the study. As change agents, the participants have had significant shape-shifting experiences in their lives; they live and work as shape-shifters within complex social and political structures and processes to achieve social justice; and, they deal with areas of health practice where clients are socially and politically displaced. The research also generated new methods for gathering life-stories and new processes for analysis and interpretation of life-stories. It is hoped that this research will open pathways for other nurse educators to become shape-shifters teaching for social change. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1193 |
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Stojanovic, J.E.E. |
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Leaving your dignity at the door: Maternity in Wellington 1950 – 1970 |
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2002 |
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ResearchArchive@Victoria |
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Hospitals; Nursing specialties; Maternity care; Patient satisfaction |
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This thesis describes the maternity system in Wellington between 1950 and 1970 particularly from the perspectives of consumers and midwives. Four women consumers who experienced maternity in Wellington and two midwives who worked in Wellington's maternity hospitals during this period provided their oral testimonies as the main primary sources for this study. The author's experience of being a student nurse and a consumer in Wellington and other primary and secondary sources are used to substantiate, explore and explain the topic. The study traces the socio-political changes in New Zealand maternity from 1900 to 1970 creating a backdrop against which Wellington's maternity system, including the women, the hospitals, the workforce, maternity practices and the childbearing process are illuminated using the insights of women and midwives who experienced them. The oral testimonies of the six participants described positive and negative aspects of their maternity experiences, but the three strong themes that arose from their accounts included 'being alone', 'lack of autonomy' and 'uncaring attitudes'. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1223 |
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1208 |
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Adams-Smith, P.H. |
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An exploration of issues of primary health services for Taranaki Te Atiawa children based on the expectations and perceptions of their female caregivers |
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2002 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/10063/75 |
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Parents and caregivers; Primary health care; Access; Maori; Children |
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The intention of this research is, through collaborative discussion and selective conversations, to explore female caregivers' expectations and perceptions of primary health services for some Te Atiawa Maori children. The research process was developed in a partnership between the Maori women participants and the researcher. In addition, two local kuia actively participated in and supported the process. Emancipatory critical social theory underpinned and informed the project. Power relationships between the researcher and the participants can be overtly explored within this theoretical framework. In terms of this particular exploratory study, participatory research appeared to be applicable. The participants are female caregivers of Te Atiawa children. Data collection was done using group interactions and semi-structured interviews in the winter of the year 2000. A thematic analysis of the data was used, in which common themes were identified, compared and discussed. From the analysis of the data of the participants' conversations, key ideas were identified. The major findings have been identified within two main themes. These are: a concept of health is not the same for Pakeha as for Maori, and access issues are still problematic for the participants in this study. Many quotes from the interview participants are included in order to keep the focus of the project on the voices of the women interviewed. In terms of the significant contribution of this research, this study aims to allow voices of female caregivers of Te Atiawa Maori children to be heard. Individual and collaborative interactions offer insights into what is important to them in terms of Maori child health. Clearly, the primary health initiatives promoted by the New Zealand government are not reaching at least some of the people for whom they are intended. The research participants offered their ideas as to how these deficits could be remedied in their community. |
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1216 |
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Vermeulen, J. |
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“And there's the likes of me”: A phenomenological study of the experience of four women inpatients at a mental health unit |
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2002 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Psychiatric Nursing; Patient satisfaction; Hospitals; Nurse-patient relations |
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This research draws on the experiences of four women whilst they were inpatients at the Mental Health Unit in Southland. The Husserlian path of phenomenology was followed and in-depth interviewing used to collect data. Colaizzi's method of analysis enabled accurate interpretation of transcripts. The overall goal of this research was to provide health professionals with an opportunity to inform their practice, based on what consumers were saying about their experience of hospitalisation. Themes emerged through participants relating their experience by using comparisons with either their outside world or previous episodes of hospitalisation. Through analysis, two fundamental structures became evident within the findings. These were 'the environment as containment' and 'the road to recovery'. The author concludes that this study raises significant issues surrounding the experience of hospitalisation at the Mental Health Unit that have implications for future research and for future service delivery. |
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1246 |
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O'Sullivan, C. |
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Attitudes and knowledge of medical and nursing staff |
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2002 |
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Massey University Library |
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Attitude of health personnel; Emergency nursing |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1262 |
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1247 |
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Hylton, J.A. |
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Enrolled nurse transition to degree level study based at a rural satellite campus |
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2002 |
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Massey University Library |
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Nursing; Education; Enrolled nurses |
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1248 |
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Little, S. |
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An exploration of vicarious traumatisation in emergency nurses |
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2002 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Emergency nursing; Occupational health and safety; Nursing research; Stress |
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This thesis explores the theoretical notions of suffering and caring within the nurse patient relationship in the context of emergency nursing. It includes a small pilot study that aimed to assess the feasibliity of a major research project, by describing the impact of vicarious traumatisation in emergency nurses, specifically in relation to their self capacities. This pilot study utilised a descriptive, correlational design. Data was collected by using the Inner Experience Questionnaire (IEQ) a twenty four-item questionnaire developed by Dr Pearlman (1995), and a profile sheet which identified demographic details. Twenty-seven emergency nurses participated in this pilot study. The IEQ was assessed for internal reliability by applying the Cronbachs alpha and utilising a focus group to gain insight into the usability and relevance of the questions. The internal reliability of the IEQ suggests that it may be an appropriate tool to measure disruption of self capacities in the population of emergency nurses. Although the results are limited, and conclusions cannot be drawn, findings suggest a correlation between the variables of age, experience, nursing qualifications and a history of personal trauma and the IEQ. There is evidence that emergency nurses are affected psychologically when caring for the victims of trauma in emergency departments and the IEQ has the potential as a tool to be integrated into future emergency nursing studies. A multidimensional methodological approach is recommended to capture the many contours of the complex phenomena of vicarious traumatisation and the emergency nurse. |
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1249 |
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Corlett, E. |
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Finding out what works and what doesn't work: Caring for women with a fungating tumour of the breast |
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2002 |
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Massey University, Albany, Library |
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Breast cancer; Nursing; Cancer |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1250 |
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Woodbridge, M. |
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From child savers to child activists: A participatory action research project with community child health nurses |
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2002 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Community health nursing; Paediatric nursing |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1266 |
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1251 |
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Raynel, S. |
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Nurse-led clinics on ophthalmic practice: A vision for the future |
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2002 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Nursing specialties |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1267 |
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1252 |
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McMillan, A. |
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The past influencing the future: A journey through occupational health |
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2002 |
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Otago Polytechnic Library |
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Occupational health and safety |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1268 |
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1253 |
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DeSouza, R. |
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Walking upright here: Countering prevailing discourses through reflexivity and methodological pluralism |
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2002 |
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Massey University Library |
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Transcultural nursing; Childbirth |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1269 |
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1254 |
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Kidd, J.D. |
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What's going on? Mental health nursing in New Zealand |
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2002 |
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Otago Polytechnic Library |
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Psychiatric Nursing; Nursing research |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1255 |
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Haggerty, C. |
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Preceptorship for entry into practice |
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2002 |
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Whitireia Nursing Journal |
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9 |
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7-13 |
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Preceptorship; Psychiatric Nursing; Nursing; Education |
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The author examines some of the issues affecting preceptorship in relation to a graduate diploma programme of psychiatric mental health nursing. Previous research by the author lead to recommendations on clarifying the roles and responsibilities of those involved in the programme, and improving preceptor selection, training, support and evaluation. By providing such clarity and support, the preceptor role in the clinical setting is given the best chance to succeed. |
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1295 |
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