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Author Paterson(now Fleming), B.L. openurl 
  Title The types of information nurses pass on to other nurses verbally regarding their patients, which is not discussed in the legal nursing record Type
  Year (down) 2000 Publication Abbreviated Journal Dunedin Hospital Staff Library  
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  Abstract This study was undertaken in a combined medical/surgical unit in an acute general hospital in New Zealand using the grounded theory research methodology. It aimed at identifying the types of information nurses pass on verbally regarding their patients, but which they do not document in the legal nursing record.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 129  
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Author Churcher, R.L.; Bowden, J.; Grogan, J.; Grofski, H.; Parker, R.; Berry, A. openurl 
  Title Trends in theatre nurse education Type
  Year (down) 2000 Publication Abbreviated Journal Theatre Nurses Section, NZNO  
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  Abstract This reports the results of a national survey to ascertain what direction education of theatre nursing personnel is taking. It includes method and content preselection, orientation and in service education/ staff development phases of education. Options for the future are also addressed.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 144  
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Author Haggerty, C. url  openurl
  Title Critical case study: Supporting the new graduate entering specialist psychiatric mental health nursing practice Type
  Year (down) 2000 Publication Abbreviated Journal ResearchArchive@Victoria  
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  Keywords Psychiatric Nursing; Clinical supervision; Students; Preceptorship  
  Abstract This critical case study was undertaken for the purposes of illuminating information relating to new graduate nurses' experiences in their first clinical placement, in order to consider ways an established entry to practice programme can better support and enhance the students' transition from student nurse to staff nurse within psychiatric mental health nursing practice. Seven current students of the programme participated in the research. This provided the researcher with a variety of challenges related to her dual role as researcher and programme coordinator. Data was collected through the use of discussion groups, with participants and researcher jointly identifying the themes that were explored. These themes related to preceptorship and support, socialisation of the new graduate and risk management. The research has provided rich data that has already, and will continue to be used to inform future developments within both the educational and clinical components of the programme. The research has also provided opportunities for personal and professional growth through the sharing of experiences, and working together to identify emancipatory action which has in turn lead to transformation.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 450  
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Author Huntington, A.D. openurl 
  Title Blood, sweat and tears: Women as nurses nursing women in the gynaecology ward: A feminist interpretive study Type
  Year (down) 2000 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library  
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  Keywords Feminist critique; Nursing specialties; Methodology  
  Abstract This feminist study is an exploration of the subjectivity of women working as nurses within the gynaecological ward. Gynaecology has a long history as a unique area of concern to the health practitioners of any given period. However, the author suggests, recently with the development of modern gynaecology, this specialty has become based on male knowledge and male texts, women either as patients or nurses appear voiceless within this canon. Major tests within nursing mirror a medical construction of gynaecology, with the women involved in the discourse again absent from the literature. To explore the nurses' reality within the gynaecological ward, the author has undertaken a feminist interpretive study. To contribute to this debate the author drew on certain specific notions from feminist and postmodern epistemologies. These notions of the Other, difference, the body and discourse provided a unique way of viewing the practice of the nurses in this gynaecological setting. These epistemological concepts were then interwoven with feminist strategies to undertake the research. Through the process of feminist praxis, which included the author working alongside the nurses and conducting in-depth interviews, three areas of general concern to the nurses emerged. Firstly the relationships, that is their relationships with each other as nurses and with their women patients. Secondly, the difficulties inherent in nurses' practice in this setting due to the nature of the experiences of the women they were nursing. These difficulties arose in relation to two particular situations, nursing women experiencing a mid-trimester termination and nursing women with cancer. Thirdly, the relationship with/in the medical discourse and individual doctors which, according to nurses, had a major impact on their work. This study contributes to nursing knowledge by providing a forum for the voices of women as nurses, who nurse women in the gynaecological ward, to be heard. The author concludes that nursing and feminism have much to offer each other and share an emancipatory goal of positive action to support and assist people in their lives.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 484  
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Author Conroy, E. url  openurl
  Title Nursing informatics in New Zealand: Evolving towards extinction? Type
  Year (down) 2000 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library  
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  Keywords Informatics; Technology; Education; Nursing  
  Abstract This project undertakes a critique and review of a decade (1990-2000) of available New Zealand literature to reveal the current state of nursing informatics utilisation in nursing practice. Since the early 1990s, nurses from diploma and baccalaureate nursing programs have been graduating with knowledge and skills in nursing informatics. Yet, when scrutinising the two main nursing publications for New Zealand, the author found scant publication of articles that pertain to this topic area of nursing. Competencies as product of the 1989 Guidelines for Teaching Nursing Informatics are a key consideration in this discussion, including ways in which the articles may reflect the content or intent of the Nursing Informatics curriculum as prescribed in these guidelines. This commentary discusses how nursing informatics has evolved in New Zealand nursing practice, situating its growth, or lack of, in the context of concurrent sociopolitical influences as well as conditions created by national and international nursing trends. Several recommendations are discussed to guide the future direction of nursing informatics for nursing education and practice in New Zealand.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 501  
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Author McArtney, M. openurl 
  Title Nursing development units: Between a rock and a hard place Type
  Year (down) 2000 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library  
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  Keywords Professional development; Nursing  
  Abstract Practice development, situated at the nurse-patient interface, is a crucial aspect of professional development as a whole. The Nursing Development Unit (NDU) is one model of structured clinical practice development. NDU have their origin in a desire to provide the best possible care for patient through the support and development of autonomous therapeutic nurses. All possible sources of NDU-related literature from 1983-1999 were reviewed to determine the effectiveness of the NDU model. The purpose of the research was to establish the role of the parent organisation in supporting the ongoing viability of NDU; to describe the key processes and activities of NDU that are instrumental in the development of nursing practice; to clarify the role of the NDU in contributing to improved patient outcome; and finally to identify the critical indicator of successful NDUs for their application in the New Zealand context. The study found that British nursing journals have played a large part in promoting the NDU model. The pioneering units were given positive coverage and this has by and large continued. Accreditation systems have been important in maintaining standards and providing a generic framework for implementation. The trend is now towards internal funding from the parent organisation. The review identified a number of key features for the successful establishment of NDUs. NDUs appear to have under emphasised the development of socio-political acumen in the nursing staff. However, the NDU does offer a model for the development of confident, assertive, autonomous professionals. The NDU model values nursing as professional practice. The author concludes that the NDU model has stood the test of time, and demonstrated the ability to be at the vanguard of contemporary practice development. The model is flexible and its potential is maximised when it is tailored to meet the need of the parent organisation. The model has been successfully established in Australia, and has the potential to be adapted and refined for the New Zealand context.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 561  
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Author Carter, T. openurl 
  Title The places we will go Type
  Year (down) 2000 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library  
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  Keywords Nursing philosophy  
  Abstract The author examines how writing shapes her practice and how she nurses, her way of being and doing. She notes that “as human beings we cannot be broken into subsets, my personal and professional being inform each other, therefore you will find woven into the fabric of this paper my personal and professional becoming united by the dominant thread of nursing”. The paper is structured using the different phases of her career as a staff nurse, nurse practitioner and charge nurse. In each section she has linked the stories of children and young adults with reflections on her writing and how it has impacted her practice. She goes on to say that question and reflection are vital adjuncts to nurses' development as individual practitioners and to the profession. They facilitate journeying past the superficial into the deep of a relationship with patients and colleagues. She identifies a responsibility as nurses is to engage with the individual and help them find a space where they can regain a sense of hope and personal power. This paper follows the author's journey, leaving her with a clearer understanding of who she is and how she nurses.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 578 Serial 564  
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Author White, G.E.; Su, H.-R. openurl 
  Title Am I dying, nurse? Type Journal Article
  Year (down) 2000 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 15 Issue 1 Pages 33-40  
  Keywords Communication; Ethics; Nursing; Palliative care  
  Abstract This paper addresses the concept of truth, and debates who should tell it and how it should be told. It explores the cultural aspects of knowing the truth about dying. The question of whether nurses have a moral obligation to tell the truth is explored, and suggests the lack of New Zealand research in this area should be addressed.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 631  
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Author Jacobs, S. openurl 
  Title Credentialling: Setting standards for advanced nursing practice Type Journal Article
  Year (down) 2000 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 15 Issue 2 Pages 38-46  
  Keywords Scope of practice; Advanced nursing practice  
  Abstract This article examines professional regulation with particular reference to advanced practice. As well as providing an overview of credentialing and other aspects of professional regulation, including licensure, certification, registration, and titling, the question of how much regulation, and by whom, is explored.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 632  
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Author Wallis, R. openurl 
  Title Post-anaesthetic shaking: A review of the literature Type Journal Article
  Year (down) 2000 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 15 Issue 1 Pages 23-32  
  Keywords Surgery; Pharmacology; Nursing research  
  Abstract This paper addresses the problem of shaking and shivering as discussed in the nursing and medical literature. It defines post-anaesthetic shaking, focusing on the role of anaesthetics in hypothermia, pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, and theories of causes and consequences. Ways of preventing and treating post-anaesthetic shaking are examined.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 633  
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Author Horsburgh, M. openurl 
  Title Quality in undergraduate nursing programmes: The role of Nursing Council Type Journal Article
  Year (down) 2000 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 15 Issue 2 Pages 25-37  
  Keywords Nursing Council of New Zealand; Nursing; Education; Nursing; Quality assurance  
  Abstract This paper looks broadly at issues to do with quality monitoring in higher education and considers the role and focus of the Nursing Council of New Zealand in the approval of and ongoing monitoring of undergraduate nursing degree programmes. It is suggested that the approach taken by the Nursing Council is accountability led where minimal attention is given to teaching and learning and actual graduate outcomes. This may lead to a mistaken belief that Nursing Council's monitoring focuses on quality or that the outcomes of their monitoring might contribute to programme enhancement. A shift to emphasise learning processes, students and continual improvement in order to enhance programme quality is proposed.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 634  
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Author Dyson, L. openurl 
  Title The role of the lecturer in the preceptor model of clinical teaching Type Journal Article
  Year (down) 2000 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 16 Issue 3 Pages 16-24  
  Keywords Teaching methods; Nursing; Education; Preceptorship  
  Abstract This article reports on a descriptive study undertaken within a school of nursing where the author was formerly employed. The study explored the role of the lecturer within the preceptorship model of clinical teaching. It uses an exploratory/descriptive, qualitative approach to interviewing 12 lecturers. The findings demonstrate the educational orientation of the lecturer role and also highlight the tension that continues to exist between the world of education and the world of practice.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 635  
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Author Dyson, L.; Entwistle, M.; Macdiarmaid, R.; Marshall, D.C.; Simpson, S.M. openurl 
  Title Three approaches to use of questioning by clinical lecturesers [lecturers]: A pilot study Type Journal Article
  Year (down) 2000 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 15 Issue 1 Pages 13-22  
  Keywords Qualiltative research; Preceptorship; Teaching methods; Nursing; Education  
  Abstract The author investigates the types of questions asked of students by lecturers working within the preceptorship model in the clinical setting. A sample of five volunteer nursing lecturers had their interactions with undergraduate students recorded. The data is analysed using two auditing approaches and qualitative content analysis.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 636  
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Author Gallagher, P. openurl 
  Title An evaluation of a standards based portfolio [Corrected and republished article printed in NURSE EDUC TODAY 2001 Apr; 21(3): 197-200] Type Journal Article
  Year (down) 2000 Publication Nurse Education Today Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 20 Issue 3 Pages 218-226  
  Keywords Nursing; Education; Teaching methods; Evaluation  
  Abstract This study is an evaluation of student perceptions of a standards based portfolio, which is a is a series of student work that seeks to address pre-determined learning outcomes. Of interest to the study was the relationship between theory and practice, the availability of resources to complete the assignment and the contribution the portfolio made to the process of learning. For a particular unit of learning, 'Nursing Business', second year undergraduate students in the Bachelor of Nursing programme were required to complete a portfolio. The assessment directed the students to meet specific criteria which in turn reflected the learning outcomes.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 653  
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Author Kaviani, N.; Stillwell, Y. openurl 
  Title An evaluative study of clinical preceptorship Type Journal Article
  Year (down) 2000 Publication Nurse Education Today Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 20 Issue 3 Pages 218-226  
  Keywords Preceptorship; Nursing; Education; Evaluation research  
  Abstract A preceptorship programme of 100 hours duration was developed and delivered by a nurse education institute, in consultation with a health care organisation. The purpose of the study was to examine preceptors, preceptees, and nurse managers' preceptions of the preceptor role and factors which influenced the performance of preceptors. Using focus groups, participants were each asked to identify the outcomes of the programme in practice. Study findings highlighted the importance of formal preceptor preparation, personal and professional development of the preceptors, and the promotion of positive partnerships between nurse educators and nurse practitioners. The need for formal recognition of the preceptor role in practice, particularly in relation to the provision of adequate time and resources, emerged from the study. The research findings enabled the development of an evaluative model of preceptorship, which highlights the intrinsic and extrinsic factors impacting on the preceptor role  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 654  
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