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Author |
Jarden, Amanda J |
Title |
Before-school check nurses' experiences of motivational interviewing during the weight-related referral process : an interpretive phenomenological study |
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Book Whole |
Year |
2018 |
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Pages |
240 p. |
Keywords |
School nurses; Childhood obesity; Before School Check programme; Motivational interviewing; Communication; Surveys |
Abstract |
Investigates nurses' experiences of weight-related conversations with whanau, and their level of understanding and application of motivational interviewing, during the Before-School Check programme to identify 95% of high-weight children. Uses a questionnaire focussed on competencies in conjunction with recorded interviews concentrated on process-oriented accounts of the referral process. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1645 |
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Goodyear, Kathryn Ann |
Title |
Talking about menopause: exploring the lived experience of menopause for nurses |
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Book Whole |
Year |
2018 |
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135 p. |
Keywords |
Menopause; Ageing; Nurses; Surveys |
Abstract |
Explores through semi-structured, in-depth interviews how 11 nurses working at Christchurch Hospital experienced menopause in the workplace and in their personal lives. Uses thematic analysis to highlight how the stigma surrounding menopause led to the nurses' fear of being treated as a menopausal woman, rather than as a professional. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1646 |
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Author |
Kaur, Harpreet |
Title |
What are the factors affecting patients with diabetes in regards to their attendance and non-attendance with Diabetes Nurse-Led Clinics in Counties Manukau Health? |
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Book Whole |
Year |
2018 |
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Pages |
196 p. |
Keywords |
Nurse-led clinics; Diabetes nurses; Patients; Non-attendance; Attendance; Surveys |
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Performs a retrospective audit of eight Diabetes Nurse-Led Clinics (DNLC) in two regions of DNLC provision in Auckland over a 12-month period from 2016-2017, at which 707 patients were booked for appointments. Undertakes a nested sampling of two randomly-selected DNLCs, in which 71 participants were invited to participate. Explores patients' perspectives of attendance or non-attendance at their booked appointments. Examines whether patients perceive any benefits of attendance at the clinics, and identifies factors that might improve their experiences with DNLCs. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1650 |
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Author |
Haji Vahabzadeh, Ali |
Title |
Optimal Allocation of Intensive Care Unit nurses to Patient-At-Risk-Team |
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Book Whole |
Year |
2018 |
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224 p. |
Keywords |
Intensive Care Units; Intensive care nursing; Patients; Mortality; Health economics |
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Explains the need for nurse-led Patient-at-Risk-Teams(PART) to prevent unnecessary ICU admissions. Investigates which nurse allocation policy between PART and ICU would result in the best outcomes for patients and hospitals. Provides econometric models to estimate the impact of critical care nurses on hospital length of stay. Proposes queueing and simulation models to obtain the optimal nurse allocation policy for minimising the ICU mortality rate. Validates proposed models at Middlemore Hospital from 2015 to 2016. Estimates the financial and mortality impact of allocating another nurse to PART per shift. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1647 |
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Author |
Stewart, Lisa |
Title |
Student nurse knowledge and attitudes about ageing, older people and working with them: does nursing education make a difference? |
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Book Whole |
Year |
2018 |
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Pages |
392 p. |
Keywords |
Aged; Ageing; Attitudes; Student nurses; Nursing education; Surveys |
Abstract |
Develops, implements, and evaluates educational interventions to teach students about the ageing process, older people and how to work with them. Enrols students from a Bachelor of Nursing programme over a four-year period from 2011 to 2012, employing a multi-method approach including focus groups, a questionnaire and an analysis of course documents. Reveals how student nurses' attitudes alter during their course of study. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1648 |
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Author |
Hart, Maria |
Title |
Reducing poverty by addressing equity with a focus on prenatal alcohol exposure and inter-generational trauma: Identify, address and remove systemic barriers |
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Report |
Year |
2018 |
Publication |
Margaret May Blackwell Travel Study Fellowship Report |
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Issue |
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Pages |
53 p. |
Keywords |
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; Alcoholism; Pregnancy; Inter-generational trauma; Child health nursing; Community health nursing; Health education; Women's health; Maori health |
Abstract |
Travels to Australia and Canada to examine public health efforts in those countries to inform pregnant women about the risks of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), particularly among indigenous populations. Studies regional initiatives around NZ to inform the establishment of a preventive and assessment programme in the Bay of Plenty DHB. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1664 |
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Author |
Hutton, Gemma |
Title |
How do rural nurse specialists in South Westland perceive their personal safety whilst working in isolation? |
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Book Whole |
Year |
2018 |
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Pages |
97 p. |
Keywords |
Rural nursing; Personal safety; Rural conditions |
Abstract |
Identifies how rural nurse specialists (RNS) working in South Westland (SW) perceiver their personal safety in a rural environment as compared with an urban one. Uses a focus group to explore RNS responses and to identify the following themes related to safety in isolated environments: community, pressure to perform, and luck versus planning for safety. Suggests recommendations for future practice. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1665 |
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Author |
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 |
Publication |
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Pages |
301 p. |
Keywords |
Nurse practitioners; Primary health care; Advanced nursing practice; Pharmacist prescribers |
Abstract |
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 |
McDonald, Christine |
Title |
Working collaboratively in hospice and palliative care: Sharing time; a grounded theory |
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Book Whole |
Year |
2018 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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Pages |
230 p. |
Keywords |
Palliative care; Hospice care; Collaboration |
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Addresses the concerns of health professionals working collaboratively in palliative care. Conducts 25 interviews wit 23 participants to arrive at a theory of sharing time to explain the social process of collaboration while individually managing and maintaining their own areas of concern. Explains the concept of health professionals making time in their work days for and with each other to find common ground. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1784 |
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Bogossian, F.; Cooper, S.; Kelly, M.; Levett-Jones, T.; McKenna, L.; Slark, J.; Seaton, P. |
Title |
Best practice in clinical simulation education -- are we there yet? A cross-sectional survey of simulation in Australian and New Zealand pre-registration nursing education |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2018 |
Publication |
Collegian |
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Volume |
25 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
327-334 |
Keywords |
Simulation education; Nursing students; Clinical simulation; Surveys |
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Describes the current use of simulation in tertiary nursing education programmes leading to nurse registration, in Australia and NZ. Determines whether investments in simulation have improved uptake, quality and diversity of simulation experiences. Conducts a cross-sectional electronic survey distributed to lead nursing academics in nursing registration programmes in both countries. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1786 |
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Richardson, S.K.; Grainger, P.C.; Ardagh, M.W.; Morrison, R. |
Title |
Violence and aggression in the emergency department is under-reported and under-appreciated |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2018 |
Publication |
New Zealand Medical Journal |
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Volume |
131 |
Issue |
1476 |
Pages |
50-58 |
Keywords |
Workplace violence; Emergency nurses; Nurse retention; Audits |
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Examines levels of reported violence and aggression within a tertiary-level emergency department (ED) in NZ. Explores staff attitudes to violence and the reporting of it. Conducts a one-month intensive prospective audit of the reporting of violence and aggression within the ED. Compares results with previously-reported data, and finds that failure to report acts of violence is common. Highlights that emergency nurses are the primary targets of abuse and confirms the effect it has on retention. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1787 |
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Author |
Vick, Margaret; Dannenfeldt Gudrun; Shaw, Bill |
Title |
Do students training to be health-care workers have compassionate attributes? |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2017 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki Nursing Research |
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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. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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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 |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2017 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki Nursing Research |
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Volume |
8 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
31-36 |
Keywords |
Aggression; Violence; Actue hospital settings; Training; Surveys; Registered nurses |
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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. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1540 |
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Author |
Stodart, Jo |
Title |
Infection prevention and control clinical governance in New Zealand District Health Boards |
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Book Whole |
Year |
2017 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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Pages |
62 |
Keywords |
Infection control; Standards; Clinical governance; Hospitals; Surveys |
Abstract |
Explores the current climate of infection prevention control (IPC) clinical governance in NZ. Audits IPC management plans in NZ District Health Boards (DHB) to evaluate which clinical governance factors facilitate or hinder IPC best practice. Employs a mixed-method, exploratory, qualitative study design to conduct semi-structured interviews with ten IPC nurses across NZ. Seeks to understand their perceptions of the IPC Standard, how it is implemented in their DHB, how the IPC risks are managed, and which barriers hinder IPC engagement. Analyses IPC documentation from all 20 DHBs to examine IPC clinical governance in each DHB. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1593 |
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Author |
Rook, Helen |
Title |
Living nursing values: a collective case study |
Type |
Book Whole |
Year |
2017 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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Issue |
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Pages |
278 p. |
Keywords |
Nursing values; Value dissonance; Burn-out; Medical wards; Case studies |
Abstract |
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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