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Richardson, S. K., Grainger, P. C., Ardagh, M. W., & Morrison, R. (2018). Violence and aggression in the emergency department is under-reported and under-appreciated. New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1476). Retrieved June 30, 2024, from www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Abstract: 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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Vick, M., Dannenfeldt Gudrun, & Shaw, B. (2017). Do students training to be health-care workers have compassionate attributes? Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 8(1), 16–22.
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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Marshall, B., Craig, A., & Meyer, A. (2017). Registered nurses' attitudes towards, and experiences of, aggression and violence in the acute hospital setting. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 8(1), 31–36.
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.
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Rook, H. (2017). Living nursing values: a collective case study. Doctoral thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington. Retrieved June 30, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/6358
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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Fitzgerald, S., Tripp, H., & Halksworth-Smith, G. (2017). Assessment and management of acute pain in older people: barriers and facilitators to nursing practice. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 35(1). Retrieved June 30, 2024, from https://www.ajan.com.au/
Abstract: Examines the pain management practices of nurses, and identifies barriers and facilitators to the assessment and management of pain for older people, within the acute hospital setting.
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Adams, S. (2017). Nurse practitioners in rural primary health care in New Zealand : an institutional ethnography. Ph.D. thesis, Massey University, Auckland. Retrieved June 30, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10179/12816
Abstract: Critically examines the work required to establish nurse practitioner (NP) services in rural primary health care in NZ, using the institutional ethnography approach to the inquiry. Explores the work and experiences that nurses undertook to become NPs delivering rural primary health care services. Considers how these were institutionally-shaped and coordinated. Conducts interviews with a total of 13 NPs and four NP candidates.
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D'Souza, N. J. (2017). Cyberbullying at work : exploring understandings and experiences. Doctoral thesis, Massey University, Albany. Retrieved June 30, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10179/12813
Abstract: Explores how workplace cyberbullying is understood and experienced in NZ, with a focus on nursing. Undertakes three-part qualitative, interview-based research to investigate how workplace cyberbullying manifests in nursing. Interviews eight nurses who had experienced bullying. Uncovers the risk of nurses experiencing cyberbullying from external sources such as students, patients, and patient relatives. Posits a multi-factor socio-ecological model as a framework to guide future research.
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Minton, C. M. (2017). A multicase study of a prolonged critical illness in the Intensive Care Unit : patient, family and nurses' trajectories. Ph.D. thesis, Massey University, Palmerson North. Retrieved June 30, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10179/12978
Abstract: Examines the experiences of the patient, their family and healthcare professionals during the trajectory of a prolonged critical illness in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Conducts a qualitative, instrumental, multi-case study informed by the Chronic Illness Trajectory Framework. Analyses data from six linked cases (patient, family and clinicians) in four ICUs over a two-year period. Argues that identifying the sub-phases of a prolonged critical illness trajectory allows targeted interventions for each sub-phase.
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Vuorinen, M. (2017). Registered nurses' experiences with, and feelings and attitudes towards, interRAI-LTCF in New Zealand in 2017. Master's thesis, Massey University, Albany. Retrieved June 30, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10179/13380
Abstract: Conducts 12 interviews with Registered Nurses (RN) 18 months after the International Resident Assessment Instrument for Long-Term Care Facilities (interRAI-LTCF) became mandatory in NZ. Bases the interviews on a United Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model. Analyses the benefits and drawbacks of InterRAI-LTCF according to RN experience, and what they feel would improve the system.
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Price, R., Gilmour, J., Kellett, S., & Huntington, A. (2016). Settling in: Early career Registered Nurses. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 32(3). Retrieved June 30, 2024, from http://www.nursingpraxis.org
Abstract: Describes the uptake of postgraduate education, the intent to travel and employment characteristics of NZ registered nurses in their fourth year of practice following registration. Aims to support retention strategies and expand extended career pathways by acknowledging the preferences and pathways selected by early career registered nurses. Analyses responses from 138 registered nurses using data from the longitudinal Graduate e-cohort Study for nurses graduating in the years 2008-2011. Reports summary statistics in percentages/counts along with tests of proportions using the Pearson's chi square test.
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Yarwood, J., Richardson, A., & Watson, P. (2016). Public health nurses' endeavours with families using the 15-minute interview. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 32(3). Retrieved June 30, 2024, from http://www.nursingpraxis.org
Abstract: Explores 16 public health nurses'(PHN) knowledge and use of the five components of the 15-minute interview: manners, therapeutic questions, therapeutic conversations, commendations, and the genogram and ecomap. Employs a qualitative, collaborative, educative study to conduct focus groups for gathering data in pre-and post-intervention phases with PHNs who used either a genogram or eco-map in practice over a three-month period during the intervention phase.
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Were, K. J. (2016). Early Career Nurses: The relationship between Organisational Climate and Job Satisfaction and Burnout. Master's thesis, University of Waikato, .
Abstract: Identifies early-career nurses' perceptions of their first two years of clinical practice, and how the organisational climate at a District Health Board (DHB) within NZ impacts on their success in clinical practice. Determines the relationship between three aspects of organisational climate -- nursing relationships, charge-nurse manager leadership, and staff organisation -- and early-career nurses' perceptions of job satisfaction and burnout. Receives 91 responses to a mixed-method survey. Identifies significant themes that emerged from thematic analysis: supervisor support, emotional labour, workload and staffing relations.
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Greenlees-Rae, J. (2016). Being confident in practice: A study on the influences on confidence in new graduate nurses. Master's thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington. Retrieved June 30, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/6129
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.
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Hawes, P. C. (2016). What educational and other experiences assist recently qualified nurses to understand and deal with clinical risk and patient safety? Master's thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington. Retrieved June 30, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/6197
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.
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Rees, L. (2016). Exploring the barriers and levers to hand hygiene of nursing and medical staff in Emergency Departments: a mixed-methods study. Master's thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington. Retrieved June 30, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/6120
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.
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