Jarden, A. J. (2018). Before-school check nurses' experiences of motivational interviewing during the weight-related referral process : an interpretive phenomenological study. Master's thesis, University of Canterbury, Christchurch.
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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Wraight, J. (2019). Assessing English language skills of internationally-qualified nurses in New Zealand. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 10(1), 59–60.
Abstract: Introduces the Clinical Communication Assessment Framework (CCAF), adapted by Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology from communication assessment guidelines developed in Australia to assess nursing students' English language proficiency. Uses this framework to assess nurses, before the competency assessment programme (CAP) four-week clinical nursing placement, for the first time in NZ.
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Crawford, R. (2019). Using focused ethnography in nursing research. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 10(1), 63–67.
Abstract: Details how the author employed focused ethnography in her doctoral research to investigate nurses' and parents' experience of emotional communication in the context of a children's unit of a regional hospital in NZ. Interviews 10 parents and 10 nurses after the children were discharged. Validates the ethnographic method as a means of inspecting the hidden as well as observable aspects of nurse-parent interaction.
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Pool, L., Day, L., & Ridley, S. (2019). Mountain climbing: the journey for students with English as an additional language in a concept-based nursing curriculum. Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health and Social Services, (26), 28–36.
Abstract: Identifies the communication and learning needs of EAL students in undergraduate nursing education. Presents strategies for EAL students and others with diverse learning needs to comprehend the underlying concepts of cultural safety, praxis, professional nursing and leadership in Whitireia's BN integrated nursing curriculum. Reports findings from focus group discussions with 13 students involved in the three-way partnership comprising lecturers, learning support services and EAL students.
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Corner, K. (2020). Perceptions of Indian IQNs transitioning into a bachelor of nursing programme in New Zealand. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 11(1), 61–62.
Abstract: Aims to understand the experiences of Indian internationally-qualified nurses (IQN) making the transition into a NZ bachelor of nursing (BN) programme. Conducts a focus group with four Indian IQN students enrolled in an 18-month bridging course. Identifies four themes: adaptation to a new way of learning; cultural differences in living and working in NZ; adaptation to a different clinical environment; and cultural safety.
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Van der Krogt, S., Coombs, M., & Rook, H. (2020). Humour: a purposeful and therapeutic tool in surgical nursing practice. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 36(2). Retrieved July 4, 2024, from http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.36951/27034542.2020.008
Abstract: Notes the lack of evidence-based guidance for use of humour by nurses. Uses a qualitative descriptive methodology to explore how surgical nurses determine when and how to employ humour with patients. Enrols 9 RNs working in a surgical ward within a tertiary hospital in semi-strutured interviews to discuss how they assess patient receptiveness, build connections with patients and protect their vulnerability.
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Ferguson, K. M. (2021). The appropriation of cultural safety: A mixed methods analysis. Ph.D. thesis, University of Otago, Dunedin.
Abstract: Argues that the concept of cultural safety (CS) has been appropriated from an indigenous-led bicutural context to an inclusive cross-cultural framework for working with diverse patient populations. Investigates nurses' understanding of the 'Guidelines for Cultural Safety, the Treaty of Waitangi and Maori Health in Nursing Education and Practice' published in 2011 by the Nursing Council of NZ. Conducts a mixed-methods survey using both closed and open-ended questions to gauge nurses' confidence in applying the guidelines and their view of their relevance. Describes differences between NZ Registered Nurses (RN) and Internationally Qualified Nurses (IQN) in their understanding of CS. Argues that the CS model should be by Maori, for Maori.
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Moir, C., & Baby, M. (2022). Managing violence and aggression: graduate-entry nursing students' responses to pre-emptive communication skills education. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 13(1), 9–18.
Abstract: Argues that teaching de-escalation skills early in the nursing programme is vital for student safety and later retention in the nursing workforce. Sets out to determine the efficacy of communication training to teach nursing students agression-management skills while on clinical placement. Designs a quasi-experimental design using pre- and post-tests of communication competence following an education module delivered as part of the curriculum.
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