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Books can be borrowed by NZNO members, for a period of 4 weeks.  All books are couriered to you, so please provide your street address when requesting items. We also ask that you bear the cost of couriering the books back to us. Wellington borrowers are welcome to visit the library to collect or return books.
 

February 2013

1. Reforming Primary Health Care: A Nursing Perspective: Contributing to health care reform, issues and challenges
   By Rosamund Bryar,, Sally Kendall. & Sophie Mogotlane. International Centre for Human Resources in Nursing. 2012. 60 pages.
   The first chapter " Setting the Scene for the PHC Nursing Workforce Development Roadmap" provides the context for presentation of a guide to support the development and contribution of PHC nursing. The second chapter "Delivering effective primary health care nursing" presents evidence underpinning the Development Roadmap. The conclusion provides a summary of areas for action.
2.  The principles of nursing practice
   By Royal College of Nursing. 2012. 28 pages
   This essential guide comprises a nine-part series describing The Principles of Nursing Practice developed by the Royal College of Nursing in collaboration with patient and service organisations, the Department of Health, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, nurses and other healthcare professionals.
3. The good doctor: What patients want
   By Ron P. Paterson . Auckland University Press. 2012. 201 pages.
   Drawing on his years of dealing with patient concerns, Ron Paterson makes challenging arguments including:
   -  That patients don’t demand the sort of information about doctors that they should;
   -  That doctors are reluctant to judge problem doctors and prefer the ‘quiet chat’; and
   -  That current law and practice is lax when it comes to checking that doctors remain up-to-date
4. Confessions of a male nurse
   By Michael Alexander. Friday Project. 2012. 317 pages.
   From stampeding nudes to inebriated teenagers, Michael Alexander never knew what he was gettinghimself into. But now, sixteen years since he first launched into his nursing career, as the only man in agynaecology ward, he's pretty much dealt with everything. Michael Alexander is the pseudonym of anurse who has previously worked in the UK and New Zealand
5. Caring Counts: Tautiaki tika: Report of the inquiry into the aged care workforce
   New Zealand Human Rights Commission. 2012. 204 pages.
   The report of the Commission's inquiry into the equal employment opportunity issues in the aged care workforce. The inquiry team considered workforce issues raised by both employees and employers in the aged care sector when developing the report’s final recommendations. The main finding of the inquiry concerns the inequity in pay rates that sees care workers in the community, funded by District Health Boards through providers, often paid $3 to $5 an hour less than the caring staff directly employed by the DHB.
6. Born to a changing world : Childbirth in nineteenth-century New Zealand
   By Alison Clarke. Bridget Williams Books. 2012. 312 pages.
   Emerging from diaries, letters and memoirs, the voices of this charming narrative tell of hew life arrivingamidst a turbulent world. Tracing Maori and Pakeha experience in all parts of the country, this richlyillustrated account of childbirth in nineteenth-century New Zealand remains centred throughout onmothers, babies and families: This is their history.
7. The Village on the hill: Celebrating 125 years of Waikato Hospital
   By Waikato District Health Board. 2011. 158 pages.
   Waikato Hospital started as a small kauri farm cottage overlooking Lake Rotoroa in Hamilton. Today it stands as a sprawling campus undergoing a $430 million building programme – the biggest redevelopment in its history.  This book profiles of a wide range of staff currently working at the hospital, each talking about their job and a ‘typical day’ for them, produced as feature articles and video interviews. It includes publication for the first time of historical photos from the 2004 operation to today.
8. Sing no sad songs : Losing a daughter to cancer
   by Sandra Arnold. Canterbury University Press. 2011. 218 pages.
   At the age of 22 Rebecca Arnold, an art student from Greendale in Canterbury, was diagnosed with a rare and vicious cancer. Thirteen months later this young woman passed away, her family left to cope with a tidal wave of grief and loss. This book is a heartbreaking and yet beautifully composed memoir by Rebecca's mother, Sandra Arnold. It is a haunting story of bereavement, survival, courage and acceptance.
9. Decision making and healthcare management for frontline staff
   By Russell Gurbutt. Foreword by Pat Donovan. Radcliffe Pub.  2011. 131 pages.
   Through correspondence between a lecturer and a practitioner, a descriptive model of the clinical landscape (topography) of the workplace that seeks to render it understandable is developed. This is used as a reference to facilitate enquiry. Skilled decision making is essential amongst service delivery staff so that they can be effective agents of change rather than simply reacting to externally-imposed  change. The model outlined in this book provides reference points to determine where information is needed and used to think through change and its wider implications for service delivery.
10. The nurse’s social media advantage : how making connections and sharing ideas can enhance your nursing practice.
    By Robert Fraser. Sigma Theta Tau International. 2011. 236 pages. Do you think Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are fun but lack professional relevance? Do you encounter patients and their families sharing medical details with their electronic network of friends and family? Do you wonder how nurses can use professional networking sites such as Linkedin? Blogs, chat groups  and other social media tools are changing the way patients and caregivers gather and share health information. This book gives you all you need to know about how to use popular social media and networking sites, participate in online communities, network professionally, and effectively manage risk and liabilities.

February 2012

1. Decision making and healthcare management for frontline staff
   By Russell Curbutt
   Radcliffe Publishing, 2011
   Through correspondence between a lecturer and a practitioner, a descriptive model of the clinical landscape (topography) of the workplace that seeks to render it understandable is developed. This is used as a reference to facilitate enquiry. Skilled decision making is essential amongst service delivery staff so that they can be effective agents of change rather than simply  reacting to externally-imposed change. The model outlined in this book provides reference points to determine where information is needed and used to think through change and its wider implications for service delivery
2. Sing no sad songs: Losing a daughter to cancer
   By Sandra Arnold
   Canterbury University Press, 2011
   At the age of 22 Rebecca Arnold, an art student from Greendale in Canterbury, was diagnosed with a rare and vicious cancer. Thirteen month later this young woman was dead, her family left to cope with a tidal wave of grief and loss. This book is a heartbreaking and yet beautifully composed memoir by Rebecca's mother, Sandra Arnold. It is a haunting story of bereavement, survival, courage and acceptance
3. A centenary of nursing leadership in Canterbury 1908-2008: A history of the New Zealand Nurses Association and the New Zealand Nurses Organisation Canterbury Branch and Region
   By Buckley, A; Trotter, J; Grofski, Helen & Wootton, Rayna.
   Published 2010
   The Canterbury Branch of the Registered Nurses's Association was inaugurated on Thursday, 15th October, 1908 and the first meeting was held in Miss Cox's Hall in Hereford street. This booklet has been produced to mark the centenary of the Canterbury Branch of the Nurses Association from its inception in 1908 and traces its history through various changes in structure and name up to 2008. The history has been written in three stages:
   1908 - 1956; 1957 - 1983; 1983 - 2008
4. Community pharmacist-led anticoagulation management service
   By Shaw, Prof. John; Harrison, Dr. Jeff & Harrison, Jenny
   This report details the evaluation of the Health Workforce New Zealand (HWNZ)-sponsored project 'Community-led Anticoagulation Management Service (CPAMS)'. The project was led by the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand (PSNZ). the overall aim of the CPAMS project was to investigate whether the role of community pharmacists should be extended to provide a new service to patients for the monitoring of anticoagulant (warfarin) therapy.

April 2011

1. Aged Residential Care Service Review
   By Grant Thornton. September 2010
   The aging of the New Zealand population presents well-known challenges to the Crown, providers of services to the elderly and, ultimately, to society as a whole. To address these challenges, leaders from the residential care sector and District Health Boards 9DHBs) commissioned the Aged Residential Care Service to comprehensively assess the cost, capacity and service delivery implications of the increasing number of elderly New Zealanders likely to require aged residential care services.
2. Best practice : evidence based information sheets for health professionals : 2005-2008
   By The Joanna Briggs Institute. Wiley-Blackwell. 2008
   This issue contains all of the Best Practice information sheets released from 2005-2008. Every Best Practice information sheet is based on the results of a systematic review, either a JBI systematic review or a review or guideline that has been critically appraised by the JBI team.
   Includes topics such as:
   - Management of peripheral intravascular devices
   - Topical skin care in aged care facilities
   - Strategies to reduce medication errors with reference to older adults
   - Solutions, techniques and pressure in wound cleansing
3. Best practice : evidence-based information sheets for health professionals : 2006-2009
   By The Joanna Briggs Institute. Wiley-Blackwell. 2009
   This second edition contains information sheets from 2006-2009, covers a broad range of topic areas including our first qualitative sheet related to the psychosocial experience of elderly individuals recovering from stroke. A number of sheets have also been updated to ensure you are accessing the most recent information.
   Topics covered include:
   - Strategies to reduce medication errors with reference to older adults
   - Nurse-led interventions to reduce cardiac risk factors in adults
   - Pressure ulcers: management of pressure related tissue damage
   - Solutions, techniques and pressure in wound cleansing
4. Community health and wellness 4e : primary health care in practice
   By Anne McMurray and Jill Clendon. Elsevier Australia. c2011
   This new edition of Community Health and Wellness builds on a unique sociological approach to community health and the promotion of health care across the lifespan, with an increased emphasis on health literacy, intervention and health promotion. 'The Miller Family' evolving case study runs through the text and examines issues played out by various family members.
   New to this edition:
   - Focus on learning outcomes to better integrate policy, research and practice
   - Strong pedagogy to increase engagement and emphasise key issues
   - Reflective exercises and action points encourage readers to consider the key issues and their implications
   - Research studies exemplify the theme of each chapter and promote evidence-based practice

5. Navigating the maze of nursing research 2e : an interactive learning adventure
   By Sally Borbasi; Debra Jackson & Rae W Langford. Elsevier Australia. c2008
   High quality research and scholarship improves health outcomes for individuals, families and communities, and lays the foundation for evidence-based practice. To inform their practice, all care health care professionals need to understand the core principles of the research process, regardless of whether they are active researchers or consumers of research findings. Regardless of whether research uses a quantitative, qualitative or mixed method approach, a range of accepted standards are expected to ensure methodological rigour. This book provides the reader with an understanding of these principles and their relevance to clinical practice.

6. Workforce Development Study of Pacific non-regulated workers : phase two : overview report
   By The University of Auckland. October 2009
   This overview report is the summary of a large study examining the characteristics of the Pacific non-regulated health workforce and how this workforce contributes to improving our people's health outcomes. It also looks at how the effectiveness of the Pacific non-regulated workforce might be improved.

7. Workforce Development Study of Pacific non-regulated workers : phase two : technical report
   By The University of Auckland. October 2009
   This Phase Two Technical Report is the fourth of five documents prepared for the Pacific Non-Regulated Health Workforce Study. These documents are available online at: http://www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/soph/depts/pacifichealth/

November 2010

1. National Diabetes Nursing Knowledge and Skills Framework. 2009.
   In August 2003, MidCentral District Health Board established the Primary Health Care Nursing Development Team (PHCNDT). This team identified the need to identify and articulate the knowledge and skills that nurses require to care for people with diabetes. All nurses deliver care to people with diabetes. This National Diabetes Nursing Knowledge and Skills Framework (NDNKSF) has been developed to assist all registered nurses to demonstrate that they are adequately prepared to provide the required care and education for the person with diabetes and related co-morbidities, whatever their practice setting. To promote best practice the NDNKSF is linked to national guidelines, standards of practice and the Nursing Council of New Zealand's competencies for registration.
2. Workplace age and gender: Trends and implications.
   Research and analysis by Dr Mervyl McPherson. EEO Trust. 2009.
   Based on analysis of age and occupation dataset from NZ Census, 1981 - 2006, provided by MERA in November 2007.This paper is a response to the current and increasingly daunting crisis resulting from the shortage of nurses. Generally, workforce experts agree on three major approaches to augment the nursing workforce:Recruiting, retaining and engaging staff is critically important in an economic downturn, when people's skills, intelligence and creativity are really put to the test. Like other developed countries New Zealand has an ageing population and an ageing workforce. Employers interviewed by the EEO Trust in 2008 said that older employees were good value, bringing reliability, experience and maturity to work. The employers were aware of the ageing labour force and most knew the age and gender profiles of their workforce, but few had specific policies or practices relating to employing older people.
3. Employment Relationships: Workers, Unions and Employers in New Zealand.
   Edited by Erling Rasmussen. New Edition. 2010.
   With Labour's regulatory regime in place for ten years and the return of National to power , the present edition considers issues, changes and trends under the ERA and canvasses some of the major issues associated with employment relations: public policy, trends in collective bargaining, employee representation, labour market adjustments, changes in employment law and movements in the employment institutions.
4. Handbook of anger management: Individual, Couple, Family, and Group Approaches.
   By Ronald T. Potter-Efron. Haworth Press. 2005.
   This handbook provides therapists and counsellors with a comprehensive review of anger and aggression management techniques, presenting specific guidelines to a number of useful methods. It offers straightforward solutions to the complicated problem of anger, detailing care treatment options and intervention methods that meet the needs of individual clients, couples, families and groups.
5. Ethics of Intervention Studies: Discussion document and draft ethical guidelines for intervention studies.
   National Ethics Advisory Committee (NEAC). June 2008.
   Health professionals offer 'interventions' to prevent, diagnose or treat illness or disease. They need to know which interventions are safe and effective for people who seek their help. Intervention studies are their main source of reliable information on this subject. In these studies the investigator intervenes and then studies the effects of the intervention. A clinical trial of a new blood pressure medicine is an example of an intervention study. Some intervention studies (for example with patients who are not capable of giving their consent) are highly beneficial to current and especially future patients, but New Zealand law does not provide clear pathways for their conduct. One of the aims of this document is to identify ethically sound pathways, in accordance with best international standards, to help investigators and patients to conduct these beneficial studies. This publication is also available on the NEAC website:
   www.neac.health.govt.nz
6. Te tūroro Māori me o mahi - The Māori patient in your practice: Guidelines on Māori cultural competences for providers. ACC. July 2008.
   These guidelines have been developed to assist healthcare providers in improving access and delivering appropriate advice, care and treatment to Maori clients. Information about cultural considerations for Maori and guidance on achieving compliance with the ACC Maori Cultural Competency Standards (referred to as "Hauora Competencies' throughout this document) are included, together with examples of misunderstandings that can arise if the "Hauora Competencies" are not incorporated into clinical practice.
7. Mentoring and supervision in healthcare. 
   By Neil Gopee. Sage Publications. 2008.
   This authorative and up-to-date book examines the knowledge base, skills and attitudes required for mentoring in the context of healthcare.The text explores theories and research on mentoring by analysing their strengths and weaknesses. It also draws upon standards and competencies for mentors and examines how they can be applied in day-to-day mentoring and clinical practice activities. By adopting an analytical and interactive style, the book emphasises the application of theories and principles to various clinical settings.
8. A nurse's guide to presenting and publishing: dare to share.
   By Kathleen T. Heinrich.Jones and Bartlett Publishers. 2008.
   If you want to present in venues and/or publish in newsletters, magazines, and journals for nurse generalists or specialists, Dare to Share demystifies the process. After reading this guidebook you'll know how to find the slant that intrigues, the right audience, the best format, and a fitting venue or vehicle. This book encourages nurses to 'tell their stories' and introduces you to four steps:

• Shift in perspective - see yourself as creative
• Self-reflect - explore your inner landscape
• Strategies and skills - practice the techniques and tools
• Support circles - develop mindful relationships with colleagues and friends

June 2010

1. Best care anywhere: Why VA health care is better than yours.
   Longman, P. (2007) PoliPointPress. 158pp.
   The most important domestic policy discussion in the United States is one that isn't taking place. The subject is whether socialised medicine, already available to the elderly (through Medicare), to the poor (through Medicaid) and to veterans (through the Veterans' Administration), should be extended to the rest of the population. In this book, Phillip Longman describes the turnaround in the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) health care system, now widely recognised as leading the nation in terms of both quality and costs. Longman argues that all the tools needed to fix America's health care crisis have already been invented.
2. The Cartwright Papers: Essays on the cervical cancer inquiry 1987- 88.
   Manning. J. (ed) (2009) Bridget Williams Books Ltd. 223pp.
   The Cartwright Inquiry was a watershed in the history of medicine and health care in New Zealand. Between August 1987 and January 1988, public attention was riveted by what seemed like daily revelations from the hearings before Judge Silvia Cartwright. After the inquiry, Cartwright concluded that unethical research had been conducted at National Women's Hospital and that many woman had been affected. The Cartwright papers offers not only a strong rebuttal of recent challenges to the inquiry's findings, but also a clear account of both the "unfortunate experiment" and the inquiry itself from some of the participants. Critical issues were at stake: matters of life and death; the life's work of leaders within the medical profession; public trust in medical practice. The inquiry occurred at a time of dramatic social change, and profound shifts were occurring within the medical profession. Over the years that followed, far better protections for both patients and research participants emerged and (as Sandra Coney writes) a more collaborative partnership developed in the doctor-patient relationship.
3. Celebrating Nursing: A visual history.
   Hallett, C. (2010) Complimentary copy from Ausmed Publications. 192pp.
   Christine Hallett is the director of the Centre for the History of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Through a combination of art, photographs, recollections and history, Celebrating Nursing pays tribute to nursing from earliest times to the present day. Beautifully illustrated, it portrays the lives and works of famous nurses, as well the hidden stories of less well-known but no less remarkable individuals. Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand and its founder Hester Maclean are included.
4. Hauora: Māori standards of health IV. A study of the years 2000-2005.
   Robson, R. & Harris, R. (eds) (2007) Te Ropu Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pomare, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago. 273pp.
   Since its inception in 1980, Hauora Māori has been highly regarded, both as a reliable reference work and as an authentically Māori scientific analysis of health and related data. This fourth volume updates the series to 2005. It also reflects 15 years of efforts to improve the quality of Māori health data. Māori are now counted accurately in death registrations and there have been significant improvements in morbidity data. The growing body of Māori health professionals, including researchers, has enabled a range of people to write contributory chapters, including cardiovascular disease; diabetes; respiratory disease; oral health; disability; sleep problems; occupational safety and health; health in prisons; and the National Primary Medical Care Survey.
5. Under One Roof: A History of Waikato Hospital.
   Armstrong, J. (2009) Half Court Press Ltd. 520pp.
   The Waikato Health Memorabilia Trust was formally constituted in 2005 in recognition of the need to preserve historical records and artefacts related to the provision of health care in the Waikato region. A steering committe was set up in 2004 to carry on initiatives begun by Carolyn Gibbs and others. The trust was established not long after the unexpected death of Rex Wright-St Claire, whose centennial history of Waikato Hospital From Cottage to Regional Base Hospital-Waikato Hospital 1887 to 1987 provides the foundations for Under One Roof. This book draws upon archival sources and interviews with 60 former staff and patients, to map the evolution of Waikato Hospital within a range of contexts. In particular, it emphasises the institution's rapid growth during the second half of the 20th century-driven by population growth and the development of medical specialisation-and the ramifications of that growth in financial, material and personal terms.
6. To advance health care: The origins of nursing research in New Zealand.
   Litchfield, M. (2009) New Zealand Nurses Organisation. 129pp.
   "Nurses: freed to care, proud to nurse", is a contemporary NZNO slogan. But for nurses to be truly freed to care, their professional practice must be founded on the bedrock of research. NZNA's nursing research section (NRS) played a pivotal role in articulating the importance of research to the profession and its practitioners, and in the wider health field.
   This book examines in detail the confluence of personalities and professional and practice agendas, out of which emerged the NRS, intent on placing research at the centre of nursing's evolution. It provides a fascinating took at how a group of utterly committed women drove their research agenda and it expands understandings of why nursing research is significant for the development of nursing. It also provides an insight into that web of relationships between the professional body, NZNA, the Department of Health, service delivery and education.

Compiled by NZNO librarian Heather Woods and published in Kai Taiki Nursing New Zealand, June 2010 v16 (5).

August 2009

New items added to the NZNO Thesis Collection

These items are reference only, however they can be requested via the interlibrary loan scheme.  So go into your local library (at your workplace, tertiary institution or public library) and they will request the item from us, on your behalf.

1. Flight Nurse perceptions  of factors influencing clinical decision making in their practice environment
   by Houliston, Sally Leigh
   Published: 2007
2. The feasibility of establishing Emergency Care Practitioners in New Zealand
   by Clapperton, Jackie
   University of Otago
   Published: February 2008
3. From a generic to a gynaecological oncology clinical nurse specialist: An evolving role
   by Glynis Cumming
   Otago Polytechnic
   Published: March 2008
4. The lived experience of being a core midwife in a New Zealand maternity unit: An interpretive study
   by Wynn-Williams, Beth
   Victoria University of Wellington
   Published: 2006

July 2009

1. Building a Sustainable Workforce
   A summary of the workforce development conference September 2006
   Counties Manukau District Health Board
2. Paying for Tomorrow's Health
   A summary of key themes emerging from a conference on the future funding of New Zealand's health services
   June 2007
   Counties Manukau District Health Board
3. Health and Independence Report 2008
   Minister of Health's report on progress on implementing the New Zealand Health Strategy, and on actiosn to improve quality Director-general of Health's annual report on the state of public health
4. Give and take: families' perceptions and experiences of flexible work in New Zealand
   Families Commission
   Research report no 4/08
5. Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health
   World Health Organization 2008

June 2009  

1. Conflict management in the workplace: how to manage disagreements and develop trust and understanding
   by Shay & Margaret McConnon
   Published 2008
2. Doing a literature review in health & social care: a practical guide
   by Helen Aveyard
   Published 2007
3. New Zealand Employment Law Guide 2009
   by Richard Rudman
4. Nurse managers: a guide to practice
   Edited by Andrew Crowther
   2nd edition 2008
5. The skilled helper
   by Gerard Egan
   Eighth edition 2007
6. Understanding health inequalities in Aoteraoa New Zealand
   Edited by Kevin Dew and Anna Matheson
   Published 2008

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