NZNO Library

Latest additions to the Library

 


Books can usually be borrowed by current NZNO members for a period of 4 weeks, with an option of renewal if there isn't a waiting list. Please provide your current street address so that the books can be couriered out to you.
 

July 2022 - May 2023
 

Diversity and cultural awareness in nursing practice [WY 107 DIV]
Edited by Beverley Brathwaite
2nd edition, 2023
Explores all aspects of nursing practice through the lens of diversity and cultural awareness, fully updated with new content, including  the impact of Covid-19,  LGBTQIA+ issues and ageism.

Experiences of health workers in the COVID-19 pandemic: In their own words [WC 506.7. BIS]
Bismarck, Marie; Willis, Karen; Lewis, Sophie; Smallwood, Natasha
Routledge, 2022
Shares the stories of front-line health workers during the second wave of the pandemic in Australia.

Growing rural health = Tipu haere tuawhenua hauora: 30 years of advocacy and support in Aotearoa [WA 390 ROS]
Ross, Jean., Kemp, Tania. & London, Martin
Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network Inc, 2022
Backgrounds the formation of the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network thirty years ago and describes its transition into the Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network. Reflects on the challenges and rewards of working in rural health from the perspectives of the members of the Network, in order to inform future rural health service provision and workforce planning.

The introduction of nursing education at Carrington Technical Institute [WY 19.KN4 SHE]
Sherrard, Isabelle
Published in 2023
Backgrounds the transfer of nursing education from hospitals to technical institutes as a result of the Carpenter Report in 1971. Provides a history of the first year of the Carrington Technical Institute, which opened in 1986.  The author, an NZNO Award of Honour recipient, backgrounds her role as Course Supervisor at Carrington and profiles the other early staff members.  Interviews 7 of the initial intake of nursing students.

Life time: The new science of the body clock, and how it can revolutionize your sleep and health [QT 167 FOS]
Foster, Russell
Penguin Life, 2022
Explains the relationship between sleep and the circadian rhythm, and how the biological clock governs when we should eat, sleep, work, and take medication.  Explores the implications of shift work for health.

Nursing a radical imagination: Moving from theory and history to action and alternate futures [WY 86 DILL]
Dillard-Wright, Jess., Hopkins-Walsh, Jane & Brown, Brandon
Routledge, 2023
Brings together radical perspectives from an international selection of authors who attend to the history of nursing and related institutions, examining the assumptions, ideologies, and discourses that shape the discipline and its place within healthcare. Explores the impact of this context on contemporary nursing while considering alternative visions for the future.

January - June 2022
 

Still Counting: Wellbeing, women’s work and policy-making
Waring, Marilyn
Published 2018; Reprinted 2020
Thirty years ago Marilyn Waring’s groundbreaking book Counting for Nothing was released. Waring explained, through meticulous economic analysis, how the success of the global economy rests on women’s unpaid work. Today, many people hope that the shift to a wellbeing approach - moving beyond narrow economic indicators when assessing New Zealand’s progress - will mean women’s work is finally valued fairly.
 

The Right Girls: A history of the training of Registered Nurses at Palmerston North Hospital School of Nursing 1895-1986
Dr Wendy Maddocks & Nyle Maddocks-Hubbard
Published 2022
Senior Lecturer, Dr Wendy Maddocks from UC’s Faculty of Health, was in the very last hospital based trained nursing class at Palmerston North Hospital, graduating in 1986. As a lockdown project, Wendy started researching the history of the hospital-based training of registered nurses at Palmerston North Hospital.

New Zealand Nurses: caring for our people 1880-1950
Wood, Pamela
Published 2022
Author Pamela Wood’s New Zealand Nurses draws on a wealth of nurses’ personal stories to identify the values, traditions, community and folklore of the nursing culture from 1880 – when hospital reforms began to formally introduce ‘modern nursing’ into New Zealand – to 1950, three years after New Zealand severed its final tie as part of the British Empire.

April 2021 - September 2021

 

Health advocacy: A communication approach [W 85 MAT]
Mattson, M. & Lam, C.
Published in 2016
Explores the processes and strategies involved in creating a health advocacy campaign to guide current advocates in how to advocate for policy change.

Helen Kelly: Her life [HD 6935.5 KEL]
Macfie, R.
Awa Press, 2021
Recounts the life of the first female president of the Council of Trade Unions., intertwining her life with the history of the trade union movement in NZ.

Nice racism: How progressive white people perpetuate racial harm [HT 1521 DIA]
Diangelo, R.
Beacon Press, 2021
Challenges the ideology of individualism and explains how the author justifies generalising about groups in order to challenge racist attitudes.

Tikanga: Living with the traditions of te ao Maori [DU 423 TIP]
Tipene, F. & Tipene, K.
Harper Collins, 2021
Shares how the authors bring the traditional values of tikanga Maori into day-to-day living.
 

Workplace bullying: A costly business phenomenon [WA 440 NEE]
Needham, Andrea W.
Edited by Tim Bentley, Bevan Catley, Natalie D'Souza
Revised edition, 2019
In this revitalised edition of Workplace Bullying by ground-breaking New Zealand human resource expert Andrea W. Needham, we take a hard look at a very dubious workplace practice. Corporate abuse. Mobbing. Workplace bullying. Call it what you will, the outcome is still the same - staff who become demoralised, and lose trust and confidence in your organisation; staff who leave.
 

October 2020 - March 2021

 

1/ Roth's companion to the Privacy Act 2020 [WX 173 ROT]
Roth, P & Stewart, B
LexisNexis, 2021
The Privacy Act 2020 repeals and alters the Privacy Act 1993 in many key respects. In particular, the legislation introduces significant new obligations and liabilities for agencies, including a tougher enforcement regime. This text is drawn from the authoritative publication Privacy Law and Practice.

2/ Nation dates: Timelines of significant events that have shaped the history of Aotearoa New Zealand [DU 420 MCG]
McGuinness, Wendy
McGuinness Institute, 4th ed. 2020
Nation Dates presents timelines of significant events that have shaped Aotearoa New Zealand as a nation. The fourth edition includes four new timelines: Political Agreements, New Zealand Wars, Government Net Worth and COVID-19.

3/ Holistic nursing: A handbook for practice [WY 86.5 DOS]
Dossey, B M & Keegan, L.
5th ed., 2009
Guides nurses in the art and science of nursing holistically, offering ways of thinking, practising, and responding, both personally and professionally to patients to enhance their psychophysiology.

4/ Hamric and Hanson's advanced practice nursing: An integrative approach [WY 128 TRA]
Tracy, Mary F & O'Grady, Eileen T
6th ed., 2019
Explores how Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) are prepared, collating the latest trends and evidence of APRN competencies and roles.  Stresses the benefit of APRNs as direct care providers and leaders.

5/ Bioethics: A nursing perspective [WY 85 JOH 2019]
Johnstone, Megan-Jane
7th ed., 2019
Addresses the ethical challenges, obligations and responsibilities nurses will encounter in practice. This edition examines the bioethical issues in health care with a focus on patients' rights, cross-cultural ethics, vulnerability ethics, mental health ethics, professional conduct, patient safety and end-of-life ethics.

6/ Patient advocacy: A communication approach [W 85 MAT]
Mattson, M & Lam, C.
Published in 2016
Explores the processes and strategies involved in creating a health advocacy campaign to guide current advocates in how to advocate for policy change.


August 2020 - September 2020

 

1/ National code of practice for managing nurses' fatigue and shift work in District Health Board hospitals [WA 475 NAT]
Safer Nursing 24/7 Project
Massey University, Sleep/Wake Research Centre
Provides a ground-breaking approach to addressing the challenges of shift work, long hours and the fatigue they generate, which are inevitable and must be better managed in 24/7 nursing services. It merges the latest science and safety management practice with extensive nursing sector expertise and experience and is endorsed by WorkSafe, the NZNO, and the Council of Trade Unions.
Hardcopy available from the NZNO Library
Online version: https://www.safernursing24-7.co.nz/code-of-practice/

2/ Pee into this jar for me, please: A humorous look at a hospital vacation [WZ 305 DAU]
Daube, Shona
Pink Cottage Publishing, 2019
After numerous hospitalisations, and having worked within the hospital system, Shona had the idea of putting together a short humorous account of what we might call a ‘Hospital Vacation’, with all its ups and downs, including the invitation to pee into a jar

3/ Measuring capacity to care using nursing data [WY 26.5 HOV]
Hovenga, Evelyn J.S. & Lowe, Cherrie
Academic Press, 2020
Presents evidence-based solutions to safe staffing principles and health delivery strategies.  Teaches how to use informatics to collect, share, link and process data to meet health service demands.  Includes measurement of nursing care demand and nursing models of care.

4/ But I changed all that: 'First' New Zealand women [HQ 1865.5.KN4 TOL – Copy 2]
Jane Tolerton
Booklovers Books, 2018
New Zealand's first woman Prime Minister, Jenny Shipley, is seen planting trees with Auckland schoolchildren. Helen Clark, our first elected Prime minister, appears in Karangahape Road late on the night she was elected in 1999. The first woman Cabinet minister, Labour MP Mabel Howard, is seen dancing with pop star Johnny Devlin. The first Maori woman Cabinet minister, Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan, is shown still at work when two days past the due date for her first baby; four years later she became the first Cabinet minister in the world to give birth.

5/ Final Choice: End of life suffering: is assisted dying the answer [W 50 TRA]
Trayes, Caralise
C&T Media, 2020
Interviews lawyers, doctors, ethicists, clerics and terminally-ill patients for their views on the proposed legislation to legalise assisted dying.

6/ Communication in palliative nursing: The COMFORT model [WY 152 WIT]
Wittenberg, Elaine., Goldsmith, J. V. & Ragan, S. L.
Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, 2020
Outlines the components of the COMFORT model of palliative care communication: C -- Connect, O -- Options, M -- Making Meaning, F -- Family Caregivers, O -- Openings, R -- Relating, T -- Team.  Teaches nurses to consider a universal model of communication that aligns with the holistic nature of palliative care.

October 2019 - July 2020
 

7/ 100 years of purpose: Hospital for infectious diseases [WX 28.KN4 MIL]
Milne, Kathy
Published in 2019
Its been 100 years since the building that is now known as the Margaret Doucas Animal Hospital, and occupied by SPCA Wellington, was first built as a sanatorium. We celebrate the building’s past and its different purposes, and tell stories of those that have worked, studied or been a part of its history.

8/ Role development in professional nursing practice [WY 16 MAS]
Masters, Kathleen
5th ed. 2020
Addresses the themes of teamwork and collaboration, communication, leadership, quality improvement and safety, evidence-based practice and informatics, maintaining the focus on professional role socialisation.  Integrates the Nurse of the Future Competency Model.

9/ Sleeping better in pregnancy: A guide to sleep health for New Zealand women [WQ 200.KN4 LAD]
Clare Ladyman with Leigh Signal
Published in 2020
This book, based on the latest research from Massey University’s Sleep/Wake research centre, includes information about why sleep is important, how sleep works, and the different lifestyle and physical changes during pregnancy that can affect your sleep.

10/ Stories of resilience in nursing: Tales from the frontline of nursing [WY 87 TRA]
Michael Traynor
Published in 2020
This engaging book recounts direct and vivid stories told by or about nurses. These vignettes discuss nursing's ideals without idealising them and show nursing work and the lives of nurses in all their complexity. They include contributions from mental health nurses, a former nurse, student nurses, a migrant nurse and a whistle-blowing nurse, among others.

11/ Tooth and veil: The life and times of the New Zealand dental nurse [WA 350 OHA]
O'Hare, Noel
Published in 2020
Backgrounds the post-World War 1 formation of the School Dental Service and details nurses' experiences on the front line of dental health.  Reveals what their experiences imply about NZ society's attitudes to women, work and children's health.

July - September 2019
 

12/ The practice: The lives of New Zealand women doctors in the 21st century [WZ 150 FEN]
Invites 13 women doctors to share their personal and professional stories about becoming doctors.  Includes statistics about the status of women doctors and women's health in 2004.
Published 2004

13/ Relative strangers: A mother's adoption memoir [WZ 100 MUR]
Murdoch, Pip
Gives a nurse's first-hand account of what it was like to become pregnant while training to become a nurse, and having to surrender the baby for adoption.  Follows her story throughout the intervening years as she traces her son and becomes a part of his adult life.
Fern Publishing, 2019

14/ Medical cannabis: A brief guide for New Zealanders [QV 766 HOL]
Holt, Shaun & Dalton, Emma
Published 2019
Provides an overview of its history and summarises the latest research into potential benefits and risks of using cannabis as a medicine.

May - June 2019
 

15/ The spirit of Maori leadership [ DU 423 KAT]
Katene, Selwyn
Huia Publishers, 2013
Discusses different styles and models of Maori leadership, identifies the qualities and approaches of Maori leaders and describes 6 criteria to guide nascent leaders.

16/ Death and dying in New Zealand [BF 789.D4 JOH]
Edited by Emma Johnson
Freerange Press, 2018
Suggests that NZ's diverse and ageing population, advances in technology and medical care, and the social, economic and environmental challenges facing NZ society, make this collection of essays on aspects of death and dying in this country a stimulus for discussion about how to plan for death as individuals and as a society.

17/ Why Marx was right [ HX 39.5 EAG]
Eagleton, Terry
Yale University Press, 2018
Confronts common assertions about Marx and Marxism and devotes each chapter to debunking them one by one.

18/ Century of Service: A history of the Irish Nurses' and Midwives' Organisation, 1919-2019 [WY 30 LOU]
Loughrey, Mark
Irish Academic Press, 2019
Backgrounds the social and economic conditions that gave rise to the INMO.  Details the organisation's changes since then and describes the services it provides to members by means of interviews with union leaders and members.

April 2019
 

19/ Beginner's guide to critical thinking in health and social care [W84.1 AVE]
Aveyard, Helen., Sharp, Pam & Woolliams, Mary
2nd edition, 2015
Takes beginners through every stage of learning to think, write and appraise critically in health and social care.  Approaches different aspects of the process in each chapter.

December 2018 - March 2019
 

20/ How to write a thesis [LB 2369 MUR 2017]
Murray, Rowena
4th edition, 2017
Presents students with a guide to developing good writing habits; overcoming writer's block; using social media productively; and constructing an academic argument.  Arranges chapters to guide students through the thesis-writing process to assist them to manage the process as they go.

21/ Rising from the rubble: A health system's extraordinary response to the Canterbury earthquake [WX 186 ARD]
Ardagh, Michael & Deely, Joanne
Canterbury University Press, 2018
Recounts how the Canterbury health system managed to maintain and rebuild essential health services following the 2011 earthquakes, based on first-hand interviews.

22/ Maea te toi ora: Maori health transformations [WA 305.KN4 MAE]
Kingi, Te Kani R et al.
Huia Publishers, 2018
Explores the relationship between Ma¯ori culture and Ma¯ori mental health. Authors Simon Bennett, Mason Durie, Hinemoa Elder, Te Kani Kingi, Mark Lawrence and Rees Tapsell discuss aspects of Ma¯ori and indigenous health and the importance of culture to diagnosis, patient history, understanding causes, treatment and assessment of outcomes. Considers current research into, and knowledge about health and culture, while providing case studies from working with Maori to restore well-being.

23/ Community health and wellness: Principles of primary health care [WY 106 CLE]
6th edition, 2019
Clendon, Jill & Munns Ailsa
Focuses on the foundational principles of primary health care, taking a socio-ecological approach to the health of individuals and populations in their personal, family and community environments.  Incorporates contemporary research in community health and wellness from Australia, NZ and the global community.

October - November 2018
 

24/ But I changed all that: 'First' New Zealand women [HQ 1865.5.KN4 TOL]
Jane Tolerton
Profiles 68 NZ women from the 1840s to the present who have achieved firsts in their fields of endeavour.

25/ Dear booby: One hundred letters to breasts from women affected by breast cancer [WP 910 SEA]
Compiled by Emily Searle
Dear Boobs Project Ltd, 2018
Compiles 100 letters from breast cancer survivors written to their excised breasts following mastectomy.

26/ Headlands: New Stories of Anxiety [WM 172 ARN]
Edited by Naomi Arnold
Victoria University Press, 2018
Compilation of essays by writers about experiences of anxiety, from the perspectives of sufferers and of those who help them. Reveals the differences in diagnosis and treatment experienced by minorities in NZ.

27/ Stand for all time: The Marquette sinking and the Nurses' Memorial Chapel [WZ 112.5.M4 ROG]
Anna Rogers
Friends of the Nurses' Memorial Chapel, 2018
Backgrounds the sinking of the Marquette in 1915, with biographical notes on the ten NZANS nurses and 22 NZ Medical Corps personnel with No. 1 NZ Stationary Hospital who died in the disaster.  Lists all known survivors of the sinking. Profiles many of the nurses who survived the sinking and traces the history of the Nurses' Memorial Chapel built in Christchurch in 1927 to honour the three local nurses who died.  Describes its restoration following closure after the Christchurch earthquakes in 2010-2011, and re-opening in 2018.

28/ With them through hell: New Zealand medical services in the First World War [WZ 112.5.M4 ROG]
Anna Rogers
Massey University Press, 2018
Records the history of the doctors, nurses, members of the voluntary aid detachment (VAD), the Volunteer Sisterhood, stretcher-bearers, orderlies, ambulance drivers, dentists, chiropodists, pharmacists, physiotherapists, chaplains and veterinarians who cared for the men and animals of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One.

April - September 2018
 

29/ Gene:  an intimate history / Mukherjee, Siddartha, 2017 (QU 475 MUK)
Outlines the history of genetics research and highlights evolving understanding of the role of genes in inherited characteristics and diseases.

30/ Good doctor:  breaking the rules, making a difference / O'Sullivan, Lance and Thomson, Margie, 2015 (WZ 100 OSU)
Autobiography of the Māori primary health care practitioner..

31/ Hope circuit: a psychologist's journey from helplessness to optimism (WZ 100 SEL)
Seligman, Martin, 2018
Chronicles the author's life and involvement, via his Positive Psychology movement, in the transformative years of modern psychology from its early focus on trauma to its present emphasis on self-help.

32/ How healthy are New Zealand food environments?: a comprehensive assessment 2014-2017 / Vandevijvere, S. and others, 2018 (WA 695 VAN)
Undertakes a comprehensive, national food environments and policies survey.  Benchmarks progress on implementing recommended food policies and improving food environments to reduce obesity, diet-related non-communicable diseases and their inequalities.

33/ Making healthy places:  designing and building for health, well-being, and sustainability / Edited by Dannenberg, Andrew L and others, 2011 (WA 30 MAK)
Explains how design, land use, and transportation decisions can promote health and improve quality of life in a community.

34/ Ko matakitaki te tuatahi:  a sort of life /  Wenn, Janice and Doherty, Joanne, 2018
(WZ 100 WEN)
Autobiography of the former Chief Nurse of Taranaki Hospital Board, founder of Whaiora Whanui in the Wairarapa, and academic.

35/ Rapid access guide for triage and emergency nurses:  chief complaints with high-risk presentations, 2018 (WY 154.2 VIS)
Designed to help emergency nurses determine the urgency of a patient's condition and prevent their deterioration while awaiting care.

36/ Spirituality in nursing:  standing on holy ground / O'Brien, Mary Elizabeth, 2018. (WY 87 OBR)
Focuses on topics such as the history of nursing from a spiritual perspective, how to assess patients' spiritual needs, and the spiritual requirements of the chronically ill at the end of life. Features three theoretical models devised by the author for nursing practice and the Spiritual Assessment Scale to measure a patient's spiritual well-being.

37/ Te Tiriti o Waitangi-based practice in health promotion / Berghan, Grant and others, 2017 (WA 300 BER)
Building on the legacy of Dr Irihapeti Ramsden and cultural safety in nursing. the book offers guidance for all who work in the health sector to manage and develop their Treaty-based practice.

38/ Understanding inter-professional working in health and social care: theory and practice / Edited by Pollard, Katherine C and others, 2010 (W 62 UND)
Presents a contemporary picture of inter-professional collaborative practice in a range of settings demonstrating how effective teamwork is in health and social care

39/ Women doctors in New Zealand:  An historical perspective, 1921-1986 / Maxwell, Margaret D, 1990 (WZ 150 MAX)
Part One: The history of the New Zealand Medical Women’s Association
Part Two: Biographies of eminent women doctors
Part Three: Reprints of articles that have appeared in various New Zealand journals

March 2018
 

40/ Ethics and issues in contemporary nursing (WY 85 BUR)
Burkhardt, Margaret A & Nathaniel, Alvita K.
4th edition, 2014
Examines the latest trends, principles, theories, and models in patient care to enable nurses to make ethically-sound decisions in complex and controversial situations.

41/ Leadership material: How personal experience shapes executive presence (HD 57.7 JON)
Jones, Diana
Published in 2017
Posits that a leader's life experiences, relationships and personal interactions provide the material necessary for becoming a leader.  Aims to assist leaders to simplify the complexity of organisational relationships and behaviour.  Shares concepts from the science of relationships to teach leaders how to create interpersonal connections.

42/ The Raupo book of Maori proverbs (PL 6465 BRO)
A. E. Brougham & A.W. Reed
5th edition, 2012
Arranged thematically, with an index of the proverbs in Maori, and an index of English theme words

43/ Understanding patient safety (WB 100 WAC)
Wachter, Robert M & Gupta, Kiran
Published in 2018
Covers the clinical, organisational and systems issues of patient safety.  Surveys specific types of medical errors, including surgical parmaceutical, diagnostic, and those related to handovers and infections.  Suggests how to establish reporting systems and create a safety culture.

February 2018

44/ Art of recovery: Six personal journeys (WB 320 ART)
Edited by Cassidy, Bernadette and Beaver, Carolyn
Gives seven physically or psychologically injured people the opportunity to relate their individual stories of recovery from a variety of injuries and problems, including addiction and depression, cancer and brain injury, spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, and amputation.  Expounds the Independent Living  Paradigm which underpins rehabilitation at the Burwood Academy of Independent Living

45/ He pukapuka reo hauora Māori (W62 JAN)
Jansen, David
Comprises Māori-English and English-Māori glossaries of anatomical and health terms.  Provides medical questions for doctors to ask Māori patients in both English and Māori.
Ahuru Press, 2005; reprinted 2008

46/ Make her praises heard afar: New Zealand women overseas in World War One (WZ 112.5.M4 TOL)
Tolerton, Jane
Published in 2017
Redresses the imbalance in World War One historiography by telling the untold stories of NZ women who worked in both paid and voluntary capacities for the war effort abroad, including doctors, dentists, ambulance drivers, munitions workers, mathematicians, members of the British women's services, managers of hospitals and convalescent homes, and more.

47/ Nurse on board: Planning your path to the boardroom (WY 105 CUR)
Curran, Connie
Sigma Theta Tau International, 2016
Provides the tools nurses need to attain, and succeed in, their first board role, or advance into greater board responsibilities.  Explains different types of boards, how they work, and the requisite skills and experience for serving on them.

48/ Transforming workplace relations in New Zealand 1976-2016 (HD 6961 TRA)
Edited by Anderson, Gordon; Geare, Alan; Rasmussen, Erling; Wilson, Margaret
Victoria University Press, 2017
Reflects on the revolution in the regulation of labour relations and speculates on the future of work relationships in a world challenged by evolving forms of work and employment.  Includes contributions from those who have lived through the last 40 years as well as those who may again look back over a changed employment landscape. Marks the 40th anniversary of the inaugural publication in 1976 of  the New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations.

January 2018
 

49/ Where are we?:  workplace communication between RNs in culturally-diverse healthcare organisations
Analysis of a 2-phase, mixed-method study:  a report prepared for the New Zealand Nursing Education and Research Foundation
Brunton, M., Cook, C., Walker, L. & Clendon, J. (2017). Massey University, Wellington. 82pp.
Examines cultural influences on perceptions and practices of cross-cultural communication among registered nursing staff from diverse ethnicities in NZ.  Employs an exploratory approach to obtain qualitative feedback by means of semi-structured interviews with 36 Internationally Qualified Nurses (IQN) and 17 NZ Registered Nurses (NZRN). 

50/ Recovery:  women's overseas service in WW1
Matthews, K. M. (2017). Tairawhiti Museum, Gisborne, N.Z.
Marks the centenary of World War 1 with an account of the overseas services rendered by East Coast women during WW1, both as volunteers and as nurses with the armed forces

51/ Nurse on the edge of the desert: From Birdsville to Kandahar:  the art of extreme nursing
Cameron, A. (2017). Massey University Press, Auckland. 303pp.
The Florence Nightingale Medal recipient and expatriate NZer recounts his career nursing in some of the world's most challenging locations, including South Sudan, Yemen, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan, as well as in some of Australia's most remote settlements.

52/ Listening with my heart: Poems by Aotearoa New Zealand nurses
Ritchie, L. ed. Illustrations by Janet de Wagt. (2017). Steele Roberts Aotearoa, Wellington. 59pp.
NZNO celebrated International Nurses Day in Wellington with the launch of Listening with my heart: Poems by Aotearoa New Zealand nurses. Edited by Professional Nurse Advisor Lorraine Ritchie, this fabulous new book features the work of 35 nurses. Production of this poetry book is part of NZNO’s Visibility of Nursing Project.
A great gift idea. Buy a copy here: https://www.nzno.org.nz/resources/nzno_publications/listening_with_my_heart

53/ Island nurses: Stories of birth, life and death on remote Great Barrier Island
Howie, L. & Robertson, A. (2017). Allen and Unwin, Sydney. 255 pp.
Leonie Howie and Adele Robertson live and work on remote Great Barrier Island--so called because it faces the full brunt of the wild Pacific weather and acts as a barrier for the mainland about 100 kilometres away. Midwifery and nursing on a remote island bring a wide range of dramas and emergencies, and Adele and Leonie share the islanders' stories.

54/ Doctors in denial: The forgotten women in the 'unfortunate experiment'
Jones, R.W. (2017). Otago University Press, Dunedin, N.Z. 248pp.
Aims to set the record straight on the nature of  Dr Herbert Green's experiment on gynaecological patients at National Women's Hospital in which he decided not to treat cervical cancer.  Rebuts revisionist attempts to question the findings of the Cartwright Inquiry, and indicts the medical establishment of the day for refusing to acknowledge Green's malpractice.

55/ Caring matters most: The ethical significance of nursing
Lazenby, M. (2017). Oxford University Press, New York. 150 pp.
Argues from a philosophical perspective for the moral nature of nursing which has caring as its ethos. States that nurses can develop this moral character in themselves by cultivating five habits: trustworthiness, imagination, beauty, space, and presence.

56/ Antibiotic resistance: The end of modern medicine?
Wiles, S. (2017). Bridget Williams Books, Wellington. 136 pp.
IN the 1920s the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin started a golden age of medicine. However, experts warn that the end of that age may be just a decade away. In this BWB Text, microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles explores the looming crisis of antibiotic resistance and its threat to New Zealand.

57/ "What Jan began": preparing students for healthcare careers at Manukau Institute of Technology: the first 25 years
Rummel, L., Delugar, A. & Hansen, J. (2015) Faculty of Nursing and Health Studies, Manukau Institute of Technology. 244 pp.
Documents the history of the Dept of Nursing and Health Studies at Manukau Insititute of Technology, and profiles the founding Head of Dept, Jan Grant, at what was then the Dept of Nursing in the 1980s.

58/ Four pillars of governance best practice for New Zealand directors 
Institute of Directors (2017). Institute of Directors, Wellington. 266 pp.
GIVES directors, and other people serving in governance roles, a sound grounding in governance, global trends and the contemporary operating environment in NZ.  Designed to provide practical guidance, focusing on the role of directors in defining purpose and setting strategic direction, leading an effective culture, holding management to account and ensuring effective compliance.

59/ Workplace bullying
Darby, F., Scott-Howman, A. (2016). Thomson Reuters New Zealand Ltd., Wellington.  226 pp.
Deals with bullying in NZ’s workplaces in a way that is both educational and practical. Designed to provide employers, managers, and workers with insights into:  the nature and dynamics of bullying; strategies for preventing and managing bullying; methods of dealing with complaints of bullying; the process of investigating and resolving complaints of bullying; and the legal issues associated with complaints of bullying. 

60/ Transitions in nursing
Chang, E., Daly, J. (2016). Elsevier Australia, Chatswood, NSW. 357 pp.
Assists nursing students in preparing for their first nursing role by addressing key issues, including learning to work in teams, organisational culture, stress management, communication with patients and families, professional development and self-care. 

61/ Things that matter: Stories of life and death
Galler, D. (2016). Allen & Unwin, Auckland. 225 pp.
Reflects on life and death through the author’s stories of working in emergency medicine as head of intensive care at Middlemore Hospital.  Frames a number of chapters around key organs such as the heart, brain, and kidneys, discussing their physical nature as well as their importance emotionally and holistically, in relation to stories about patients he has treated and his own life. 

62/ Teaching cultural competence in nursing and health care: Inquiry, action and innovation
Jeffreys, M.R. (2016). Springer Publishing Company, New York. 592 pp.
Offers a systematic seven-step approach to cultural competence.  Chapters include snapshot scenarios introducing a narrative text and integrated reflection boxes, application action steps, toolkit resource boxes and discussion questions. 

63/ Residential, home and community aged care workbook
Unicomb, C., Bell, W. (2016). Elsevier Australia, Chatswood, NSW. 241 pp.
Designed to be used in conjunction with Long-Term Caring: Residential, Home and Community Aged Care, 3rd edition, this workbook is an essential tool for students navigating the requirements of the Community  Services Training Package Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing) and Certificate III in Individual Support (Home and Community), Australia

64/ Professional practice models in nursing: Successful health system integration
Duffy, J. R. (2016). Springer Publishing Company, New York. 294 pp.
Demonstrates to nurse leaders, administrators, and staff how to develop, apply, and successfully integrate a professional practice model into a health system. Delivers best practices for creating, implementing, evaluating, adapting, adopting, and revising professional practice models that contribute to improving patient outcomes

65/ Privacy law in New Zealand
Penk, S., Robin, R. (2016). Thomson Reuters New Zealand Ltd., Wellington. 503 pp.
Offers a broad-ranging examination of privacy principles from theoretical and practical perspectives, covering the privacy concept and its status in the law; the interests with which privacy competes; the development of the tort; and the limited and piecemeal statutory protection of privacy, while the later chapters focus on the application of the law in common contexts such as children, family, mental health and employment. 

66/ Policy and politics in nursing and health care
Mason, D J, Gardner, D B, Outlaw, F.H., O’Grady, E.T. eds (2016). Elsevier, St Louis. 753 pp.
Analyses health-care issues and individual experiences to help nurses develop skills in influencing policy in a changing health-care environment.  Discusses conflict management, health economics, lobbying, media use, the social determinants of health and working with communities.

67/ Perioperative nursing: an Introduction
Hamlin, L., Davies, M., Richardson-Tench, M., Sutherland-Fraser, S. eds. (2016). Elsevier, Chatswood, NSW. 402 pp.
Offers foundational and practical knowledge in perioperative nursing for Australian and NZ perioperative nurses. Incorporates the national and international standards and guidelines current at the times of writing, including the WHO Surgical Safety.

68/ Nursing: an Exquisite profession
Clark, J. (2016). Quay Books, London. 215 pp.
Presents an autobiographical account of the nursing career of a former president of the Royal College of Nursing.

69/ Navigating the maze of research:  Enhancing nursing and midwifery practice
Borbasi, S., Jackson, D. (2016) Elsevier, Chatswood, NSW. 321 pp.
Introduces the research process to undergraduate nursing and midwifery students.  Examines how and why research is conducted and highlights the connection between research, critical evaluation of findings and the use of these findings to inform clinical practice.

70/ Law, ethics, and medicine:  Essays in honour of Peter Skegg
Henaghan, M., Wall, J. (2016). Thomson Reuters New Zealand Ltd, with assistance from the NZ Law Foundation, Wellington. 309 pp.
Comprises twelve essays written by a range of internationally-recognised medical lawyers, covering these topics:  the regulation of medical practitioners; consent; rights in bodily material; euthanasia; compensation and ethical approval for medical research; treatment orders for mental health conditions; and surrogacy laws.

71/ Evidence-based practice of critical care
Deutschman, C.S., Neligan, P.J. (2016). Elsevier, Philadelphia. 654 pp.
Presents objective data and expert guidance on managing critically-ill patients by means of question-based chapters.  Translates evidence into 'best practice' in critical care medicine.

72/ Ethics, professional responsibility and the lawyer
Webb, D., Dalziel, K., Cook, K. (2016). LexisNexis NZ Limited, Wellington. 441 pp.
Incorporates the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006, and the Rules of Conduct and Client Care 2008, and the relevant jurisprudence, with expanded analysis of associated key topics including: lawyer-client relationships and conflicts; client confidences; privacy; and duties of care.

73/ Challenges in professional supervision:  Current themes and models for practice
Beddoe, L., Davys, A. (2016). Jessica Kingsley, London. 248 pp.
EXxamines supervision across a broad range of settings, including health, social work and counselling.  Divided into two sections, the first describes the contemporary themes in professional supervision and the second the models and skills being employed to deliver it.

74/ Bioethics: a Nursing perspective
Johnstone, M.-J. (2016). Elsevier Australia, Chatswood, NSW. 434 pp.
Provides a comprehensive framework to assist students and registered nurses to undersand the ethical challenges, obligations and responsibilities they will encounter in professional practice.   Includes case scenarios and critical questions to encourage nurses to reflect on key issues.

75/ Begin with success
O’Neil, T. and others. (2016). Professionelle Foundation, Auckland. 180 pp.
Offers research-based advice for career-oriented women covering CVs, interviews, networking, self-confidence, and sexism in the workplace.

May 2017

57/ Records management and Information Culture: Tackling the people problem (HF 5736 OLI)
Gillian Oliver and Fiorelli Foscarini
This book explores how an understanding of organizational information culture provides the insight necessary for the development and promotion of sound recordkeeping practices. It details an innovative framework for analyzing and assessing information culture that can be used to develop recordkeeping practices aligned with the specific characteristics of any workplace.

58/ Recovery: Women’s overseas service in WW1 (WY 11.KN4 MAT)
Kay Morris Matthews
Hundreds of men left this district to fight overseas during the First World War, and they served mainly in European and Middle Eastern theatres of war. Generally their journeys have been well documented. The women who sailed, however, are less well known, and Kay Morris Matthews from the Eastern Institute of Technology has researched many of their war stories. Between 1915 and 1919 the women served with the armed services or as volunteers with 12 different service organisations in war zones in Turkey, Egypt, France, Serbia, Greece, Italy, Palestine, East Africa and England.

59/ Acute pain management: A practical guide (QV 704 MAC)
Macintyre, Pamela E & Schug, Stephan A
Fourth edition, 2015
Offers a guide for nurses and allied health personnel to the techniques of acute pain, in surgical and other settings, and the pharmacology of opioids, local anaesthetics, and non-opioid and adjuvant analgesic agents.

60/ What patients teach: Everyday ethics of health care (W50 CHU)
Churchill, Larry R.,Fanning, Joseph B & Schenck, David
Oxford University Press, 2014
Presents detailed descriptions and analyses of 55 interviews with 58 patients, highlighting the ethics of interdependence between clinicians and patients.

April 2017

61/ Health informatics: An interprofessional approach (W26.5 NEL)
Nelson, Ramona & Staggers, Nancy
2nd edition, 2018
Concise coverage includes information systems and applications such as electronic health records, clinical decision support, telehealth, ePatients, and social media tools, as well as system implementation. Topics include data science and analytics, mHealth, principles of project management, and contract negotiation.

62/ DeWit's fundamental concepts and skills for nursing (WY 100 WIL)
Williams, Patricia
Fifth edition, 2018
Provides all the basic theoretical and applied knowledge that nurses need to practice in an expanded number of care settings, such as the community clinic, GP’s office, long-term care facility, home, and acute-care hospital setting. Thorough discussion of QSEN addresses topics like the physical and psychosocial needs of the patient, critical thinking for problem solving and clinical judgment, and communication, within a strong nursing process framework.

63/ Clinical nursing skills and techniques (WY 100 PER)
Perry, Anne Griffin., Potter, Patricia A., Ostendorf, Wendy R
Provides comprehensive coverage of over 200 basic, intermediate and advanced skills, featuring nearly 1,000 full-color photographs and drawings, a nursing process framework, step-by-step instructions with rationales, and a focus on critical thinking and evidence-based practice. Includes coverage of patient-centered care and safety guidelines, enhanced emphasis on Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) core competencies, and an expanded clinical focus with specialized Clinical Debriefs, Teach-Back, and sample documentation throughout

March 2017

64/ Hopes dashed? The economics of gender inequality (HQ 1381 HYM)
Hyman, Prue
In 1994 economist Prue Hyman published Women and Economics, an overview of the status of women in the New Zealand economy. Much has changed since then – but how much? Has the promise of equality been fulfilled in the labour market? Is unpaid domestic work being given the recognition it deserves? In this text Hyman surveys the mixed record of the past two decades.

65/ Doctors in denial: The forgotten women in the 'unfortunate experiment' (WP 460 JON)
Jones, Ronald W.
Otago University Press, 2017
Aims to set the record straight on the nature of Dr Herbert Green's experiment on gynaecological patients at National Women's Hospital in which he decided not to treat cervical cancer. Rebuts revisionist attempts to question the findings of the Cartwright Inquiry, and indicts the medical establishment of the day for refusing to acknowledge Green's malpractice.

66/ Theoretical nursing: Development and progress (WY 86 MEL)
Meleis, Afaf Ibrahim
Sixth edition, 2018
Provides a developmental and historical review of theoretical nursing to help nurses develop analytic skills and integrate knowledge into a coherent whole. Demystifies theory, charts strategies to use in developing and advancing theory, and provides tools and best practices in evaluating progress in the discipline.

June 2016 - December 2016

67/ The Membership model: Recruiting, activating and keeping members (HM 786 HIL)
Hill, Niklas & Sjostrom, Angeli
Trinambai Consulting, 2012
Outlines eight steps to improve the ability of civil society organisations to recruit, activate and keep members -- aimed at employees, elected representatives and active members who want to create a membership strategy or improve their operational membership work.  Comprises interviews with seven individuals on aspects of recruitment and motivation of members

68/ Future of the Professions: How technology will transform the work of human experts (HD 8038.A1 SUS)
Susskind, Richard & Susskind, Daniel
Oxford University Press, 2015
Predicts the decline of today's professions and describes the people and systems that will replace them. Argues that in an Internet society, we will neither need nor want doctors, teachers, accountants, architects, the clergy, consultants, lawyers, and many others, to work as they did in the 20th century. Explains how 'increasingly capable systems' - from telepresence to artificial intelligence - will bring fundamental change in the way that the 'practical expertise' of specialists is made available in society, challenging the 'grand bargain' -- the arrangement that grants various monopolies to today's professionals. Argues that current professions are antiquated, opaque and no longer affordable, and that the expertise of the best is enjoyed only by a few. Proposes in their place, six new models for producing and distributing expertise in society.

69/ Body economic:  why austerity kills (HB 3718 STU)
Recessions, budget battles, and the politics of life and death
Published 2013
Argues that by adopting harsh austerity measures and cutting key social programs at a time when constituents need them most, politicians have turned their recessions into public health disasters. Presents a series of historical case studies stretching from 1930s America, to Russia and Indonesia in the 1990s, to present-day Greece, Britain, Spain, and the U.S., to reveal that governmental mismanagement of financial strife has resulted in a grim array of human tragedies, from suicides to HIV infections.

70/  Ethics, professional responsibility and the lawyer (KUQ 53.8 WEB)
Webb, Duncan., Dalziel, Kathryn & Cook, Kerry
Lexis/Nexis, 3rd edition, 2016
Incorporates the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006, and the Rules of Conduct and Client Care 2008, and the relevant jurisprudence, with expanded analysis of associated key topics including: lawyer-client relationships and conflicts; client confidences; privacy; and duties of care.

71/ Global health law [K3750 GOS]
Gostin, Lawrence O
Harvard University Press, 2014
Systematically defines the burgeoning field of global health law, and declares the need for effective global governance for health.  Offers a blueprint for reform, based on the principle that the opportunity to live a healthy life is a basic human right.

72/ Privacy law in New Zealand [KUQ 942.6 PEN]
Penk, Stephen & Robin, Rosemary
Thomson Reuters, 2nd edition, 2016
Offers a broad-ranging examination of privacy principles from theoretical and practical perspectives, covering the privacy concept and its status in the law; the interests with which privacy competes; the development of the tort; and the limited and piecemeal statutory protection of privacy, while the later chapters focus on the application of the law in common contexts such as children, family, mental health and employment.  Encompasses legislative, common law and policy developments, including the enactment of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012, the common law establishment of an Intrusion Tort, and developments in the areas of reality television and new technologies.

73/ Better send-off: The ultimate funeral guide [WA 846 MCJ]
McJorrow, Gail
Published in 2015
Provides a guide to organising secular funerals and burials.

74/ Drowsy Driving Handbook: Akilla in the blink of an eye [WA 275 JEN]
Jenkins, Martin
Published in 2006
What the causes of drowsy driving are - when, where and why you are most "at risk" to drowsy driving such as afternoon driving or after a plane flight or after fast foods or while on medication; What the best ways are for you to avoid drowsy driving - the steps to minimise your risk of being a drowsy driver; And, if you do feel drowsy, what you must do to stay alive - and this is the simple bit - you must stop as soon as possible and take a 15 minute "power nap".

75/ Things that matter: Stories of life and death [W87 GAL]
Galler, David

Allen and Unwin, 2016
From his position as head of intensive care at Middlemore Hospital, the author reflects on life and death through his fascinating stories of working in emergency medicine.  He  frames a number of chapters around key organs such as the heart, brain, and kidneys, discussing their physical nature as well as their importance emotionally and holistically, in relation to stories about patients he has treated and his own life.  Considers wider issues like difficult conversations with patients and the doctor-patient relationship, as well as broader topics like organ donation.

76/ Workplace bullying [WA 440 DAR]
Darby, Frank & Scott-Howman, Andrew

Thomson Reuters, 2016
Deals with bullying in NZ’s workplaces in a way that is both educational and practical. Designed to provide employers, managers, and workers with insights into:  the nature and dynamics of bullying; strategies for preventing and managing bullying; methods of dealing with complaints of bullying; the process of investigating and resolving complaints of bullying; and the legal issues associated with complaints of bullying.  The authors refer to WorkSafe New Zealand’s guidelines, 'Preventing and Responding to Workplace Bullying,' the full text of which is appended to the book.

77/ Law, ethics, and medicine: Essays in honour of Peter Skegg [W32.6 HEN]
Henaghan, Mark & Wall, Jesse

Thomson Reuters New Zealand Ltd, with assistance from the NZ Law Foundation, 2016
Comprises twelve essays written by a range of internationally-recognised medical lawyers, covering the topics:  the regulation of medical practitioners; consent; rights in bodily material; euthanasia; compensation and ethical approval for medical research; treatment orders for mental health conditions; and surrogacy laws.

78/ From silence to voice: What nurses know and must communicate to the public [RT 23 BUR]
Buresh, Bernice & Gordon, Suzanne

3rd edition, 2013
Comprehensively revised and updated, the third edition helps nurses use a range of traditional and social media to accurately describe the true nature of their work.  Analyses  images projected by nursing campaigns, offering guidance in helping nurses construct positive and powerful narratives of their work. Focuses on how nurses can describe and frame their work to seize unprecedented opportunities to advance their profession and lead improvements in health care systems.

79/ Leading in disaster recovery: A companion through the chaos [HV 551 MCN]
McNaughton, Elizabeth.,Wills, Jolie & Lallemant, David

Published 2015
Shares the lessons learned and the practical strategies.from more than 100 recovery leaders from around the world.  Includes a self-care plan template and a checklist of burnout symptoms, along with stickers and 2 wild cards.
More information: http://preparecenter.org/resources/leading-in-disaster-recovery

80/ Challenges in professional supervision: Current themes and models for practice [HF 5549 BED]
Beddoe, Liz & Davys, Allyson

Published 2016
Draws on the latest research and theory to explore issues, trends and developments in supervision work.   Examines supervision across a broad range of settings, including health, social work and counselling.  Divided into two sections, the first describes the contemporary themes in professional supervision and the second the models and skills being employed to deliver it.

May 2016
 

1. WY28 MAR
No one left behind: How nurse practitioners are changing the Canadian health care system

Shares a variety of stories from nurse practitioners across all sectors of the Canadian health care system to provide detailed accounts of what they do in their practice.

2. WZ 100 CLA
Nursing: an exquisite profession

Autobiographical account of the nursing career of a former president of the Royal College of Nursing.

3. WZ 100 ROU
New Zealand's safer sex pioneer [Ettie Rout]

A revised version of the author's 1992 biography, this is intended as a shorter, more accessible version of the earlier book, to commemorate the centennial of the First World War.

4. HF 5718 GOU
"Just listen": Discover the secret to getting through to absolutely anyone.

Presents techniques for overcoming barriers to communication.

5. WY 154.2 VIS
Fast facts for the triage nurse: An orientation and care guide in a nutshell

Offers guidelines covering key processes and practices that triage nurses use daily. Chapters address core elements of triage such as patient point of entry, acuity scales, and "red-flag" patient presentations and how to handle them; coordination and communication with other health care team members; and documentation.

6. WZ 100 CUR
To Sark and beyond

Recounts the author's experiences as a district nurse in London in the 1960s followed by her years working on Sark in the Channel Islands before emigrating to New Zealand where she worked as a district nurse north of Auckland.

7. WY 20.5 MOU
Nursing research: An introduction

Answers questions about the nursing research process, providing the knowledge necessary to understand nursing research, evidence-based practice and critical appraisal.

8. WY 88 PEP
Interpersonal relations in nursing: A conceptual  frame of reference for psychodynamic nursing

Reprints the classic text from 1952 in which the author suggests that interaction phenomena that occur during nurse-patient relationships have qualitative impact on outcomes for patients.

March 2016

1/ WA 308 BAR
Child, youth and family health: strengthening communities

Barnes, Margaret & Rowe, Jennifer
Elsevier Australia, 2013; reprinted 2014

2/ WY 160 ELD
Psychiatric and mental health nursing

Elder, Ruth; Evans, Katie & Nizette, Debra (editors)
3rd edition, Published 2013

3/ WY 20.5 BOR 2016
Navigating the maze of research: Enhancing nursing and midwifery practice

Borbasi, Sally & Jackson, Debra
Fourth edition; Australian and New Zealand edition
Elsevier Australia, 2016

4/ WY 152 NAY
Older people: Issues and innovations in care

Nay, Rhonda., Garratt, Sally & Fetherstonhaugh, Deirdre
Fourth edition, 2014

5/ WY 11.KN4 MCN
100 years:  New Zealand military nursing: New Zealand Army Nursing Service -- Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps, 1915-2015

Sherayl McNabb
Published 2015

6/ WX 28.62.KN4 AND
Glimpses of Te Omanga: 100+ hospital stories

Anderson, Beryl
Published 2015

7/ WY 105 HUB
Leadership and nursing care management

Huber, Diane L
Elsevier Saunders, 2014


27 January 2016

1/ "What Jan began" : preparing students for healthcare careers at Manukau Institute of Technology: the first 25 years
Rummel, L., Delugar, A. & Hansen, J. (2015)

Faculty of Nursing and Health Studies, Manukau Institute of Technology. 244pp.
DOCUMENTS the history of the Dept of Nursing and Health Studies at Manukau Insititute of Technology, and profiles the founding Head of Dept, Jan Grant, at what was then the Dept of Nursing in the 1980s.  

2/ Transitions in nursing: Preparing for professional practice (4th ed).
Chang, E. Daly, J. (2016). Elsevier Australia. 357pp.

Assists nursing students in preparing for their first nursing role by addressing key issues, including learning to work in teams, organisational culture, stress management, communication with patients and families, professional development and self-care.  Includes case studies.  The text is organised into three sections:  From Student to Graduate; Skills for Dealing with the World of Work; and Organisational Environments.

3/ Promoting health in Aotearoa New Zealand
Signal, L. & Ratima, M. (2015). Otago University Press. 324pp.

PROVIDES an overview of health promotion in NZ, exploring ways in which Maori, and other perspectives have been melded with Western ideas to produce distinctly New Zealand approaches. Addresses the need for locally written material for use in teaching and practice, and provides direction for those wanting to solve complex public health problems.

4/ Mentoring and supervision in healthcare (3rd ed).
Gopee, N. (2015). Sage Publications. 284pp.

INTRODUCES the theories, evidence and research that define mentoring, learning and student assessment in healthcare today, combining an evidence-based approach that supports critical analysis with a focus on how to do mentoring in everyday practice.  Confronts the day-to-day and longer-term issues and challenges in mentoring, and explores potential solutions.

5/ Mastering informatics: A healthcare handbook for success
Sengstack, P. & Boicey, C. (2015). Honor Society of Nursing. 425pp.

Informatics: The use of technology and data to improve patient care. The more formalised role of informatics that we see today emerged with the implementation of the electronic health record (EHR)

6/ Leadership & nursing: Contemporary perspectives (2nd ed.)
Daly, J. et al. (2015). Elsevier Australia. 276pp.

The second edition  features the perspectives of more than 30 world leaders in nursing who are at the forefront of discourse and research, and examines the challenges that nurse leaders face within a diverse range of professional practice environments.  Includes nine new chapters exploring the most current leadership issues and themes.

7/ The invisible work of nurses: Hospitals, organisation and healthcare
Allen, D. (2015). Routledge. 153pp
.
NURSING is typically understood, and understands itself, as a care-giving occupation. It is through its relationships with patients – whether these are absent, present, good, bad or indifferent – that modern day nursing is defined. Yet nursing work extends far beyond direct patient care activities. Across the spectrum of locales in which they are employed, nurses, in numerous ways, support and sustain the delivery and organisation of health services. In recent history, however, this wider work has generally been regarded as at best an adjunct to the core nursing function, and at worse responsible for taking nurses away from their ‘real work’ with patients.

8/ Interpersonal relationships: professional communication skills for nurses (7th ed.)
Arnold, E. & Underman Boggs,K. (2016). Elsevier. 546pp.

INTRODUCES a broadened interprofessional perspective on communication, occasioned by historical transformational changes currently occurring in contemporary health care delivery.  Integrates the competency-based content with exercises and case examples to support students in developing the interpersonal and technical communication skills required in contemporary health-care environments

9/ Guide to the code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements: Development, interpretation and application
Fowler, M. D. M. (2015). American Nurses Association. 222pp.

Each chapter of this comprehensively revised text is devoted to a single Code provision, including:
Key ethical concepts; Theories and models of ethical decision-making.

10/ Cultural Safety in Aotearoa New Zealand (2nd ed.)
Wepa, D. Cambridge University Press. (2015). 268pp.

Presents a range of theoretical and practice-based perspectives adopted by experienced educators who are active in cultural safety education

1st June 2015

1. The Leadership Challenge: How to make extraordinary things happen in organizations
By Kouzez, J. & Posner, B.
Fifth edition; 25th anniversary

Based on Kouzes and Posner's extensive global research this new edition explores the toughest organisational challenges leaders face today.  It includes 100 all-new case studies and firsthand accounts.

27 May 2015

1. Out of time: The pleasures and perils of ageing
By Lynne Segal
Lynne Segal examines her life and surveys the work and experience of other writers and artists to explore the pleasures and perils of growing old. This book explores the trials and vicissitudes of ageing.

2. Communication for nurses: How to prevent harmful events and promote patient safety
By Pamela McHugh Schuster
Develop the professional communication skills you need to prevent errors and avoid patient injuries. Effective communication is integral to patient safety - it's no longer a "nice to have" skill, it's a need to have skill.

3. The invisible work of nurses: Hospitals, organisation and healthcare
By Davina Allen
Nursing is typically understood, and understands itself, as a care-giving occupation. It is through its relationships with patients – whether these are absent, present, good, bad or indifferent – that modern day nursing is defined. Yet nursing work extends far beyond direct patient care activities. Across the spectrum of locales in which they are employed, nurses, in numerous ways, support and sustain the delivery and organisation of health services. In recent history, however, this wider work has generally been regarded as at best an adjunct to the core nursing function, and at worse responsible for taking nurses away from their ‘real work’ with patients.

4. Health promotion in nursing practice
By Nola Pender
New to the sixth edition:
- An evidence-based approach to health promotion and disease prevention, which emphasises research-based interventions
- A focus on different populations that pays special attention to life span, culture and vulnerability and their roles in health and disease
- A global socio-ecological approach that emphasises the role of physical and social environments in health promotion

May 2015

1. WY85 FOW
Guide to the code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements: Development , interpretation and application

By Marsha D. M. Fowler
American Nurses Association, 2nd ed. Published 2015
Each chapter of this comprehensively revised text is devoted to a single Code provision, including
- Key ethical concepts.
- Theories and models of ethical decision-making
- Historical, professional and societal issues, trends and other influences
- Each interpretive statement’s contribution to interpreting and applying the provision examples and illustrative cases, based on real situations, to facilitate study and discussion

2. WZ 100 HAR
A dame we knew: A tribute to Dame Cecily Pickerill
By Beryl Harris

This is a story about the life and times of Dame Cecily Pickerill, a pioneering New Zealand plastic surgeon who operated on many hundreds of infants with cleft problems. Along with her husband she believed in the early repair for a thriving baby
Any profits from this book will benefit the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute & the New Zealand Cleft Group. To purchase a copy of this book - contact Beryl Harris (berylaharris@xtra.co.nz)

3. WY 49 DOE
Nursing care plans : guidelines for individualizing client care across the life span
By Doenges, M. E.; Moorhouse, M. F. & Murr, A.C.

9th ed., Published 2014
Updated with NANDA-I 2012-2014 Diagnoses
This all-in-one care planning resource provides the step-by-step guidance you need to develop individualized plans of care, while also honing your critical thinking and analytical skills. Thoroughly updated and revised throughout, 167 care plans reflect the latest NANDA-I diagnoses and terminology. You’ll also now find an expanded emphasis on evidence-based practice through citations that support the incidence of the problem, the validity of the diagnostic tests, and the recommended nursing interventions.

April 2015

1. WD 210 NZMA
Tackling Obesity
New Zealand Medical Association Policy Briefing

Existing approaches to tackling obesity in New Zeaalnd are not doing enough. New Zealand is now the fourth most obese country in the OECD, with nearly tow thirds of adults either overweight (34%) or obese (31%). The NZNO recommnends a suite of measures including countering the obesogenic environment and improving health literacy.

2. WY 31 NCNZ
The Future Nursing Workforce Supply projections 2010 – 2035

In 2012 the Nursing Council of New Zealand commissioned Business and Economic Research Limited (BERL) to undertake an analysis of the nursing workforce from 2010 to 2035 based on available workforce information and taking into account predicted changes in New Zealand's population size and structure. By 2035 it is estimated there will be 5.26 million people living in New Zealand and a predicted increase in demand for health care based on an ageing population and lifestyle disease

3. WP 250 MAY
Modern colposcopy : textbook & atlas
Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott, 2012

The first two editions of this book were published by the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP). This product is considered the standard of colposcopy and has the reputation of being the best selling educational teaching module_ for the physician, resident, or advanced practice clinician who wishes to bridge the gap between the obvious need for increased early detection of cervical, vaginal, and vulvar disease and the intensive education required for colposcopy.__The purpose of the society and the book is to provide education about the lower genital tract through the use of colposcopy. This includes the disciplines of pathology, cytology, cytogenetics, preventive medicine, basic research, gynecologic oncology, and endocrinology which are relevant to the understanding of the pathophysiology of the disease processes of the lower genital tract

March 2015

1. WY 105 BON
Skills of clinical supervision for nurses : a practical guide for supervisees, supervisors, and managers

By Bond, M. & Holland, S. Published 2010
This book offers ways of understanding the context of clinical supervision in nursing and pinpoints organizational and personal pitfalls that can sabotage its effectiveness.

2. WM 40 THO
Sarah Vaughan is not my mother : a memoir of madness
By Thomson, MaryJan. Published 2013

n the tradition of The Bell Jar and Girl, Interrupted comes a stunning autobiographical account from a 29-year-old New Zealander. A creative, intelligent young woman with a loving family, in her first year of university MaryJane starts to experience nightmarish delusions and hallucinations. Her journey into madness has begun. She drops out, turns to drugs, and spends eight years in and out of psych wards, police cells, drug hangouts and on the streets. In this book she vividly describes what it is like to live with voices in your head, to lose your freedom, and to despair of ever being well again

3. WT 104 SEG
Out of time : the pleasures and perils of ageing
By Segal, Lynne. Published 2014

Lynee Segal examines her life and surveys the work and experience of other writers and artists to explore the pleasures and perils of growing old. This book explores the trials and vicissitudes of ageing.

4. BF 505 LOC
New developments in goal setting and task performance
By Locke, Edwin A. & Latham, Gary P. Published 2013

This book concentrates on the last ten years of research in the area of goal setting and performance at work. The editors and contributors believe goals affect action and they look at the recent theories and implications in this area

5. WM 55 MIL
Motivational interviewing : preparing people for change
By Miller, William R. & Rollnick, Stephen. Published 2013

This book has been updated to include the new four-process model of motivational interviewing (engaging, focusing, evolving, planning).

6. W26.5 SEN
Mastering informatics: A healthcare handbook for success
By Sengstack, Patricia & Boicey, Charles. Published 2015

Informatics: The use of technology and data to improve patient care. The more formalised role fo informatics that we see today emerged with the implementation of the electronic health record (EHR).

7. HD 57.7 KOU
The leadership challenge : how to make extraordinary things happen in organizations
By Kouzes, James M. & Posner, Barry Z. Published 2012

Based on Kouzes and Posner's extensive global research this new edition explores the toughest organisational challenges leaders face today.  It includes 100 all-new case studies and firsthand accounts.

8. WT 116 KN4 WOO
The healthy country? : a history of life & death in New Zealand
By Woodward, Alistair & Blakely, Tony. Published 2014

The authors tell the story of life and death in Aotearoa New Zeaalnd from first Maori settlement to the twenty-first century. Did Maori or Europeans live longer in 1759? How did pakeha New Zealanders become the healthiest, longest lived people on the face of the globe - and why did Maori not enjoy the same life expectancy?

9. WA 590 PEN
Health promotion in nursing practice
Pender, Nola J., Murdaugh, Carolyn L. & Parsons, Mary Ann.. Published 2011

New to the sixth edition:
- An evidence-based approach to health promotion and disease prevention, which emphasises research-based interventions
- A focus on different populations that pays special attention to life span, culture and vulnerability and their roles in health and disease
- A global socio-ecological approach that emphasises the role of physical and social environments in health promotion

10. WY 86 JOH
Guided reflection : a narrative approach to advancing professional practice
By Johns, C. ed. Published 2010

Reflection is widely recognised as an invaluable tool in health care, providing fresh insights which enable practitioners to develop their own practice and improve the quality of their care. Guided Reflection: Advancing practice introduces the practitioner to the concept of 'Guided reflection', an innovative research process in which the practitioner is assisted by a mentor (or 'guide') in a process of self-enquiry, development, and learning through reflection, in order to become fully effective

11.  HD 58.6 URY
Getting past no : negotiating in difficult situations
Published 2007

A practical 5-step method for engotiating with anyone - even the difficult person who won't say yes. William Ury of Hardvard Law School's program on negotiation offers a proven strategy for turning adversaries into negotiating partners.

February 2015

1. A Breath of Hope: 50 Years of Breathing Better: the Asthma Foundation 1964 to 2014
Ormsby, M. L. (2014) The Asthma Foundation. 128pp.

Celebrating fifty years since the first meeting of The Asthma Foundation this book records the history since the foundation was commissioned. From a local beginning in 1964 the asthma movement grew to include the Asthma Foundation, a national body, and New Zealand wide network of asthma societies. Asthma remains a chronic disease, a major cause of hospital admissions and an extremely serious health problem  for Maori and Pacific People.

2. Child-Centred Nursing: Promoting Critical Thinking
Carter, B. Et al. (2014) Sage Publications. 179pp.

The authors present a unique approach by bringing children to the fore of the discussion about their health and health care. It encourages you to think critically about children, their families and contemporary practice issues. It promotes reflection on how you can develop innovative practice so as to improve children’s health outcomes and their experiences of health care. Clinical case studies and critical thinking exercises are included in each chapter, creating and sustaining a clear link between professional practice, research and theory.

3. Mentoring Today’s Nurses: A Global Perspective for Success
Baxley, S.M. et al. (2014) Sigma Theta Tau International. 163pp
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Mentoring and coaching are critical components of professional success for nursing students. This book focuses on mentoring within educational and health care settings, where nursing students and professional nurses must learn how to assess and navigate  multiple systems.

4. The Nerdy Nurse's Guide to Technology
Wilson, B. (2014)
Sigma Theta Tau International. 192pp.
In the world of smartphones and tablets, technology is no longer for the “tech geek”. It is the new norm. And is there an app for that? Yes! Some 17,000 apps are availabel for patients and health care providers alike. Wilson provides nurses with the tools to successfully embrace digital documentation and she provides some examples of how technology can potentially improve patient care. Technology should be seen and used as an aide to delivering nursing care.

5. Nursing Delegation and Management of Patient Care
Motacki, K. & Burke, K. (2011) Mosby Elesevier. 293pp.

This resource is your guide to information on the roles and responsibilities of the manager of patient care, core competencies required of nurses caring for patients, and a wide range of management concepts that nurses need to know before entering practice. With an emphasis on patient safety and evidence-based practice, it provides complete coverage of patient care management, leadership, information management, organizational planning, and human resources.

6. Person and Family Centered Care
Barnsteiner, J. et al. (2014) Sigma Theta Tau International. 470pp.

Person and Family Centered Care offers a new approach that begins with the person, embraces the family, and encompasses all care delivery locations. At the forefront of this movement are authors Jane Barnsteiner, Joanne Disch, and Mary K. Walton, who present a surprisingly practical clinical reference covering a vast array of patient-care scenarios, together with effective strategies for achieving optimal outcomes

7. Transforming Interprofessional Partnerships: A New Framework for Nursing and Partnership-Based Health Care
Eisler, R. & Potter, T.M. (2014)

This text presents a structure to shift health care relationships from hierarchies of domination and isolated professions to high-functioning, collaborative teams ready to be full partners with patients, families, communities, and one another. This comprehensive text will benefit nurses by defining and illustrating full partnership in practice, education and research to improve communication and interprofessional collaboration. 354pp.

8. With You: The Mary Potter Hospice Story
Dawson,B. (2014) Wairau Press. 304pp.
Commissioned by, and gifted to, the Mary Potter Hospice by the Little Company of Mary, this book  tells the stories of the inspirational people who have been associated with Mary Potter Hospice over the years. It tells of the decision makers, the clinical teams, the patients and their carers, staff and volunteers: their determination, their struggles and the fundraising that made the dream a reality.

May 2014

1. Whole Person Caring: An Interprofessional Model for Healing and Wellness  
By Lucia Thornton; June 2013
The aim of this book is to present a new way of looking at who we are and what we do. It is about bringing heart and soul back into our lives and work and advocating for a health care system that does the same. Focusing on mental - as well as physical - aspects of patient healing and employee care, this book helps health care leaders recognize not only the symptoms of illness but the root causes, providing an integrative approach and holistic model to help hospitals and other health care organizations transform.

2. Dealing daily with dementia 2000+ Practical hints and strategies for carers
by Angela Caughey; Foreword by Dr Chris Perkins, 2013
Many books have been written about dementia, usually dealing with the symptoms and the medical side of the condition. But here is a thoroughly practical book for carers and families, written by someone with first-hand experience of caring for someone with dementia over many years. It provides solutions to a vast range of situations the carer is likely to encounter – from organising legal and financial affairs, to ways of coping with the symptoms of dementia, such as aggression, hallucinations, incontinence and decreasing mental powers.

3. Dosage calculations made incredibly easy
Published in 2010
Now in its Fourth Edition, this book contains everything health care practitioners need to review and students need to learn about calculating drug dosages. This entertaining and informative reference reviews the basic math needed to perform dosage calculation, including fractions, decimals, percentages, ratios, and proportions. It walks the nurse through the interpretation of hundreds of examples of drug orders and the performance of hundreds of complex dosage calculations, and provides information on deciphering difficult abbreviations, dealing with unclear handwriting, reading medication labels, selecting administration equipment, and more.

4. Ka Tu Ka Oho : Visions of a Bicultural Partnership in Psychology
Published 2012
This book contains 20 years of bicultural keynote addresses given to the New Zealand Psychological Society at its annual conference. Raymond Nairn returned to these speakers and asked them to reflect on their keynote addresses then and now.

5. Immigration and refugee law
By Doug Tennent
Published in 2010
Immigration and Refugee Law is written at a time of transition in New Zealand immigration legislation. The Immigration Act 1987, which has been in force for nearly 22 years, will be repealed and replaced by the Immigration Act 2009 by Order in Council in 2010. This book sets out the current law and the law that is about to come into force. It considers the similarities and differences of the two pieces of legislation and the ongoing influence the 1987 Act will have on the 2009 Act.

6. Electoral law in New Zealand: practice and policy
By Andrew Geddis
Published in 2014
This books sets out the legal rules that apply to elections, This edition updates developments since the 2007 election including:
- The 2011 referendum on the electoral system and the subsequent Electoral Commission review of MMP
- The creation of a new Electoral Commission 
- Changes to political funding rules and voting procedures
- The Electoral Amendment Bill 2013

7.  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 heart breaking and yet beautifully composed memoir by Rebecca's mother, Sandra Arnold. It is a haunting story of bereavement, survival, courage and acceptance

8. 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 getting himself into. But now, sixteen years since he first launched into his nursing career, as the only man in a gynaecology ward, he's pretty much dealt with everything. Michael Alexander is the pseudonym of a nurse who has previously worked in the UK and New Zealand.

June 2013

1.  From green to gold: Nurses and comrades
Compiled and edited by Patricia Isa
A collection of nursing memories, career pathways, life stories, and other topics of interest. celebrating 55 years of Green Group comradeship. Dunedin Hospital 1958 - 1961.

2.  Managing mixed financing of privately owned providers in the public interest
Institute of Policy Studies, 2010
This book compares the financing of general practice primary health care, long term care of older people, legal aid, and early childhood education in New Zealand, Australia and England. each service is characterised by a different mix of public and private finance. The authors identify the criteria deemed important when assessing whether a particular mix of public and private finance provides a service that meets public goals

3 . New Zealand guideline for the assessment and management of transient ischaemic attack (TIA) : user guide
This user guide is designed as a quick reference for health professionals managing people presenting with a suspected TIA
Stroke Foundation of New Zealand, 2008

4. Health Activism: Foundations and strategies
By Glenn Laverack, 2013
Health activism is a growing area of interest for many who work to improve health at both a national and international levels because it offers a more direct approach to achieve lasting social and political change. This book provides theory, evidence-base and strategies that can be harnessed to bring about change. Particular relevance for post-graduate students and practitioners in public health and health promotion.

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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