Books available for borrowing
- Beyond the Screen: Nurses reflections
- Collaborative and indigenous mental health therapy Tataihono: Stories of Maori healing and psychiatry [WA 305.KN4 NIA]
- Conversational wisdom: Strengthening human connection through the power of conversation [HM 1206 COS]
- Life support: Three nurses on the front lines
- Recovery: Women's overseas service in WW1
Open Access article on the reported experiences of internationally qualified nurses in aged care
- The reported experiences of internationally qualified nurses in aged care: A scoping review
Selected articles – Nursing Times March and April 2024
- 'Are we getting our communication right?'
- Nurses 'vital' for tackling rising global mental health care needs
- Assessing frailty in older people as part of holistic care
- Nursing associate students in practice during the Covid-19 pandemic
- The nursing faith groups tackling health inequalities
- Vitamin D: the 'sunshine vitamin', its role and the effects of deficiency
- Palliative care gets spotlight in assisted dying report
Articles – New Zealand articles in Proquest Public Health database
- Identifying Maori perspectives on gene editing in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Associations of protein intake, sources and distribution on muscle strength in community-dwelling older adults living in Auckland, New Zealand
- Harm reduction behaviours and harm experiences of people who use 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Inequities in the Aotearoa New Zealand context
- A partnership between Maori healing and psychiatry in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Australian and New Zealand Nurses: Social and emotional attributes and work engagement.
Table of Contents
- American Journal of Nursing, March 2024
Events
- Prostrate Cancer Foundation NZ Annual Conference 2024
- NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association Conference 2024
National news
- Vapes are prescription-only in Australia, should NZ be the same?
- Muriwhenua Wellbeing Festival celebrated in Kaitaia
International news
- 'Unethical' junk food packaging manipulates children into craving sweets, report claims
- My first time doing tai chi: 'It feels like my brain is solving a Rubik's Cube'
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Books
NZNO members can borrow any of these books for a period of 4 weeks. Please provide a physical address when you request any items as they may be couriered out to you.
1. Beyond the Screen: Nurses reflections
Edited by Tan Khoon Kiat., Penny Seet., Suppiah Nagammal., Tan Wee King & Avril Chew. Foreword by Ang Beng Choo
Published in 2004
A collection of anecdotes and poems from nurses in public and private health care sectors and educational institutions.
2. Collaborative and indigenous mental health therapy Tataihono: Stories of Maori healing and psychiatry [WA 305.KN4 NIA]
NiaNia, Wiremu., Bush, Allister & Epston, David
Published in 2017
Examines a collaboration between traditional Maori healing and clinical psychiatry, each chapter recounting the story of one young person and their family's experience of Maori healing from several perspectives.
3. Conversational wisdom: Strengthening human connection through the power of conversation [HM 1206 COS]
Cosgrove, Emily & Hope, Sara
Published in 2023
Conversation: the heartbeat of our organisations. Right now, we’re at risk of losing the art of doing it well. We need to radically change how we talk to each other, to create workplaces where people feel they belong and can thrive. This book will help you understand how to grow your conversational wisdom to create more inclusive and collaborative environments and to make work more meaningful.
4. Life support: Three nurses on the front lines
Suzanne Gordon
Paperback edition, 2007
In this book, Suzanne Gordon describes the everyday work of three RNs in Boston. A nurse practitioner, an oncology nurse, and a clinical nurse specialist on a medical unit. At a time when nursing is often undervalued and nurses themselves in short supply, Life Support provides a vivid, engaging, and intimate portrait of health care's largest profession and the important role it plays in patients' lives.
5. Recovery: Women’s overseas service in WW1
Kay Morris Matthews
This book is about making visible the work that New Zealand women undertook overseas during World War One. It showcases women from the East Coast who served overseas either with the armed services or as volunteers between 1915 and 1919.
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Open access article
6. The reported experiences of internationally qualified nurses in aged care: A scoping review
Louise Sheehy., Tonia Crawford & Jo River
Journal of Advanced Nursing, First published: 30 October 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15913
To examine the experiences of internationally qualified nurses, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, transitioning to and working in the aged care sector of high-income countries.
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Selected Articles – Nursing Times, March and April 2024
7. Are we getting our communication right?
By Ellie Sims
Nursing Times, 29 April 2024
Did you know that a lack of communication contributes to the health inequalities those with learning disabilities face within healthcare? The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) sets out the standards where we should be ‘communicating clearly’ but what does that mean? What does that mean for someone who is non-verbal due to both disability and illness?
8. Nurses ‘vital’ for tackling rising global mental health care needs
By Edd Church
Nursing Times, 05 April, 2024
More funding, recognition and specialising is needed for mental health nursing to tackle global health inequalities, according to latest international guidelines. The International Council of Nurses (ICN), a federation of more than 130 national nursing associations, has published its new Guidelines on Mental Health Nursing.
9. Assessing frailty in older people as part of holistic care
By Katie Dobson
Nursing Times, 02 April 2024
There is no gold standard tool to identify older frail patients and whether a referral is warranted for a comprehensive geriatric assessment. Correct screening is needed to identify frail patients most at risk, alongside a holistic nursing assessment. Asking the right questions and knowing how to use this information is important in identifying frailty.
10. Nursing associate students in practice during the Covid-19 pandemic
By Aneta Polec
Nursing Times, 02 April 2024
Interviews with nursing associate students revealed that they thought the main benefits of working in clinical settings during the Covid-19 pandemic were improved teamwork, enhanced learning and personal development.
11. The nursing faith groups tackling health inequalities
by Ella Devereux
Nursing Times, 31 March 2024
Currently, faith-based nursing practice is far more prevalent in the US. There, it is a recognised specialty operating in community settings, which places emphasis on the importance of addressing the spiritual needs of patients. This phenomenon has slowly been adopted by nurses in the UK in recent years. Most prominently, it is found in charitable or volunteer-led grassroots organisations, set up by nurses who are committed to putting spiritual care back onto the nursing agenda.
12. Vitamin D: The ‘sunshine vitamin’, its role and the effects of deficiency
By Maria Andrade., John Knight & Zubeyde Bayram-Weston
Nursing Times - 25 March 2024
Understand why vitamin D is called the ‘sunshine vitamin’, its role in bone health and immunity and the effects of vitamin D deficiency and overdose.
13. Palliative care gets spotlight in assisted dying report
By Edd Church
Nursing Times, 01 March 2024
A debate around assisted dying has brought hospices into the spotlight, as a new report on the matter has been published. The House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee this week published its report into assisted dying and assisted suicide.
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Articles – New Zealand articles in Proquest Public Health database
14. Identifying Maori perspectives on gene editing in Aotearoa New Zealand
Clark, A., Wilcox, P., Morrison, S., Munshi, D., Kurian, Priya et al.
Communications Biology (2024). 7(1), Article number 221. (7 pages). DOI:10.1038/s42003-024-05896-1
Maori perspectives on gene technologies are evolving, and traditional cultural constructs continue to inform a wide diversity of views. Here we summarise a series of research activities aimed at identifying evolving Maori perspectives on gene editing and how these inform engagement at the co-innovation interface.
15. Associations of protein intake, sources and distribution on muscle strength in community-dwelling older adults living in Auckland, New Zealand
Hiol, Anne N., von Hurst, Pamela R., Conlon, Cathryn A., & Beck, Kathryn L
Journal of Nutritional Science (2023, Aug). 12 (e94) – 7 pages DOI:10.1017/jns.2023.76
Protein intake, sources and distribution impact on muscle protein synthesis and muscle mass in older adults. However, it is less clear whether dietary protein influences muscle strength. Data were obtained from the Researching Eating Activity and Cognitive Health (REACH) study, a cross-sectional study aimed at investigating dietary patterns, cognitive function and metabolic syndrome in older adults aged 65–74 years.
16. Harm reduction behaviours and harm experiences of people who use 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in Aotearoa New Zealand
Whelan, Jai., Noller, Geoff., & Ward, Ryan D.
Harm Reduction Journal. (2024). 21, 1-14.
3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is drug of high prevalence in Aotearoa New Zealand and is the primary drug analysed by legal drug checking services. We aimed to address the gap in literature pertaining to MDMA-related harm reduction behaviour and harm experiences within the country.
17. Inequities in the Aotearoa New Zealand context
Gustafson, P., Lambert, M., Bartholomew, K., Ratima, M., & Yasmin Abdul Aziz et al.
International Journal for Equity in Health. (2024). 23, 1-14
Health intervention implementation in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), as in many countries globally, usually varies by ethnicity. Maori (the Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa) and Pacific peoples are less likely to receive interventions than other ethnic groups, despite experiencing persistent health inequities. This study aimed to develop an equity-focused implementation framework, appropriate for the Aotearoa NZ context, to support the planning and delivery of equitable implementation pathways for health interventions, with the intention of achieving equitable outcomes for Maori, as well as people originating from the Pacific Islands.
18. A partnership between Maori healing and psychiatry in Aotearoa New Zealand
NiaNia, W., & Bush, A.
BJPsych International. (2023, May). 20(2), 31-33. DOI:10.1192/bji.2022.25
This paper describes an example of Maori healing and psychiatry working together in an Indigenous mental health context in Aotearoa (New Zealand). Each author outlines their perspectives on the context and the partnership. The case of a Maori teenager with pseudo-seizures and voice-hearing is described to illustrate the partnership in action.
19. Australian and New Zealand Nurses: Social and emotional attributes and work engagement
Sheridan, L., Wilson, L., Alonzo, D. & Middleton, R.
International Journal of Qualitative Methods. (2023, Sept). Vol. 22. DOI:10.1177/16094069231202660
The COVID-19 pandemic presented significant job engagement challenges for the nursing workforce with increased pressures and workplace changes. Nursing staff shortages have increased nurse anxiety, burnout, fear, low morale and intentions to leave the profession. Nursing care is inherently stressful and at times complex, with stress often due to work inconsistencies, a lack of role clarity, workloads and time pressures. This study explores nurses job engagement, by looking specifically at nurses social-emotional attributes – Occupational Commitment, Self-efficacy Beliefs, Collective Efficacy Beliefs, Resilience, Adaptability and Emotional Labour.
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Table of Contents
20. American Journal of Nursing, March 2024
20A. On quotation accuracy: What distinguishes this journal from the rest
20B. Integrating Trauma-Informed Spiritual Care: A call for a comprehensive practice that treats the whole person
20C. News: First cell-based gene therapy approved for sickle cell disease; Study attributes 5 million deaths per year to air pollution; Barriers to leadership for women in health care
20D. Abortion care in the Dobbs Era: Nurses are at the front line
20E. Don’t judge a book by its cover: Recognizing bias as the biggest hidden threat to patient safety
20F. Drugwatch: Two new drugs for ulcerative colitis
20G. Nurses’ attitudes towards brain drain and the associated factors
20H. Infection control nursing: These nurses prevent patients from contracting avoidable infections
20I. Beyond PICO: A new question simplifies the search for evidence: A new question simplifies the search for evidence
20J. Enhancing disaster management preparedness through simulation: A mock disaster drill is a unique approach to educating nursing students
20K. Evaluating the effectiveness of an alternating pressure overlay in patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery: Findings from this nurse-led project may help reduce HAPIs
20L. Ethical research and the institutional review board: An introduction: Why and how we protect research subjects from harm
20M. Palliating serious illness during disasters and public health emergencies: How to prepare more nurses to provide palliative care in crises
20N. Journal Watch: Adding throat to nasal swabs improves accuracy of Covid-19 rapid antigen testing; Simple models predict need for high-level care in adults with probable dementia; Interventions needed to relieve distress in patients receiving noninvasive ventilation; Shift work adversely affects sleep
20O. Unfinished business: A nurse’s father touchingly revises his views on time and dying
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Events
21. Prostrate Cancer Foundation NZ Annual Conference 2024
Date: Sunday 19 May 2024
Time: 08:00 - 16:00
Venue: Rydges Latimer Christchurch, 30 Latimer Square, Christchurch
22. NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association Conference 2024
Date: Wednesday 11 – Friday 13 September 2024
Venue: Hilton Hotel, 147 Quay Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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News – National
23. Vapes are prescription-only in Australia, should NZ be the same?
By Zoe Madden-Smith
One News - 7 Apr 2024
Vaping was supposed to stop people from smoking. But instead, it's got a new generation hooked on nicotine. Australia’s solution has been to ban vapes, unless you have a prescription. But is that working - and should Aotearoa do the same?
24. Muriwhenua Wellbeing Festival celebrated in Kaitaia
Northern Advocate, 8 Apr, 2024
The inaugural Muriwhenua Wellbeing Festival was celebrated in style on Saturday at Kait?ia’s Te Ahu centre.The festival marked another step towards supporting a healthier, thriving wh?nau living in Te Hiku, and is one of 13 innovative initiatives being tested this year under the Taikorihi Locality — the population health prototype set up under the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022 to influence and inform the future investment of public health in New Zealand.
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News – International
25. ‘Unethical’ junk food packaging manipulates children into craving sweets, report claims
The Guardian, 2 May 2024
Bite Back, a Jamie Oliver campaign group, found the 10 biggest producers reel in young shoppers with attention-grabbing colours and cartoons.
26. My first time doing tai chi: ‘It feels like my brain is solving a Rubik’s Cube’
The Guardian, 2 May 2024
In her fortnightly review of fitness and wellbeing activities, comedian Jennifer Wong finds that mastering the Chinese martial art is a matter of mind over navel.
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