Recently completed a thesis or dissertation?  Publicise your findings by sending it to the NZNO library (Library@nzno.org.nz) for inclusion in the Thesis Collection and NZ Nursing Research Index http://www.nursingresearch.co.nz/refbase/ Criteria for inclusion: “Research concerned with the...

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Recently completed a thesis or dissertation?  Publicise your findings by sending it to the NZNO library (Library@nzno.org.nz) for inclusion in the Thesis Collection and NZ Nursing Research Index http://www.nursingresearch.co.nz/refbase/ Criteria for inclusion: “Research concerned with the...

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Articles – Social Media/Patient Privacy 1. Clinicians and their cameras: Policy, ethics and practice in an Australian tertiary hospital Burns, Kara &  Belton, Suzanne Australian Health Review, Vol. 37, No. 4, 2013: 437-441 Abstract: Medical photography illustrates what people would prefer...

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February 2016 - Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month Teal is the chosen colour to represent Ovarian Cancer awareness and we want New Zealand to Turn it Teal so we can increase awareness of the fourth leading cause of cancer death in NZ women. Every day in New Zealand 3 women are diagnosed and 1...

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Articles – Nursing Standard [RCN Journal] 1. Clinical update - Continence Nursing Standard, 2016. 30(22), 17-17. Abstract: Essential facts: Continence is the ability to voluntarily control emptying the bladder and bowels effectively, in a socially acceptable and hygienic way. According to...

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Articles – Nursing Older people (RCN) 1. Needs of older people exceed ability of services to respond, claims report By Nick Triggle Nursing Older People, Volume 27, Issue 10, 26 November 2015 Abstract: Arguably, the greatest challenge faced by the UK’s health and care sectors in the 21st...

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Women in H&S in New Zealand The next edition of Safeguard will include a story on women's experience as H&S practitioners in New Zealand. To supplement the story and to give more people a voice we invite women working in NZ as a H&S practitioner or occupational health nurse to take part in...

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  ** Happy New Year ** 11 January 2016 - The NZNO Library has reopened  Articles  - Handovers 1. Impact of a modified nursing handover model for improving nursing care and documentation in the emergency department: A pre- and post-implementation study By Debra Kerr, Sharon Klim,...

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Articles  - Nursing Ethics/Social Media 1. The loss of common decency By: Johnstone, Megan-Jane. Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal. Nov 2015, Vol. 23 Issue 5, p23-23. 1p. Abstract: The article focuses on problems of indecent behaviours in the nursing profession. It cites examples of...

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Articles  - Fall Prevention/Home Accidents 1. Fall Prevention: Single or Multiple Interventions? Single Interventions for Fall Prevention. By Campbell, A. John & Robertson, M. Clare. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Feb 2013, Vol. 61 (2), p281-284. 4p Abstract: The article...

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