Recently added articles from Whitireia Nursing Journal:
In memory of Donna Voice
Jan 01, 2008; ... Fabulous nurse, teacher, mentor, scholar and friend who passed away 8 September 2008. Donna, you will always be remembered for your passion for nursing and teaching, ...
Editorial: Educating for the Future
Jan 01, 2008; ... It is a great honour to be invited to write this editorial for the Whitireia Nursing Journal and pay tribute to the institution that taught me not only how to teach, but more importantly, how to learn. Ten years ago I moved with my family from Dunedin to Wellington and began teaching in ...
Aesthetic Representations of Health Models: A Photographic Essay
Jan 01, 2008; ... Introduction As part of the undergraduate paper 'Introduction to the social contexts of health1, first-year nursing students at Whitireia research a socio-ecological model of health and prepare and present as a group an aesthetic interpretation or representation of this model to the ...
State Examinations to Gain Nursing Registration in Aotearoa New Zealand: The Impact on Nursing Education
Jan 01, 2008; ... Introduction For students entering a Bachelor of Nursing programme, the ultimate goal is to gain employment as a registered nurse. To practise in New Zealand, nurses are legally required to be on the register maintained by the Nursing Council of New Zealand (NCNZ). In order to join this ...
Are Population-Based Health Promotion Strategies Enough to Address Child and Adolescent Obesity?
Jan 01, 2008; ... Introduction In New Zealand, obesity in children is a significant issue. Forty one percent of Maori and 62% of Pacific children are obese compared with 24% of New Zealand European children (Capital and Coast DHB, 2004) - The prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents has a ...
Is Laughter the Best Medicine? Research into the Therapeutic Use of Humour and Laughter in Nursing Practice
Jan 01, 2008; ... Introduction Humour is an interesting subject that people have been trying to discover more about for millenia. The use of humour dates back at least to biblical times, as shown in Proverbs 17:22: 1A merry heart does good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.1 The problem ...
Health Literacy
Jan 01, 2008; ... Introduction Health literacy is perceived to be a relatively new concept in health promotion. Health education is recognised as an integral aspect of health promotion and in developed countries health literacy, as a key outcome of health education, has a long history (Nutbeam, 2000) ....
With Awareness Comes Choice Maa te Matatau, Ka Tau te Whiringa: 13th Australasian Nurse Educators Conference 2007 hosted by Whitireia Community Polytechnic, Nursing Centre of Learning
Jan 01, 2008; ... The Nurse Educators Conference was hosted by the Nursing Centre of Learning, Whitireia Community Polytechnic, at Te Papa Tongarewa, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, from 3-5 October 2007. The conference, entitled 'With awareness comes choice. Maa te matatau, ka tau te whiringa1, had three ...
An Ethical Reflection
Jan 01, 2008; ... Reflection The following occurred on a clinical placement during the course of my Bachelor of Nursing studies. As the events unfolded they seemed a little unusual, but not anything to cause me any particular unease. Viewing them retrospectively as part of an ethical assignment, I am now ...
Nursing and Cultural Safety: A Student's Perspective and New-Found Sense of Belonging
Jan 01, 2008; ... Reflection One would think that never having been on a marae before, a skinny 'white boy1 from Porirua might feel uneasy about setting foot upon sacred Maori ground and within the boundaries of a culture that the media portrays at times as radical. However, when told of my impending ...
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: An Exploration of the Sexuality Experiences of Women with Enduring Mental Illness
Jan 01, 2008; ... Abstract Sexuality is a complex and important aspect of a person's health and wellbeing. Yet, health professionals seem generally reluctant to discuss sexualityrelated issues, and few research studies have examined the sexuality of women with enduring mental illness. This research ...
Choosing a Career - Why Not Nursing?
Jan 01, 2008; ... Abstract In today's society, young people have many different opportunities for career choices. Nursing is a career that could offer them many challenges and yet most do not choose it. This research project aims to explore how young people make career decisions and why they might choose ...
What Nurses Understand by the Term Evidence-Based Practice, and How It Shapes Their Clinical Decision-Making
Jan 01, 2008; ... Abstract There are professional and legislative expectations that nurses deliver care to their patients that is evidence-based. Previous research findings have indicated that a proportion of nurses do not value research in the clinical setting, yet believe they practice evidence-based ...
Family Violence in New Zealand: A Primary Health Care Nursing Perspective
Jan 01, 2007; ... Introduction Primary health care nurses play an important part in family violence intervention. Nurses have a key role in encouraging disclosure as they are often a regular point of contact for women. This article will explore the implications for how primary health care nurses make ...
Editorial
Jan 01, 2007; ... I am honoured to write the editorial for this issue of the 14th issue of the Whitireia Nursing Journal. I was privileged to attend the Whitireia Community Polytechnic, Bachelor of Nursing Pacific graduation ceremony on 16 May 2007. This wonderful occasion was history in the making for ...
Client-centred Care for the Person with Dementia: The Essential Spiritual Dimension
Jan 01, 2007; ... Introduction Spirituality is an intangible concept that has no single definition. The term 'spirit' is highly individual, having different meanings to different people (Purdy & Dupey, 2005). In suggesting that the interrelationship shared between persons - be it self and family, or ...
Polio Is History - Isn't It?
Jan 01, 2007; ... Introduction We had been told not to stare, but we school children couldn't resist sneaking curious peeks at the skinny young woman who arrived at the swimming pool every morning for her daily exercises. She wore heavy iron callipers on each leg and balanced herself with unwieldy elbow ...
Exemplar of Creative Practice: Using Evidence-based Nursing to Address Family Violence
Jan 01, 2007; ... Sara's story I was working as a graduate nurse in a clinic that was part of a local medical centre. My role was to provide primary and acute nursing care. Clients attending the clinic had 15 minute appointments, and I was responsible for procedures such as dressing, cryotherapy, cervical ...
Pa Hi Atu Health Model: A Tokelau Perspective
Jan 01, 2007; ... Introduction Health promotion tools can be defined as guidelines or strategies utilised to empower individuals to take control over their lives (McMurray, 2003). The following project proposes a health model with the aim of providing health practitioners with a better understanding of ...
A Mosaic of Relationships
Jan 01, 2007; ... Introduction 'A truism about learning is that it is something that learners do' (Howe, 1999, p. 23). Educationalists recognise that learning occurs in the student (Blackwell, 2003; Cooney, Cross & Trunk, 1993; Joyce, Calhoun & Hopkins, 2002; Postlethwaite & Haggarty, 1998; ...