- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Reflective Practices in Education
- Pharmaceutical studies and practices
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Open Education and E-Learning
- Problem and Project Based Learning
- Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes
- Healthcare Quality and Management
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Infection Control in Healthcare
- Health Sciences Research and Education
- Health Education and Validation
- Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection
- Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Neonatal skin health care
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
University of Auckland
2014-2025
Weatherford College
2011
Students must be prepared for the transference of medication administration (pharmacology knowledge and clinical skills) to practice. The Preparedness Medication Oral Administration questionnaire has been used in several studies demonstrated strong internal reliability consistency. revised align with updated competencies. factor structure or dimensionality questionnaires not examined. To examine psychometric properties (Revised) Questionnaire. Data from a previous study were determine Three...
To examine final-year undergraduate nursing students' characteristics and their perceived preparedness for medication administration across three universities during COVID-19. Medication is a complex process errors can cause harm to the patient. Nurses are at frontline of administration; therefore, students must be well-prepared administer medicines safely before graduation. Little known about A multi-site study using cross-sectional survey student demographics, 'Preparedness Administration'...
Abstract Background The Western Pacific region constitutes one-quarter of the world’s population and has diverse health needs. While dialogue on promotion advanced practice nurses are ongoing, this study investigated current responsibilities in roles, future healthcare needs, implications these components for nurses’ professional development within region. Methods This employed three phases, a descriptive survey status roles region, followed by Delphi survey, exploratory interviews. A total...
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore final year undergraduate nursing student's perception clinical practice situations where they applied, or were not able apply, their pharmacology knowledge in medication management. Pharmacology is integrated into during administration, formulation, dosing and client education. A key finding that the majority students do use setting. Despite these encouraging results lack opportunities preceptor direction context are still...
To investigate and compare the experiences perceptions of nurses doctors in becoming prescribers.The development core skills, knowledge attitudes as a prescriber is among present foci current medical education, requirements for ongoing mentorship, support education novice prescribers have been identified important training components. However, little known prescribing practices other health professionals who are also new to prescribing, example, nurse prescribers.This qualitative study was...
Evidence in support of the Developmental Origins Health and Disease (DOHaD) hypothesis has reached level where it can appropriately be used to inform practice. DOHaD informed interventions supporting primary noncommunicable disease risk reduction should target pre- periconceptional periods, pregnancy, lactation, childhood adolescence. Such are dependent on a health workforce (including dietitians, nurses, midwives, doctors, nutrition teachers), that deep understanding concepts. This study...
The purpose of this study was to examine the introduction nurse prescribing in New Zealand, especially with respect basis concerns related level knowledge and skills required practitioners for safe prescribing; further compare experiences Zealand those other countries where nurses are authorised prescribe. It is argued that rights previously extended Nurse Practitioners now being groups nurses, also health professions, a matter provoking concern patient safety adequacy educational...
Background: Medication management has long been a role for nurses. Yet how new graduate nurses apply pharmacology knowledge to practice an issue not well identified in the literature. This article reports survey undertaken 2013 one large urban New Zealand hospital that explores nurse's perception of applying their clinical medication management. Method: Survey research was employed this study with postal distributed 128 who had graduated within previous 24 months. Twenty-five questionnaires...
Introduction Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) is a global initiative aimed at promoting the responsible use of antimicrobials to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR), critical health threat. In New Zealand, over 95% antibiotics are prescribed in community, with estimates suggesting that half these prescriptions for self-limiting respiratory infections, contributing significantly AMR. Registered nurses (RNs), especially nurse practitioners and designated prescribers, well-positioned play...
To describe a randomized controlled trial protocol that will evaluate the effectiveness of two web-based genomic nursing education interventions.Preparing future nurses to be competent in genetic and concepts is fundamental ensure appropriate clinical application. However, genetics-genomics are still new field nursing. Little known about what type kind effective improving knowledge students. address these gaps, 'Genomic Nursing Education Intervention' developed compared with an existing...
IntroductionMedical prescribing, in terms of both education and practice, has been extensively researched but this not the case with nurse prescribing (Coombes, Mitchell, & Stowasser, 2008; Franson, Dubois, de Kam, Burggraaf, Cohen, 2009; Garbutt et al., 2006; Gwee, 2009). One reason for is that internationally, prescriptive authority differs between countries, hence educational preparation nurses to prescribe also varies. This detracted from consistent research into practice despite fact...
The aim of this article was to determine whether the incidence intrathecal morphine-induced pruritus (ITMI) influenced by ethnicity, age or gender in relation orthopaedic versus caesarean surgeries.The use morphine for patients undergoing total hip and knee joint replacements lower segment sections (LSCS) has gained popularity worldwide since its introduction over 30 years ago. Several international studies show that delivered via route is an effective safe method pain relief. However, while...
Hospital readmissions are costly for patients, their families and healthcare systems. Identifying addressing risk factors can reduce the number of people who experience readmission. Few studies have explored modifiable such as health beliefs from patients' perspective to explore complexity This study aimed identify readmission perspectives patients experienced families.
Introduction Antimicrobial resistance is an infectious disease threat to public health globally, and antimicrobial stewardship among healthcare professionals one key way address this potential problem. Registered nurse designated prescribers are the newest group of gain prescribing authority in Aotearoa New Zealand, yet little known about their understanding role. Aim The aim study was explore registered prescribers' role through practices approaches clinical reasoning. Methods This...