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Nursing Praxis in New Zealand
Vol. 16 No.2 - July 2000
EDITORIAL
Abstracts of Articles published in this volume:
Lynne Giddings & Pamela Wood
The Methodological Journey of a Grounded Theorist: An Interview with Denise Dignam
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Kathy Holloway
The Future for Nursing Education: UKCC Review has Relevance for New Zealand.
Margaret Horsburgh
Quality in Undergraduate Nursing Programmes: The Role of Nursing Council.
Susan Jacobs
Credentialing: Setting Standards for Advanced Nursing Practice.
THE METHODOLOGICAL JOURNEY OF A GROUNDED THEORIST: AN INTERVIEW WITH DENISE DIGNAM
Lynne S. Giddings, RGON, RM, BA (Hons), MN, PhD, Associate Professor School of Nursing and Midwifery, Auckland University of Technology
Pamela J. Wood, RGON, BA, MEd, PhD, Dip Tchg (Tert), Senior Lecturer
Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Victoria University of Wellington
Abstract
Nurses and midwives in Aotearoa/New Zealand are making a unique contribution to the development and application of various research approaches (methodologies) to nursing and midwifery practice. This is the first of a series of articles based on interviews with nursing and midwifery researchers, giving stories of their research journeys in relation to a particular methodology. The articles will give beginning researchers some real life examples of what it is like to carry out research. They are not in-depth explorations of the various methodologies. What we have attempted to capture is how real people actually use the various research methodologies we read about in textbooks and that frame the research which influences our practice. The stories are presented in interview format so that each interviewee’s unique style and approach can emerge. The first researcher in our series is Denise Dignam (RGON, BA, DipSocSci) who in her PhD research is using a grounded theory approach to investigate issues related to breastfeeding.
Key words: Research, methodologies, grounded theory
Article Order No: 162A
THE FUTURE FOR NURSING EDUCATION:
UKCC REVIEW HAS RELEVANCE FOR
NEW ZEALAND
Kathy Holloway RCpN, BN, MHSc(NsgEd)
Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing and Health Studies
Whitireia Community Polytechnic, Porirua
Abstract
The strategic review of undergraduate nursing education recently commissioned by the Nursing Council of New Zealand (NCNZ) will provide a focus for nursing education in Aotearoa/New Zealand in the immediate future. Recently the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (UKCC) completed its own review of undergraduate nursing education. The published report ‘Fitness for Practice’, has many areas of relevance for New Zealand educators in outlining possible strategies for nursing education. Issues such as recruitment and access to education; retention; clinical assessment and placements; clinical skill acquisition and partnership are valid concerns for educators here also. Internationally the commonalties in issues of concern are remarkable and lend validity to the concept of the global village and the necessity for a global perspective in health care workforce planning, including educational preparation. Discussion of some of the recommendations informs nursing education of the possibilities for forward progress in these times of continual change in health care delivery systems.
Key Words: Undergraduate nursing education, international trends
Article Order No: 162B
QUALITY IN UNDERGRADUATE NURSING PROGRAMMES : THE ROLE OF NURSING COUNCIL
Margaret Horsburgh, RGON, RM, RCNA(NZ), EdD, MA(Hons), Dip Ed.
Associate Professor of Nursing, Assistant Dean and Director of Nursing,
The Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland
Abstract
This paper looks broadly at issues to do with quality monitoring in higher education and considers the role and focus of the Nursing Council of New Zealand in the approval of and ongoing monitoring of undergraduate nursing degree programmes. It is suggested that the approach taken by the Nursing Council is accountabilityled where minimal attention is given to teaching and learning and actual graduate outcomes. This may lead to a mistaken belief that Nursing Council’s monitoring focuses on quality or that the outcomes of their monitoring might contribute to programme enhancement. A shift to emphasise learning processes, students and continual improvement in order to enhance programme quality is proposed.
Key Words: Quality, curriculum, course approval
Article Order No: 162C
CREDENTIALING: SETTING STANDARDS FOR ADVANCED NURSING PRACTICE
Susan H. Jacobs, RCpN, BScN, MA, PhD Candidate Dean, Faculty of Health Studies, Eastern Institute of Technology, Hawkes Bay
Abstract
While the document Framework, Guidelines and Competencies for Post-Registration Nursing Education (Nursing Council of New Zealand, 1999) provides for approval of programmes preparing nurses for advanced practice, the related credentialing and titling of individual nurses in advanced practice has not been addressed. This article examines professional regulation with particular reference to advanced practice. As well as providing an overview of credentialing and other aspects of professional regulation, including licensure, certification, registration, and titling, the question of how much regulation, and by whom, will be explored. The paper has been prepared independently of the Nursing Council, and may not necessarily reflect the Council’s views.
Key words: Credentialing, advanced nursing practice, professional regulation
Article Order No: 162D
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