Posts – Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand

Perceptions of Indian IQNs transitioning into a bachelor of nursing programme in New Zealand

Kathy StodartAugust 10, 2026November 2020IQN, bachelor of nursing, cultural safety, cross-cultural communication, transition, resilience

Download this article as a PDF About the author: Kathy Corner, RN, MN, PGDip adult learning and teaching, ESOL teacher, is a nursing lecturer at the Universal College of Learning (UCol), Palmerston North, New Zealand. Her correspondence address is: [email protected] Key words IQN, bachelor of nursing, cultural safety, cross-cultural communication, transition, resilience Aim The aim … Continue reading “Perceptions of Indian IQNs transitioning into a bachelor of nursing programme in New Zealand”

Registered nurse turnover in the acute setting

Kathy StodartAugust 10, 2026November 2020retention, nurse, attrition, nurse turnover, acute care hospital

Download this article as a PDF About the author: Janine Ellison, RN, masters candidate, is a nurse educator in the professional development unit, older persons and rehabilitation, Waikato District Health Board, Hamilton, New Zealand. Her correspondence address is: [email protected] Key words nurse, attrition, retention, nurse turnover, acute care hospital Aim The aim of this integrative … Continue reading “Registered nurse turnover in the acute setting”

The case for appointing Parkinson’s disease nurse specialists

Kathy StodartAugust 10, 2026November 2020Parkinson's, chronic neurological disorder, older person's health, specialist nurse, economic burden, falls risk

Download this article as a PDF Peta Taylor Heather Josland Natalia Batyaeva About the authors: Peta Taylor, RN, RM, PhD (medicine), BSc(hons), GradCertNurs, DipTch(tert), is a senior academic staff member in the Department of Health Practice, Ara Institute of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. Her correspondence address is: [email protected] Heather Josland, RN, MHlthSci, PGCert ClTch, is … Continue reading “The case for appointing Parkinson’s disease nurse specialists”

Language and communication: A vital component of health for people with refugee backgrounds

Kathy StodartAugust 10, 2026November 2020nursing, refugee, language development, health and wellbeing

Download this article as a PDF Jenny Field Patricia McClunie-Trust Celine Kearney Jane Jeffcoat About the authors: Jenny Field, MA(Hons), Appld MPhil, is a senior academic staff member in the Centre for Languages, Wintec (Waikato Institute of Technology), Hamilton, New Zealand, and chair of Diversity Counselling New Zealand. Patricia McClunie-Trust, RN, PhD, is a principal … Continue reading “Language and communication: A vital component of health for people with refugee backgrounds”

Students’ perceptions of participating in educational escape rooms in undergraduate nursing education

Kathy StodartAugust 10, 2026November 2020nursing education, collaboration, escape rooms, survey research, teamwork, critical thinking

Download this article as a PDF Johanna Rhodes About the author: Johanna Rhodes, RN, MTchg, MHealSc, PhD candidate, is the head of the School of Nursing, Southern Institute of Technology, Invercargill, New Zealand. Her correspondence address is: [email protected] This article was accepted for publication in September 2020. ABSTRACT Aim: The aim of this research was … Continue reading “Students’ perceptions of participating in educational escape rooms in undergraduate nursing education”

Patient safety leadership walk rounds: Lessons learned from a mixed-methods evaluation

Kathy StodartAugust 10, 2026November 2020patient safety, leadership, walk round, evaluation

Download this article as a PDF Jacqui Wynne-Jones Margot Martin-Babin Brooke Hayward Luis Villa About the authors: Jacqui Wynne-Jones, RN, MHlthPrac, GradCertNursing (critical care), BHSc, is the clinical nurse director – surgery, anaesthesia, perioperative and critical care complex, Counties Manukau Health, Auckland, New Zealand. Her correspondence address is: [email protected] Margot Martin-Babin, BHSc, BCom, is an … Continue reading “Patient safety leadership walk rounds: Lessons learned from a mixed-methods evaluation”

Promoting the use of the SOAP(IE) documentation framework in medical nurses’ practice

Kathy StodartAugust 10, 2026November 2020nursing documentation, SOAP, SOAP(IE), frameworks

Download this article as a PDF About the authors: Jeanette Briscoe, RN, MN(hons), PGDipAdvNurs, BHSc(nurs), is a principal nursing lecturer at Northtec, Whangarei, New Zealand. Her correspondence address is: [email protected] Thomas Harding, RN, PhD, is a research consultant at Northtec, Whangarei. This article was accepted for publication in September 2020. ABSTRACT Aim: The aim of … Continue reading “Promoting the use of the SOAP(IE) documentation framework in medical nurses’ practice”

Burnout in New Zealand registered nurses: The role of workplace factors

Kathy StodartAugust 10, 2026November 2020nursing, bullying, harassment, burnout, workplace, stress

Download this article as a PDF Costantinos Tabakakis Margaret McAllister Julie Bradshaw About the authors: Costantinos (Kosta) Tabakakis, MHSci(hons), MEd, is a PhD candidate at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Sciences, CQUniversity, Noosa, Australia. He is also a research adviser at Research and Enterprise, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand. His correspondence address … Continue reading “Burnout in New Zealand registered nurses: The role of workplace factors”

The transformative potential of COVID-19 for nursing research

Kathy StodartAugust 10, 2026November 2020nursing research, Covid-19, digital technology, data collection

Download this article as a PDF TĒNĀ KOUTOU, TĒNĀ KOUTOU, tēnā tatou katoa. Welcome to the 2020 edition of Kai Tiaki Nursing Research. As Jinny Willis notes in her guest editorial, this year has been significant for our profession. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many aspects of human life that we previously took for granted, … Continue reading “The transformative potential of COVID-19 for nursing research”

2020, the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife and the COVID-19 pandemic

Kathy StodartAugust 10, 2026November 2020Covid-19

Download this article as a PDF About the author: Jinny Willis, BSc(hons), PhD, is the principal researcher at the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, Christchurch. AS 2020, THE INTERNATIONAL Year of the Nurse and Midwife dawned, a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, emerged as a global threat. COVID-19, as it came to be known, was first described … Continue reading “2020, the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife and the COVID-19 pandemic”

How international databases take Kai Tiaki Nursing Research to the world

Kathy StodartJune 30, 2026July 3, 2026November 2021nursing research, research databases

Download this article as a PDF About the authors: Kathy Stodart is a journalist and production editor of Kai Tiaki Nursing Research. Heather Woods, PGDip ILS, is the librarian and records manager at the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, Wellington, New Zealand. WHEN A NEW RESEARCHER is first published in Kai Tiaki Nursing Research (KTNR), … Continue reading “How international databases take Kai Tiaki Nursing Research to the world”

Using transdisciplinary research to explore solutions to ‘wicked problems’

Kathy StodartJune 30, 2026July 3, 2026November 2021methodology, collaboration, transdisciplinary research (TDR), 'wicked problems', partnership

Download this article as a PDF About the author: Morag MacKenzie, RN, MAppInnov(dist), PGDipHSci, PGCertTDR, is the charge nurse manager for START (Supported Transfer Accelerated Rehabilitation Team), at the Waikato District Health Board. Her correspondence address is: [email protected] Abstract Transdisciplinary research (TDR) was the methodological approach used to explore challenges and opportunities for enrolled nursing … Continue reading “Using transdisciplinary research to explore solutions to ‘wicked problems’”

Nursing is — and has — a methodology:
A nursing voice

Kathy StodartJune 30, 2026July 3, 2026November 2021methodology, nursing knowledge, perspective of health, nursing voice, technology, practical expertise, practice wisdom

Download this article as a PDF About the author: Merian Litchfield, RN, PhD, is an academic-at-large, researcher, educator and consultant. Her correspondence address is: [email protected] Abstract Access to nursing is at the core of health care in civilised societies. This paper is about naming, framing and claiming nursing’s contemporary significance for health and people’s lives … Continue reading “Nursing is — and has — a methodology:
A nursing voice”

Comparing health outcomes of rural and urban diabetes patients: An audit of a Māori health provider

Kathy StodartJune 30, 2026August 10, 2026November 2021Māori, diabetes, health care centre, rural, urban

Download this article as a PDF About the author: Timothy Ryan, RN, MN, is a diabetes clinical nurse specialist at Rotorua Hospital, Lakes District Health Board, Rotorua, New Zealand. His correspondence address is: [email protected] Key words diabetes, Māori, health care centre, rural, urban Aim The aim of this study was to explore whether diabetes management … Continue reading “Comparing health outcomes of rural and urban diabetes patients: An audit of a Māori health provider”

Influence of a pulmonary rehabilitation programme on health outcomes for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Kathy StodartJune 30, 2026July 3, 2026November 2021education, pulmonary rehabilitation programme, COPD, knowledge, self-management

Download this article as a PDF About the authors: William Chiyesu, RN, RM, DipNursing, MHSc, is a clinical nurse specialist in the respiratory service, Counties Manukau Health, Auckland, New Zealand. His correspondence address is: [email protected] Shayne Rasmussen, RN, MHSc(hons), is a nursing lecturer at the Auckland University of Technology. This article was accepted for publication … Continue reading “Influence of a pulmonary rehabilitation programme on health outcomes for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease”

Utility of the Waterlow Scale in acute care settings: A literature review

Kathy StodartJune 30, 2026July 3, 2026November 2021pressure injury, Waterlow scale, reliability, validity, effectiveness, clinical judgment

Download this article as a PDF About the authors: Arshi Nadeem is a final-year student in the master of nursing science programme at the Centre for Postgraduate Nursing Studies, University of Otago, Christchurch. Her correspondence address is [email protected] David Healee, RN, DHSc, MA(appld nsg), ONC (UK), MCNA (NZ), is a senior lecturer in the Centre … Continue reading “Utility of the Waterlow Scale in acute care settings: A literature review”

Anticipatory prescribing in community palliative and end-of-life care: A realist review

Kathy StodartJune 30, 2026July 3, 2026November 2021

Download this article as a PDF About the authors: Ruth McChesney, RN, BHSc(hons)nsg, PGDipHlthSci, NZCertBus(first line management), is an acute demand specialist nurse at the Western Bay of Plenty Primary Health Organisation, Tauranga, New Zealand. Patricia McClunie-Trust, RN, PhD, is a principal academic staff member in the Centre for Health and Social Practice, Waikato Institute … Continue reading “Anticipatory prescribing in community palliative and end-of-life care: A realist review”

Nurses’ experiences of providing care in an environment with decentralised nursing stations

Kathy StodartJune 30, 2026July 3, 2026November 2021decentralised work station, pod nursing, hospital design, nurse collegiality

Download this article as a PDF Aimee Miles Raewyn Lesa Lorraine Ritchie About the authors: Aimee Miles, RN, MHSci(clin nsg), is a clinical nurse specialist at Christchurch Hospital, Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch, New Zealand. Her correspondence address is: [email protected] or [email protected] Raewyn Lesa, RN, MN, PhD, is a senior lecturer in the Centre for … Continue reading “Nurses’ experiences of providing care in an environment with decentralised nursing stations”

Ngā Manukura O Āpōpō: Sustaining kaupapa Māori nurse and midwifery leadership

Kathy StodartJune 30, 2026August 10, 2026November 2021Māori, indigenous, leadership, workforce, inequity, policy

Download this article as a PDF Kataraina Pipi Michelle Moss Louise Were About the authors: Kataraina Pipi (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Hine), PGDip Social Sector Evaluation Research, Master in Applied Indigenous Knowledge, is an independent evaluator for FEM 2006 Ltd. Michelle Moss (Pākehā, Swedish immigrant), BA social anthropology, is an independent evaluator for MiMo Consulting. (Agreed … Continue reading “Ngā Manukura O Āpōpō: Sustaining kaupapa Māori nurse and midwifery leadership”