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Nursing students’ and lecturers’ perceptions of pharmacology education and safe medication administration: A research report
No full textThis project aims to explore the perceptions and experiences of both lecturers and undergraduate nursing students relating to:
What are the teaching considerations of pharmacology to nursing students?
-What are the learning considerations of pharmacology for nursing students?
-What is the relationship between pharmacology knowledge and practice?
-What is an ‘Ideal’ programme in pharmacology for undergraduate nursing education
Global strategies but local action: Multi-stakeholder partnerships for conservation of the endemic kea (Nestor notabilis) of New Zealand
No full textThe One Plan Approach highlighted in the World Association of Zoo and Aquariums’ conservation strategy Committing to Conservation (Barongi et al, 2015) seeks, amongst other things, to engender greater engagement with and collaboration between stakeholders, thus leading to more effective conservation outcomes for target species. Theoretically, this ‘global strategy’ has potential but for the Kea (Nestor notabilis), an endemic parrot from Aotearoa New Zealand, it was critical to start with domestic partnerships that would create an acceptance and momentum as a base for a more international approach. For this species, decades of human-wildlife conflict had reduced its visibility as a species worthy of evaluation for vulnerability, and poor captive population management had created a stagnant breeding programme. In 2006, a newly formed non-governmental organization, the Kea Conservation Trust, sought to integrate academics from tertiary education; population biologists and rangers from the Department of Conservation; funding, interest and assistance from community stakeholders; and expertise from and collaboration with the zoo industry, to create a groundswell of interest and resources that would lead to demonstrable outcomes for Kea conservation. In-situ collaborative research led to a change in the threatened status from Nationally Vulnerable to Nationally Endangered (DOC, 2023) and from Vulnerable to Endangered (IUCN Redlist, 2023). Research within captive facilities focussed on establishing Kea responses to repellents, investigations into nesting behaviour, and captive management techniques to underpin best practice welfare. The growing interest and focus on this species provided the conditions for further in-situ study, the development of a new recovery programme, and community support continues to drive an array of solutions-based projects aimed at supporting Kea in the wild. The path to creating effective collaborative partnerships has not been without its challenges and the process has highlighted flaws in the early stakeholder consultation process relating to Māori, the indigenous people of the land, who view Kea as Taonga or Taoka species – cultural treasures. Understanding, valuing and incorporating tikanga (Māori practices and values) and mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) is key to progressing an inclusive multi-stakeholder plan for endemic species in New Zealand. Effective domestic partnerships and community consultations are critical to forming the appropriate foundation for wider global initiative
Creating a workflow that aims to respond to the unique needs of young people in Emergency Supports in Aotearoa New Zealand
No full textThis project undertaken as part of my Master Professional Practice was specifically designed to understand and improve outcomes for young people requiring Emergency Support in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Emergency Support is the term used for taking young people from their place of living into an emergency place – this is often a motel or hotel. A more fulsome explanation of this is provided in the Literature Review section. This work-based pragmatic research project drew on a multi-method approach to recognise the critical need for effective and efficient systems to address the immediate needs of vulnerable youth in crisis situations. The project integrated understanding and knowledge gathered from data utilising my experience, the literature, surveys, and a series of interviews with the young people themselves.
The final output was a workflow that helps Social workers address deficiencies in the Emergency Support system and a report that brings together the understanding, data and knowledge that resulted from my explorations. The project began with a thorough review of existing literature, policies, protocols, and interventions for Emergency Support for young people in Aotearoa. Data was collected through surveys and interviews to measure the outcomes and identify areas for improvement. This data incorporated insights from key stakeholders, Social workers, community organisations, and young people, and sought to understand the current challenges and areas for improvement in the system. A key emphasis of the project was on promoting a youth-centred approach. The resulting workflow integrates overarching mana-enhancing principles which are crucial for effective practice. These principles are designed to foster the autonomy and agency of youth, promote transparent communication, and foster whānau (family) connection. The workflow aims to streamline, identify, and respond to young people in emergency situations, ensuring their safety, well-being, and access to appropriate support services.
This project also sought to enhance understanding of my own professional practice as a front line Social worker. young people in crisis. This part of the process revealed deeper insights and learning that has strengthened my professional framework of practice. Empowered me to document my growing expertise in supporting and enhancing organisational practice and equipping me with knowledge and motivation for the potential opportunities that the future brings.
As I worked through this project and my findings, three things became clear:
1. For the most part, rangatahi (teenagers) are being traumatized in the Emergency Support where they have sought sanctuary.
2. Tamariki(Children )are experiencing ongoing trauma within the care system with higher reoffending rates, and escalating problems.
3. Mana enhancing principles have the potential to empower young people.
As I worked through this process however I found that at a high level my interview and survey data, and the literature were in strong alignment. What the research did was to delve deeper at a more nuanced level where the voices of the care experienced youth challenged some of the previous assumptions. I found that my originally selected methodologies, didn’t ‘fit’ as well as anticipated resulting in the need to take a dive into methodologies and uncovering an alternative way
“A haven of love and peace”: Family experiences of Dove Hospice and Wellness Services: an interpretive description
No full textBACKGROUND
Caring for someone with a long-term medical condition or a terminal diagnosis can take a physical, mental, and emotional toll on the family and caregivers. Palliative care support services can help to ease the burden and ensure the wellbeing of these caregivers is looked after.
AIM
To explore family member experiences of the services offered by Dove Hospice and Wellness; a community-based service in Auckland, New Zealand offering palliative care services to patients and their families.
DESIGN
Utilising a qualitative interpretative description methodology, data were collected from nine family members of Dove House service users via semi-structured interviews. Interview transcripts were analysed thematically.
FINDINGS
The interviews revealed what family and caregivers valued about their experiences at Dove House. Three themes were identified from the data analysis: ‘being connected’, ‘meeting expectations’, and ‘accessing services’. Being connected with Dove House was of importance to family members; especially having someone to listen who was not family or friends and having a chance to give back to others. Family and caregiver’s expectations were influenced by their preconceptions of hospice care, the lack of awareness of the services available at Dove House, and their individual communication needs. The accessibility of these support services was influenced by the scheduled times of support groups, the location of Dove House and the limited availability of in-patient beds for end-of-life care.
CONCLUSIONS
The data revealed that support services provided by Dove House were of value to family and caregivers of patients with long-term conditions or a terminal diagnosis. Findings highlight the aspects of care that are appreciated by family and caregivers, and indicate the areas of potential improvement within these services
Of this place: Reimagining architectural education in Aotearoa
No full textRESEARCH QUESTION
How can the design of an architecture campus reflect tangata whenua values and our location with Aotearoa and Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa?
ABSTRACT
This Research Project is a direct challenge to Aotearoa's established architectural education system, which assumes the assimilation of tauira into the dominant Pākehā worldview.2 Before European contact, Māori architectural practice had been developing in sync with the cycles of nature for several centuries.
Despite this, mainstream education has failed to value Māori architecture and its principles. Instead, academic and accreditation institutions gate keep the education of architects using systems that recolonise indigenous people and continue to harm the natural world.
Architecture schools teach using imported design references, theories, methods, and practices that lack relevance to our communities and are disconnected from the environment of Aotearoa. This non-contextual way of teaching architecture deters many (especially Māori) from entering the industry, and it fails to prepare tauira for their responsibility as future place-makers.
This research imagines the return of Aotearoa’s architectural education to a grounding in the principles of Te Ao Māori. It highlights the potential of Mātauranga Māori in preparing tauira to design holistic, environmentally and culturally safe built environments.
The principles expressed in the research and interviews will inform the design of a new whare wānanga where the wellbeing of tauira is prioritised, educational opportunities are grounded in the local community, and the natural world is placed at the centre of the learning environment.
SITE PROJECT: The whare wānanga will be located at Ihumātao (Te Ihu ō Mataoho), in Tāmaki Makaura
Classroom meditation to improve Unitec learner resilience
No full textIntroduction
Data from the National NZ Mental Health Survey 2022 - Started us thinking is this common?
Key findings of the Mental Health Survey 2022
Stress and anxiety
Our goals
Why meditation?
How was meditation implemented
Analysis of the survey results
Comments from learners
Where to from here?
Reference
Safely negotiating the intersection: Managing the personal and professional dimensions of life in social work education
No full textSocial workers and social work students come with their own personal lives and histories, that have grown in diverse social and cultural contexts. Students come into social work education with their own experiences of vulnerability, discrimination and oppression and / or privilege, that may be very similar to, or different from, the lives of people they will eventually serve in the social work profession. Many students also carry personal trauma, and personal experience of some of the issues that social work addresses. How can students be supported to process their own personal experiences, including past trauma, to ensure that they can be safe in the face of the demands and potential exposure to trauma of social work practice? It has been a common feature of counselling and psychotherapy education programmes for students to be required to undergo their own process of therapy while in training. However this has not been common in social work education programmes in Aotearoa New Zealand. This presentation will examine one attempt to address this need, through a written reflection and individual interview process, in a Professional Practice course in the second year of a four-year social work degree programme in Aotearoa New Zealan
A long-term physical activity programme: What keeps them coming?
No full textThe Big Fun Model is a combination of the occupational therapy theory of sensory integration and gymnastics. Big Fun NZ has had athletes attending for upwards of eight years. If a therapy model is used to assess the success of the Big Fun NZ programme it could be seen as a failure due to the length of time that people have been attending the programme. If however a sports model is applied then the Big Fun NZ programme would be thought of as a success due to its long term retention of participants.
Objectives:
This research project aimed to answer the question 'What maintains/influences people's engagement in Big Fun NZ over an extended period of time and through different life stages?' This is to add to the small amount of literature regarding the factors that foster long-term involvement in physical activity programmes.
Method: This research project interviewed seven family groups, usually a dyad of an athlete and their parent/guardian, who have been attending sessions for between 8 and 14 years. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and then analysed using QUAGOL.
Results:
From the analysis of the interviews consistency and routine were the two factors identified that maintained long-term involvement.
With smashing parental assumptions, benefits of physical activity, and enjoyment being the three factors that worked to maintain involvement.
The concept of integration versus segregation was also explored. With the participants in this research project preferring the exclusive environment that Big Fun NZ currently operates in.
Conclusion:
The themes identified in this research project fit into the occupational therapy Do-Live-Well framework. This framework is aimed at improving people’s health and well-being by using a health promotion emphasis rather than an illness emphasis. As a primary and secondary prevention strategy the Big Fun Model falls under health promotion, this categorisation gives clarity and direction to the role of Big Fun New Zealand within the adaptive physical activity community
The dichotomy between final year undergraduate New Zealand nursing students’ reports of learning and their practice intentions in aged residential care: challenges and surprises.
No full textThe aged healthcare sector internationally is facing a crisis in attracting and retaining a nurse workforce. Alongside the global rise in longevity, the sector is experiencing an increasing demand on their services. Yet undergraduate nursing students are often reluctant to consider aged residential care (ARC) with perceptions that a lack of opportunities, compared to hospital positions, will mean that their education and high-tech skills are underutilised. This paper describes our institution’s atypical response of offering ARC practicums in both the first and third years of study and our desire to discover students’ perceptions of their learning and experience. Where the first-year experience allows students to undertake fundamental care, the final, month-long year 3 placement, focuses on managing complex care, enhancing nursing leadership and management practices and quality improvement. This mixed method study collected questionnaire data from 72 of 96 (75%) year three Bachelor of Nursing students and facilitated four focus groups involving 38 students. Findings included both congruent and disparate themes from contemporary literature on this subject. Whilst students reported some mixed experiences, they noted improved confidence in applying a range of knowledge and skills in response to encountered needs. Thirty percent said that they were more likely to choose the ARC sector as a career specialty. The biggest factor to which they attributed this positive shift was their interaction with registered nurses and managers. This paper shares our reflections on implications for how we can better prepare our students and educators for placement roles, skills and responsibilities and support the sector
Leptospirosis and hookworm in dogs of Tonga
No full textLeptospirosis study in Tongatapu (Dec 2018)
Canine endoparasite presence in Tongatapu (Dec 2019)
Why is this research important to the Tongan community?
Reference