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The Development of the Enrolled Nurse Role in the Waikato Tainui Region, Aotearoa New Zealand
Get PDFEnrolled Nursing was introduced in Aotearoa New Zealand in 1939. Over the past 80 years, the Enrolled Nurse has undergone several changes: name, length of training, scope of practice and cessation and then re-introduction of training. This research was initiated from concerns raised by Enrolled Nursing studentsand graduates regarding the status and employment of Enrolled Nurses within the Waikato Tainui region. The study has developed from this and investigated the perception of the Enrolled Nurse scope of practice, employment opportunities, the role of the Enrolled Nurse within healthcare teams and regional and employer variances.
Due to the nationwide dissemination of the research information and electronic survey, further data collection has occurred from around Aotearoa New Zealand and is incorporated into the data
What is Lean Six Sigma and how it may improve your business performance
Get PDFIn this workshop, we will explore DMAIC, the five phases of Lean Six Sigma, in a way that you will understand how to select a problem (or opportunity), identify the actual cause(s) of the problem, implement actions to eliminate the cause(s) and so, to improve your business performance
Stroll: Taranaki Art Awards 2020: Selected photograph for exhibition
No full textStroll is a work from the Fictional Landscape series where I explore ideas that representations of landscape are both physical and multi-sensory, and are encoded with cultural meanings and values. Landscape is often considered symbolic, acting as a construct of the real world and as an artefact to cultural ideologies about place and time. As a multiple exposure image, this works activates the perceptual space where a place can be defined by our vision and interpreted by our mind and subjective conditioning
Photographic museum of humanity: PHmuseum 2020 women photographers: Selected series submission of photographs
No full textFictional Landscapes is a series that explores ideas about the representation of landscape as both physical and multi-sensory, and encoded with layers on cultural meaning and values. Landscape is often considered symbolic, acting as a construct of the real world and as an artefact to cultural ideologies about place and time. As multiple-exposure images, these works activate the perceptual space where a place can be defined by our own vision, and interpreted by our mind and subjective conditioning
Security in Decentralised Computing, IoT and Industrial IoT
No full textInternet-of-Things (IoT) is applied in many contexts, Industrial IoT (IIoT) is one such example. This chapter explores the security issues and challenges in IIoT. Cloud Computing is significantly influencing the architectural and implementation factors for IoT. Due to the nature of Cloud and IoT architectures and infrastructures, it is important to consider distributed and Decentralised Computing. With the focus on security aspects and concerns in IIoT, this chapter presents a discussion on Decentralised Computing and security concerns of Decentralised Computing from a Cloud Computing and IoT perspective. The chapter introduces the concept and definitions of Cloud Computing, Decentralised Computing, and IoT. It also addresses how Decentralised Computing is an approach to implement Cloud Architecture and IoT infrastructure, and how Cloud and IoT security concerns affect the deployment of a decentralised architecture. The above security and implementation aspects of Decentralised Computing, Cloud Computing and IoT are mapped into the context of IIoT
Stakeholders’ expectations of nursing graduates following completion of a work-study upskilling programme
Get PDFSound alignment of stakeholders’ expectations and graduate ability forms the reputational hallmark of a university’s education programmes. However, little is currently known about stakeholders’ expectations of graduates of work-study
nursing upskilling programmes in low- and middle-income settings.
Information is needed to ensure the quality and adequacy of curricula in such settings. The main aim of the current study was to explore the nursing stakeholders’ expectations of graduates of work-study nursing upskilling programmes. An exploratory qualitative study was conducted between March
and October 2016 in three low- and middle-income countries in East Africa.
Forty-two representatives of nursing employers, regulators and professional associations (PAs) participated. The data was collected during 27 key informant interviews (KIIs) and three focus group discussions (FGDs) using a pretested
interview guide. Content analysis of the data was completed. Consolidated criteria for reporting of qualitative research guidelines were used as the standard Brownie et al.
2 for collecting data and reporting results. Stakeholders reported their expectations of a clinically and
professionally competent nurse (an “all-round”
graduate) with nursing management and leadership skills that facilitated sound clinical judgement and decision making and a high level of professionalism. The study highlighted nursing stakeholders’ expectations of nursing graduates who
had completed a work-study upskilling programme. These expectations should inform curriculum planning and development, and highlight the need for a strong focus on clinical competence, leadership, critical thinking and
professionalism in nursing upskilling programmes
Tuateawa
Get PDFThe Tuateawa project seeks to inform ecological understanding using analyses of soundscapes. Sound recordings are made in specific locations near Tuateawa in the Coromandel peninsula. This area is being monitored for the eradication of pests such as possums, stoats and rats. The research looks at how the soundscapes change over time, in particular: how is bird life affected by the presence of introduced noxious pests? And, how does human activity influence natural behaviours?
The project is a form of documentary capturing detailed sound recordings every season for three or more years. The sound data is analysed for noticeable shifts in frequency and loudness, and output as various visual abstractions, the first of which is an audio visual work for LCD screens and speakers at Ramp Gallery 7-11 December 2020. The intended audience is intermediate age children to get them thinking about how these soundscapes might be understood and focused on through a less ‘scientific’ medium
Bubble movie #4: The lockdown band!
No full textDuring lockdown, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and children's performer, Chris Lam Sam put out a call for family-friendly 30-second films. This is the result of my collaboration with him.
This work also links to an article I wrote for Flow Journa
A case study of work-integrated learning (WIL) within Design Factory New Zealand
Get PDFDesign Factory New Zealand is a centre within the faculty of Waikato Institute of Technology and is a problem solving and learning space which brings together students, industry and community leaders who are facilitated as a team to co-create a solution to a complex challenge.
Students working within Design Factory are placed into inter-disciplinary teams which will therefore have a diverse range of study backgrounds (such as Engineering, Business, Information Technology, Media Arts, and Sports Science). Students are able to learn from each other, challenge each other and see the value of co-creating on challenges beyond their own disciplines and thought patterns.
Design Factory New Zealand provides students the opportunity to work in new ways; to develop creativity, empathy, and communication; which enables each participant to be more prepared for the workplace of the future.
Work-integrated learning (WIL) is the intentional integration of theory and practice to help prepare graduates in securing work within industry.
Feedback from approximately 150 students and 10 industry partners has been collected on different aspects of the project journey for each semester since the inception of Design Factory in 2017.
This presentation will focus on the deliberate interactions the Design Factory New Zealand has provided between industry and students that have been implemented to benefit both groups.
We will share the key findings (anecdotal in some parts) from the parties involved and discuss where our main findings are leading us for next research stages