This historical research study examines some of the factors that caused problems for early New Zealand trained nurses upon their introduction into New Zealand hospitals, between 1885 and 1914. Eight incidents in the ...

This thesis is about caring for males, especially those males who could be considered "difficult" to care for through their use of behaviours such as silence, anger or defensive humour. This thesis is positioned in the ...

Re-engineering is the "buzz" word of the nineties. Re-engineering has been successful in industry. Now the principals of re-engineering are being applied to healthcare. Considerations for re-engineering secondary ...

This dissertation came out of my wondering why there are still so few men going into nursing especially when one considers that the history of nursing reveals men have been a part of nursing for a long time. In New Zealand ...