South Auckland community paediatric nursing service: a framework for evaluation.
This paper describes the Kidz First paediatric community homecare nursing team in South Auckland. While the service was not initially planned as an integrated approach to child health, its evolution reflects the move to more community based care delivery and the expansion of nurse-led initiatives in New Zealand. The components of a community paediatric home nursing team as described by Eaton (2000) are used to provide the framework with which to describe the service. A focus group held with the Kidz First paediatric community homecare nurses has enabled definition of the key nursing components provided to children and their families living in South Auckland.
Horsburgh
Margaret
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Education Unit, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland.
Smith
Victoria
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Kivell
Denise
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009520:New Zealand; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research / Q000379:methods*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*