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School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin: 8 th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference
Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology: 7 th – 9 th November 2007
Conference Proceedings
university is strengthened. Because of this process” (Participant
8:241-249)
Lawson (2004:228) pointed out that the partners could work
towards developing a single goal, which again was demonstrated by
some of the Stakeholders. “I loved it. It was wonderful. I think that
Agatha 8 and I worked really closely together and we tried to put in
place and organize a systematic way of doing it. So that people
could have input and be confident that they were heard. So I think
it was a very positive process, very exciting” (Participant 3: 30-35).
The positive feelings about working together were also expressed by
some other stakeholders. “There are no barriers. There is no such
word as can’t. I think that goes right back to – there were no
financial barriers, there were no, everything was positive, there
were no barriers. . . . I was really impressed that MIT were so
precocious that they could work along side another tertiary
provider, who could be in competition, to support us at Counties. I
just think that is why other DHB’s and other tertiary providers aren’t
working together like our partnership. It just beats me. And I don’t,
to be honest, understand why it is so difficult for everybody else. It
is about leadership from the top. Just get on with it. Because our
nurses, there is no conflict between us. . .” (Participant 4: 255-
277). And: “I thought that the process was well thought out. It was
very good and you felt that you could actually contribute”
(Participant 6: 17-19).
One of the stakeholders commented on the fact that the community
to be served is very multicultural. The graduates from this new
programme are going to be confronted with aspects of care to a
multicultural community in a variety of service providing areas. “I
think that I have developed here is a really good team. We had
quite a structured team here. When I got here it was really little,
but with a real focus on leadership. I have developed up senior
nurse leaders. These are seniors in medicine, acute care and
primary and people support. I have a senior nurse in mental health.
One for surgical and ambulatory services, one for CND intermediate
……. And this position here covers off all the rest home residential
care as well. This is primary health care. I have a pacific nurse
leader based out in the PHO. A Maori nurse, a Maori PHO, I have full
time CND for Kidz First. Then I am trying to get strategy and
research a lot more embedded. So I have developed up a quite
strong team” (Participant 4: 202-219).
Changing curricula could be a traumatic experience for some
people. Candela et al. (2006:61) described this phenomenon
extensively and indicated the difficulties project leaders could have
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