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EBSCOhost. Includes multiple databases with a wide subject coverage. Search individual databases or select multiple databases and search at one time. Relevant databases are:
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection - Covers information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods
Sociology Source Ultimate - Covers aspects of human behavior and interaction. Topics range from gender identity, marriage and family, to demographics, political sociology, religion and socio-cultural anthropology
Click here for an EBSCOhost guide.
Gale Database Suite. Contains full text articles and reference sources including interactive databases. Search across a wide range of academic topics or select specialised individual databases such as Gale Interactive Human Anatomy.
ProQuest Academic. Provides access to databases across all major subject areas including nursing and health. The collection includes dissertations, working papers and scholarly journals specific to emergency medicine. It also holds the Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health and Social Services (2020- present) previously known as Whitireia Nursing & Health Journal (2013 – 2019), Whitireia Nursing Journal (1994 - 2012).
Science Direct. Provides articles on scientific, technical and health research.
Wiley Online Library. Full text access to The Journal of Advanced Nursing. All others have abstracts only. Covers subjects areas such as nursing, health, social, and physical sciences.
EBSCOhost databases specific to nursing and allied health:
CINAHL Complete covers nursing and allied health topics with full text journals. Includes Counselling Psychology Quarterly
CINAHL Ultimate is the definitive resource for nursing and allied health research, providing full text as well as quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, CEU models and research instruments.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic provides access to scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines
MEDLINE Complete provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection covers information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods
Sociology Source Ultimate covers aspects of human behavior and interaction. Topics range from gender identity, marriage and family, to demographics, political sociology, religion and socio-cultural anthropology
Clinicalkey for Nursing. Supports nurses and health professionals by providing up to date evidence-based and point of care clinical information. Includes ebooks, journals, drug information, clinical overviews and more.
Click here for a guide on how to access, use and troubleshoot the Clinicalkey databases.
Cochrane Library*. Consists of a collection of evidence-based medicine databases including systematic reviews in health care. It provides up-to-date information on the effects of interventions in health care and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care.
Ovid
Joanna Briggs’ Evidence Based Practice Database*. (JBI EBP). Provides best practice resources to inform nursing practice.
Lippincott Journal Collection. Holds over 25 premium journals, one of the leading sources of scholarly medical, nursing, and health science information.
Lippincott Procedures*. Gives access to evidence-based nursing procedure guidance tailored to New Zealand DHBs and retirement hospitals.
PubMed*. Indexes medical, nursing and health care articles. Contains citations and author abstracts with links to some free full text articles.
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A selection of articles on a variety of topics. Copy and paste the article title into the search box on the library homepage. Click the down arrow next to the search box to select the Search Everything filter.
Allen, J. (2019). Human factors, cognitive bias and the paramedic. Journal of Paramedic Practice, 11(1), 8-14. https://doi.org/10.12968/jpar.2019.11.1.8
Anderson, N. E., Robinson, J., Moeke-Maxwell, T., & Gott, M. (2021). Paramedic care of the dying, deceased and bereaved in Aotearoa New Zealand. Progress in Palliative Care, 29(2), 84-90. https://doi.org/10.1080/09699260.2020.1841877
Costello, B., & Downs, S. (2021). Student paramedic decision-making: A critical exploration of a patient interaction. Journal of Paramedic Practice, 13(2), 76-80. https://doi.org/10.12968/jpar.2021.13.2.76
Credland, N. J., & Whitfield, C. (2022). Incidence and impact of incivility in paramedicine: A qualitative study. Emergency Medicine Journal, 39(1), 52-56. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2020-209961
Curtis, E., Jones, R., Tipene-Leach, D., Walker, C., Loring, B., Paine, S., & Reid, P. (2019). Why cultural safety rather than cultural competency is required to achieve health equity: A literature review and recommended definition. International Journal for Equity in Health, 18(1), Article 174. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-019-1082-3
Donaghy, J. (2018). Continuing professional development: Reflecting on our own professional values and behaviours as paramedics. Journal of Paramedic Practice, 10(4), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.12968/jpar.2018.10.4.CPD1
Espiner, E., Paine, S., Weston, M., & Curtis, E. (2021). Barriers and facilitators for Māori in accessing hospital services in Aotearoa New Zealand. The New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1546), 47-58.
Graham, R., & Masters‐Awatere, B. (2020). Experiences of Māori of Aotearoa New Zealand's public health system: A systematic review of two decades of published qualitative research. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 44(3), 193-200. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12971
Mangan, J., Rae, J., Anderson, J., & Jones, D. (2022). Undergraduate paramedic students and interpersonal communication development: A scoping review. Advances in Health Sciences Education: Theory and Practice, 27(4), 1113-1138. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-022-10134-6
Matenga, G., & Westenra, B. (2022). How can paramedics integrate the Hui Process and Meihana Model into their practice to provide better healthcare for Māori? Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health & Social Services, 29, 59-67. https://doi.org/10.34074/whit.2908
Penney, S., Dicker, B., & Harwood, M. (2024). Cultural safety in paramedic practice: Experiences of Māori and their whānau who have received acute pre-hospital care for cardiac symptoms from paramedics. Journal of Primary Health Care, 16(2), 180-189. https://doi.org/10.1071/HC24010
Tory, D., & Darby, I. (2022). Paramedic decision-making and the influence of bias: A case study. Journal of Paramedic Practice, 14(6), 226-232. https://doi.org/10.12968/jpar.2022.14.6.226
Ulrich, A., Williams, J., & Clarke, V. (2023). Female paramedics' attitudes towards career progression in the ambulance service. Journal of Paramedic Practice, 15(6), 228-237. https://doi.org/10.12968/jpar.2023.15.6.228
Westenra, B. (2019). A framework for cultural safety in paramedic practice. Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health & Social Services, 26, 11-17.
Here is a selection of relevant journals. Some require you to log in with your institutional email address and network password (same password as Moodle), others are open access.
To locate articles on a specific topic, see the Finding information and research tab.
Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health and Social Services is published annually. It has a website where issues are freely available from 2012-present.
History of name change
Two articles on paramedicine in Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health and Social Services
Matenga, G., & Westenra, B. (2022). How can paramedics integrate the Hui Process and Meihana Model into their practice to provide better healthcare for Māori? Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health & Social Services, 29, 59-67. https://doi.org/10.34074/whit.2908
Westenra, B. (2019). A framework for cultural safety in paramedic practice. Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health & Social Services, 26, 11-17.
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Other Journals
Australian Journal of Emergency Management
Emergency Medicine International
Emergency Medicine Journal : EMJ
International Journal of Emergency Medicine
International Emergency Nursing
International Journal of Indigenous Health
Journal of Primary Health Care (NZ)
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
New Zealand Journal of Psychology
Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand
Palliative Care and Social Practice
Perspectives in Psychiatric Care