February 2022
From technology to health: Auckland man starts nursing journey
February 8, 2022
A Samoan Aucklander charts a new life course — from IT to nursing.
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Article category: Education
February 2022
Course offers tips on gaining nursing leadership skills
February 8, 2022
Nurses keen to boost their leadership skills can apply to join the 2022 public health leadership programme.
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December 2021 vol 27 no 11
Beyond medicines for gout
December 1, 2021
Gout is a chronic and debilitating long-term condition that disproportionately affects Māori and Pacific people. It needs to be addressed with holistic care, and patient, ongoing relationships with whānau.
September 2021 vol 27 no 8
Starting injectable medicine: How to prepare your T2DM patients
September 1, 2021
Health-care providers will already be familiar with insulin, but now dulaglutide, another injectable medicine for type 2 diabetes (T2DM), is available for initiation in primary care. It is important to build acceptability of injectable medicines early in the patient journey.
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August 2021 vol 27 no 7
Learning the role of the integrative nurse coach
August 1, 2021
A group of nurses are introduced to the role of the integrative nurse coach – a way of helping people achieve their health goals which sees them as a whole integrated person, with their own beliefs, culture and story.
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July 2021 vol 27 no 6
Supporting patients on the new diabetes meds: What you need to know
July 1, 2021
Diabetes clinical nurse specialist Lisa Sparks discusses the place of empagliflozin and dulaglutide in treatment of type 2 diabetes, with emphasis on potential side effects, sick-day management and improving patient adherence.
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July 2021 vol 27 no 6
Diabetes insipidus: The diabetes that’s not about glucose
July 1, 2021
Due to its name, diabetes insipidus is often confused with the more common diabetes mellitus. But it is a completely separate condition with different causes and different treatment.
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June 2021 vol 27 no 5
Education supplement – tertiary opportunities
June 1, 2021
There are plenty of excellent nursing study choices in Aotearoa – both for new students and postgraduate options for those looking to advance their studies.
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
Type 2 diabetes: Two new medications offer fresh management paradigm
April 1, 2021
Current international guidelines for type 2 diabetes management include the use of two new classes of medication: sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, in people with established kidney disease, heart disease or heart failure, or with high cardiovascular risk.1
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March 2021 vol 27 no 2
Supporting male nursing students – what works best?
March 1, 2021
Many men who start the bachelor of nursing degree fail to complete it, with significant numbers dropping out in the first year. How can male students be supported to keep at their nursing studies?
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February 2021 vol 27 no 1
How to change lives: Prescribing equity through better use of medicines
February 1, 2021
The call for equity in health care is not new, but is louder now than it has ever been.
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February 2021 vol 27 no 1
How Batman saved the classroom
February 1, 2021
The Caped Crusader brought the superpower of humour into an online nursing classroom during the COVID-19 lockdown.
November 2020 vol 26 no 10
Talking about health: Experiences with the general practice team and support for self-management
November 1, 2020
The fifth and final of a series of professional education articles based on the Talking about Health study looks at the relationships between people with long-term conditions and general practice nurses and doctors.
November 2020 vol 26 no 10
Teaching palliative care skills
November 1, 2020
As our population ages, the need for palliative care will increase. Greater clarity around undergraduate palliative and end-of-life care curriculum content is needed to prepare the future health workforce.
