By Kathy Stodart
June 19, 2023
Nurses are obliged to show proof of ongoing clinical learning — but it can be a chore to keep track of what you’ve actually done.
Read more... Now there’s an app for your CPD, thanks to a nurse
By Kathy Stodart
May 30, 2023
I tae mai te hukarere, a kua kati te huarahi. — The road is closed because of snow.
Read more... It’s cool to kōrero — May
By Holly Ann Taylor
May 17, 2023
The journey to complete a master of nursing has served to further ignite Tania Bailey’s passion for reducing health inequities for Māori.
Read more... Turning perception into practice: Advocating for cultural safety in health care
By Korine Dion Rosario, Jessica McCall Conover, Brianna Campbell, Alyssa Lynch, Angel Owen Legano & Willoughby Moloney
May 2, 2023
Student nurses can feel intimidated by hospital hierarchy while on clinical placements, so don’t always give their views or ask questions. In this article, five students reflect on their experience of hospital hierarchy.
Read more... Managing hospital hierarchy — not ‘just a student nurse’
By Angela Nielsen
March 17, 2023
It is extremely challenging for families when a child is diagnosed with a rare disorder. A new guide can help parents and caregivers navigate their way to the best outcomes.
Read more... New guide helps families of children with rare disorders
By Kathy Stodart
March 6, 2023
I pakaru te whare o tātou e te haumātakataka tino kino. – The cyclone damaged our house.
Read more... It’s cool to kōrero — March
By Heather Woods and Amanda Otzen
February 8, 2023
Histories of New Zealand nursing, experiences of the pandemic in Australia, the science of the body clock and its implications for shiftwork — the NZNO library has something for you in its roster of new books.
Read more... Body clocks, the pandemic and NZ nursing histories — an intriguing line-up of books you can borrow
By Amy Clark
January 30, 2023
An experienced nurse shares her struggles with IV cannulation.
Read more... ‘My hands shake as I apologise for the millionth time’
By Sharon Walls
January 25, 2023
An Auckland nurse has completed her fifth tour of duty with Mercy Ships, and is inspired by the resilience of her patients who come from countries often lacking basic health care.
Read more... Lives transformed by Mercy Ships’ surgical care
By Kathy Stodart
December 14, 2022
Kei te whiti mai a Tama-nui-te-rā. – The sun is shining.
Read more... It’s cool to kōrero — December
By Cate Macintosh
December 12, 2022
Nursing was an escape route from rural poverty and boredom into a world of service for Margaret Hand. She spoke to Kaitiaki about her passion to help vulnerable whānau for a series on the board directors.
Read more... Working at a local meat works, getting pregnant — or nursing
By Mary Longmore
December 9, 2022
In the final of our NZNO board member profiles, Wellington perioperative nurse Simon Auty describes the grisly experiences that drove him to become a nurse.
Read more... Grisly experiences drove history graduate into nursing
By Cate Macintosh
December 8, 2022
An unexpected period of living rough while on his OE, gave Grant Brookes a taste of “how the other half lives” and deepened his drive to advocate for human rights. As part of a series on the NZNO board of directors, Brookes spoke to Kaitiaki about his story.
Read more... Academia, activism and nursing – the key drivers for Grant Brookes
By Laura MacDonald
November 3, 2022
What barriers do nurses with dyslexia face at work? And might some qualities of dyslexia make you a better nurse? A third-year nursing student, who herself has dyslexia, investigates.
Read more... The dyslexia disadvantage in nursing
By Kathy Stodart
October 10, 2022
Kei te rongo au i te ua. — I hear the rain
Read more... It’s cool to kōrero — October
By Maddi Downer, Joan Waipouri, Gabie Roquid, Steven Li, Tamar Nonoa, Rachael Work, Katie Ferguson and Willoughby Moloney
August 4, 2022
To gain the most from clinical placements, nursing students need to know how to communicate confidently with their preceptors – about what they do and don’t know.
Read more... Self-advocacy: An important skill for students on clinical placement
By Kathy Stodart
July 27, 2022
Growing numbers of nurse prescribers are improving access to medicines.
Read more... Nurse prescribing — the way of the future
By Wayne McLachlan
July 5, 2022
NZ’s first male general nurse faced opposition stepping into a female profession.
Read more... Harris marked a milestone in male nursing
By Susan Shaw and Susan Sherrard
July 1, 2022
Under the health reforms, disabled people get their own ministry and more control over their lives and the support they receive.
Read more... Transforming the system to enable good lives for disabled people
By Alex Pajel
May 5, 2022
Health-care professionals need to understand the benefits employment brings to people with schizophrenia.
Read more... What employment means for people with schizophrenia