July 2021 vol 27 no 6
July 1, 2021
In te reo Māori, co-editor Joel Maxwell welcomes readers to our Matariki edition, before focusing – in reo Pākehā – on the importance of equity in our work.
Read more... EQUITY: Abstract concepts have cold, hard consequences
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
People who most need help don’t come to clinics, says a rongoā practitioner who travels the country to reach those in need.
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
Palliative care is led by nurses in the isolated North Island East Cape, as there are few GPs. One nurse providing this service, Linda Hauraki, spoke at a symposium on end-of-life care for Māori.
Read more... How important nurses are in providing end-of-life care for Māori
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
Learning she had twin older brothers who died as premature babies helped Helen Barwick commit to a nursing career in neonates.
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
Is the nursing brain drain real? And if it is, can you blame nurses for leaving?
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
It’s a long way from Mauritius to the South Island’s West Coast, but Randy Gopalla is comfortable with small-town life and more generalist rural practice.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
After a long bureaucratic journey, worsened by the lockdown, an RN from Nepal is thriving in her first New Zealand nursing role.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
Migrant nurses make up more than a quarter of the New Zealand nursing workforce. In the first of four profiles of migrant nurses in this issue, co-editor Mary Longmore spoke to Auckland community health nurse Emmanuel (Manu) Pelayo.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
New Zealand is a land of opportunities for Fijian nurse Kelera Batiwale and her family.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
After 21 years, Annie Pahina is retiring, but says she has “loved every day” working on the oncology, haematology and renal ward.
Read more... Farewell to Annie: Making connections part of her HCA role
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 1, 2021
2020 was designated the Year of the Nurse and Midwife by the World Health Organization. It was meant to be a time to celebrate our kaimahi hauora. Instead, COVID-19 unleashed across the world. We saw health-care workers doing extremely risky, essential work, while continuing to be under-protected, underpaid and understaffed.
Read more... Celebrating International Nurses’ Day and International Midwives’ Day
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 1, 2021
Last month’s NZNO professional forums focused on a nurse’s obligation to advocate for their patients. Cases referred to the Health and Disability Commissioner provide valuable advocacy lessons for nurses.
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 1, 2021
A group of nurse leaders at Canterbury District Health Board recently met and pondered how they could fulfil this year’s theme for International Nurses Day.
Read more... How can nurse leaders fulfil the International Nurses Day theme?
March 2021 vol 27 no 2
March 1, 2021
Infection prevention and control nursing is finally commanding the respect it deserves.
March 2021 vol 27 no 2
March 1, 2021
Wellington clinical nurse specialist Karen Corban has done everything in the past year, from preparing for an Avatar film crew flying in, to ensuring Wellington’s MIQ facilities are safe.
March 2021 vol 27 no 2
March 1, 2021
February 22, 2011, will forever be etched in the minds of Cantabrians. At 12.51pm on that day, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch, killing 185 people and destroying the central city. A decade on, the impact of that day is still felt.
March 2021 vol 27 no 2
March 1, 2021
Acknowledging that caregivers are our unsung modern heroes as we celebrate National Caregiver’s Week (March 22-28).
February 2021 vol 27 no 1
February 1, 2021
Like many others, the National Student Unit (NSU) has faced many difficult challenges and obstacles in 2020.
February 2021 vol 27 no 1
February 1, 2021
After a chaotic year in 2020, the National Student Unit (NSU) once again has a full cohort of leaders.
February 2021 vol 27 no 1
February 1, 2021
Why are employers not providing a cheaper, more effective option than the N95 mask?
Read more... Which respirator offers best pandemic protection?
