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Article category: Letters

May 2023

2023 nominations for the election of Nursing Council members are now open

By Warwick Lampp

May 24, 2023

Nominations are now being called for three nurse members to be elected by the nursing profession to the Nursing Council board. Elected members will serve for a period of three years.

Read more... 2023 nominations for the election of Nursing Council members are now open

May 2023

Comprehensive guide to mesothelioma

By Jacob Bryant

May 17, 2023

A United States law firm which acts for people exposed to asbestos has produced a thorough guide to mesothelioma.

Read more... Comprehensive guide to mesothelioma

Comprehensive guide to mesothelioma

May 2023

So much more than ‘just a nurse’

By Anna Hickey

May 8, 2023

An Auckland clinical nurse educator explains, in poetry, why you should not say ‘I’m just a nurse’.

Read more... So much more than ‘just a nurse’

So much more than ‘just a nurse’

March 2023

Course teaches conservative sharp debridement

By Rebecca Aburn

March 29, 2023

Learn the skills needed to safely and competently perform conservative sharp debridement.

Read more... Course teaches conservative sharp debridement

Course teaches conservative sharp debridement

April 2023

Why ‘Barbie’s Bill’ and advance care plans matter to nurses

By Louise Duffy

March 29, 2023

A national database of advance care plans is needed, to provide certainty for patients, families and hospital staff.

Read more... Why ‘Barbie’s Bill’ and advance care plans matter to nurses

Why ‘Barbie’s Bill’ and advance care plans matter to nurses

February 2023

NZ nurses wanted for research into perioperative nurse bullying

By Margarette Somerville

March 2, 2023

Does inter nurse bullying exist among perioperative nurses in Australia and New Zealand?

Read more... NZ nurses wanted for research into perioperative nurse bullying

NZ nurses wanted for research into perioperative nurse bullying

November 2022

Greenlane Hospital class of Jan ’73 reunion

By Barbara Sommerville

November 25, 2022

Let’s get together!

Read more... Greenlane Hospital class of Jan ’73 reunion

Greenlane Hospital class of Jan ’73 reunion

December 2022

Nearly 50 years of comprehensive training

By Chris Hattan

November 24, 2022

Just a heads up that 2023 will mark 50 years since New Zealand started comprehensive nursing training. In 1973, Christchurch and Wellington were the first two polytechnics to start this new method of nurse training, following the publication of the Carpenter report.

Read more... Nearly 50 years of comprehensive training

Nearly 50 years of comprehensive training

November 2022

Applications open for new $3000 nursing scholarship in South Canterbury

By Tina Rogers

November 11, 2022

A new scholarship for nursing students in South Canterbury is now available through the Bidwill Trust Hospital in Timaru.

Read more... Applications open for new $3000 nursing scholarship in South Canterbury

Applications open for new $3000 nursing scholarship in South Canterbury

August 2022

Nurses look like ‘fools’

By Janeen Gillespie

August 31, 2022

Regarding the letter written by Sam Mojel (May 11, 2022), it was EXACTLY what I was thinking and questioning. 

Read more... Nurses look like ‘fools’

August 2022

Community prescribing takes off in Midland programme

By Lin Marriott and Philippa Jones

August 29, 2022

Thank you for the article by Kathy Stodart in July, highlighting the positive impact of nurse prescribing, and the registered nurse prescriber in community health role (RNPCH).

Read more... Community prescribing takes off in Midland programme

August 2022

Fast-tracking overseas nurses will only ‘steal’ them from other countries

By Christopher Corkery

August 24, 2022

I enjoyed your articles in the latest journal. I would like to comment on Mary Longmore’s article regarding fast tracking residency for nurses.

Read more... Fast-tracking overseas nurses will only ‘steal’ them from other countries

August 2022

Ode to Shortland Street

By Helen Kemp

August 18, 2022

I wrote this poem in honour of the Government’s latest recruitment plan for nursing, and read it out at a recent delegates’ meeting. I thought the wider membership might like to read it too:

Read more... Ode to Shortland Street

June 2022

Financial help available from Nurses Memorial Fund

By Helen Williams

June 15, 2022

In these ongoing challenging times of COVID-19, many people are experiencing financial hardship and we write to highlight the help available from the New Zealand Nurses Memorial Fund (NZNMF).

Read more... Financial help available from Nurses Memorial Fund

June 2022

Researchers seek RNs in aged care

By Rhona Winnington

May 20, 2022

IT IS now more than six months since the End of Life Choice Act 2019 was implemented in New Zealand, with the latest government statistics indicating that 206 individuals have applied for an assisted death.

Read more... Researchers seek RNs in aged care

May 2022

Te reo Māori support not readily available in past times

By Polly Grainger

May 18, 2022

I am writing to you about the Kaitiaki news piece “Nursing magazine ditches century-old healthy-food title, finally becomes ‘guardian’” by co-editor Joel Maxwell [Feb 25, 2022]

Read more... Te reo Māori support not readily available in past times

May 2022

What faith community nurses do

By Dorothy Finlay

May 11, 2022

The NZ Faith Community Nurses Association has been active for over 20 years, but strangely it is not well known in the New Zealand nursing scene.

Read more... What faith community nurses do

May 2022

What is going on with NZNO?

By Sam Mojel

May 11, 2022

I am a long-standing workplace delegate. In spite of this, I am unable to answer my own questions, let alone the questions from NZNO members, about “what is going on with NZNO?”

Read more... What is going on with NZNO?

May 2022

‘Extraordinary story’ of World War II nurse is performed by her daughter

By Colleen McColl

May 4, 2022

HIS/HERSTORY, which  is having a season at Circa Theatre in Wellington at the moment (April 22- May 14), is two solo shows — one of which is about a nurse during WWII.

Read more... ‘Extraordinary story’ of World War II nurse is performed by her daughter

April 2022

Medical exemption process for mandates ‘not fair’

By Maria Starink

April 14, 2022

Over the last 25-plus years, nursing has been intellectualised.

Read more... Medical exemption process for mandates ‘not fair’

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