Article category: NZNO Conference

Now was the time for nurses to “stamp their mark, understand their value and ensure they worked in solidarity”, Kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku said in her concluding remarks to conference.

Auckland GP Graham Gulbransen has treated 1500 patients at his medical cannabis service in Henderson – New Zealand’s first – since opening in 2018.

COVID-19 had brought the “critical importance of nursing into sharp focus”, outgoing chief nursing officer (CNO) Margareth Broodkoorn told the conference.

A full inquiry into New Zealand’s response to COVID-19 should have begun “weeks ago”, to better prepare the country for future pandemics, McGuiness Institute founder Wendy McGuiness told the conference.

University of Otago Professor of Public Health Michael Baker praised the effectiveness of New Zealand’s elimination approach to COVID-19 – and public health nurses.

The COVID-19 response and nurses’ role in it and personal protective equipment (PPE) supply problems were key topics at the NZNO virtual conference Community wellbeing in Aotearoa Nursing 2020 and beyond on September 16.