By Jo Janssen and Denise Taylor
October 22, 2024
Masses of conflicting information about diet can flummox nurses giving advice to cardiac and diabetes patients. This article summarises the best quality evidence for a cardio-protective diet, and also presents a concise tool for nurses to use for education purposes.
Read more... Demystifying the cardio-protective diet — a tool for nurses
By Dana Taylor
June 27, 2024
To thrive in the workplace, internationally qualified nurses need professional development, protection from bullying and good communication skills, a New Zealand researcher has found.
Read more... Migrant nurses’ experiences in the workplace — what support do they need to thrive?
By Vasudha Rao and Beth Tootell
February 14, 2024
Bullying can have a devastating effect on nurses, and some even leave their jobs because of it. This research study asks if mentoring can ease the problem.
Read more... Bullying in the nursing profession: Can mentoring ameliorate the ill effects?
By Christina Severinsen, Felicity Ware, Mary Breheny and Sarah Aitken
December 20, 2022
Wāhi Kōrero is a unique research project where patients share their stories of care that did not meet their needs, via an online story-sharing platform. In the first part of this project, young mothers share challenging accounts of their experiences with Well Child nurses.
Read more... `Kōrero I wish I could’ve had with the Well Child nurse’
By Louise Rummel, Sheona Watson, Julie Beck and Jane Kelly
February 8, 2022
New Zealand research on the work readiness of new graduates finds their competence and confidence are boosted by a supportive and familiar workplace.
Read more... Workplace support and familiarity are vital for the confidence of new graduate nurses
By Georgina Casey
November 1, 2021
Autoimmunity occurs where the T- and B-lymphocytes stop distinguishing ‘self’ from ‘non-self’ and begin generating antibodies and immune memory cells against the body’s own tissues.
Read more... Autoimmune disorders – light on the horizon?
By Georgina Casey
September 1, 2021
Mutations are producing COVID-19 variants more dangerous than the original.
Read more... The dangers of Delta
By Wendy Blair
June 1, 2021
NZNO professional nursing adviser Wendy Blair, RN, PhD, shares a summary of her research on the extent nurses in New Zealand recognise and report unsafe practice by their peers.
Read more... Unsafe practice: How nurses recognise and respond to unsafe practice by their peers
By Margaret E Hughes, Gayle M Rose and Henrietta Trip
June 1, 2021
How do registered nurses with disabilities or impairment manage their work and ensure they practise safely?
Read more... ‘Double, double, triple-checking’
By Janine Ellison
May 1, 2021
Experienced nurses are quitting the profession in droves. What’s driving them out and what might keep them working in acute care?
Read more... Why are experienced nurses leaving work?
By Georgina Casey
May 1, 2021
A link has emerged between certain COVID-19 vaccines and blood clotting. The risk is very small, and, depending on the country, could be far outweighed by the risks of the disease.
Read more... Still much to learn on clotting and COVID-19 vaccines
By Nahoko Harada, Lev Zhuravsky, Miki Marutani and Becky Hickmott
March 1, 2021
Perspectives from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the earthquake in Christchurch featured at a forum on the importance of cultural safety in disaster nursing.
Read more... Cultural safety in disaster nursing
By Karyn Madden, Katrina Bowes, Michelle Miller and Stacey Porter
March 1, 2021
Nursing lecturers at the Southern Institute of Technology have conducted a longitudinal study examining the value of ePortfolios for undergraduate students.
Read more... What value do ePortfolios bring to students?
By Georgina Casey
December 1, 2020
Two new COVID-19 vaccines have had promising early results, but their extreme cold chain requirements are a major challenge.
Read more... COVID vaccines need ultra-cold cold chain
By Deborah Crossan
December 1, 2020
Improving health literacy can help bridge health inequities, and also improve the care palliative services provide to Māori whānau.
Read more... Health literacy can improve inequities
By Dana Taylor
November 1, 2020
Internationally qualified nurses face many challenges when they begin nursing in New Zealand. But there are also opportunities. A research study is looking at both.
Read more... The challenges IQNs face
By Georgina Casey
October 1, 2020
Research into the function of astrocyte cells in the brain provides a potential new avenue for Parkinson’s disease therapy.
Read more... New thinking on Parkinson’s disease