By Mary Longmore
January 17, 2024
A new scholarship for rainbow nursing students is an “immense” step towards a safe and inclusive nursing workforce that celebrates diversity, say NZNO — Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa student leaders.
Read more... New scholarship for rainbow nursing students embraces diversity
By Mel Meates
January 17, 2024
Having survived addiction and the darkest depression during a lifelong quest to claim their identity, Manawatū transgender nurse Mel Meates believes nursing saved their life.
Read more... ‘I could nearly see me — the real me’: A transgender nurse shares their story from ‘rock bottom’ to rainbow educator
By Helen Mccrostie
January 15, 2024
Kerri Nuku needs to stick with nursing and leave history to the experts.
Read more... ‘Kerri Nuku needs to stick with nursing and leave history to the experts’
By Kathy Stodart
January 12, 2024
Read more... It’s cool to kōrero — January 2024
By Kathy Stodart
December 20, 2023
As New Zealand marks 50 years since nurse training moved out of hospitals and became a tertiary qualification, Kaitiaki looks back at the massive changes in nursing education through the eyes of former nursing school head Isabelle Sherrard. |
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Read more... Isabelle Sherrard — an education journey
By Mary Longmore
December 18, 2023
About 200 nurses, health workers and other opponents of the Government’s decision to roll back the SmokeFree Aotearoa legislation turned out in Christchurch today for a third protest against the move.
Read more... Smokefree rollback ‘deeply, widely felt’ by nurses, say Christchurch protestors
By Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand
January 1, 2022
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