Nursing central to Mental Health package
Nurses will play an important role in the $1.9 billion Mental Health package announced in yesterday’s budget.
“I was bullied for two years solid”: bullying in aged care and why it...
An aged care nurse shares her experience of being bullied at work and what she thinks is needed to stamp out bullying in the workplace.
Wellbeing Budget a chance to address ethnic pay inequities
Nurses are hoping to see longstanding ethnic pay inequities addressed in Thursday's Wellbeing Budget.
Patients at risk due to inadequate nurse numbers
New Zealanders are being put at risk by low staffing levels for nurses at DHBs around the country. By Ruby Harfield
Family consultation important in do not resuscitate orders
Family consultation is an important part of do not resuscitate orders despite not being a legal requirement. By Ruby Harfield.
A strong voice for Pasifika people in nursing
Despite a growing Pasifika population, Pasifika are underrepresented in New Zealand’s health system. Recipients of Ministry of Health Pasifika Scholarships hope to build the capability of Pasifika people to become health professionals.
Nursing students at heart of exhibition
Last month, Brave Hearts - The New Zealand Cardiac Story, was on display in Garden Place in Hamilton. Twenty-one Wintec nursing students were there too, running education sessions in the exhibition.
Nursing graduate bound for WHO Assembly
Otago Polytechnic Bachelor of Nursing graduate Hayley Lotter is one of only 30 nurses worldwide to be selected to attend the World Health Organisation’s Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.
Study shows benefits of spending time with patients outside the consultation room
A Dutch study based on a diabetes walking project could have positive implications in New Zealand. By Ruby Harfield.
Nursing not just a nice and caring girls’ career
EIT School of Nursing staff answer questions about what they love about the nursing profession.
DR WELLNESS
More than just a ‘pill for every ill’
Dr Tracy Chandler (a.k.a. Dr Wellness) says we need to move beyond the current ‘pill for every ill’ model of general practice to a more patient-centred integrative approach.
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