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Health literacy can improve inequities

WebAn example of the impact of health literacy is failure to understand instructions, such as how to take a medication effectively, which can lead to …

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A safe environment for Māori patients starts with a safe

WebTikanga ‘stripped’ away. One morning in 2021 I arrived at a shift where some in-house training was about to take place. When I heard the teaching was about …

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Māori nurses must be recognised as taonga — and key to a future …

WebI was fortunate to work at the former Waiariki Polytechnic in Rotorua in the first year of its diploma in nursing. We had a revolutionary curriculum framework based on the late Rose Pere‘s Te Wheke concept of holistic health. It was a privilege to work with forward-thinking educators like Bill Brislen, Mere Balzer and others.

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Self-advocacy: An important skill for students on clinical

WebClinical placements can be challenging and stressful for student nurses. Cultivating the skill of self-advocacy helps them to succeed in their learning and ensures …

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‘Reclaiming’ Māori approach to health at heart of midwives’ …

WebA holistic Māori approach to health including mirimiri (massage), rongoā (traditional healing) and karakia (prayer) is at the heart of a new Hawke’s Bay midwifery practice. Founded by three Māori midwives — Kiley Clark, Charlene Eparaima and Crissy Coromandel — the practice, Tapuhi Kura, was “reclaiming” such practices, Clark said.

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Investing in Māori nurses to address health inequities an

WebThe Budget must address the long-standing wage disparities for nurses and kaimahi hauora working within Māori and iwi/hapū providers. Māori nurses earn about 25 …

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The roots of today’s public health system – Kaitiaki Nursing New …

WebIn April, the Government announced the next health sector “redisorganisation”. To provide an account of what is happening and where we might be going, I will first look at the history of New Zealand’s public health system, and then focus on …

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A dream come true – kaupapa Māori kaiāwhina-to-nursing …

Web“It was so hard, but I’m here,” Tau said while visiting the EN section conference in Christchurch recently. The earn-as-you-learn (EAYL) initiative, is a …

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Transforming the system to enable good lives for disabled people

WebThe enduring inequitable health outcomes experienced by Māori, Pacific people and disabled communities,2,3 despite years of reform,4 support the need for …

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Hepatitis C targeted for global eradication – Kaitiaki Nursing New …

WebThe World Health Organization has set a target to eliminate viral hepatitis as a major public health threat by 2030 by achieving a 90 per cent reduction in new chronic …

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Navigating youth mental health – Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand

WebNavigating youth mental health. Mental health is a dynamic spectrum that ranges from a state of wellbeing, through mental distress, to mental disorder or illness. …

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Measure RNs against six pou — not 41 competencies, say nurses

WebAt a glance. For RNs, the proposed six pou (domains) of competence are: Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ōritetanga (equality) and social justice. Kawa whakaruruhau and cultural …

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Providing safe virtual health care – Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand

WebOctober 1, 2020. Nurses must be fully aware of how to maintain patient safety and confidentiality when providing health care via a virtual platform. Necessity is said to be …

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The Galleries: a Māori perspective on mental health

WebElliott states that some or all of these dimensions touch the lives of Māori, and proposes that to lose these dimensions is to lose sanity, because they reflect “our …

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Mental health nursing ‘beyond crisis’

WebJune 19, 2023. NZNO mental health nurses say their workforce is “beyond crisis” with record levels of violence — often fuelled by methamphetamine — coinciding with a …

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How well is patient-centred care applied in practice

WebPatient-centred care (PCC), as defined by the Institute of Medicine, provides care that is responsive to, and respectful of each patient’s needs, values and preferences, to ensure …

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Mahere hau — an integrated bicultural nursing assessment …

WebStaff at Waikato University’s new nursing programmes have devised an assessment framework which incorporates the values they espouse — using a bicultural …

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Asthma: Thinking SMART, using AIR and making a difference

WebAsthma is a major public health problem in New Zealand, affecting up to 20 per cent of children and adults. According to a recent report, the prevalence of asthma in …

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