Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand articles from May 2003

Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand archives from May 2003

Addressing the problem of masculinity.(editorial)
May 1, 2003... I STARTED WORKING as a nursing lecturer at UNITEC's School of Health Science almost eight years ago. As I was oriented to the school, I noticed a petition posted on the main student noticeboard. More than 30 students--mostly female--were...

Throwing the baby out with the bath water?(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2003... CONGRATULATIONS TO all the primary health care (PHC) nurses who gave me an insight into their lives and working experiences through the pages of the March 2003 issue of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand. They obviously enjoy their work and give...

Former nurse practitioner disillusioned with nursing.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2003... IN 1995 I was employed as a nurse practitioner. I was chosen for the position because of my skills and expertise. Previously I had worked for seven years overseas in my specialty. Since then I have added to my knowledge and skills and kept up...

Practice nurse incensed at treatment of rural nurse.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2003... AFTER READING Marg Eckhoff's profile by Teresa O'Connor in the March edition of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand (Relishing the challenges of rural nursing, p16) I feel so incensed by the Nursing Council's treatment of such an experienced rural...

Organisers of caregivers' conference deserve thanks.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2003... FIRSTLY, CONGRATULATIONS to all those responsible for organising the caregivers' conference in Auckland in March. Coming from a hospitality background prior to entering the nursing arena, I can fully understand the effort required. Well done!...

Male psychiatric nurses implicated in 'euthanasia'.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2003... I HAVE recently been undertaking informal research into the role played by male psychiatric nurses in Germany's "euthanasia" programme and the subsequent "extermination" programme in Poland during the Nazi regime. I have always had an interest...

The president comments.(letters)
May 1, 2003... IN JANUARY, NZNO's board of directors (BOD) undertook a training day with management consultant Graeme Nahkies, a past chief executive of the former Hutt Valley Health. He provides similar workshops for district health boards and school boards...

Retiring nurse says 'goodbye, and good luck' to NZNO.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2003... SINCE TAKING early retirement at the end of 2001, I have now decided to become an "ex-nurse", by giving up my practising certificate and not renewing my subscription to NZNO. For much of my 40-year career as a nurse clinician and educator I was...

A nurse's personal tribute to Irihapeti Ramsden.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2003... Te mana, ti ihi, te wehi o wahine. He patupaiarehe flies over this land, lightly, softly as a cloud of mist. Caressing nursing and leaving the words of an idea that carries a force so powerful as to change the ways of nurses forever. Ake Ake...

Discussion document on complementary therapies released.(news and events)
May 1, 2003... A DISCUSSION document that will help shape future advice to the Health Minister on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has just been released by the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Complementary and Alternative Health (MACCAH). The...

Northern districts may take industrial action.(news and events)
May 1, 2003... STRIKE ACTION in the five northern district health board (DHB) regions--Northland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Tairawhiti and Lakes--is on the cards if members reject the latest offer from their employer. Negotiations for the Northern Districts...

Campaigning for fairer nurse/midwife pay.(news and events)
May 1, 2003... NZNO MEMBERS are indicating overwhelming support for NZNO's remuneration strategy. At press time, around 40 meetings in a national round of public sector stop work meetings had been held, with voters almost all supporting NZNO's proposal that a...

Tool to assist NZNO's partnership commitment.(news and events)
May 1, 2003... LAST MONTH, NZNO's recently produced Foundations for Partnership document was blessed at a special ceremony at NZNO's head office in Wellington. Originally drafted by the Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee (NMAC) and sent out for wide...

Mental health and acute nursing attract most male nurses.(news and events)
May 1, 2003... MEN MAKE up 5.4 percent of New Zealand's registered nurse (RN) workforce, a considerably lower percentage than across the Tasman or in the United Kingdom (UK). Nursing Council figures show that of the 44,354 RNs with annual practising...

Airport nurses to get health assessment role.(news and events)
May 1, 2003... NURSES WORKING at four international airports as part of the country's response to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) are to get more involved in health assessment. A pilot scheme was launched at Auckland International Airport earlier...

GATS poses ongoing threat to health services.(news and events)
May 1, 2003... AS LONG as the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) exists, NZNO members and public health systems around the world are vulnerable, warned secretary of the Clothing, Laundry and Allied Workers' Union, Maxine Gay (pictured right). "You...

Trans Tasman agreements.(news and events)
May 1, 2003... IN ITS submission on the present review of the Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition arrangement, NZNO has asked that any arrangements should not lead to a decline in professional standards. The Treaty of Waitangi should be acknowledged and...

Moves to control direct advertising of prescription medicines.(news and events)
May 1, 2003... NZNO'S BOARD of directors is calling for regulations and/or legislation to control the advertising of prescription medicines directly to the public. It also supports the establishment of an independent medicine and health information service...

Members accept offer after long campaign.(news and events)
May 1, 2003... NZNO MEMBERS at three rest-homes and hospitals owned by Harbour Group Holdings, have accepted the employer's latest pay offer. More than 100 workers took strike action in March and April, and threatened strike action earlier this month in...

Plunket nurses to be honoured in nationwide initiative.(news and events)
May 1, 2003... PARENTS OF newborn babies are being asked to write down their Plunket story in a national "HugaPlunketNurse" initiative, launched last month on World Health Day. The initiative, sponsored by Kimberley-Clark and Heinz Watties, picks up on...

AIDS advocate to speak at ICN conference.(news and events)
May 1, 2003... THE UNITED Nations special envoy for Africa for HIV/AIDS Stephen Lewis will speak at the International Council of Nurses' conference in Morocco next month. Lewis will lead the symposium Nursing and HW/AIDs Care: Training, Access and Stigma. ...

New organiser appointed in Christchurch.(news and events)
May 1, 2003... A NEW organiser has been appointed in the Christchurch NZNO office. Lynley Mulrine, who begins work early next month, has been an organiser for many years, most recently with the Rail and Maritime Union and prior to that in the health sector...

Remembering workers who have died.(news and events)
May 1, 2003... THE UNVEILING of a monument to all workers who have been killed or injured at work in Otago and Southland marked the commemoration of International Workers' Memorial Day, April 28, in Dunedin. Unveiling the monument in Market Reserve, Mayor...

Deaf mental health service wins award.(news and events)
May 1, 2003... NEW ZEALAND'S first specialist mental health service for the deaf has won a 2003 Aotearoa/New Zealand mental health award. The service was established in 2001 as a joint venture between health providers Richmond Fellowship New Zealand and...

Focus on women's issues.(news and events)
May 1, 2003... WOMEN'S ISSUES are union issues is the theme of the biennial Council of Trade Unions' (CTU) women's conference this month. Speakers at the event, being held in Wellington on May 23 and 24, include Prime Minister Helen Clark, Minister of...

Turangawaewae Marae to host hui.(news and events)
May 1, 2003... TE RUNANGA O Aotearoa NZNO's annual but is being hosted by the Midlands Te Runanga and held at Turangawaewae Marae in Ngaruawahia in August. The theme is Kia whakaaro kotahi, kia kotahi ra (Think as one, act as one). Being invited to...

Protecting the position of enrolled nurses: NZNO has recently successfully blocked the release of a Ministry Health statement restricting the practice of enrolled nurses.(news focus)
May 1, 2003... RECENTLY, A draft statement on the future employment of enrolled nurses (ENs) in acute mental health areas was prepared by the directors of mental health nursing and was to be released by the Ministry of Health (Moil). The statement was in...

Mourning the passing of a great nursing leader: nursing pioneer Irihapeti Ramsden, mourned by thousands throughout New Zealand, was controversial in her death as she had been throughout her life.(news focus)
May 1, 2003... FIERCELY INDEPENDENT yet searching for consistency all her life. A woman of quiet strength, grace, charm and goodness. The giver of kawa whakaruruhau, the namer of names, the reclaimer of the hongi for Maori women. Truth teller. A critic,...

Remembering Irihapeti Ramsden: Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand invited a range of nursing leaders and nursing friends to write their own special tribute or memory of Irihapeti Ramsden.(tributes)
May 1, 2003... Taima Tukukino Campbell, Assistant Director of Nursing and Midwifery (Maori), Auckland District Health Board: He tangi korero, he aroha. He makinga, he omangaroa kia iria te kete korero kite tara a whare Takoto i te urunga, te anuku i taku...

Male nurses--the struggle for acceptance: nursing in New Zealand has long been regarded as a female profession. For much of last century, men struggled to claim an equal status.(research)
May 1, 2003... FOR THE pakeha, 19th century New Zealand was essentially a "man's country". The first colony-wide census occurred in 1851 and revealed here were only 776 pakeha women for every 1000 pakeha men. (1) It was likely this gender imbalance was even...

From segregation to integration--one male nurse's journey: a male nurse who began his training in the mid-'60s has seen many changes in the profession. Here he shares some reflections.(profile)
May 1, 2003... DON FRASER has come full circle in his 38-year nursing career. He's back as a staff nurse at Burwood Hospital, where he began his training in 1965. Separated from female nursing students, who trained at Christchurch Hospital, he and eight...

Male student experienced a sense of isolation: despite big shifts in attitudes within and outside the profession, a new graduate nurse experienced a sense of isolation during his education.(profile)
May 1, 2003... A NUMBER of factors combined to launch Craig Jenkin oil his nursing career. His mother was treated for cancer and he cared for her and realised he could do that. He wanted to go to university, to get a practical education, one that would mean...

Male nurses are 'always remembered'.(profile)
May 1, 2003... JOHANN VAN der Meer came to New Zealand from the Netherlands two and a half years ago in search of a better life for his family. Now working as a case manager with the palliative care team at the Nurse Maude Association's Centenary Hospice in...

Discrimination brings advantages: a nurse reflects on the personal and professional advantages he has gained, simply by being male in a predominantly female environment.(viewpoint)
May 1, 2003... WHEN I chose nursing as a career over farming in 1979, the issue of gender did not occur to me. My knowledge of nursing was limited. To me, nursing offered the prospect of an interesting mix of science, art and craft in a career that had...

Facing up to severe acute respirator syndrome: New Zealand will not escape the epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Nurses need to be informed and to understand their professional responsibilities.(professional focus)
May 1, 2003... SEVERE ACUTE respiratory syndrome (SARS), has been identified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a global health threat. It has been declared a notifiable disease in New Zealand. In this article I have summarized some key points on SARS,...

Mixed-sex rooms--invading patients' privacy? Mixed-sex rooms in hospital wards have provoked little debate in New Zealand. But in the United Kingdom they are seen as an invasion of patients' privacy.(research)
May 1, 2003... MIXED-SEX ROOMING (MSR) in hospitals has attracted little public comment in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Mixed-sex rooming refers to situations where patient of both sexes are placed in adjacent and/or neighbouring beds without structural partitions...

Men in nursing--what's their rightful place? There are many paradoxes associated with men in nursing leadership positions. The profession needs to debate them.(viewpoint)
May 1, 2003... WAS a late starter as a nurse. I began my nursing career in my early 30s after more than a decade in journalism. I'd worked in newsrooms in New Zealand and overseas that were inevitably run by men, worked for newspapers that were inevitably...

Guidelines, regulations, standards, policies and ... in increasingly stressful and litigious times, are the policies governing nursing practice becoming more important than the practice itself?(viewpoint)
May 1, 2003... ANTHONY O'BRIEN'S article on Health and Disability Commissioner Ron Paterson's report on care provided to Mark Burton raises some important issues. (See Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand December/January 2002/2003 p22). It's important to...

Campaigning for a fourth week's leave: union members are being urged to lobby their MPs, write letters to newspapers, make claims during collective agreement negotiations and write submissions in support of a campaign for more paid leave.(industrial focus)
May 1, 2003... FOUR WEEKS' annual leave will promote a more productive workforce and a better balance between work and family and social life, say supporters of the Holidays (Four Weeks Annual Leave) Amendment Bill. Most New Zealand workers receive three...

Critical care conference looks at ventilation and hypothermia.(section news)
May 1, 2003... CRITICAL CARE nurses and doctors from around the country gathered in Dunedin in March for a combined conference with the theme: "Blowing and Freezing: Issues in ventilation and hypothermia". The international nursing speakers were the...

Stomal therapy study day attracts nurses from around the country.(section news)
May 1, 2003... A STOMAL therapy study day, organised by a sub commitee of the national section, held in Christchurch last month, attracted 31 nurses from around the country. Eight representatives from product companies also attended. A member of the...

Involvement in NZNO college brings personal and professional rewards.(section news)
May 1, 2003... INVOLVEMENT IN NZNO, particularly with the College of Practice Nurses, has been of enormous personal and professional benefit to Marion Guy. Newly elected as the second section representative on the board of directors, Guy has been the chair of...

Nurse neglects mental health patient.(nursing council)
May 1, 2003... THE NURSING Council has found a registered comprehensive nurse guilty of professional misconduct on the grounds of negligence, in that the nurse failed to ensure the safety of a client under a compulsory treatment order during a transfer to a...

Dunedin.(Voting on NZNO's remuneration strategy)
May 1, 2003... THE LAST couple of months has seen most of my activities focused on assisting and advising with the production of the NZNO research paper The Backgrounder--New Zealand Nurse and Midwife Pay. This was released in Dunedin in March at our Southern...

Palmerson North.(Voting on NZNO's remuneration strategy)
May 1, 2003... WAIREKA, PAHIATUA: This rest-home and private hospital, run by a community trust, was part of our re-unionisation campaign in aged care in 2000. A collective employment agreement (CEA) has now been in place for just two terms and some great...

Whangarei.(Voting on NZNO's remuneration strategy)
May 1, 2003... THE PAST two months have been very busy again, with three trips to Hamilton over three weeks as the Northern Districts Multi-Employer Collective Agreement (MECA) negotiating team continues its work. Unfortunately, a stalemate has been reached....

Building a delegate structure in Wellington.
May 1, 2003... DELEGATES FROM Capital and Coast District Health Board (DHB) and one from Hutt Valley DHB spent a day at the end of March getting to know their new organiser Barbara Crozier and educator Rob Haultain. The main agenda items were how to build the...

Events.(Calendar)
May 1, 2003... Conferenced & Venued 2003 2003 May 20 Mental Health at Work Forum. Christchurch "Perspectives on Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace." Anna McNaughton,...