Nursing news and events
News from the Ministry of Health nursing team.
2011
31 May: District Nursing Service Development in New Zealand
31 May: District Nursing Services in New Zealand in 2010
2010
19 Nov: Calculating Outcomes Potentially Sensitive to Nursing: A Literature Review
10 Sep: Advice re Nurses Becoming Quit Card Providers (PDF, 164 KB)
2 Aug: Practice nurse cost benefit analysis: report to the Ministry of Health
The aim of the study was to explore the financial benefits to primary health organisations and general practices of employing practice nurses. To achieve this, the project explored how, or whether, improved practice nurse utilisation increased general practice cost effectiveness and value for money. The report presents the results of a literature review and data collection from nine primary care practices in New Zealand.
30 Jul: Nurse Prescribing in Diabetes Services – A discussion document
2 Mar: Stroke Forum February 2010 – Maggie Scott Visiting Stroke Expert
2009
11 Dec: Nurse Practitioners – A Healthy Future For New Zealand
6 Aug: A Nursing Education and Training Board for New Zealand
24 Jun: Immunisation eLearning website launched
6 May: Information on New Zealand Defence Force Nursing
We are pleased to welcome the New Zealand Defence Force to the Ministry of Health Nursing web pages. Colleague Lieutenant Colonel Maree Sheard leads a dedicated group of nurses supporting our military endeavour both at home and when our armed forces deploy on crucial missions around the world.
This Handbook is an updated revision of the original Handbook published in 2005. The Handbook and related poster can be viewed via the link above on the New Zealand Guidelines Group website.
27 Mar: Clinical Workforce to Support Registered Nurses – Executive Summary and Recommendations
A report that looks at the advice to the Director General of Health on the clinical workforce to support registered nurses.
11 Mar: Health Workforce Information Programme – Nursing Projections Project (District Health Boards New Zealand website)
This project is a national level initiative undertaking a series of forecasting and modelling exercises on the nursing workforce in New Zealand to provide a robust basis for workforce planning.
26 Feb: Nursing Services in New Zealand Secondary Schools and Nursing Developments in Primary Health Care: 2001–2007
Nursing Services in New Zealand Secondary Schools is a nationwide stocktake of nursing services in New Zealand secondary schools. Nursing Developments in Primary Health Care: 2001–2007 outlines the development of primary health care nursing in New Zealand since the introduction of the Primary Health Care Strategy in 2001.
2008
21 Nov: A National Professional Development Framework for Palliative Care Nursing in Aotearoa New Zealand
This document, like the complementary A National Professional Development Framework for Cancer Nursing in Aotearoa New Zealand (in publication), provides a set of competency indicators that describe generalist and specialty practice in palliative care nursing, for nurses, managers and educators. It was developed as part of the implementation of the New Zealand Palliative Care Strategy (Ministry of Health 2001) and the Cancer Control Strategy Action Plan 2005–2010 (Ministry of Health 2005).
16 Oct: DVD: Nurse Practitioner – a healthy future
The Nurse Practitioner DVD profiles two Nurse Practitioners in different settings, one in rural Northland and one based at Palmerston North Hospital. The film lasts for 10 minutes, and is recommended viewing for employers, nurses, NPs and consumers of health care services in New Zealand.
4 Sep: Rural Nursing: Aspects of Practice
This publication provides a broad overview relating to rural nursing theory base, adapting nursing practice to changing provision of health care, aspects of clinical practice and future considerations for practice.
28 Aug: A report on Palliative Care and Cancer Nurses’ Educational Needs
This report provides comprehensive information on the cancer and palliative care nursing workforce in New Zealand, with particular emphasis on education. National, regional and local data have been presented, which will serve as baselines against which future evaluations of the workforce can be made.
18 Aug: Māori nursing and workforce initiatives
In Budget 2008, the Government has allocated $12 million over the next four years to initiatives aimed at boosting the capacity and capability of Māori health workforce.
8 Aug: STAR project – PhD Scholarships, Post-Doctoral Fellowships and Research Grants
See information on applications for PhD Scholarships, Post-Doctoral Fellowships and Research Grants through the STAR (Strategy to Advance Research) Project on their website (see the ‘Notices’ box on the home page).
7 Apr: Nurse-led preoperative assessment services
Information on Waikato and Northland DHB's work on developing nurse-led preoperative assessment services.
27 Mar: An Approach to Risk Reduction and Risk Management for Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes with Nurse Leadership in Primary Health Care
This report describes the project and findings from a pilot project which has aimed to link health promotion, support of early detection and early intervention for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes (diabetes) and CVD risk management according to best practice guidelines with nurse leadership.
In this section
- In June 2010 the Ministry of Health hosted 60+ Stroke Nurse Leaders from around New Zealand at their second stroke forum. This page contains downloads of documents from this forum. Read more
- In February 2010 the Ministry of Health was hosted visiting UK Stroke Expert Maggie Scott. She visited stroke units and spoke with a large number of stroke related personnel. Read more
Page last updated: 19 April 2011
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