Survey for Maori nurses and midwives.
All Maori Midwives and Maori Nurses are invited to complete an online survey to contribute toward the attraction, recruitment, retention, ongoing professional and leadership development of Maori Midwives & Maori Nurses.... [more] [View Document]
Posted: Friday 21 November 2008

Te Pou Offers 22 Scholarships to attend Workshops
Te Pou has 22 scholarships available for registered nurses and a small number of allied health clinicians working in DHBs and in NGOs where acute services are offered. For more detailed information and the application form please visit the Te Pou website-www.tepou.co.nz... [more] [View Document]
Posted: Sunday 6 January 2008

Dame Margaret Bazley New College Patron
Dame Margaret Bazley has accepted ther position of Patron for the College. She will have her first official role at the up comming Conference in July 2007... [more] [View Document]
Posted: Wednesday 18 April 2007

Current issues on the Therapeutics Products and Medicines Bill
Dear nursing colleagues Council is extremely concerned that the Ministry of Health has advised the Select Committee, which gave us a positive hearing last week, not to support the Council?s submission that nurse practitioners should be authorized prescribers and registered nurses should be designated prescribers. Council is also concerned that the proposal for collaborative prescribing could jeopardize the achievement of independent prescribing as we have already had a clear example of... [more] [View Document]
Posted: Wednesday 28 March 2007

Confidential Forum
Submission to Confidential Forum for former inpatients of psychiatric hospitals Submission prepared by Tony O?Brien for Te Ao Maramatanga... [more] [View Document]
Posted: Thursday 7 December 2006

Research Board-Successful Applicant
Helen Hamer was the successful application for the Research Grant. Please click on the link to view details... [more] [Link]
Posted: Friday 1 December 2006

Call for Abstracts- College Conference
These are now online in the Conference Page... [more] [Link]
Posted: Monday 27 November 2006

Research Board- Funding Application
Applications for Research Funding are now open untill 31st October 2006. Download the document from the Research Board Homepage... [more] [View Document]
Posted: Saturday 23 September 2006

Psychosocial Guidelines
We would like to invite you to contribute to the further development of the Psychosocial Recovery Planning Guidelines, which is part of the National Health Emergency Plan. This document aims to outline the importance of psychosocial recovery when pl... [more] [Link]
Posted: Thursday 29 June 2006

Nursing Council Announce Increase in Fees
Due to increased costs to establish new services Please read the document attached for more information... [more] [View PDF]
Posted: Wednesday 14 June 2006

Final Registration Date for Confidential Forum
Final Registration Date for Confidential Forum For Former In-Patients of Psychiatric Hospitals The Secretary for Internal Affairs has advised the Confidential Forum that the final date for people to let the Forum know that they wish to attend a m... [more]
Posted: Tuesday 30 May 2006

Henry Rongomau Bennett Memorial Scholarships
The Henry Rongomau Bennett Memorial Scholarship Programme has been established by the Henry Rongomau Bennett Memorial Scholarship Board (the Board) with funding from the Ministry of Health. The overall purposes of the scholarships are to develop a... [more] [Link]
Posted: Friday 27 January 2006

Confidential Forum for Former In-Patients of
Confidential Forum for Former In-Patients of Psychiatric Hospitals Confidential Forum A Confidential Forum for people who were in-patients of psychiatric hospitals in New Zealand before November 1992 has been set up by the Government. The Forum is... [more]
Posted: Thursday 24 November 2005

Nurses now have Prescribing Rights
Nurses applauding move allowing prescribing rights, but GPs concerned nurses may prescribe outside area of expertise 13 September 2005 Nurses are applauding new regulations giving nurse practitioners extended prescribing rights. Cabi... [more]
Posted: Tuesday 13 September 2005

Press Statement-Monday 22 August, 2005
In his recorded comments broadcast on Radio NZ this morning, National Leader Don Brash remarked that politicians were ranked slightly ahead of care salesmen and ?mad axe murderers? in terms of trust. I hope this comment does not signal that politicia... [more]
Posted: Friday 26 August 2005

UPDATE ON NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR MENTAL HEALTH NUR
May 2006 The Framework is in the final stage of sign off with the Ministry of Health and will be available this month.... [more]
Posted: Tuesday 24 August 2004

Indemnity Insurance Now being Offerred
"Indemnity insurance is offered through Aon Risk Services NZ Ltd, underwritten by QBE Insurance (International) Limited. Members need to apply individually for indemnity insurance using the appllication form on this site, or can contact Aon Risk Serv... [more]
Posted: Saturday 7 August 2004

Clinical Indicators for Mental Health Nursing
Clinical Indicators for Mental Health Nursing in New Zealand. A New Zealand study to develop and validate clinical indicators for the Standards of Practice for Mental Health Nurses in New Zealand was conducted in 2000-2001. In this bicultural study... [more] [View Document]
Posted: Thursday 20 May 2004

Updates to Framework for Mental Health Nursing
Update to the National Framework of Mental Health Nursing can now be downloaded. Click on the attached link and also the Gap Analysis sheet... [more] [View Document]
Posted: Friday 7 May 2004

Rita McEwan Nurse Practitioner Development Unit
The New Zealand Branch of the ANZ College of Mental Health Nurses is pleased to announce the inauguration of The Rita McEwan Nurse Practitioner Development Unit. The Unit was established in 2003 with a donation from Rita McEwan, to provide financial ... [more] [View Document]
Posted: Thursday 5 February 2004