Website Links
Achieving Restraint-Free on an Inpatient Unit
Feature article from the Journal of Psychosocial Nursing.
AUT-Course Information
Psychotherapy,Child Mental Health, Violence and Trauma Studies
Drug Information
Drugwatch.com is a comprehensive Web site featuring extensive information about medications, drug interactions, and drug side effects.
'Integrating mental health into primary care - a global perspective'
Mental health Improvements for Nations Development: The WHO MIND Project."'Integrating mental health into primary care - a global perspective'
Lets get Real
Let?s get real, the new name for the core competencies project, is a project to produce a set of Real skills for people working in mental health and addictions services.
MOH
Matua Raki - National Addiction Workforce Development
Matua Raki is the National Addiction Workforce Development Centre within Te Rau Matatini Ltd, funded by the Ministry of Health. Their mission is the development of the addiction-related workforces that contribute to the minimisation of addiction-related harm
Mental Health Nursing Framework
Issued June 2006
Ministry of health-Mental Health Page
Ministry of Health - Nursing Information
Current nursing information from the Ministry of Health
MOH-Nurse Practitioner Website
Information
National Drug Policy
The National Drug Policy aims to improve the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders by encouraging the development of strategies and programmes which prevent and reduce drug-related harm.
New Zealand Guidelines Group
Useful Information on Guidelines for Mental Health-suicide prevention, Schizophrenia
New Zealand Immigration department
For those overseas nurses whop may be thinking of comming to New Zealand to work. Psychiatric Nurses appear to be in the Priority list of Occupations
New Zealand Nursing Council;
For overseas persons seeking NZ Registration
New Zealand Occupational Health Nurses Association
New Zealand Pain Society
NZPS Nursing Issues Group julie.barton@ccdhb.org.nz
NewZealandSites.com
Definitive web space for New Zealand web sites
PhD Scholarships Available
PhD scholarships (and postdoctoral fellowships)
The funding is from the Tertiary Education Commission to increase research capability in nursing and associated disciplines – those related to primary health care and health maintenance. Our website for more information is: www.starproject.ac.nz
RCN Mental Health Research Centre
Responces to NZ Guidelines group please
The draft guidelines for the Identification of Common Mental Disorders and Management of Depression in Primary Care.
Smoke Free Nurses
Smokefree Nurses’ website is now up and running at www.smokefreenurses.org.nz. The aim of this site is to provide advice, support and encouragement to all nurses in providing smoking cessation interventions. The site is for all nurses and feedback is needed on how we can improve it so that it provides what you need. So have a look.
www.smokefreenurses.org.nz
Te Pou
On line HoNOS training is available on the Te Pou website. It is a simple and effective way to complete training on HoNOS with a variety of scenarios offered.