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For nurses — Waikato
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Download: Nursing at Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato 2023-2025 - PDF, 860 KB Expectations, professional development frameworks and nursing strategic aims. Download - PDF, 860 KB Cultural support for nurses As a health provider in an district with 21% of people identifying as Māori (compared to 16% total New Zealand), we have a specific commitment to cultural support for Māori and Pasifika midwives, and for all midwives to deliver culturally appropriate care. Our cultural support team provides support for Maori and Pasifika students, new graduates and existing nurse. Health workforc
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Structural influences and barriers I Awenga ā-pūnaha, taero ā-pūnaha
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Infant feeding decisions are influenced by the society and environment in which parents and caregivers live, and the level of support they are able to access to achieve their breastfeeding goals (Rollins et al 2016). Birthing practices and skin to skin There is strong evidence for the positive benefits of skin-to-skin contact between parents and infants following birth. A Cochrane Review (Moore et al 2016) supports using immediate or early skin-to-skin care to promote and support breastfeeding. Widström et al (2019) conducted observational research on infants immediately after their births to
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Public health alerts
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National public health alerts Expand all Product safety alert for 4Fr Bard/BD PICC lines Product safety alert for 4Fr Bard/BD PICC lines Date issued: 19 December 2024 Information to share with patients who have a 4Fr Bard/BD PICC line. Our clinicians have reported issues with some 4Fr Bard/BD PICC lines. For example, some of these lines have developed a crack in them. A PICC line is a peripherally inserted central catheter line. It is a long, flexible tube that is inserted into a vein, and is used to give medicines or fluids. In response, Health NZ has taken a precautionary approach, to reduce
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Postgraduate study funding applications
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Health New Zealand is committed to supporting nurses through postgraduate funding. This initiative helps nurses advance their careers while strengthening the healthcare system by ensuring that nurses are well-prepared to manage complex patient care. Nurses can apply via their local district to study papers that build towards a postgraduate qualification such as a Postgraduate Certificate (60 pts), Postgraduate Diploma (120 pts) or Master's degree (180 and 240 pts). Eligibility Requirements: Registration : Must be a registered nurse under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act
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A new system for student placements
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Overview A new system for student placements We are strengthening the way student clinical placements are managed in the health sector. The student system is critical for growing our locally trained health workforce and enables a workforce that better represents the communities it serves. Expand all What we want to achieve - our objectives, goals and scope What we want to achieve - our objectives, goals and scope We aim to remove the bottleneck that is constraining our ability to grow health workers in New Zealand. Our work has four workstream objectives: Coordination infrastructure –technol
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3. Vaccination questions and addressing concerns
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3.1. Some commonly asked questions Expand all 3.1.1. Vaccine scheduling 3.1.1. Vaccine scheduling Which vaccines can be administered at the same visit? There are no known contraindications to administering registered vaccines at the same visit, provided they are administered in separate syringes at separate sites. If two or more parenterally or intranasally administered live vaccines are not given at the same visit, then a minimum interval of four weeks is recommended. The rationale is based on limited data where VV has been given within four weeks of measles-containing vaccine and breakthroug