Mental health nursing is the theme for the September issue.
Practice articles include one on critical incident stress debriefing for nurses, another on sleep loss as a mental health issue, and one by a Children’s Team lead professional from Whanganui District Health Board on supporting children who have a family member with a mental illness.
Research on the attitudes of nurses working in intensive care units and caring for mental health patients will also be presented.
A news focus article will explore depression among nurses and there will be extensive coverage of the recent indigenous nurses Aotearoa conference in Auckland

The August issue will focus on emergency nursing. It will include a number of profiles of emergency nurses working in a variety of settings around the country.

There will be a feature on a nurse from Capital and Coast District Health Board who works with homeless patients who present at the emergency department.

NZNO’s nursing researcher Jill Clendon will examine what’s happening to primary health care in a climate of shrinking health budgets.

CPD4Nurses will examine how to treat and manage sepsis.

The July issue of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand has the theme of infection prevention and control nursing, and is the month we publish the annual index.

The issue will profile a number of infection prevention and control nurses, and includes articles on how to tackle toxic surgery smoke/plume, an update on knowledge around HIV testing, and a question and answer quiz testing nurses’ knowledge around indwelling catheter care.

An enrolled nurse describes her journey to retraining as a registered nurse
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The theme for the June issue is migrant nurses.It will feature profiles of a range of internationally qualified nurses now living and working in New Zealand, an editorial by gerontology researcher Jed Montayre, news focus articles looking at issues facing migrant nurses and migrant nursing statistics as gathered by the Nursing Council.

It will also include an in-depth article that examines the pros and cons of smart phones and how they are used in nursing practice and profiles of the candidates standing for election as NZNO board members and .

CPD4Nurses this month looks at chronic obstructive respiratory disease.

The issue will also include an education supplement.

The May issue of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand focuses on neonatal nursing.

It includes profiles of two new graduate neonatal nurses, a day in the life of a neonatal nurses specialist working at Wellington Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit, a description of the work of the Christchurch Women’s Hospital’s emergency neonatal transport team, and a research article on readmission rates for neonates with chronic lung disease and whether this could have been prevented.

The issue also explores the impact of climate change on health and what neonatal nursing papers have to offer.

The April issue will explore the International Nurses Day theme of “Nurses a force for change: improving health systems’ resilience”.

It will also include a number of profiles of nurses working in some of New Zealand’s more remote and rural areas, e.g. Stewart Island, the Far North and the Chatham Islands.

Three nurse practitioners will discuss the pathways they took to becoming an NP.

Our professional development article this month will look at dermatitis.

The March issue will focus on women’s health.
There will be a number of profiles of nurses working in this area; a history of antenatal care from a number of perspectives; and a research article looking at the hidden stories of nurses who care for family members, along with the challenges of balancing work with home life.
Another article examines the importance of clinical supervision, especially for district nurses.

The December 2015/January 2016 issue of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand covers a wide variety of topics, from skin cancer to liver transplants; from nursing in South Sudan to developing an assessment tool to improve the state of New Zealand’s toilets.
The last professional development article for the year will look at sleep and the role nurses can play in improving patients’ quality of sleep.
Our World War 1 coverage for 2016 finishes with an article looking at the New Zealand Volunteer Sisterhood which was established by sexual health campaigner Ettie Rout.
A research article will examine career planning for older nurses.

Aged care and education
The editorial theme of the November issue is aged care. Coverage will include practice, profile and research articles related to the theme as well as topical news and articles of a professional and industrial focus.
The issue will also include an education advertising supplement

The October issue has perioperative nursing as its main theme featuring both practice and profile articles

The issue will also cover NZNO’s 2015 conference as well as giving further coverage of the indigenous nurses’ conference in Auckland.

The CPD4Nurses topic this month is Capnography – monitoring carbon dioxide in exhaled air