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

The September issue has mental health as its theme. Four articles look at aspects of mental health education, including one on the mental health and addictions curricula at the Western Institute of Technology in Taranaki and another describing the use of human actors in the simulated learning environment in mental health nursing education at Otago Polytechnic. The role of duly authorised officers is described and there is a case study from Hutt Hospital of a man with complex TB who had underlying mental health issues. A further article describes how a mental health telephone triage works.

The issue also looks at immunisation in adults and examines why some nurses are reluctant to have the flu vaccine. There will also be coverage of the indigenous nurses’ conference in Auckland.

The theme of the August issue is critical care nursing. A number of critical care nursing initiatives are profiled, and two nursing academics outlining their research into ventilation management and critical care admissions.
The issue also includes an article on the introduction of a dedicated education unit at the West Coast DHB and a viewpoint by a young nurse calling for NZNO to provide more relevant networks for younger nurses.

CPD4Nurses covers bronchiolitis.

The theme of the July issue is men’s health.
It will also include the annual index for all articles published in 2014. The editorial will be written by Jeffrey Gage from Canterbury University. There will be profiles of some men’s health initiatives around the country, an article about the importance of nursing documentation, a profile of occupational health nurse Steve Townsend from Northland, and an examination of the Vulnerable Children’s Act and its implications for nurses.
The issue will also run interviews with the six candidates standing for NZNO’s presidential election.