Theme: Occupational health and occupational nursing, and an
Education Supplement
Profile: An occupational health nurse working in Christchurch
Education:How to win when dealing with bullies by Craig Waterworth
Practice: The silent Epidemic: workplace assaults on mental health nurses by Bernie Burns
Research:
Disabled nurses: capable and contributing to the nursing workforce by Juliana Korzon
Exemplar:
Battle of Baghak, Afghanistan by Captain D S Foote
Viewpoint:
Making time for nothing: Lifestyle interventions that elicit the relaxation response by Natasha Old
CPD4 Nurses Urinary infections
Plus sector reports

Theme: Palliative Care
Feature Articles
Profiles:
Jan Wiechern. CNS palliative/oncology West Coast; Willem Vink, NP Christchurch Hospital
Practice: Nga Tangata Whakamana: Whanau based nursing care at the end of life by Tess Moeke-Maxwell
Practice/viewpoint:Aroha and mannakitanga – that’s what we need by Vanessa Eldrige
Viewpoint: Jacqui Bowden-Tucker, chair of the Palliative Care Nurses NZ
Viewpoint: Improved health literacy an important tool for reducing cancer rates contributed by Workbase
Viewpoint: Hospice care in the eyes of a young migrant nurse by Junel Padigos
News Focus: Conversations that count: Advance care planning
News Focus: Fight the fakes – fake medicines are everybody’s business by David Benton ICN
Industrial Focus: New bill on domestic violence by Cee Payne
Professionally Yours by Hilary Graham-Smith
Plus sector reports

Theme: Nurses: a force for change (IND theme)
Editorial:
The visibility of nurses’ campaign by Suzanne Trim
Feature Articles
Profiles:
Tess Clarke (CCDHB, diabetes). Kathy Jansen(Dunedin hospital ED). Mary-Ann Hamilton (cancer nurse specialist Waikato), Elizabeth Robinson (mental health contract Northland), Debbie Chappell(heart failure nurse Te Kuiti Hospital)
Profile: My amazing Mum(pioneering Tongan nurse Rachel O’Brien) by Theresa Meads
Profile:The Independent Nursing Practice in Nelson marks 25 years (Annette Milligan),
News focus/Practice:
Waikato DHB mortality review process( a successful nurse driven initiative) by Asmitha Patchay
News Focus:
Fight the fakes – fake medicines are everybody’s business by David Benton ICN
News Focus:
The IND theme and resources fron ICN
CPD4 Nurses IV fluid replacement therapy
Plus sector reports

Theme: Midwifery and Maternal Health
Profile:
Pat Collins core midwife Masterton hospital
Feature Articles
Practice:
In the beginning – the impact of postnatal depression by Christine Black,
Caesar in a hurry by Tina Hewitt
Viewpoint:
Fathering in a new country by Ruth Desouza
News Focus:
Changes in midwifery practice – an interview with Karen Gilliland,
What are the issues for NZNO’s special interest midwifery group?
Plus sector reports – including transformation of midwifery at CDHB. and news and events – including Massey University breastfeeding study
Professionally Yours

Theme: Nursing Overseas
CPD4 Nurses:
Constipation and diarrhoea
Feature Articles
Profile:
Dargaville asthma nurse Sue Armstrong
Practice:
Motivational interviewing to change health behaviours by Miriam Walter
Viewpoint:
Nurse educator’s experience of being a patient. by Judy Seccombe,
Account of experience in the short stay unit by Penny Mackay,
Clinical quality by Jane O’Malley,
Changing the cervical smear experience by Maureen Pene
Nursing Overseas:
A student nurse’s experience nursing in Kolkota by Jessica Hardegger,
Ethical volunteering by Margaret Reid,
Burkina Faso by Kaye Macdonald,
A reflection of voluntary work in Samoa by Marian Lippiatt (about working with Samoan Spinal Network)
Plus sector reports and news and events

Theme: Aged care
CPD4 Nurses: Pressure ulcers
Feature Articles
Profile: An aged care nurse practioner
Practice: Nurse experiences of RAI pilot programme by Sally Keeling et al
Data around the quality of care, incontinence, falls, pressure areas and malnutrition by Jan Weststrate,
Can primary health care nurses and educators collaborate successfully? Applied research in action by Judy Yarwood and Anna Richardson
Professional Focus: Nurses’ professional responsibilities when caring for family and friends by Margaret Cain
Legal Focus: Five year trends and issues in legal cases by Margaret Barnett-Davidson
Viewpoint: Clinical quality by Jane O’Malley
Response to HoNZ by Chris Cottingham
Plus sector reports and news and events

Theme: NZNO conference/Q and A on different nursing bodies
CPD4 Nurses: Anaphylactic shock
Feature Articles
News Focus: Coverage of NZNO conference
News Focus: Interview with Gary Lees as he stands down as chair of NENZ
News Focus: Implications for nurses of the Vulnerable Children’s Bill
News Focus: Q and A on different nursing bodies
Professional Focus: Health implications behind e-cigarettes by Leonie Walker
In-depth Article: The BERL report on the future of the nursing workforce
Plus sector reports and news and events

Theme: Mental Health
CPD4 Nurses: Antidepressants
Feature Articles
News Focus: Watch house nursing team at Christchurch Central Police Station – what is happening since the pilot by Bernie Burns
News Focus: Reaching the six-hour targets in ED by Michael Geraghty
Practice: Eating disorders by Kim Vanderhaven and Belinda Dennehy
Practice:Use of music therapy at the Hawkes Bay inpatient unit by Laura Halligan
Practice: An introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by Jenny nichols

Theme: Migrant nurses
CPD4 Nurses: Parkinson’s disease and related movement disorders
Feature Articles
News Focus: ICN presentation on nurse migration
News Focus: Megan-Jane Johnstone presentation on ethics at ICN conference
News Focus: Nurses buy into Amberley Medical Centre
Professional Focus: Women’s health report; Two new level 7 quals at Waiariki: Competence assessment programmes; Changes to competence review process
Profiles: Interviews with a number of migrant nurses