The April issue will focus on this year’s International Nurses Day theme of “A voice to lead: achieving the sustainable development goals.” From the New Zealand perspective, the editors will examine the pressure points for nurses in the health system, as it comes under stress from nursing job losses, underfunding, restructures and reviews, all impacting on patient care. We will hear nurses’ voices and stories as they cope with these stresses.

An article by a nursing educator examines what makes a good nurse and the proposition that caring can be taught. A viewpoint article looks at the links between individual emotions and personal health.

The March issue focuses on Gastroenterology and Stomal therapy nursing. It will include profiles of several nurses working in these specialities and an update on training for nurse endoscopists in light of the roll out of the national bowel screening programme.  Another practice article looks at the economic benefits of vaccinations. The professional development article examines irritable bowel syndrome. We continue our coverage of how nurses are dealing with the aftermath of the earthquake in Kaikōura, and we run profiles of those nurses standing for election to vacancies on the NZNO board of directors.

Our first issue for 2017 focuses on issues facing nursing students and their tutors.
One student describes her journey to developing her own nursing philosophy; a nursing academic discusses her research into why some nurse educators are reluctant to fail students; two nurse lecturers outline a new, integrated way of teaching biosciences to nursing students; and there is an update on the new Māori nursing degree being taught at a wananga in Whakatāne.
CPD4Nurses starts the year outlining the impact of sex hormones on health.

The December/January combined issue offers a smorgasbord of articles to end the year.

There will be a focus on palliative care, with one article looking at the use of art therapy in this field. Two articles examine the roles of nurse practitioners, one in a private surgical hospital. There will be coverage of the 18^th South Pacific Nurses Forum held in Honiara, the Solomon Islands, in early November; while two articles will describe the experiences of New Zealand nurses working overseas (one on a Mercy Ship in Madagascar, the other working as a midwife in Peshawar, Pakistan). This month’s professional development article will examine hepatitis, while another viewpoint piece will look at the positive and negative impacts of 12-hour shifts in the intensive care unit.

This month’s issue focuses on aged care and also includes an Education Supplement

A number of aged care nurses will be profiled, including the country’s most recently endorsed nurse practitioner for older adults Sheryl Haywood. Practice articles will cover delirium and how to deal with it and nurses’ roles in managing long-term conditions. An education article will look at preparing students for clinical placements in aged care. A new initiative in caring for the elderly in Rotorua will be profiled – Whare Aroha CARE Village – which opens in December this year.

There will also be follow-up articles from the campylobacter outbreak in Havelock North, an update on the interRAI assessment tool and some final coverage of the NZNO conference last month.

The October issue of Kai Tiaki will focus on diabetes nursing and coverage of NZNO’s annual conference and AGM.
Several diabetes nurses from around the country will discuss their work and what difference having prescribing rights has made to their relationships with patients

Keynote speakers at this year’s NZNO conference included the new chief executive of the International Council of Nurses, former New Zealand nurse Frances Hughes; President of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, Linda Silas; and health spokesperson for the Child Poverty Action Group associate professor Nikki Turner.

CPD4Nurses will discuss the links between genetics, epigenetics and disease.

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.