AUGUST 2009 .
THE CHANGING FACE OF NURSING
ISSN 1173-2032
Vol. 15 No. 7
AUGUST 2009
This issue focuses on migrant nurses – their
contribution to New Zealand health care, the
personal and practice issues they confront,
and it includes two profiles of overseas
nurses and their New Zealand experiences.
It also includes a practice article on the care
of those who have had a stroke, notably the
management of post-stroke fatigue.
Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand is the official
journal of the New Zealand Nurses’ Organisa-
tion, incorporating the New Zealand Nursing
Journal (Kai Tiaki) and NZNU News. Views
expressed are not necessarily those of the
New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation. Kai Tiaki
Nursing New Zealand, under a variety of
titles, has been published continuously since
1908. Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand is a
refereed or peer-reviewed journal. All clinical
practice articles are independently reviewed
by a practice article review committee of
expert nurses (see below). When necessary,
nursing and/or midwifery expertise is sought
from outside the committee. Kai Tiaki Nurs-
ing New Zealand is indexed in the Cumulative
Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
and International Nursing Index. Material
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Nursing New Zealand.
Kai Tiaki is the Mâori term for carer or guard-
ian and has been incorporated in the title
of the magazine since it was first published
in 1908.
Co-editors:
Anne Manchester and Teresa O’Connor.
Practice Article Review Committee:
Sha Panapa: (Te Runanga o Aotearoa NZNO)
RN. Senior lecturer at Whitireia Community
Polytechnic, Porirua, Wellington. Focus —
Mâori health and well child health.
Jane Hardcastle: RN, BSc, MEd. Senior
lecturer, Graduate Studies in Nursing, Christ-
church Polytechnic Institute of Technology.
Focus — critical care, distance and nursing
education.
Carol Ashcroft: RN, BHSc, MEd. Associ-
ate nurse manager, operating theatres,
Whanganui District Health Board. Focus
— undergraduate education, infection
control.
Sharon Logan: RN, BSc (Hons). Case manag-
er, continuing care team, Waitemata District
Health Board. Focus — mental health.
THIS ISSUE...
2 Editorial 21 News focus
The issues around nurse migration are multi- NZNO’s centennial conference is shaping up to be a
faceted and complex. truly memorable occasion.
By Léonie Walker. By Teresa O’Connor.
3 Letters 22 profile
Tell us what you think. A South African nurse shares her experiences of leaving
her home country to work in Reefton.
By Teresa O’Connor.
5 news and events
• NZNO’s view on RN scope of practice. 24 research
• Migrant nurses’ contribution to health care.
• How nurses are coping with swine ‘flu. Counties Manukau District Health Board explores issues
concerning international nurses.
By Kathy Wright.
10 News focus 
The International Council of Nurses’ quadrennial 26 exemplar
congress was held on the African continent for A Filipina nurse, recently arrived in New Zealand, suf-
the first time. New Zealand nurses were fully fered a challenging setback to her plans to nurse here.
involved.
By Lovely Erediano.
By Anne Manchester and Geoff Annals.
28 viewpoint
12 practice
A Chinese nurse shares some of the understandings she
All those who have had a stroke should be gained from attending a Treaty of Waitangi workshop.
managed in an acute stroke unit, as this signifi- By Xioayong Ren.
cantly improves health outcomes.
By Bernice Tracy, Mary Griffiths and Carolyn Cox. 30 professional focus
Nurses dealing with swine ‘flu must work within profes-
15 viewpoint sional and legislative requirements.
By Charlotte Thompson and Suzanne Rolls.
Nurses need to understand the concept of ra-
tioning care and to call it for what it is.
By Jane Lawless. 31 industrial focus
Should NZNO’s private hospital sector have a national
16 profile delegates’ committee?
By Glenda Alexander and Cathy Gilmore.
A Filipina nurse is an inspiring advocate for
nurses and caregivers working in aged care.
By Anne Manchester. 32 Te Runanga
Six Te Runanga members gained a great deal from pre-
18 research senting at the ICN congress in South Africa last month.
By Brenda Close and Te Runanga team members.
Who are Generation Y, what’s important to them
and what can employers do to keep “GenY” 33 national student unit
nurses in the health workforce?
By Isabel Jamieson. Student delegates’ annual meeting with heads of nurs-
ing schools was a positive one.
By Sara Mason and Paula King.
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