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Nurse leader reclaims broad vision and equity focus of primary healthcare
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Nurse leader reclaims broad vision and equity focus of primary healthcare
Wednesday 14 April 2021, 01:55 AM

Nursing leader Jil Clendon emphasises the large breadth of primary healthcare
The diversity of primary healthcare nursing, from practice to prison nursing and older adult to refugee nursing, was celebrated at a symposium in Christchurch last month, a joint event between the College of Nurses Aotearoa and the NZNO’s College of Primary Health Care Nurses. Southern correspondent Fiona Cassie completes her conference coverage
The work of nurses in primary healthcare covers a broad spectrum – but this goes largely unrecognised. So says nursing leader Jill Clendon in this report by Fiona Cassie
Key points, In New Zealand, nurses defined “primary healthcare nursing” as encompassing a wide and diverse range of roles, from prison to Plunket nurse.
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Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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