Purpose
To provide governance and strategic leadership to the College, including interfacing with external stakeholders.
Meetings
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3 two day meetings per year
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Attendance at the annual AGM and additional teleconferences as necessary
The executive met for the first time 27-28 August 2010.
NZCPHCN Executive Committee, August 2011
Extracts from Kai Tiaki New Zealand, August 2010, Vol 16, No. 7:
Rosemary Minto, is the inaugural chair of NZNO’s new College of Primary Health Care Nurses. At the first executive meeting in August, Minto was elected chair and Debbie Davies, deputy chair.
The college includes practice, public health, district, sexual health, prison school and rural nurses and nurses working for Maori and iwi health providers; achieving the vision of a college for PHC nurses who in the past may not have had a professional “home”.
“We need to effect change at every policy level within health and the other sectors that impact on health outcomes. The college already has a strong base for this because of the work and influence of each college and section before merging.”
“Most PHC nurses will recognize that what happens in the Beehive affects our clients. Unfortunately this is usually most evident with funding cuts that affect nursing and allied health services,” Minto said.
“When nursing groups begin to understand each others roles better, and communicate more effectively, this must make a difference to nursing services.”
Minto, while excited by her new role, admits to some trepidation. “It is a very big role at a time of major change in health.”
Committee representation
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1 NZ College of Practice Nurses representative
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1 District Nurses Section representative
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1 Public Health Nurses Section representative
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1 Te Runanga representative
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1 Māori/Iwi Provider representative
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1 Rural Nurse representative
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3 Primary Health Care nursing positions