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Core Documents (21)
Core documents are fundamental to the values, beliefs and priorities of NZNO. These documents are the basis from which NZNO provides services to members and provide the core platform for policy development.

2020 and Beyond: A Vision for Nursing: Summary Statement
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2020 and Beyond: A Vision of Nursing (Background)
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2020 and Beyond: A Vision of Nursing (Background)
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A process to manage challenging professional and ethical issues, 2010
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Code of ethics, 2010
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Comprehensive Support for Nurses
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Freed to care, Proud to Nurse: 100 years of New Zealand Nurses Organisation
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Membership Application and Information
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New Zealand Nurses Organisation Manifesto Elections 2011
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Nursing in Aotearoa New Zealand: A definition
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Nursing in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Definition. Background Document
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NZNO Annual Plan 2012-2013
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NZNO Annual Report 2010-2011
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NZNO delegates handbook, 2009
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Process for documentation within NZNO, 2005
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Professional Indemnity Insurance For All Members of NZNO
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Rules of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, 2010-2011
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Social policy statement, 2009
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Student Membership Application: you'd be suprised what NZNO can offer nursing students, 2009
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Te Runanga o Aotearoa, New Zealand Nurses Organisation
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You'd be surprised at what NZNO can offer nursing students
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Education and Professional Development (8)
All NZNO documents related to education and professional development

Clarifying Funding for Post-Registration Nursing Education, 2010
Collating for Collaboration: Background Information for Improving Nursing Education Outcomes, 2008
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National Nursing Organisations Glossary of Terms
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Nurse Credentialing
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Nurse Credentialing
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Nursing education - policy and standards, 2003
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Privacy, confidentiality and consent in the use of exemplars of practice and journaling, 2005
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Professional portfolio - soft copy, 2004
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Employment (10)
All documentation pertaining to employment and employment related issues. This includes documentation related to nursing management.

Coaching and Performance Plans
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District Health Board Merges and Shared Services
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Employer accountability vs professional accountability, 2007
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Everything you wanted to know about being on a negotiating team but were afraid to ask
Guidelines and standards of best practice for rostering to meet requirements of the nurses and midwives MECA (lower North Island DHBs)
Health Workers Rights: your rights to support and respect, 2008
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Information for overseas nurses/ midwives seeking employment in New Zealand, 2007
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Nursing Overseas, 2009
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Stop Workplace Bullying
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The employment relations act - your employment, 2008
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Policy, Regulation and Legal (23)
All documents related to any legal or regulatory issues. This includes all documents that describe NZNOs position on regulatory workforce issues eg new cadres of health workers.

Closing the Gap: How nurses can help achieve health access and equity
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Competency reviews, 2007
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Health & Disability Commissioner Act 1994: What you should know, 2000
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Hui
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Indemnity Insurance - Frequently Asked Questions
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Independent nurse prescribing, 2002
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Investigations - Your Rights and Responsibilities
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Investing in Health 2007 : an update on the 2003 Ministry of Health document
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Know your rights - Coroners' cases, 2003
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Koha
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Meeting Procedures
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Midwifery Policy
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Nurse practitioners in New Zealand, 2003
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Nursing - An International Relationship
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Nursing Council or Nurses Organisation - Know the difference
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Obligations in a pandemic or disaster - a guide for NZNO members, 2008
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Political Party Engagement
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Registered obstetric nurses, 2007
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Serious and Sentinel Events
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Support for Pacific Women
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Understanding Duty of Care
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Unregulated Healthcare Workers Education Framework
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Use of cannabis for medicinal purposes
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Practice (32)
All documents directly related to the broad scope of nursing and midwifery practice. This includes all documents that describe and provide direction on nursing or midwifery practice issues.

Advanced nursing practice, 2008
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Advice re Nurses Becoming Quit Card Providers
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Breastfeeding
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Code of Ethics - Ethical Exemplars Scenarios
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Creating a Community Profile: Tips for Nurses, February 2006
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Documentation, 2010
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Guidelines for Nurses and Midwives, Privacy, Confidentiality and Consent in the Use of Exemplars of Practice and Journaling
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Guidelines for nurses on the administration of medicines, 2007
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Guidelines for Registered Nurses to Extend Practice to those Activities Normally Undertaken by Other Health Professionals
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Health Care Assistants in General Practice and Accident and Medical Settings
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Health Literacy
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Health Literacy Policy and Practice for Nurses – A Call for Action
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How nurses in aged/residential care improve health outcomes
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How nurses in nurse-led clinics improve health outcomes
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How nurses in primary health care improve health outcomes
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Incident Debriefing, 2005
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Incident Reporting, 2010
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Interpersonal Violence
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Maximising the Nursing Contribution to Positive Health Outcomes for the New Zealand Population
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Nurses Initiating and Administering Intravenous Therapy in Community Settings
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NZNO Productivity Monograph
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Occupational Exposure of Nurses, Midwives and Caregivers to Body Fluids
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Physician Assistants
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Professional and clinical supervision, 2005
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Professional Supervision - FAQ
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Quality in the workplace, 2007
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Rongoā Māori and Complementary Therapies in Nursing Practice
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Standards for Nursing Practice - summary, 2004
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Standards for nursing practice, 2003
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The Role of the Nurse in the Delivery of End of Life Decisions and Care
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Unregulated Health Care Workers
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Vitamin K prophylaxis in the newborn, 2000
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Research (18)
All NZNO published research and scholarly monographs.

Aged Care Survey
Being Young: Younger Nurses' Experiences in the Workplace
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Charge Nurse Survey, 2010
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Clarifying Funding for Post Registration Nursing Education
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Collating for Collaboration: background information for improving nursing education outcomes, 2008
Education Survey Report
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Health Productivity - NZNO's response
Holding Up, The First Biennial NZNO Employment Survey
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Nurses Perception of the Diabetes Get Checked Programme: Summary of Results
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Nurses Perceptions of the Diabetes Get Checked Programme
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Pay jolt? The impact of the 2004/5 NZNO employment agreement, 2008
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Snapshot of staffing levels in aged care services, 2005
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The impact of student debt on nurses: an investigation, 2003
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To Advance Health Care by Merian Litchfield (2009).
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Vital Signs - Research Advisory Paper
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Vital Signs: Employment Survey, 2011
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Young Nurses in Aotearoa
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Young Nurses in Aotearoa - Research Advisory Paper
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Other (includes Section and College documents) (45)
Other publications

College of Emergency Nurses NZ education statement, 2006
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Critical Care Nurses’ Section Position Statement (2010) on the Provision of Critical Care Nursing Education
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Definition of Critical Care Outreach Nursing
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Determining nurse to patient ratio's in New Zealand emergency departments
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Diabetes accreditation, 2007
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District Nurses Directory, 2007
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District Nursing Guiding Principles
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District nursing standards, 2002
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Education manual, Perioperative Nurses College of NZNO, 3rd edition, 2005
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Education policy, standards and career development for district nurses, 2004
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Education policy, standards and career development for practice nurses, 2007
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Emergency Nurses Section standards of practice, 2000-2005
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Establishing Primary Health Care Nursing Forums, April 2006
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Framework for a quality District Nursing Service in New Zealand: Summary
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Gerontology nursing competencies, 2002
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Governance statement, 2006
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Guideline on the place of enrolled nurses in the New Zealand health care system,2011
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Minimum Education Requirements for Nurses involved in the Administration of Anti-Cancer Drugs within the Oncology and Non-Oncology Setting
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Minimum Guidelines for Intensive Care Nurse Staffing in New Zealand, October 2005
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Minimum Safety Requirements for Nurses involved in the Administration of Anti-Cancer Drugs within the Oncology and Non-Oncology Setting
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National standards of practice for respiratory nursing, 2004
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Neonatal education policy, standards and career development, 2006
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Neonatal nursing standards, 2006
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New Zealand Adult Respiratory Nursing Knowledge and Skills Framework
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New Zealand standards for practice for nurses specialising in diabetes, 1997
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Nursing staff requirements in emergency departments - position statement, 2006
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NZANN International Relations Statement, Council of International Neonatal Nurses (COINN), 2006
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PEG placement endoscopy policy guidelines, 2000
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Philosophy and standards for nursing practice in critical care, 2002
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Position Description for Primary Health Care/Practice Nurses
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Professional Development and Recognition Programme (PDRP) for Primary Health Care Nurses
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Recommendations for the administration of cytotoxic agents by nurses, 2004
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Recommended standards, guidelines and position statements for safe practice in the perioperative setting - 3rd edition, 2005
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Registered Nurse First Assist for the Placement of PEG tubes
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Registered Nurse First Surgical Assistant for Operating Theatres in New Zealand, Service Policy Guidelines, June 2009
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RNs first assist for the placement of PEG tubes in endoscopy suites in NZ, 2004
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Standards for practice for enrolled nurses, 2007
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Standards in Critical Care Nursing Education, 2010
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Standards of practice for gastroenterology and endoscopy nurses, 2000
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Standards of practice for practice nurses, 2004
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Stomal Therapy Nursing Standards of Practice, 2011
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The place of enrolled nurses in the New Zealand health care system, 2011
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The Role of the New Zealand Critical Care Clinical Research Nurse
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Training Manual for PDRP Assessors
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We are Enrolled Nurses, our experience makes the difference, 2004
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May 2012

This month a new position statement has been released by the NZ College of Primary Health Care Nurses.  Please follow the link below:

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