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Consultation documents

The NZCCCN are currently updating and reviewing the Education Documents for the college. This has been a big project for the committee and we have divided this into three phases:

Phase One: Draft of NZCCCN Position Statement

Phase Two: Draft of NZCCCN Education Standards

Once the above two phases have been completed the third and final phase of the project will be to align our current expectations for a qualified critical care nurse, through the development of a standardise knowledge and skills framework that expand on the topics described in Standard 2.3. We see this as a project that will need a broad representation across all intensive/critical care units nationwide, hence a working party will need to be formed. This will enable us to have a standardised approach to the development of qualified critical care nurses as recognised by the NZCCCN standards.

The review/consultation process for the above two documents will be for one month closing on 1 October 2017. Feedback on the documents are to be sent back to Rod Bowen email address: Rodney.bowen@southerndhb.govt.nz

Publications

The New Zealand College of Critical Care Nurses has the following publications available:

Position Statement on the Definition of Critical Care Outreach Nursing

New Zealand Standards for Critical Care Nurse Staffing (August 2015), (PDF) NEW

This publication replaces the Critical Care Nursing Section (CCNS) Minimum Guidelines for Intensive Care Staffing in New Zealand (2005)

Research

NZCCCN Research Approval Process

Mental health in the Intensive Care Unit: Nurses attitudes and perceptions

This is an invitation from Stephanie Cope from Massey University to participate in a study which aims to explore ICU nurses about their experience of working with people admitted with a mental health problem.

Invitation

Information Sheet

Consent Form