Hauora NP

This episode on Hauora, NP Rochelle and Laura speak with Dean Cowles. Dean is the National nursing advisor for Māori affairs at Southern Cross Health. His work is based on improving cultural practices within the healthcareenvironment and promoting equitable and safe care for Māori patients and staff members. Dean has an in-depth understanding of Māori healthcare, with a background in both public and private healthcare. Today, we discuss Dean’s current role, culturally safe practice in New Zealand, and the ways nurse practitioners can work towards achieving equitable healthcare within the workplace.  

This week, Rochelle and Laura talk to Sally Fleming. Sally is a nurse practitioner specialising in aged residential palliative care and is the chair of palliative care nurses New Zealand. Sally has a collaborative role working with patients facing the end of their life. She also provides support to registered nurses working in aged care to ensure they are supported while working directly with patients requiring palliative care. In this interview Sally gives valuable insights into a very necessary, specialised, and rewarding role.

Kindness within the healthcare environment has effects on both the well-being of the health professional and the experience of the patient as the recipient of healthcare. In this episode, Rochelle and Laura talk to Nicki Macklin, a PhD candidate basing her research on kindness in healthcare. Nicky discusses her personal experiences with kindness in healthcare, her findings on the effects of inter-healthcare kindness, and how to promote kindness within the environment. This episode is important to nurse practitioners as leaders within the healthcare environment as it highlights a concept often only recognized when not present. Hosts: Rochelle Eynon and Laura Painter Editor: Mitch Bullen Music: Unstoppable by Pala

In this episode, Rochelle and Laura talk to Jax Grigsby. Jax is a nurse practitioner, university lecturer, and clinical director of the PHO delivery team at Health NZ South Canterbury. Jax has long and varied work history within healthcare, having 30 years’ experience within the sector. We talk to Jax about her professional journey into her various roles. This episode provides insight into how nurse practitioners expand their practice into areas of influence within healthcare, while continuing their valuable work within their chosen speciality areas.  Hosts: Rochelle Eynon and Laura Painter Editor: Mitch Bullen Music: Unstoppable by Pala 

In this episode of Hauora NP, Rochelle and Laura interview mental health nurse practitioner Mark Baldwin. Mark talks about his career in mental health and the important work he is currently doing in advocating for change to section 29. Mark is a previous NPNZ chair and during his time in this role, significant progress was made within healthcare with the recognition and expansion of the nurse practitioner role. Hosts: Rochelle Eynon and Laura Painter Editor: Mitch Bullen Music: unstoppable by Pala