Bickley Asher appointed NZNO manager.Joy Bicktey Asher (right) is returning to the staff of NZNO NZNO New Zealand Nurses Organisation , after a break of 11 years in academia, to take up the job of professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. manager. Dr. Bickley Asher, a registered nurse and midwife, is a senior lecturer at Victoria University's Graduate School of Nursing and Midwifery midwifery (mĭd`wī'fərē), art of assisting at childbirth. The term midwife for centuries referred to a woman who was an overseer during the process of delivery. In ancient Greece and Rome, these women had some formal training. . She was NZNA's professional nursing adviser from 1986 to 1993. NZNO chief executive Geoff Annals said he was delighted to have a person of Bickley Asher's calibre join the staff. "Joy is very well known and respected in nursing circles and is a Longstanding friend of NZNO." Bickley Asher said she was Looking forward to working with the staff and members of NZNO. Issues she was particularLy interested in tackling were the nursing shortage and "end of Life" issues including euthanasia, as well as supporting the Treaty of Waitangi The Treaty of Waitangi (Māori: Tiriti o Waitangi) is a treaty signed on February 6, 1840 by representatives of the British Crown, and Māori chiefs from the North Island of New Zealand. structures the organisation had in place. Her new job would also give her the opportunity to be involved in poetical po·et·i·cal adj. 1. Poetic. 2. Fancifully depicted or embellished; idealized. po·et  i·cal·ly adv. action.
One of the big differences between her previous job with NZNA and the new position was that she would be a manager. "This is a challenge I'm looking forward to." Bickley Asher completed her doctorate in 2002, which Looked at "not for resuscitation resuscitation /re·sus·ci·ta·tion/ (-sus?i-ta´shun) restoration to life of one apparently dead. cardiopulmonary resuscitation " issues from a medical nursing and institutional standpoint. After leaving NZNO, she lectured at Massey University's school of nursing and midwifery for two years before shifting to Victoria University. She has postgraduate qualifications in nursing, sociology and public policy and is also a qualified teacher. She takes up her new position on January 18. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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