Celebrating the highest academic achievement.FOUR STUDENTS from 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. celebrate receiving their PhDs last December. From left, NZNO NZNO New Zealand Nurses Organisation president Jane O'Malley, Irihapeti Ramsden, Janet Pearson and Margaret Connor. O'Malley's PhD thesis involved research with 12 registered nurses seeking to improve nursing care in an acute mental health inpatient service inpatient service Managed care A service provided to a hospitalized Pt. Cf Outpatient service. . It followed focus groups with consumers, families, nurses, doctors and allied health professionals, and analysed projects developed to improve continuity and consistency of nursing care. Connor's thesis explores one middle-aged woman's experience of chronic illness and repeat hospitalisations, and her nursing care in a community context over a three-year period. Pearson's research investigated the way in which one low decile decile one of the groups when a series of ranked data is divided into ten equal parts, or dividing points between such groups. See also quartile. primary school in the greater Wellington region The Wellington region of New Zealand occupies the southern end of the North Island. practises health promotion. Her thesis argues the merits of the school adopting its own, full health service designed to meet the needs of a diverse community. Ramsden's thesis, "Cultural safety and nursing education in Aotearoa and Te Waipounamu", tells the story of cultural safety, its history, theory and future direction, through both private and public narrative. During a celebration at the graduate school prior to the graduation ceremony, Ramsden thanked the staff for their patience, as she has struggled with her own health demands and the effort needed to complete the thesis. Ramsden honoured In the New Year Honours, Ramsden was made an Officer of the New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. Order of Merit Order of Merit Noun Brit an order awarded for outstanding achievement in any field for her "outstanding contribution to nursing and education". She recently received a post-doctoral fellowship to complete a textbook on cultural safety and has now begun working on this. * Long-time Lyttleton practice nurse Joan Porteous received a Queen's Service Medal in the New Year Honours for services to nursing and the community. She retired last year from the Lyttleton Health Centre where she had worked for 22 years. |
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