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

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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

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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

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This episode of Hauora NP Rochelle and Laura are back and discussing indemnity insurance. We take in an in-depth look at 3 of the leading providers for indemnity insurance for nurses in New Zealand and discuss the benefits, exclusions, and significant considerations to take into account when choosing a provider. 

 Hosts: Rochelle Eynon and Laura Painter

Editor: Mitch Bullen

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This week Rochelle and Laura talk to Emma McFarlane. Emma has a varied career specialising in both the provision of healthcare to the female population and in the education of emerging health professionals providing care in this area of health. Emma provides valuable insights into how woman’s health can be effectively delivered to populations in both urban and rural areas where there are barriers to healthcare access. Her approach to the often difficult to navigate area of sexual health demonstrates both the expertise and people centred care that Nurse practitioners can provide in this space. 

Hosts: Rochelle Eynon and Laura Painter

Editor: Mitch Bullen

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This week we talk to Catherine Tu’akalau. Catherine currently works as primary care NP and has a varied career providing care within New Zealand. Catherine also works internationally supporting overseas communities with their care of pacific populations as a technical project consultant. Catherine discusses her experiences as a pacific nurse practitioner, factors surrounding the individual nature of pacific healthcare, and her work in promoting NZ as a host for The International Nurse Practitioner conference.  

Hosts: Rochelle Eynon and Laura Painter

Editor: Mitch Bullen

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In this episode, Rochelle and Laura speak to nurse practitioner Chelsea Willmot. Chelsea has the unique perspective of an np whose career encompasses a number of varied areas. Chelsea works in Rural general practice and np education. She has a special interest in supporting nurses with challenging interpersonal dynamics within the healthcare environment. Chelsea has written articles for NZ Doctor, and most recently has presented at the GPCME and for The Goodfellow Unit. Chelsea also volunteers her time to NPNZ and discusses some of hidden work that NPNZ does to support NPs in varied roles within NZ. 

Alex Vitte is an Australian nurse practitioner, creator/host of the Australian Nurse Practitioner podcast, and business owner. In this episode, Rochelle and Laura speak to Alex about his work as an NP in Australia. His experience working in elder care, how he started his podcast, and the challenges within the workforce that many Australian/New Zealand NPs face. 

Nurse Practitioners Rochelle Eynon and Laura Painter reflect on some salient issues covered in previous episodes. Issues such as education, pay, and nurse practitioner support are discussed along with a number of other prominent issues currently affecting nurse practitioners.  

Tamah Clapham is a nurse practitioner and part-practice owner working in a VLCA primary care practice in Manukau, Auckland.

In this episode, we talk to Tamah about her experiences as a nurse practitioner, her progression to practice ownership, and her views on the inequities that nurse practitioners experience in their education and support. 

In this episode, we talk to Lucy Ferrick. Lucy discusses her role as an NP and her experience of working within the healthcare team to help develop the role. Lucy’s unique experience provides insight into the secondary care NP role within Starship, New Zealand’s largest paediatric hospital 

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In 2001, Deborah Harris registered with the nursing council as New Zealand’s first Nurse Practitioner. In this episode of Hauora NP, Nurse Practitioners Rochelle Eynon and Laura Painter interview Deborah Harris about her career, her experiences in the development of the nurse practitioner role, and her hopes for the future development of the NP profession. 

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Nurse Practitioners Rochelle Eynon and Laura Painter discuss the range of clinical resources available to Nurse practitioners.

Collaboration with other health professionals such as pharmacy and physiotherapy can ensure patients receive thorough and safe treatment options. We discuss this with MSK physiotherapist Stella Whatman-Harding.

Resources discussed include:

Regional health pathways

BPAC NZ https://bpac.org.nz/

AMS – Anti-microbial Stewardship, Te Whatu Ora https://www.adhb.health.nz/health-professionals/resources/ams/

Health Navigator NZ https://www.healthnavigator.org.nz/

He Ako Hiringa  https://www.akohiringa.co.nz/

Up to Date https://www.uptodate.com/login

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Nurse Practitioners Rochelle Eynon and Laura Painter discuss their own areas of practice, primary care.

The role of the Nurse Practitioner in primary care is discussed along with factors that influence the role of health practitioners and the delivery of healthcare provided.

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Referenced Articles: World Health Organisation: Primary care. https://www.who.int/teams/integrated-health-services/clinical-services-and-systems/primary-care#:~:text=Primary%20care%20is%20a%20model,have%20equal%20access%20to%20services.

Part two of our two-part discussion on Nurse Practitioner Autonomy in practice.

Nurse Practitioners Rochelle Eynon and Laura Painter discuss some of the challenges to Nurse Practitioner autonomy and explore ways to build resilience when faced with these challenges.

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Referenced Articles:

The five drivers of medicine access equity, He Ako Hiringa ⁠The five drivers of medicine access equity | He Ako Hiringa⁠

A concept analysis of nurse practitioner autonomy Peacock, Michelle MSN, FNP-BC (Nurse Practitioner Supervisor)1; Hernandez, Stephen PhD, RN (Associate Professor) ⁠https://journals.lww.com/jaanp/Abstract/2020/02000/A_concept_analysis_of_nurse_practitioner_autonomy.5.aspx⁠

Valuing the paradigm of nursing: Can nurse practitioners resist medicalization to transform healthcare?⁠Jenny Carryer⁠ ⁠1⁠, ⁠Sue Adams⁠ ⁠2⁠⁠https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34668215/⁠

Balint society of New Zealand Australia ⁠https://balintanz.org/⁠

Ask a Nurse: How Do I Deal With Imposter Syndrome as a New Nurse Practitioner? by Joelle Y. Jean, RN, FNP-BC ⁠https://nursejournal.org/ask-a-nurse/how-to-deal-with-imposter-sundrome-as-a-new-nurse/

Part one of our two-part discussion on Nurse Practitioner Autonomy in practice.

Nurse Practitioners Rochelle Eynon and Laura Painter, discuss the autonomous aspects of the Nurse Practitioner role and how this benefits patient care in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

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Referenced Articles:

The five drivers of medicine access equity, He Ako Hiringa The five drivers of medicine access equity | He Ako Hiringa

A concept analysis of nurse practitioner autonomy Peacock, Michelle MSN, FNP-BC (Nurse Practitioner Supervisor)1; Hernandez, Stephen PhD, RN (Associate Professor) https://journals.lww.com/jaanp/Abstract/2020/02000/A_concept_analysis_of_nurse_practitioner_autonomy.5.aspx

Valuing the paradigm of nursing: Can nurse practitioners resist medicalization to transform healthcare?Jenny Carryer 1, Sue Adams 2 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34668215/

Balint society of New Zealand Australia https://balintanz.org/

Ask a Nurse: How Do I Deal With Imposter Syndrome as a New Nurse Practitioner? by Joelle Y. Jean, RN, FNP-BC https://nursejournal.org/ask-a-nurse/how-to-deal-with-imposter-sundrome-as-a-new-nurse/

Welcome to Hauora NP. A first of its kind podcast by two Nurse Practitioners Rochelle Eynon and Laura Painter, aimed at supporting Nurse Practitioners nationwide, by putting a spotlight on the Nurse Practitioner profession in Aotearoa/New Zealand, and how they contribute to healthcare delivery.

Two Nurse Practitioners Rochelle and Laura, working in primary care while putting a spotlight on the diversity of the NP role in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

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