LOGIC No 1: May 2016 | Page 7

The College of Primary Health Care Nurses NZNO Who are we??? Committee members of the NZCPHCN Kia Ora You can all call me Kim or Kimmy for short (my sick sense of humor) I live in Tairawhiti (Gisborne) the first city in the world to see the sun and I am currently working as a diabetes nurse for Hauora Tairawhiti. Ko Taranaki te Maunga I am married to Warren and between us we have the "Brady bunch" in the exact order......BGGBBG (B= boy: G= Girl). Us oldies get it!!!! Ko Gloria Reihana Laison toku whaene I have been on the NZCPHCN committee since 2014 and was made Chairperson in August 2015. I have recently been seconded onto the NZ College of Primary Health Care Nurses NZNO, from Te Poari and Te Runanga of NZNO. I have also been an active member of National Council of Maori Nurses, College of Nurses and now NZNO, Working on this committee has offered me the opportunity of getting to know and working beside some amazing nurses. This journey has also helped me to gather an array of knowledge and skills and my kite continues to grow fat. I encourage you all to think about joining a College/section or participating on a committee such as the CPHC committee. Hopefully I will get to meet some of you at our skill workshops this year. Ko Waingongoro te Awa Ko Okahu/Inuawai nga Hapu Ko Aotearoa te Marae Ko Tauke teTangata Ko John Kerehoma toku Matua Tena ra koutou katoa I been involved in nursing and health since 1988 in many and varied capacities and note the personal passions, hard work and commitment of some amazing women and men in the health fields during this time. I have recently relocated to CHCH and now work for corrections so am very interested in working with NZPHC and how this aligns with Corrections to assess parallel needs and pathways for some very vulnerable people. Nga mihi aroha ki a koutou RGON ADN BSocSci MPH Public Health Nurse (11 years) My initial nursing education was at Taumarunui Hospital, with post-graduate nursing and non-nursing study following. Most of my work has been with children and families; ranging from neonatal retrievals to the school MENZB immunisation programme. Work experience includes orientating, precepting, staff education, shift coordination, peer reviewer, scholarship panel member, clinical nurse leader and manager; including time working in Australia. When PDRP was implemented at Waikato DHB I was the NZNO representative on the Implementation Subcommittee; currently I am an assessor. Alongside this, as part of my 11 years as a Nursing Officer in the Territorials I had a stint in Vanuatu with the New Zealand Defence Forces. April/May 2016 L.O.G.I.C 5