Inaugural Conference To Focus On The Future Of Health For Aotearoa/New Zealand
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation is proud to support the Inaugural Conference of the NZ College of Primary Health
Care Nurses conference to be held 10 – 12 August at Claudelands conference centre in Hamilton.
Topics that will be addressed at the conference range from addressing child welfare and specialist home nursing
services, to building clinical excellence and shaping our future health care services within primary care.
NZNO professional nursing adviser, Angela Clark says “The Government’s direction for Better, Sooner, More convenient
care is possible if the nursing contribution in primary health care is maximised.”
“Making nursing services a key entry point to primary health care will give New Zealanders earlier access to a
comprehensive primary health care service.”
Keynote speakers are Sharon Myoji Schnare – a family nurse practitioner and instructor at the University of Washington
who has been recognised for her contribution to advancement of nursing practice by the American Academy of Nurse
Practitioners and the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Service, and Jan Rice – recognised in the
Australasian region as leader in the field of wound care, has authored a chapter of the book “Nursing in General
Practice”, McGraw Publications 2010 and co-authored “Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Nursing.” Jan works with La
Trobe University and a large metropolitan general practice in Australia.
New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is the leading professional body of nurses and nursing union in Aotearoa New
Zealand, representing over 45 000 nurses and health workers. Te Runanga o Aotearoa is the arm through which our Te
Tiriti o Waitangi partnership is articulated. Our members include nurses, midwives, students, kaimahi hauora, health
care workers and allied health professionals.
The NZNO vision is “Freed to care, Proud to nurse”. Our members enhance the health and wellbeing of all people of
Aotearoa New Zealand and are united in their professional and industrial aspirations.
ENDS