The first para:
Registered nurses in Aotearoa New Zealand incorporate knowledge, concepts and worldviews of both tangata whenua and tangata tiriti into practice. Registered nurses uphold and enact ngā mātāpono – principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, based on the Kawa Whakaruruhau framework and cultural safety, promoting equity, inclusion, diversity, and rights of Māori as tangata whenua. These concepts also relate to Pacific peoples and all population groups to support quality services that are culturally safe and responsive.
And then:
An understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, kawa whakaruruhau, cultural safety and health equity is fundamental to patient safety.
I thought an understanding of bacteria was fundamental to patient safety!
Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a living document shaping Aotearoa New Zealand’s commitment to health equity, diversity, inclusivity and social justice. The Council is committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the overarching framework for the standards of competence for enrolled and registered nurses, ensuring that public safety and culturally safe care are at the heart of the profession.
Am I the only person uneasy that a professional regulatory body is saying to be a nurse, you must sign up to the very politically contentious notion of social justice.
Think if (for example) doctors had to sign up to a commitment to free markets!
Can describe the impact of colonisation and social determinants on health and wellbeing.
Why stop there? I think it should be compulsory for nurses to describe the impact of socialism on health and wellbeing. The evidence base there is very very strong.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders.
8 comments:
Meet the Nursing Council here - https://www.nursingcouncil.org.nz/Public/NCNZ/About-section/Meet_the_Council.aspx?hkey=2b5f617a-1214-402b-806f-346bbd4962c5 - six Maori, two Samoan, one Indian and one Filipino. Hardly a valid representation of New Zealand's multi-cultural society.
The lunatics have definitely taken over the asylum.
If the Minister does not act to deal with this immediately and to prevent a recurrence of similar stupidity he is off my Christmas list ...
With the greatest respect - this is the multicultural NZ of the future dominated by one group. No Europeans. But the massive redress bills will still keep coming,
These people cannot be representative of the nurses of New Zealand-others will need to be more vocal.
We elected the current government on being promised that all Maori b/s like this current example would be eliminated. Absolutely no progress evident to date and given the PM’s infatuation with Maori wonderfulness, unlikely within his term in office.
Anon@5.33, and one can only assume his term will be short if he carries on sans backbone. Reti better deal with this pronto, or else he too will be a one term wonder.
How are we to attract nursing staff and doctors with conditions that have no relevance to the job they are contracted to do. It beggars belief!
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