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Learning from a kind of defeat: Impact of the “Health Reforms” on Nursing at Christchurch Hospital (1995-1996)
Both of my elderly parents were patients at Christchurch Hospital during 1996. As I sat by their bedsides during these days, the nurses seemed so busy, rushing, harried and tired. I stayed longer and longer at my father’s side. He was su ering from a then- undiagnosed post-op delirium and I tried to alert junior staff to these signs. What I later learnt was that 1996 was a year of crisis at Christchurch Hospital. In 1995 senior nurses had tried to warn managers of the risks a
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Nurse Leader Registered & Obstetric Nurse, B.Sc ., Master of Health Sciences [MHSc.] Denise Kivell Denise Kivell prepared as a nurse in...
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