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

This is a list of Senior Nurses that worked in New Zealand historically, grouped by region.

Grace Neill, 1895 – 1906 Grace Neil Grace Neill was appointed Assistant Inspector of Hospitals from 1895, and is credited with beginning...