Nurse leader reclaims broad vision and equity focus of primary healthcare

The diversity of primary healthcare nursing, from practice to prison nursing and older adult to refugee nursing, was celebrated at a symposium in Christchurch last month, a joint event between the College of Nurses Aotearoa and the NZNO’s College of Primary Health Care Nurses. Southern correspondent Fiona Cassie completes her conference coverage

The work of nurses in primary healthcare covers a broad spectrum – but this goes largely unrecognised. So says nursing leader Jill Clendon in this report by Fiona Cassie