Resources

On this Page:

• Covid-19 Updates
• Educational Opportunities for RN's in ICU's
• Publications
• Research

COVID-19 Updates

• ANZIC COVID-19 Guidelines
• Te Whatu Ora COVID-19 guidelines for health professionals

Māori model Te whare tapa wha

• Using Te whare tapa whā – As a guiding principle framework for Māori and others
• Finding balance – Te whare tapa whā plan for individuals
• Finding balance - Te whare tapa wha plan for teams
• General

Employee Assistance Programme facilitated sessions are available, one on one or group sessions. Group sessions can be booked by your manager. One on one sessions can booked directly with EAP. If needed, EAP can accommodate group and individual sessions by zoom. Each health facility will contract a different EAP provider so please contact the provided used by your facility, either via your facilities intranet or unit/ward manager.

• A guide for maintain health and wellbeing  (includes rest, eating, actions etc)
• A mental health guide for New Zealand Leaders (this has sections on diet and sleep etc)
• A Personal Wellbeing plan, Five ways to wellbeing

Educational Opportunities for RN's in ICU's

• ARDS, Fluids in ICU, Mechanical Ventilation and other courses - Continulus: Free Covid-19  Critical Care Lectures with leading global experts from around the world. Find out more ...
• Quick look guide for non-critical care nurses working in critical care - World Federation of Critical Care Nurses: Includes COVID 19 Guidelines. Find out more ...

Publications

• Position Statement - NZCCCN Definition of Critical Care Outreach Nursing (2024) (PDF)
• Standards - NZCCCN Provision of Critical Care Outreach Services (2024) (PDF)
• NZCCCN Special Interst Groups - Terms of Reference (2023) (PDF)
• NZCCCN Rules 2023
• New Zealand Standards for Critical Care Nurse Staffing (2021), (PDF) 
• NZCCCN Position Statement: Definition of Critical Care Nursing (2021) (PDF)
• NZCCCN Position Statement: Critical Care Nursing Education (2019) (PDF)
• NZ Standards in Critical Care Nursing Education (5th Edition 2019) (PDF)
• Role of the New Zealand Critical Care Clinical Research Nurse, Position Statement (January 2011) (PDF)​

Under Review - Position Statement

Please find the fully revised, draft NZCCCN Position Statement on the Role of the Critical Care Research Nurse Coordinator. 

• NZCCCN Position Statement (2021) on The role of the New Zealand Critical Care Research Nurse Coordinator

Awaiting equity review from NZNO. 

Research

Project Title: Investigating Registered Nurses Providing Orientation in Aotearoa New Zealand Intensive Care Units: A Cross-sectional Study

Name of Student Researcher:  Sarah Rogers
Name of Supervisor:  Louise Carrucan-Wood
Name of Supervisor:  Dr Rachael Parke

We seek to learn about RNs who orientate nurses to intensive care units.

• To be eligible you will be an RN who has provided bedside orientation of an RN newly employed to an adult ICU in New Zealand, since January 2023.
• RNs who orientate nurses in paediatric ICUs and Coronary Care Units do not meet the inclusion criteria for this study.

Please read the participant information sheet. Click here

To complete the anonymous survey, please Click here

• Research Flyer 

Approved by the Auckland Health Research Ethics Committee on 03/10/24 for three years. Reference Number:  AH27957.