New Zealand Nurses

Explore the rich history of nursing in New Zealand with author Pamela Wood's compelling book, New Zealand Nurses. This meticulously researched paperback delves into the personal stories of nurses from 1880 to 1950, capturing the essence of a unique nursing culture shaped by tradition, community, and folklore. Witness how British-trained nurses, influenced by Florence Nightingale, established a distinctive Kiwi style of nursing in a land far removed from the British Empire. From the busy hospitals and rural backblocks to M?ori settlements and disaster zones, this book provides an enlightening perspective on the evolution of nursing in New Zealand. With humor and depth, New Zealand Nurses vividly recounts the challenges and triumphs of nurses during critical times, including pandemics and wars. This collection of lively narratives will resonate with nurses, former nurses, and anyone interested in the history of healthcare in New Zealand. Whether you're a nursing student or a history enthusiast, this book is a significant addition to your library, celebrating the strength and resilience of New Zealand's nursing heritage.

Author: Pamela Wood Publisher: Otago University Press
Bind: paperback
Dimensions: 240 x 170 mm
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Publication Date: 30-03-2022

Author Pamela Wood’s New Zealand Nurses draws on a wealth of nurses’ personal stories to identify the values, traditions, community and folklore of the nursing culture from 1880 - when hospital reforms began to formally introduce ‘modern nursing’ into New Zealand - to 1950, three years after New Zealand severed its final tie as part of the British Empire. In the late nineteenth century, British nurses who had been trained in the system established by Florence Nightingale began to spread across the world. This was the British nursing diaspora and New Zealand was its southernmost landfall. New Zealand Nurses explores the growth of a distinctly Kiwi nursing style and how nurses in this part of the globe responded to, and ultimately came to challenge, imperial influences. New Zealand Nurses is rich in detail and understated humour as it examines the nursing cultures that emerged in a range of different settings and circumstances: from hospitals to homes, rural backblocks to M?ori settlements, and from war and disaster zones to nursing through a pandemic. A pleasure to read - there are lots of lively stories and it will have great appeal to nurses and former nurses. - Professor Barbara Brookes MNZM AUTHOR Pamela Wood is a retired academic, registered nurse and independent historian. She taught in undergraduate and postgraduate nursing programmes and postgraduate health programmes for 30 years and is the author of Dirt: Filth and decay in a New World Arcadia.