Discover 'New Zealand Nurses: Caring For Our People 1880-1950', a captivating paperback authored by Pamela Wood, published by Otago University Press. This enlightening book dives deep into the rich tradition and evolving culture of nursing in New Zealand from 1880 to 1950. Through a collection of personal stories, the author illustrates the significant impact of nurses who embraced their roles within the community, showcasing values and folklore that define Kiwi nursing. Experience how New Zealand's unique nursing style emerged amidst the backdrop of British influences and reforms, highlighting the resilience and adaptability of nurses, from urban hospitals to rural backblocks and M?ori settlements. This historical narrative captures the essence of nursing during pivotal times such as war and pandemics, making it a vital read for nursing professionals, academics, and history enthusiasts alike. Pamela Wood, a retired RN and seasoned historian, provides a wealth of insight, making this book not just informative but also a delightful journey through New Zealand’s nursing heritage. Ideal for those interested in health care history, nursing culture, and the stories that shaped New Zealand’s medical landscape. Plus, receive this brand new book with dimensions 240 x 170 mm directly from our Auckland-based store, ensuring no unexpected import charges or duties. We are happy to combine shipping for your convenience.

CONDITION: Brand New
Dimensions: 240 x 170 mm

Bind: paperback
Author: Pamela Wood Publisher: Otago University Press
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.

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