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I have a few nursing books in excellent condition for free.
- Potter & Perry's Fundamentals of Nursing
- Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology by Elaine Marieb
- Illustrated Human and Social Biology by B.S. Beckett
- Comprehensive review of Nursing For RN State examination (great… View moreHi
I have a few nursing books in excellent condition for free.
- Potter & Perry's Fundamentals of Nursing
- Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology by Elaine Marieb
- Illustrated Human and Social Biology by B.S. Beckett
- Comprehensive review of Nursing For RN State examination (great book for state finals)
- Lewis Medical-Surgical Nursing
- Pharmacology for Nursing Care by Richard A. Lehne
- Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric Nursing by Leifer
- Health Assessment for Nursing Practice by Wilson & Giddens
- Cultural Safety in Aotearoa New Zealand by Dianne Wepa
- Clinical companion Medical-Surgical Nursing
I wonder what the collective noun is for a tight community of trunks. A "commune", or perhaps a "knot" or a "scrum"😎?
Bed head and bed foot board made of wood and wrought iron. Bed base has iron frame with with wooden slats. Mattress showing its age but clean, smoke free home and very comfortable; double sided pillow top.
Currently dismantled and looking for a new home asap...
Need to see a doctor over Christmas? Don’t bother calling Waikanae Health. It would be quicker to go and wait in A & E to be seen.
For the past seven months I have been attempting to make an appointment with Waikanae Health without success. Most of the time when I called I have just been… View moreNeed to see a doctor over Christmas? Don’t bother calling Waikanae Health. It would be quicker to go and wait in A & E to be seen.
For the past seven months I have been attempting to make an appointment with Waikanae Health without success. Most of the time when I called I have just been permanently left on hold. I tried for days at one stage to get a Covid test and ended up going to Team Medical, who did the test the very next morning and I didn’t even have to get out of the car. They were brilliant. I have been unable to get through to Waikanae Health using manage my health which appears to have crashed. Once, I did get through to Waikanae health and managed to arrange a telephone consult. I waited for hours but no one ever called. I subsequently found that a script had been faxed through to the pharmacy, but no one bothered to tell me that. Believing that perseverance pays off, I managed to get another appointment for this morning for a repeat prescription. I had written the time down as 9.30 and when I arrived I was 5 minutes late.
Firstly, the receptionist told me there was no booking for this appointment in the system. After searching for some time she told me it was a telephone consult, also incorrect. Finally she found it and went to talk to the doctor. By this stage I was 10 minutes late and the doctor refused to see me. When I mentioned that manage my health appeared to have crashed, the reception informed me that they were using another computer system. No information was given about an alternative patient portal so I can only assume that patient’s needs are too much of a bother for this provider.
Todays refusal to be seen was the final straw for me and I left feeling furious. I am seriously considering a formal complaint to the Health and Disability Commissioner about the lack of access to health care. I am usually a fairly assertive person with good health literacy. If I can’t get access to health care, how are others getting on? I read on one neighbourly post that a patient believed Waikanae Health were hiding from their patients and I chuckled when I read it. Now I’m thinking maybe they were right. I noted there was no one else in the clinic when I went there.
My concerns about the level of health care given by this provider go back even further, with my regular doctor permanently on leave. Some twelve months ago the doctor I saw informed me bluntly that, at a size 16, I was obese. Having taught med students for many years, I do not believe they are invincible. As a lifestyle block owner I routinely engage in hard physical work 4-6 hours each day. I have a high level of muscle mass and, despite carrying a little extra weight, I am strong and reasonably fit. The doctor couldn’t see past the empiricism to consider the social determinants of health. I am well aware of the limitations of the BMI (for example, the All Blacks are considered obese as the calculations do not differentiate between fat and muscle tissue) and also the current aging research (my PhD area) that suggests that carrying a little extra weight in older age can be advantageous. I felt the treatment I received was offensive, tactless and poorly informed.
I’m not that impressed with Mahara Health either, given some of the feedback I have received. I have also had dealings with some of the medics there in other health settings and encountered attitudes toward disability that properly belong in the Dickensian era. So looks like I will have to leave the district to find a decent doctor. Can anyone out there recommend a good one?
Hi I have some incomplete porcelain dolls to give away to a good home. Preferrably someone who is able to finish them. They are all made of porcelain and are painted, fired and complete. I have the wigs, shoes etc to go with them. And the patterns for the dolls without the bodies. Shay is … View moreHi I have some incomplete porcelain dolls to give away to a good home. Preferrably someone who is able to finish them. They are all made of porcelain and are painted, fired and complete. I have the wigs, shoes etc to go with them. And the patterns for the dolls without the bodies. Shay is one of the dolls. Unfortunately the porcelain pour on her legs was thin and they are broken. Otherwise she is complete and assembled. Please contact Corynn on 0272550141 if you are interested.
For 18 months, Nikki Guthardt’s thought her cat was probably dead. She’d even mourned over what she thought was his body.
But then, the cat came back.
Romeo the cat was last seen running out Guthardt’s front door not long after her family shifted to Upper Hutt in June last year.
Month … View moreFor 18 months, Nikki Guthardt’s thought her cat was probably dead. She’d even mourned over what she thought was his body.
But then, the cat came back.
Romeo the cat was last seen running out Guthardt’s front door not long after her family shifted to Upper Hutt in June last year.
Month after month she posted about Romeo, asking people to keep en eye out for him on community pages and lost pet registers.
They are known around the traps at Wellington Hospital as the three wise men, but Christmas Day triplets Elia, Rumi, and Sameer Alqudah were only born in the capital because there was no room at the Auckland inn.
The three boys – Elia and Rumi are identical twins while Sameer, or Sam, is… View moreThey are known around the traps at Wellington Hospital as the three wise men, but Christmas Day triplets Elia, Rumi, and Sameer Alqudah were only born in the capital because there was no room at the Auckland inn.
The three boys – Elia and Rumi are identical twins while Sameer, or Sam, is their non-identical triplet – were delivered by Caesarean section in Wellington Hospital in that order at 11.49am, 11.50am, and 11.53am on Friday.
Their mother, Dina Wahid, can't praise the staff at Wellington Hospital enough.
Happy New Year to everyone on Neighbourly. This week we feature Rosa Marie, who took her camera out on Christmas Day. You have got to love the picture of the pied stilt chick!
"Before the festivities began, it was a quick drive over the Pauahatanui Inlet to try and capture some Kingfishers on… View moreHappy New Year to everyone on Neighbourly. This week we feature Rosa Marie, who took her camera out on Christmas Day. You have got to love the picture of the pied stilt chick!
"Before the festivities began, it was a quick drive over the Pauahatanui Inlet to try and capture some Kingfishers on camera, but it turned out to be Pied Stilt kind of day as we couldn't see any Kingfishers. Most of these photos are taken from one of the hides! There were Pied Stilt chicks too so their parental concern was quite evident from lots of noisy flapping of wings at other birds when they got too close. They were quite grumpy with each other too!"
1 size 72 skirt, 1 size 12 shirt, 1 size 16 PE top and shorts, 1 Polar Fleece size 12 all items near new. 2 size 14 Horowhenua College Junior striped shirts wanting $150 for the lot.
Kāpiti‘s music award of the past year reportedly goes to Otaki musician Andrew London who composed and sung this paean to a very well-known Covid doctor.
It was Kāpiti‘s cure for the Lockdown Blues in April, 2020 More -- bit.ly...
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