Plunket Welcomes Well Child Graduates

Plunket Welcomes Well Child Graduates

Tomorrow 100 new Plunket nurses, Well Child /Tamariki Ora Nurses and community health workers will graduate after a year of intensive studying.
“The work that these nurses and health workers provide is crucial in keeping all children under the age of five years well and healthy, as well as growing and developing them to their fullest potential”, says Merryl Ryan, Plunket’s National Education Manager.

Papakura Marae, in South Auckland, will be the venue for graduation with graduates attending from across the country. Many go on to work for Plunket as Plunket Nurses, Community Karitane or Kaiāwhina. Other graduates are employed by Iwi and Pacific community health providers as Well Child Tamariki Ora nurses and health workers.

The two programmes, designed for nurses and health workers new to Well Child services, are developed in partnership with Plunket and Whitireia Community Polytechnic, a relationship that began in 1997. Over that time thousands of Plunket and Well Child nurses, Plunket Kaiawhina, Karitane and health workers have graduated and now work in communities around New Zealand providing primary health care services.

Eighty one registered nurses completed the Postgraduate Certificate in Primary Health Care Speciality Nursing (Well Child Tamariki Ora Strand) and 19 health workers gained the National Certificate in Tamariki Ora – Well Child Services.

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