Denise Wilson

Feb 27, 2024 | theconversation.com | Jan Dewar |Denise Wilson |Gail Pacheco |Lisa Meehan

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, policy was being made in crisis management mode. Decisions had to be made faster than usual, and there was limited ability to undertake wider consultation and impact analysis. Now the worst of the pandemic is over, we have the luxury of being able to reflect on what worked well and what didn’t. One of the more controversial policies implemented during the height of the pandemic was the vaccine mandates.

Nov 8, 2023 | kaitiaki.org.nz | Denise Wilson

I undertook my nursing education at Tauranga Hospital in the late 1970s. While I learnt a lot, often this was by trial and error. Repeatedly — despite our junior student nurse status — we were placed in positions of great responsibility without senior leadership. We faced unexpected and complex situations that required not only the art and skill of nursing, but essential in-depth knowledge to guide our practice – knowledge we lacked.