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Perioperative Career and Recruitment Insights
Ākenehi Hei: The first nurse to register in Aotearoa under her own Māori name, and the first Māori nurse we know of to hold a theatre post.
She qualified in June 1908 and was handed the operating theatre at Napier Hospital within months. She left it for a tent on a paddock, because that was where her people were dying of typhoid.
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Sep 15
Mary Eliza Mahoney: The Nurse Who Opened Doors for Future Generations
Mary Eliza Mahoney became the first African American professionally trained nurse in the United States and helped open doors for future generations.
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Jul 28
Ellen Dougherty: The World’s First Registered Nurse
Ellen Dougherty became New Zealand’s first registered nurse in 1901 and is widely recognised as the first registered nurse in the world.
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Jul 28
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