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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
Ann Stokes: The Nurse Who Served Aboard America’s First Naval Hospital Ship
Ann Stokes entered the United States Navy record during the Civil War as a Black woman who had escaped slavery. She served as a nurse aboard USS Red Rover, the Union Navy hospital ship on the Mississippi, decades before the Navy Nurse Corps formally existed.
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Sep 8
Hester Maclean: The Nurse Who Gave New Zealand Nursing a National Voice
Hester Maclean helped turn nursing in New Zealand from a collection of local practices into a profession with national standards, a professional journal, military nursing leadership and a stronger public voice.
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Sep 1
Nellie Gould: The Matron Who Helped Establish Australian Military Nursing
Before Australia was a federation, Ellen Julia “Nellie” Gould was already helping build an organised military nursing service. She selected nurses for South Africa, led them through the Boer War and later returned to service during the First World War.
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Aug 25
Florence Nightingale: The Lady with the Lamp Who Lit the Way for Every Nurse
Florence Nightingale transformed nursing through sanitation, education, evidence and patient advocacy.
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Jul 28
The Perioperative Job Market Is Strong. Here’s What We’re Seeing
Experienced perioperative professionals remain in demand across Australia and New Zealand. Here is what Carejobz is seeing in the market and what candidates are prioritising.
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Jul 28
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