Explore and deepen your understanding of what it means to be a nurse in Aotearoa NZ; do this well and you can not only be more effective in working with Māori patients/service users, you could be better for all patients and their health outcomes. We believe you should approach this assignment authentically and organically from your effective reading, and if you do it has the potential to be:
• Supportive of your development as an RN
• Supportive of your employment applications (healthcare employers have a legal obligation to have te Tiriti evident in their organisations – deep understanding of this will help you shine in an interview)
• A springboard into confidence and success in your academic writing
• A springboard into publication
• Interesting (this ‘stuff’ really matters and there is so much that is fascinating to learn and apply to life and practice)