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THE DISSECTOR

Official Journal of the Perioperative Nurses College of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (PNC NZNO). 

First published September 1974.

Published quarterly: March, June, September & December

                                 by Advantage Publishing Ltd.

ADVERTISING: Michael Esdaile - michael@medspec.co.nz  Tel: 027 495 4510 

EDITOR:  Bron Taylor - dissector.editor@gmail.com  Tel: 027 323 2857

              Associate Nurse Director-Workforce Development, Education and Training, Perioperative Services, Auckland DHB

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE

Catherine Freeebairn, RN, BN, PG Cert.  Radiology Nurse, Radiology Dept., Hawkes Bay DHB. catherine.freebairn@airnet.co.nz

Rebecca Porton-Whitworth, RN, MNurs,Clinical Nurse Specialist Cardiothoracic Operating Theatres,RNFSA, Operating Theatre, Christchurch DHB.  Rebecca.Porton-Whitworth@cdhb.health.nz

Shona Matthews, RN, BN, MHsc (Hons).  Nurse co-ordinator Radiology, Green Lane Clinical Centre. shonamat@adhb.govt.nz

Olivia Bradshaw, RN, BN, PG Cert.  Radiology Nurse, Christchurch Hospital.  olivia.taly@gmail.com

 

Publication and Writing Guidelines for The Dissector

The Editorial Committee welcomes articles, reports, book reviews, exemplars, case study experiences, research papers/ projects, perioperative services and quality improvement issues as well as regional reports. If there is somewthing that bothers you in your workplace, consider writing us a Letter to the Editor.  Please send your ideas to:  dissector.editor@gmail.com 

 

MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the Perioperative Nurses College, click here

To Join the College, click here

HONOUR ROLL

The Editors of The Dissector

Pam Marley: 1974-1979 (founding editor)

Barbara Jolly: 1979-1983

Margaret Cullen: 1983-1986

Elaine Martin: 1987-1989

Pam Marley: 1989-1991

Sheila Street: 1991-1992

Margaret Gick: 1992-1996

Suzette Norris: 1996-1997

Jean Koorey: 1998-2000

Sue McIntosh: 2000-2003

Fiona King: 2004-2005

Catherine Logan: 2005-2006

Kathryn Fraser: 2006-2012

Irene Minchin: 2012-2015

Shona Matthews: 2015-2020

Bron Taylor: 2021 -

 

Editorial Committee Members

1998 - 2021

 

Bettina Marenzi: 1998-2001; 2009-2011

Fiona King: 1998-2004; 2005-2006

Sue Claridge: 1998-2000

Isabel Jamieson: 2000-2003

Karen Hall: 2000-2006

Catherine Logan: 2001-2005

Irene Minchin: 2004-2009; 2011-2012

Kathryn Fraser: 2005-2006

Johanna Cornwall: 2006-2011

Helen Vaughan: 2006-2009

Sue Morgan: 2006-2011

Lisa Thomas-Czepanski: 2009-2011

Fiona Unac: 2009-2010

Shona Matthews: 2010-2015; 2021-

Rob McHawk: 2011-2015

Johanna McCamish: 2012-2017

Jennifer Sexton: 2012-2017

Sandra Millis: 2013-2018

Feng Shih: 2015-2019

Tracey Lee: 2015-2019

Sarah Winship: 2018-2020

Catherine Freebairn: 2018-

Devika Cook: 2018-2022

Rebecca Porton-Whitworth: 2018 -

Bron Taylor: 2019-2020

Olivia Bradshaw: 2022 -

 

DECEMBER 2021 COVER

 

 

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