| Author |
 Topic Search  Topic Options
|
peanut butter 
Senior Member
Joined: 20 February 2007
Points: 8044
|
 Post Options
 Thanks(0)
 Quote  Reply
 Posted: 12 March 2008 at 9:11am |
|
I wasnt too impressed with Plunket at the start when I lived in Christchurch. They rang me the day before my first appointment to tell me when it would be. I was going away so they just said "you will have to miss youo first well child check then" WTF? couldnt they reschedule it? Then when I moved out to the country she didnt forward my notes even though the nurse out here asked twice!
HOWEVER, Plunket in Amberley is EXCELLENT. They hold monthly coffee groups with the karitane nurse giving little talks and we can all get our babies weighed then too. I turned up early on Monday and got half an hour one on one with the karitane nurse. Then a committee member turned up and handed out new baby packs to all of us as they hadnt got them out last year or something so I got another change mat, a wooden teething ring, some stackable cups and some yummy bath salts for me. VERY IMPRESSED!
|
 |
|
Sponsored Links
|
|
|
BuzzyBee
Senior Member
Joined: 31 October 2007
Points: 3507
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 March 2008 at 10:39pm |
|
Wow I'm jealous nzpiper, I soooo wish we had monthly coffee groups here and got free stuff!
|
|
Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :)
|
|
Bombshell
Senior Member
Joined: 01 January 1900
Points: 6665
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 13 March 2008 at 9:18pm |
|
kels - nah I give up on them....will just pop into docs when i want to me thinks....
|
|
BabyKiwi
Senior Member
Joined: 28 March 2007
Location: Christchurch, NZ
Points: 855
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 March 2008 at 8:58pm |
|
We have had reasonable service from Plunket. The plunket nurse came out on the first visit to our home and the rest so far at the clinic, they always call the day before to remind me and have even scheduled one for 7 months. The plunket nurse we have is ok, she doesn't really answer my questions, just weighs and measures DD.
Like a few of the others have said, my GP does the same checks as plunket and my plunket visits always coincide with jabs anyway, so whats the point of having bubs looked at twice!?
It's no wonder that plunket is going down the tubes.
|
|
popcorn
Senior Member
Joined: 31 October 2007
Location: Auckland
Points: 2164
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 March 2008 at 9:11pm |
|
Hey Mum2Lucas
I live here in Papakura too and have a really great plunket nurse she is super flexible. do you go to the one on Orchard Rise? I have been to a karitane nurse at the elizabeth campbell centre too which was good. They run a coffee group weekly down there for 1 year olds? it was on when I went to the appointment looked like fun!
|
|
susieq
Senior Member
Joined: 01 January 1900
Location: Howick/Auckland
Points: 3771
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 25 March 2008 at 8:43am |
|
I actually feel sorry for the plunket nurses in some areas. The one in the Howick main street is good
There is a shortage unfortunately of plunket nurses just like nurses and doctors and what plunket nurses there are have really big case loads.
Also the government should never have closed the karitane hospitals all those 30 years ago
|
|
Bombshell
Senior Member
Joined: 01 January 1900
Points: 6665
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 25 March 2008 at 4:41pm |
|
yep i agree with the karitane hosp comment...altho i am a firm beleiver that the old kingseat etc should still be open too LOL!
I might actually see if we can transfer to Otara....anyone know if we can "transfer" - apparently they are better funded Hmmmmm wonder why and we are one street out of their zone...LOL!!!
|
|
jaz
Senior Member
Joined: 01 January 1900
Points: 877
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 25 March 2008 at 7:24pm |
You can ask to transfer. Lots of people do apparently. A friend of mine is a Plunket nurse and she said Sylvia Park is the trendy clinic atm because you can have your baby weighed and go out for coffee. 
|
|
|
|
BuzzyBee
Senior Member
Joined: 31 October 2007
Points: 3507
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 11:39pm |
|
SimoneF ...sorry I only just realised you had left a msg in here addressing me
I think the 1 year old coffee group is a once off thing, I'm yet to find a coffee group in the area that has regular meet ups, they all seem to get canceled.
May I ask who your Plunket Nurse is? We had Angela (who has since left) but my Aunty that lives out in Drury has someone else, can't remember her name off the top of my head but I'm sure it will click if its the same lady you have!
|
|
Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :)
|
|
Mazzy
Senior Member
Joined: 01 January 1900
Location: Waikato
Points: 1494
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 11:53pm |
We started off really well, I loved our plunket nurse and she was awesome. But somewhere between our 8 month check (I think?) and the 12 month one, she has disappeared  transferred to another area. We've had different nurses every time now and all stand-ins. While they're not horrible, they're also not great - no real information given, just weigh and measure and tick the boxes. The last one was more interested in how my pregnancy was going!
So ups and downs here. But I do feel sorry for them, they are way under-staffed and under-resourced.
|
|
Mum to two gorgeous girls!
|
|
NeoshasMummy
Senior Member
Joined: 11 March 2008
Location: Auckland
Points: 1848
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 31 March 2008 at 9:10pm |
|
Thats strange I have been so impressed with Gisborne plunket, they were awfully slack in Hamilton while I was there though. I guess the bigger cities have less nurses to go around which sucks but from this end then are much more helpful and supportive than I found my midwife to even be. Its a shame u r having such a hard time with them
|
 Mrs Te Kani ❤️ Neosha 26/5/2007
|
|
plunket again (rant!)