Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand

Round-the-clock security needed in EDs, say emergency nurses

Eleven days after a nurse was choked to unconsciousness, NZNO's emergency nurses say 24/7 security is needed in all emergency departments (EDs).

Community mental health nurses consider stab-proof vests after knife attack

Community mental health nurses are considering stab-proof vests and personal alarms as part of a "suite of options", after a nurse was stabbed while on an acute after-hours mental health callout in Rotorua recently.

Diabetes nurse trailblazer among health professionals in New Year honours

A trail-blazing nurse in diabetes care and advanced nursing practice -- Helen Snell -- has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year's honours list.

Emergency nurses call for more security, counselling, after strangulation attempt

Staff at Middlemore Hospital's emergency department (ED) have asked for more security, after a nurse was punched then strangled to unconsciousness by a patient on Monday this week.

“She bled for our people” – nurses pay tribute to Dame Tariana Turia

Nurses throughout Aotearoa passionate about achieving better Māori health outcomes are joining with te ao Māori to mourn the loss of Dame Tariana Turia – a former Associate Minister of Health and Whānau Ora Minister.

Internationally-qualified nurses behind 12,000-surge to Australia

The number of nurses leaving to work in Australia has soared to nearly 12,000 in the past year -- a 53 per cent rise, figures from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation agency (Ahpra) show.

Gisborne nurses working with ‘unsafe’ out-of-date staffing levels, call on local MP to intervene

Desperate nurses in Gisborne are calling on their local MP to intervene after running on outdated staffing levels which they say are a huge risk to patient safety.

2024 strikes an amazing expression of ‘kotahitanga’

The last of the health strikes for 2024 have ended with one of their negotiators encouraging nurses, midwives and healthcare workers throughout Aotearoa to keep up the "kotahitanga" leading into the new year.

Papers reveal directors of nursing fighting for graduate employment

No pause? Fear, confusion and 'murky waters' as directors of nursing (DONs) say they were not permitted to hire mid-year graduates.

Hospital-supported training for 45 Manawatū kaiāwhina brings better patient care

A group of 45 kaiāwhina at Palmerston North and Horowhenua hospitals has become the region's first cohort to graduate with a level three certificate in health and wellbeing -- and patient care has hugely improved as a result.

Health workforce plan to grow-our-own ‘hollow’, says NZNO

Te Whatu Ora's plan to train more local health workers is a hollow promise given how few graduates it has employed, says NZNO -- Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku.

‘It’s cruel’ — just one in seven new enrolled nurse graduates get Te Whatu Ora jobs

A week after turning away hundreds of RN graduates, Te Whatu Ora confirms it has only offered 15 end-of-year EN graduates a job.

Enrolled nurses finally recognised as skilled independent practitioners

Enrolled nurse section (ENS) chair Michelle Prattley explains why enrolled nurses will have more freedom to practise their nursing skills from January 20.

‘I’m gonna rip your head from your body’ — ED nurse tells of constant aggression

'If you spent a day with me in ED, you'd never come back.' In the wake of a nurse strangulation attempt, a senior emergency nurse says staff are exposed to verbal abuse and violence most days.

Auckland patient speaks out in support of nurses and kaiāwhina on strike

A dad-of-three is moved to write from his hospital bed in support of nurses and kaiāwhina as they strike this month.

Concern Māori will not get chance to live longer

A nursing leader is concerned Māori will not get the chance to live longer and the same as non-Māori in New Zealand, if the coalition Government continues to attack the Treaty of Waitangi.

Safe staffing and stronger community health care — returning president and vice-president share their aims

In the first of two leadership profiles, Kaitiaki talks to returning NZNO president Anne Daniels and vice-president Nano Tunnicliff about their priorities.

Demystifying the cardio-protective diet — a tool for nurses

Masses of conflicting information about diet can flummox nurses giving advice to cardiac and diabetes patients. This article summarises the best quality evidence for a cardio-protective diet, and also presents a concise tool for nurses to use for education purposes.

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Compassionate and culturally-competent nurse sought for Gold Coast whānau

We are a loving and dedicated Māori/ Polynesian family seeking a compassionate and skilled registered nurse or enrolled nurse to join our team in providing exceptional care for our child who sustained an acquired brain injury (ABI) at birth.

A nurse explains why she’ll never return to mental health nursing in NZ.

It's the year 2014 and my husband and I are about to leave New Zealand and move to Sweden.

Māori and Pacific Island workforce take the hit at Health NZ

Māori and Pacific Island workforce are taking the hit as Health NZ restructures one of its arms -- National Public Health Service (NPHS) -- disestablishing essential roles in public health services.

No more Australian job advertisements in Kaitiaki

At a time that our nursing graduates here in Aotearoa are struggling to find work and our biggest health employer Te Whatu Ora says it cannot afford any more nurses, we are facing an unprecedented risk to our nursing workforce which could impact our ability to care safely for patients for years to come.