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Popular cervical self-test should be free for all, say women’s health nurses

NZNO's women's health nurses say a popular new cervical screening self-test should be free for all.

‘This is just the beginning’ — southerners rise up against health cuts and hospital ‘betrayal’

Thousands of staunch southerners turned out in Ōtepoti (Dunedin) and on the West Coast over the weekend to protest Government health and hospital cut backs -- and say they won't be backing down.

Pacific peoples warned grass isn’t always healthier in NZ

The first Pasifika nurse to gain a doctorate is warning her kin to think long and hard before making the move to New Zealand.

New student leaders inspired by nurses while growing up

At a tough time for nursing graduates, NZNO's new student leaders share their passion for nursing and what drives them.

Te Whatu Ora bargaining for 35,000 nurses enters day one

New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki O Aotearoa entered day one of collective contract negotiations with Te Whatu Ora this morning.

Call for nurses and kaiāwhina to stand against radical policies with ‘elegant militancy’

Nurses and kaiāwhina are being asked to stand up for Māori and the country's vulnerable.

‘Where is this abundance of nurses?’ Nurses’ wero to Minister of Health at NZNO conference

Run-ragged nurses from around the country "locked eyes" with each other and raised eyebrows after Minister of Health Shane Reti talked about the record numbers of nurses hired into the workforce as he opened their conference.

Show of solidarity before bargaining begins

Bargaining begins tomorrow on NZNO's biggest collective agreement between more than 30,000 nurses and Te Whatu Ora.

Getting New Zealand-trained nursing graduates in work ‘a very high priority’ — Minister of Health

Minister of Health Shane Reti says getting New Zealand-trained nursing graduates in work is a "very high priority" for him, as Te Whatu Ora considers expanding their options.

Where’s the money? Nurses challenge Government over its health targets plan

Exhausted emergency, perioperative, primary health and cancer nurses may be left wondering how they are meant to treat more patients quicker, without any more funding.

Māori app made for, and by, nurses and doctors

It is Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori and there is a special app for health professionals on a journey to raise their cultural knowledge.

Rotorua ED nurses ‘devastated’ over woman’s death after three-hour wait

Emergency nurses warn more waiting room deaths are 'inevitable' in the current squeezed health environment.

NZNO pays tribute to the Māori King

NZNO - Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa has joined with the nation to mourn the passing of Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII.

Call to reverse heated tobacco products experiment

NZNO - Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa is horrified by statements from Finance Minister Nicola Willis that the Government is experimenting with using heated tobacco products as an alternative to cigarettes to see if they will help people to stop smoking.

Residents and families picket retirement village owners’ conference

Retirees, families and supporters turn out to picket $2000-a-head retirement village conference as aged care staff and care hours are being cut.

New Southern Cross scholarships will fund 17 AUT nursing students on clinical placements

Seventeen new scholarships are being launched to support "passionate" and under-represented Auckland University of Technology (AUT) nursing students on clinical placements over the next three years.

Ngāti Raukawa nurse honoured with Te Akenehi Hei Award

Whether it’s in Middlemore Hospital’s emergency department or in Auckland’s urban Māori community, Dhyanne Hohepa is a leader.

Wellington aged-care residents and staff win ‘faint concession’ after picket, petition

Wellington aged-care facility Village at the Park has shaved 42 hours off proposed nursing and caregiving cutbacks, after residents rallied behind staff with a picket and petition.

Green light to recruit 59 nurse graduates at Te Whatu Ora Waikato, in wake of job offer glitch

News that Te Whatu Ora Waikato is recruiting 59 nursing graduates into supported-entry roles at Waikato Hospital and other areas has made some of New Zealand's newest nurses "so happy".

Shauna Power humbled by wāhine toa scholarship

Inspired by her “Poppy” and driven by the need for better health outcomes for Māori, Shauna Power has set her sights on a career in nursing our country’s next generation.

Surely the safety of people in the community is ‘core policing work’

New Zealand's mental health service lacks the capacity to pick up the emergency call-out work that the police are pulling out of, warns NZNO's mental health nursing leader.

‘I want to be safe’ — a former nurse and resident begs retirement villages to stop cutting staff

Retired Wellington nurse Jiff Stewart spoke at Wednesday's picket against staff cuts outside retirement village owners' $2000-a-head conference. This is her kōrero.

Nurses — have we gone from hero to zero?

A Wellington nurse laments the way nurses are being treated lately after putting their lives on the line during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Emergency nurses share woes with health minister

After writing a concerned letter, NZNO's emergency nurses met Minister of Health Shane Reti earlier this year, to discuss the realities of working on the frontline. As rallies over unsafe staffing in EDs continue, they share some of their kōrero here.

Left out in the cold: Is it really about health budget constraints?

In an urgent call to better support New Zealand-trained nurses, senior Māori nursing lecturer at NorthTec, Pipi Barton (Ngāti Hikairo ki Kāwhia) recalls being an out-of-work nursing graduate in the 1990s.

Neonatal nurses’ life-changing trip to Samoa brings bigger whānau focus back home

When Hawke's Bay neonatal nurses Nina Lomas and Dianne O'Connor went to Western Samoa to train local nurses in the latest neonatal care earlier this year, they ended up learning a few new tricks themselves.

Retiring telehealth nurse reflects on 19 years at the end of the line

Whakarongorau nurse Lynley Meek is finally hanging up her headphones after 19 years.

It’s cool to kōrero — Sept 2024

He whero tāku waka hou. -- My car is red.

New nurse practitioner chair wants to see NP numbers grow ‘like ivy’

New chair of Nurse Practitioners NZ Chelsea Wilmott predicts NP numbers will soon double -- but warns nurses can be their own worst enemy.

Kiwi nurses help transform lives through Mercy Ships’ surgical care

Kiwi nurses who volunteer aboard Mercy Ships' floating hospitals at African ports, come back home with their passion for nursing invigorated.

Bringing te ao Māori into private surgical care

A Māori nursing leader at Southern Cross Healthcare is bringing te ao Māori into the world of private surgical care, and is using his own research to back up this work.

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The health sector, nursing care and taxpayer expectations

I work in a public hospital in Christchurch and I am told by my manager that if I (or any of my colleagues) choose to leave, I will not be replaced. I am a frontline clinical nurse in a ward-based role, looking after all New Zealanders.

AUGUST 2024 crossword

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