June 2021 vol 27 no 5
Jumping the ditch
June 1, 2021
Is the nursing brain drain real? And if it is, can you blame nurses for leaving?
Article category: Features
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
At ease with a rural way of practice
May 1, 2021
It’s a long way from Mauritius to the South Island’s West Coast, but Randy Gopalla is comfortable with small-town life and more generalist rural practice.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
New Nepalese RN enjoys respect and autonomy
May 1, 2021
After a long bureaucratic journey, worsened by the lockdown, an RN from Nepal is thriving in her first New Zealand nursing role.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
Filipino nurse leader will keep advocating
May 1, 2021
Migrant nurses make up more than a quarter of the New Zealand nursing workforce. In the first of four profiles of migrant nurses in this issue, co-editor Mary Longmore spoke to Auckland community health nurse Emmanuel (Manu) Pelayo.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
‘Connecting with our people’
May 1, 2021
New Zealand is a land of opportunities for Fijian nurse Kelera Batiwale and her family.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
Farewell to Annie: Making connections part of her HCA role
May 1, 2021
After 21 years, Annie Pahina is retiring, but says she has “loved every day” working on the oncology, haematology and renal ward.
Read more... Farewell to Annie: Making connections part of her HCA role
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
Celebrating International Nurses’ Day and International Midwives’ Day
April 1, 2021
2020 was designated the Year of the Nurse and Midwife by the World Health Organization. It was meant to be a time to celebrate our kaimahi hauora. Instead, COVID-19 unleashed across the world. We saw health-care workers doing extremely risky, essential work, while continuing to be under-protected, underpaid and understaffed.
Read more... Celebrating International Nurses’ Day and International Midwives’ Day
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
Advocacy lessons from HDC cases
April 1, 2021
Last month’s NZNO professional forums focused on a nurse’s obligation to advocate for their patients. Cases referred to the Health and Disability Commissioner provide valuable advocacy lessons for nurses.
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
How can nurse leaders fulfil the International Nurses Day theme?
April 1, 2021
A group of nurse leaders at Canterbury District Health Board recently met and pondered how they could fulfil this year’s theme for International Nurses Day.
Read more... How can nurse leaders fulfil the International Nurses Day theme?
March 2021 vol 27 no 2
No longer ‘tedious’ hand-washers
March 1, 2021
Infection prevention and control nursing is finally commanding the respect it deserves.
March 2021 vol 27 no 2
IPC nurses stretched ’50 ways’
March 1, 2021
Wellington clinical nurse specialist Karen Corban has done everything in the past year, from preparing for an Avatar film crew flying in, to ensuring Wellington’s MIQ facilities are safe.
March 2021 vol 27 no 2
Remembering February 22, 2011
March 1, 2021
February 22, 2011, will forever be etched in the minds of Cantabrians. At 12.51pm on that day, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch, killing 185 people and destroying the central city. A decade on, the impact of that day is still felt.
March 2021 vol 27 no 2
A week to celebrate ‘unsung heroes’
March 1, 2021
Acknowledging that caregivers are our unsung modern heroes as we celebrate National Caregiver’s Week (March 22-28).
February 2021 vol 27 no 1
Focus on student bullying planned
February 1, 2021
Like many others, the National Student Unit (NSU) has faced many difficult challenges and obstacles in 2020.
February 2021 vol 27 no 1
Full house of student leaders for 2021
February 1, 2021
After a chaotic year in 2020, the National Student Unit (NSU) once again has a full cohort of leaders.
February 2021 vol 27 no 1
Which respirator offers best pandemic protection?
February 1, 2021
Why are employers not providing a cheaper, more effective option than the N95 mask?
Read more... Which respirator offers best pandemic protection?
February 2021 vol 27 no 1
Leading NZNO through turbulent times
February 1, 2021
Leading NZNO for the last eight years has not been an easy ride. Chief executive Memo Musa has decided it’s time to move on.
February 2021 vol 27 no 1
A career devoted to promoting equity
February 1, 2021
The head of Massey University’s nursing school has had a life-long commitment to promoting health equity.
February 2021 vol 27 no 1
Nurses buckle under ‘relentless’ workload
February 1, 2021
Nurses working in managed isolation and quarantine facilities are being socially ostracised as well as dealing with suicidal and abusive guests.
December 2020 / January 2021 vol 26 no 11
Case points the way to the future
December 1, 2020
An historic case against a nurse who made racist comments on social media demonstrates how ‘law’ and ‘lore’ can work together.
