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Article category: Letters

May 2022

Researchers seek RNs in aged care

By Rhona Winnington

May 20, 2022

IT IS now more than six months since the End of Life Choice Act 2019 was implemented in New Zealand, with the latest government statistics indicating that 206 individuals have applied for an assisted death.

Read more... Researchers seek RNs in aged care

May 2022

Te reo Māori support not readily available in past times

By Polly Grainger

May 18, 2022

I am writing to you about the Kaitiaki news piece “Nursing magazine ditches century-old healthy-food title, finally becomes ‘guardian’” by co-editor Joel Maxwell [Feb 25, 2022]

Read more... Te reo Māori support not readily available in past times

May 2022

What is going on with NZNO?

By Sam Mojel

May 11, 2022

I am a long-standing workplace delegate. In spite of this, I am unable to answer my own questions, let alone the questions from NZNO members, about “what is going on with NZNO?”

Read more... What is going on with NZNO?

May 2022

Still on a red light

By Dorothy Finlay

May 11, 2022

The NZ Faith Community Nurses Association has been active for over 20 years and strangely it is not well known in the New Zealand Nursing scene.

Read more... Still on a red light

May 2022

‘Extraordinary story’ of World War II nurse is performed by her daughter

By Colleen McColl

May 4, 2022

HIS/HERSTORY, which  is having a season at Circa Theatre in Wellington at the moment (April 22- May 14), is two solo shows — one of which is about a nurse during WWII.

Read more... ‘Extraordinary story’ of World War II nurse is performed by her daughter

April 2022

Don’t give us coffee machines, give all nurses more pay for extra shifts

By Teresa Smith

April 14, 2022

I’d like the chance to tell you how things are for us in my workplace, acute services: the emergency department (ED) and high dependency unit (HDU) of a small rural hospital.

Read more... Don’t give us coffee machines, give all nurses more pay for extra shifts

Don’t give us coffee machines, give all nurses more pay for extra shifts

April 2022

Medical exemption process for mandates ‘not fair’

By Maria Starink

April 14, 2022

Over the last 25-plus years, nursing has been intellectualised.

Read more... Medical exemption process for mandates ‘not fair’

April 2022

Better deals needed to encourage IQNs to work in NZ

By Ashly Mangalasseril

March 28, 2022

I am a registered nurse (RN) who completed the competency assessment programme (CAP) in May 2021. But I had to pay nearly NZ$12,000 to finish CAP. Travelling plus the OET (occupational English test) exam fee — all this adds up to huge amount.

Read more... Better deals needed to encourage IQNs to work in NZ

April 2022

NZ English test for Pacific-trained nurses too tough?

By Italia Tiffany Farani

March 28, 2022

My name is Italia. I am currently working as a health-care assistant in mental health.

Read more... NZ English test for Pacific-trained nurses too tough?

April 2022

Health-care assistant plea over residency visa

By Sangita Shrestha

March 28, 2022

I am writing today to bring some issues to light.

Read more... Health-care assistant plea over residency visa

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