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
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
By Dorothy Finlay
May 11, 2022
The NZ Faith Community Nurses Association has been active for over 20 years, but strangely it is not well known in the New Zealand nursing scene.
Read more... What faith community nurses do
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?
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
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’
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
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?
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
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
By Shirley Blackie
March 25, 2022
It is with regret that I have made the decision to stop my NZNO membership.
Read more... Retired nurse misses printed Kaitiaki
By Chris Hattan
March 25, 2022
Now that the NZNO monthly magazine is only online, I have been trying to find a downloadable file so I can read the magazine offline.
Read more... Is there a way to get Kaitiaki as a PDF?
By Gayleen Watkins
March 25, 2022
Now you are digital-only, I am very upset!
Read more... Upset at Kaitiaki going digital-only
By Janet Jin
March 25, 2022
I write in response to [associate manager professional and nursing services] Kate Weston’s reply to “A loss for rural nurses” by Liz Perales in the December 2021 issue of Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand.
Read more... Rural nurses struggle to access Kaitiaki online
By Mairi Lucas
March 25, 2022
I apologise for the inconvenience that some are experiencing when trying to access the new platform. I truly hope that these issues may change for you in the near future.
Read more... NZNO professional and nursing services manager Mairi Lucas replies
By Susan Orpin
March 25, 2022
How do I get a printed version of Kaitiaki? It is too hard to read this [online] and you have to be computer-literate to navigate the site.
Read more... Difficulty reading online
By Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand
January 1, 2022
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