May 2023
April 17, 2023
Over 2000 nurses and supporters turned out at rallies around the country in a national day of action on Saturday.
Read more... ‘We’ve gone past the word tired, we are now drained’
May 2023
April 14, 2023
A nearly 50-year career in nursing had a shaky start – fainting at the sight of a naked elderly patient – but Viv Draper says she has no regrets and will struggle to leave her job at Christchurch’s spinal unit when the time comes.
Read more... 50 years nursing, going strong — and taking action to protect the profession she loves
May 2023
April 12, 2023
‘Exhausted’ health-care assistants (HCAs) are rallying alongside nurses for safer staffing and better pay and conditions at this Saturday’s NZNO day of action around Aotearoa.
April 2023
April 12, 2023
As New Zealand faces another winter of critical health care staff shortages, a new study shows patients and staff are likely to suffer when efficiency is prioritised over compassion by service providers.
Read more... Values mismatch leads to drop in compassion — study
May 2023
April 3, 2023
The Government says a recent pay increase for Te Whatu Ora nurses puts their base rates ‘on par’ with Australian colleagues. But Kiwi nurses in Australia and a leading economist disagree, saying the claim doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
Read more... ‘Disingenuous’ – Kiwi nurses challenge claim pay rates now on par with Australia
April 2023
March 31, 2023
A 10 to 15 per cent pay boost for community nurses will make a ‘huge’ difference to keeping nurses and kaiāwhina in settings such as aged care, hospices and Māori and Pasifika health.
April 2023
March 30, 2023
Another 450 full-time critical care nurses are needed to safely staff the country’s growing number of intensive care (ICU) beds, says NZNO’s college of critical care nurses.
Read more... New Zealand needs 450 more ICU nurses, say critical care nursing leaders
April 2023
March 27, 2023
‘We need to stand united, because we’re all nurses, we’re all in this together’. Nurses and health workers prepare to rise up — Maranga Mai! — for a national day of action.
Read more... ‘Come and stand in solidarity’ — nurses everywhere prepare to rise up on April 15
April 2023
March 22, 2023
While full-time lobbyists are paid big bucks to door-knock politicians, primary health care nurses are taking time out of their work days caring for patients to do the same. Kaitiaki tagged along for one such visit – to former minister, National list MP Gerry Brownlee.
Read more... Ex-minister gets schooled in primary health care as nurses get political
March 2023
March 16, 2023
Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa NZNO members and staff turned out at rallies across the country in support of a nationwide teachers’ strike on Thursday.
Read more... Nurses turn out to support teachers’ strike action
April 2023
March 14, 2023
Mātanga tapuhi / nurse practitioners say revised guidelines on their role from the Royal College of GPs (RNZCGP) are “denigrating” and “disappointing”, implying they must consult with GPs before making decisions.
Read more... Nurse practitioners reject ‘denigrating’ GP college guidelines, will draw up their own
April 2023
March 8, 2023
Pay equity salary increases of up to $12,000 per annum are “appreciated”, but Wellington nurses today told Minister of Health Ayesha Verrall they want to be back-paid to 2019 “like we were promised”.
Read more... Thanks, but where’s the rest? Nurses challenge Minister of Health on back pay
April 2023
March 7, 2023
Senior nurses and leaders are pleading for more support over low morale and burnout as the pay gap with registered nurses (RNs) narrows.
Read more... ‘Immediate’ pay boost needed for struggling senior nurses, say nurse leaders
March 2023
March 6, 2023
She survived a deadly attack and, most recently, a cyclone that destroyed her home. But mental health nurse Ra Kupa is determined to rebuild and get back to work — and can still make strangers laugh.
Read more... ‘I’m quite resilient – I guess [it’s] years of being a nurse’
March 2023
March 3, 2023
Nurses in regions devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle are in a state of shock, coping with post-event trauma while continuing to work and support each other.
Read more... Emotional exhaustion hits nurses, two weeks after Cyclone Gabrielle
March 2023
February 27, 2023
Hawke’s Bay nursing school staff are juggling clean up operations at home and at work in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle’s devastation, with their Napier campus likely to be closed for three months.
Read more... Napier campus likely to be closed for three months
March 2023
February 24, 2023
Nursing students at Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) say their programme is in limbo after the flood-damaged Hawke’s Bay campus in Napier closed last week.
Read more... Nursing studies on hold as 90 per cent of Napier campus damaged in cyclone
March 2023
February 23, 2023
A Hawke’s Bay nurse who had to swim to safety from her flooded home and lost everything she owns in Cyclone Gabrielle was back on duty at Hawke’s Bay Hospital four days later.
Read more... Nurse returns to work, days after losing everything in cyclone
March 2023
February 23, 2023
A national anti-racism action plan will be in place by the end of 2024, but doubts remain among some nurses about how effective it will be.
March 2023
February 21, 2023
‘It’s not rocket science, is it?’ New Minister of Health Ayesha Verrall says fixing the nurse workforce will lift pressures on waiting lists, hospitals and aged care.
Read more... Health and nursing workforce ‘top priority’, says new Health Minister Ayesha Verrall
