July 2022
May 18, 2022
NZNO’s enrolled nurses (ENs) say they are looking forward to working closely with the Nursing Council to review their scope of practice, after a 2019 survey found ENs preferred not to work “under the direction” of nursing colleagues.
Read more... Enrolled nurses’ scope of practice to be reviewed this year — Nursing Council
June 2022
May 18, 2022
Cross-union rallies are being planned around the motu this Monday, May 23, in support of care and support workers across the aged care, disability and mental health and addictions sectors.
Read more... Rallies planned to support care and support workers
June 2022
May 12, 2022
NZNO’s 55,000-plus members were urged to come together and take action over long-standing nursing shortages, at the launch of NZNO’s Maranga Mai! campaign on International Nurses Day.
Read more... Nurses urged to ‘rise up’ at launch of Maranga Mai! campaign on nursing shortage
June 2022
May 10, 2022
NZNO is “urgently” asking the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) to determine back pay and pay equity rates, after district health board (DHB) members strongly rejected a pay equity settlement proposal.
Read more... DHB nurses opt for Employment Relations Authority ruling over pay equity claim
June 2022
May 10, 2022
NZNO is calling on members to “rise up” and support the launch of its new campaign, Maranga Mai, on International Nurses’ Day this Thursday, May 12th.
Read more... Maranga Mai – a call for all NZNO members to rise up
May 2022
May 5, 2022
A holistic Māori approach to health including mirimiri (massage), rongoā (traditional healing) and karakia (prayer) is at the heart of a new Hawke’s Bay midwifery practice.
Read more... ‘Reclaiming’ Māori approach to health at heart of midwives’ practice
May 2022
April 28, 2022
A High Court ruling upholding the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health workers shows the courts view it as “justified limitation” on individuals’ rights to refuse medical treatment, NZNO employment lawyer Jock Lawrie says.
Read more... High Court upholds vaccination mandate for health workers
May 2022
April 21, 2022
NZNO has launched a fresh batch of online meetings ahead of a May 1-8 member survey on whether to accept a pay equity proposal or refer it to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA).
Read more... Fresh meetings launched ahead of May decision on pay equity deal for DHB members
May 2022
April 14, 2022
NZNO student leaders say they are “beyond excited” by a decision to allow free access for all student members to NZNO’s online nursing journal Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand.
Read more... Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand now free to all NZNO students
May 2022
April 14, 2022
NZNO says a legal review of the recently proposed nursing pay equity settlement has concluded it is contrary to the Equal Pay Act 1972.
Read more... NZNO says proposed pay equity settlement contrary to Equal Pay Act
May 2022
April 12, 2022
Online meetings have launched today for NZNO district health board (DHB) members keen to find out more about a proposed pay equity settlement revealed last week.
Read more... NZNO zoom meetings added for DHB members over pay equity agreement
May 2022
April 7, 2022
“Significant changes” to how the competency of internationally-qualified nurses (IQNs) is assessed are being proposed by the Nursing Council, in a bid to ease barriers and boost cultural competency.
Read more... Changes afoot on how IQN competence is assessed – Nursing Council
April 2022
April 6, 2022
Normalised aggression against nurses and an unwieldy reporting system have hidden the true level of violence against district health board staff, an NZNO project has found.
April 2022
April 6, 2022
Outgoing director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield’s “guidance and stewardship” during the pandemic reduced pressure on the public health system at a challenging time for nurses, NZNO associate manager professional and nursing services Kate Weston says.
April 2022
March 30, 2022
Kate Te Pou’s journey started with a childhood spent in hospitals, continued when she became a nurse in the ’80s – now after the “hardest year” of her study life, it’s taken a new turn.
Read more... ‘Just don’t give up’: Decades-long journey sees Kate Te Pou become nurse practitioner
April 2022
March 25, 2022
NZNO health and safety (H&S) representatives will form a national member-led group to build an organising and support network.
Read more... New member-led health and safety representative group launches after national meeting
April 2022
March 24, 2022
An NZNO mental health nursing leader is welcoming a new campaign to double the number of nurses training in mental health and addictions.
Read more... NZNO mental health nurse leader welcomes recruitment drive
April 2022
March 21, 2022
The opening shots have been fired across the Government’s bows as NZNO announces preparation underway for a “large scale” campaign to fix the staffing crisis in nursing.
Read more... NZNO announces campaign to fix staffing crisis across the health sector
March 2022
March 18, 2022
A nurse who shared explicit phone calls with her former patient, a prison inmate, and told him she loved him, was found to have breached the health and disability code of consumers’ rights.
Read more... Nurse shared explicit phone calls, ‘yummy yoga’ with prison inmate and former patient
March 2022
March 16, 2022
Māori health spending, including nurse recruitment, received a $22 million boost with the initial tranche of promised funding for once-in-a-generation reforms.
Read more... First $22 million wave of cash announced for Interim Māori Health Authority
