June 2021 vol 27 no 5
Critical care training for ‘surge’ workforce
June 1, 2021
Nurses around the country are being taught basic critical care skills, in case of a surge of patients due to a COVID-19 outbreak or any other event.
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June 2021 vol 27 no 5
Enrolled nurses must wait for new scope
June 1, 2021
Enrolled nurses (ENs) are not likely to have their scope of practice extended until next year, Nursing Council chief executive Catherine Byrne told the EN section at their recent conference in May.
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
Compulsory orders ‘safety blanket’ for some patients
June 1, 2021
Some mental health patients should be able to remain under compulsory treatment orders without yearly reviews, NZNO’s mental health nurses section (MHNS) suggests.
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June 2021 vol 27 no 5
Perioperative nurses ‘no longer handmaidens’
June 1, 2021
Hearing how far perioperative nursing has come, at the theatre managers’ and educators’ conference held in Dunedin in May, made me feel proud of my profession and achievements as a nurse educator in perioperative services.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
‘Overwhelming solidarity’ at St George’s
May 1, 2021
“Overwhelming solidarity” has seen a proposed collective agreement (CA) between St George’s Hospital in Christchurch and NZNO ratified by 88 per cent of voting members.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
Aged care members ‘doing more with less’
May 1, 2021
Members working in aged care are under increasing pressure to do more with less, NZNO industrial adviser for aged care Lesley Harry says.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
Sick leave key to deal at CHT Healthcare Trust
May 1, 2021
A proposed agreement between NZNO members and residential aged care provider CHT Healthcare Trust has been “overwhelmingly” ratified by 96 per cent of voting members, organiser Christina Couling said.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
Family Planning salaries benchmarked
May 1, 2021
Work to benchmark salaries for Family Planning (FP) nurses and other staff has been completed, primary health care industrial adviser Chris Wilson said.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
Hospice talks go to mediation
May 1, 2021
NZNO is going into mediation with Hospice New Zealand, after members rejected its proposed multi-employer collective agreement (MECA) in April.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
Plunket negotiations underway in early May
May 1, 2021
Collective agreement (CA) negotiations between NZNO and Plunket were to take place on May 4 and 5, after members around the country endorsed a range of claims including a focus on Family Start and administration staff.