June 2021 vol 27 no 5
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
June 1, 2021
Some mental health patients should be able to remain under compulsory treatment orders but with yearly reviews, NZNO’s mental health nurses section (MHNS) suggests.
Read more... Compulsory orders ‘safety blanket’ for some patients
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
Health workers must feel safe to speak up when things go wrong, and raise concerns without fear of retribution, a patient safety expert says.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
Dr Seuss Enterprises has given the NZNO College of Child and Youth Nurses permission to use imagery from the famous book Oh The Places You’ll Go! and its te reo Māori translation Nōu te Ao, e Hika! to promote their symposium, after a nurse went straight to the top.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
A nurse-led symposium to help Northland nurses working in primary care develop their skills working with long-term conditions such as diabetes and poor heart health last month had an “overwhelming” response.
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 1, 2021
About 85 participants gathered in person and online at the New Zealand College of Primary Health Care Nurses (NZCPHCN) symposium Nursing diversity bring nursing strength in March.
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 1, 2021
NZNO, E tū and Grey Power are lobbying hard to get as many people as possible to sign an open letter to Prime Minister (PM) Jacinda Ardern, calling for mandatory staffing levels in aged care.
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 1, 2021
NZNO members at Auckland pathology services provider Labtests have voted to withdraw notice of a 24-hour strike, scheduled to be held on April 6.
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 1, 2021
A proposed settlement has been reached between NZNO and St George’s Hospital in Christchurch, with ratification meetings underway this month.
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 1, 2021
Members covered by the national hospice multi-employer collective agreement (MECA) have rejected a proposed offer which did not reach their original claim of pay parity with the NZNO/district health board MECA.
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 1, 2021
Plunket members throughout the country have endorsed a range of claims, which include a focus on Family Start and administration workers.
March 2021 vol 27 no 2
March 1, 2021
Speakers at NZNO’s first professional forum for 2021 suggest advocacy is a key part of nursing and nurses must always keep a record of their advocacy efforts.
March 2021 vol 27 no 2
March 1, 2021
NZNO’s draft annual plan has been revised and updated to include the three pillars included in the organisation’s 2021-2025 strategic plan and to update the plan’s key priorities, chief executive Memo Musa told the board.
