October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
Member groups were given a second opportunity to raise issues over the 2019 AGM minutes, after technical challenges prevented discussions when the minutes were earlier accepted.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
The need for unity and respect was the clear message of newly elected NZNO president Heather Symes at NZNO’s annual general meeting (AGM) on September 17.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
Now was the time for nurses to “stamp their mark, understand their value and ensure they worked in solidarity”, Kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku said in her concluding remarks to conference.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
Auckland GP Graham Gulbransen has treated 1500 patients at his medical cannabis service in Henderson – New Zealand’s first – since opening in 2018.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
COVID-19 had brought the “critical importance of nursing into sharp focus”, outgoing chief nursing officer (CNO) Margareth Broodkoorn told the conference.
Read more... Global nursing report refers to ‘ethical utilisation’ of IQNs
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
COVID-19 has shown the world the reality of modern-day nursing, says the chief executive of the International Council of Nurses (ICN), Howard Catton.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
A full inquiry into New Zealand’s response to COVID-19 should have begun “weeks ago”, to better prepare the country for future pandemics, McGuiness Institute founder Wendy McGuiness told the conference.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
Controller and auditor-general John Ryan said the Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) decided to investigate the Ministry of Health (MoH)’s management of personal protective equipment (PPE) in June, as there were “serious questions” over its supply.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
University of Otago Professor of Public Health Michael Baker praised the effectiveness of New Zealand’s elimination approach to COVID-19 – and public health nurses.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
A retiring lead organiser reflects on her time with NZNA/NZNO.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
The COVID-19 response and nurses’ role in it and personal protective equipment (PPE) supply problems were key topics at the NZNO virtual conference Community wellbeing in Aotearoa Nursing 2020 and beyond on September 16.
Read more... PPE, nurses’ role in pandemic dominate virtual conference
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
Diane McCulloch has been a clinical nurse specialist in emergency care at Waitakere Hospital since 2009. She trained in South Africa in 1976 but did not nurse when her children were young.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
Geraldine Kirkwood has been working in New Zealand since she and her husband, also a registered nurse, arrived from the United Kingdom in 1997.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
Waitakere Hospital enrolled nurse (EN) Noleen Dayal promises to bring “lots of passion, new energy and a fresh face to the board”.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
New vice-president Tracey Morgan (Ngāti Raukawa, Ahūriri) started her health journey in 1994 as a Plunket kaiāwhina in Putaruru.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
Articles written from the minutes of the August board of directors meeting.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
COVID-19 has forced changes to how NZNO conducts its delegate training.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
A second day of negotiations for NZNO members working at Lower Hutt’s Boulcott Hospital is scheduled for later this month.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
Two days of negotiations for the national hospice multi-employer collective agreement (MECA) were due to be held in Wellington earlier this month.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
NZNO and Family Planning were to attend mediation earlier this month after members rejected a proposed settlement.
