May 2023
May 18, 2023
Where are high-needs patients cared for in general practice? This is the second in a series of articles about a major research project comparing models of general practice in New Zealand.
April 2023
April 13, 2023
Researchers say the largest-ever study of general practice in Aotearoa New Zealand sheds new light and creates a powerhouse of data for decision-making.
April 2023
April 3, 2023
Say your karakia, re-connect with your whānau and hapū, kōrero with Māori nursing friends — these are some of the secrets to self-care for Māori nurses.
Read more... Whaiā ngā mea hei oranga mōu — self-care for Māori nurses
February 2023
February 16, 2023
‘Why, when my cancer care was so excellent, did it also seem to miss so much of what is essential to health?’ Tina Makereti shares an excerpt from her award-winning essay about surviving breast cancer.
Read more... Lumpectomy — an unflinching account of surviving breast cancer
November 2022
November 9, 2022
An increasingly ‘academic-oriented’ nursing profession has done nothing to support Māori into the workforce, says Māori nurse educator Pipi Barton, in a call to return to paid training.
November 2022
November 7, 2022
You may have noticed I’ve been talking a lot lately about the power of the collective and NZNO members — whether nurses, kaiāwhina or health-care assistants — turning up for each other, no matter where or what part of the health sector you work in.
Read more... ‘We have given until we’ve bled’ — the importance of a shared struggle
September 2022
September 29, 2022
Nurses need clear policies and guidelines to give them confidence when dealing with assisted dying requests.
Read more... With assisted dying now a reality, what do nurses need?
August 2022
August 31, 2022
The COVID-19 surge workforce — of unregulated health workers — could be an important source of new nurses.
Read more... Te wero, our challenge, to grow our own workforce
August 2022
August 24, 2022
Exhaustion, frustration and anger have led emergency nurses at Whangārei Hospital to hand over responsibility for staffing gaps to those in charge.
Read more... Why Whangārei’s ED nurses said ‘No’ to extra shifts
August 2022
August 16, 2022
Whānau Āwhina Plunket nurses seeking pay parity with Te Whatu Ora nurses say a zero per cent pay offer is “demoralising”.
Read more... Plunket nurses ‘stunned’ at zero per cent pay rise offer
September 2022
August 10, 2022
“Oppressed group behaviour” may explain why some nurses promoted to leadership positions find themselves undermined by former colleagues.
Read more... Witch hunts and perfect storms — why nurses attack their own leaders
August 2022
August 10, 2022
NZNO members went on strike last year and won — alongside pay increases — an agreement that employers return to safe staffing levels.
Read more... What you can do about unsafe staffing on your ward
July 2022
July 26, 2022
Resilience is key as inflation heaps pressure on ‘beautiful’ but stretched nursing students
Read more... The struggles facing student nurses in today’s world
July 2022
July 20, 2022
Māori nurse, lecturer and researcher puts out a call for more Māori nurses to join roopu on growing the Māori nursing workforce.
Read more... Sitting at the top table — he karanga ki ngā tapuhi Māori
July 2022
July 12, 2022
A nurse practitioner spells out the reality of working in an overcrowded, noisy, and ill-equipped ED, where tired nurses are rationing care while dealing with abusive, distressed patients.
Read more... The reality of ED — ‘noisy, overcrowded, unsafe and broken down’
July 2022
July 7, 2022
New Zealand’s gains in abortion rights could ‘easily’ be lost as in the United States, warns a senior women’s health nurse.
Read more... Vigilance needed over New Zealand’s hard-won abortion rights
July 2022
July 6, 2022
Nurses in aged care are burning out and breaching their contracts working extended shifts to fill roster gaps, amid increasingly complex need of residents, says an aged care nurse leader.
June 2022
June 30, 2022
Mental health nurse and life coach Helen Duyvestyn shares her insights into maintaining our chill in the midst of a global pandemic.
Read more... Looking after your health and wellbeing in a pandemic
June 2022
June 30, 2022
The struggles of the enrolled nurse (EN) profession are well-documented and it is time ENs are truly recognised for what they contribute.
Read more... It’s time to truly recognise the contribution of enrolled nurses
June 2022
June 29, 2022
Climate change remains the greatest threat to human health, according to the World Health Organization.1
Read more... Health reforms fail to deliver on climate change, say NZNO & other health professionals
