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.
December 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
February 2022
March 7, 2022
Kia ora koutou – ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa. Ko Paul Goulter tōku ingoa.
My name is Paul Goulter and I am privileged to have been appointed chief executive of NZNO Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa.
Read more... Crisis of staffing and resourcing ‘intolerable’: new NZNO chief executive shares vision
February 2022
February 25, 2022
When I got the call asking if I would be interested in participating in a review of nursing safe staffing in district health boards (DHBs) I uttered a quiet hallelujah.
Read more... Will safe staffing review be a turning point at last?
February 2022
February 16, 2022
Non-violent language and less-invasive techniques for testing and vaccination are important tools for overcoming public fear.
Read more... Overcoming barriers to COVID-19 testing and vaccination – everything matters
February 2022
February 8, 2022
A universal collective agreement for all nurses across all sectors – is it possible?
Read more... Has the time come for nurses to gain a mega MECA?
February 2022
February 8, 2022
Read more... The president comments: Nurses’ courage and self-determination
February 2022
February 8, 2022
Being redeployed to another area can be challenging, and leave you feeling like a fish out of water.
December 2021 vol 27 no 11
December 1, 2021
A career that began on the fringes for Heather Came, has now been recognised at the very heart of public health.
Read more... A life in public health: ‘I didn’t know you didn’t talk about gay rights in Taranaki’
December 2021 vol 27 no 11
December 1, 2021
Tēnā koutou to NZNO members – as 2021 closes and 2022 arrives, it is a good time to take a broader look at social justice and how we all fit into this important kaupapa.
December 2021 vol 27 no 11
December 1, 2021
It is that time where we reflect on the year, and 2021 has certainly been a challenging one. We have seen everything from large-scale industrial action, a national pandemic response and now mandatory vaccination for the vast majority of health and disability services staff.
Read more... Farewell to a challenging year, as we brace for more COVID in the community
December 2021 vol 27 no 11
December 1, 2021
Better status and remuneration are needed to ease the nursing crisis in aged care, says a major recruiter.
December 2021 vol 27 no 11
December 1, 2021
This final print edition of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand is a momentous moment in the publication’s 113-year history. It is, we suppose, an inevitability in this third decade of the 21st century.
December 2021 vol 27 no 11
December 1, 2021
After seeing too many people die without whānau, Auckland NP Tamah Clapham has trained and registered to provide care under the End of Life Choice Act.
Read more... Nurse practitioners ready to play a role in assisted dying
December 2021 vol 27 no 11
December 1, 2021
It has become trite to say but nevertheless true that we live in extraordinary times.
November 2021 vol 27 no 10
November 1, 2021
Over the past 12 years working as an aged care registered nurse (RN) in New Zealand, I, Ruth Abad, have seen a vast change in the profession.
November 2021 vol 27 no 10
November 1, 2021
Earlier this year, NZNO delegate and registered nurse Jean Al-Daghestani quit the Lower Hutt aged care facility she has worked in as coordinator for the past six years for a community nursing role.
November 2021 vol 27 no 10
November 1, 2021
Auckland registered nurse and clinical nurse educator Anna Hickey wrote about a recent experience with a patient for her post-graduate diploma in child health at Auckland University of Technology.
November 2021 vol 27 no 10
November 1, 2021
We started this campaign with a clear intent that member leadership and unity would be key to our success. We finished this campaign united, strong, and with members standing together for themselves, their patients and the professions.
Read more... Together we are stronger – reflections on the DHB MECA campaign
November 2021 vol 27 no 10
November 1, 2021
“A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct. This every sister of the Bene Gesserit knows.” – Manual of Muad’Dib by the Princess Irulan. (Dune).1
