By Mary Longmore
April 9, 2024
Emergency nurses fear tough new targets for emergency departments (EDs) will put already-stretched staff under more pressure, risking “gaming” of wait time data.
Read more... Tough new government health targets could backfire, warn nurses
By Mary Longmore
October 20, 2023
After a three-and-a-half year battle, 18 Wellington nurses are celebrating winning hundreds of thousands of dollars in back pay after their role as patient flow coordinators at Wellington Hospital emergency department (ED) was underpaid for 13 years.
Read more... Emergency nurse ‘flow bros’ finally win back pay
By Mary Longmore
October 10, 2022
In the second of a series of profiles of the incoming NZNO board, Kaitiaki speaks to Wairarapa nurse practitioner Lucy McLaren.
Read more... ‘ED has become so dangerous and unsafe that I personally needed to move out’
By Rachel Thorn
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