By Mary Longmore
July 24, 2024
Te Whatu Ora says it has employed 334 of the 535 mid-year nursing graduates who applied into supported entry roles — leaving 166 facing uncertain futures in the general talent pool.
Read more... Three out of five nursing students to get hospital jobs, Te Whatu Ora figures show
By Mary Longmore
July 18, 2024
There wasn’t a dry eye in the house recently as nursing tauira (students) spoke of their struggles, exhaustion and despair.
Read more... Nursing students share pain, tears and laughter with heads of school
By Mary Longmore
July 2, 2024
Te Whatu Ora says its job-matching process for 535 mid-year nursing graduates is “still underway” and it cannot provide figures for another couple of weeks on where new nurses are going to be working.
Read more... Mid-year nurse graduate job matching ‘still underway’ — Te Whatu Ora
By Mary Longmore
May 24, 2024
Lack of financial support is stopping many students realising their dream of becoming a nurse, says the new head of Nelson nursing school.
Read more... Financial support for nursing students ‘the way to go’, says new head of Nelson nursing school
By Michelle Honey and Rachel Macdiarmid
January 26, 2024
Two nursing educators encourage clinical RNs to welcome graduate-entry students, and share their ‘art of nursing’ with them.
Read more... ‘Please share your art of nursing with our graduate-entry students’
By Mary Longmore
January 17, 2024
A new scholarship for rainbow nursing students is an “immense” step towards a safe and inclusive nursing workforce that celebrates diversity, say NZNO — Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa student leaders.
Read more... New scholarship for rainbow nursing students embraces diversity
By Cate Macintosh
July 5, 2023
A commitment to boost nursing student numbers by 10 per cent has been welcomed as ‘positive news’ for the nursing sector, but concerns remain over how the additional recruits will be supported to get through their training.
Read more... Boost to student placements ‘amazing’ — but do we have enough teachers?
By Cate Macintosh
May 30, 2023
A Māori-led nursing earn-as-you-learn workforce initiative is giving some kaiāwhina (unregulated health workers) the chance to realise a life-long dream to be a nurse.
Read more... A dream come true – kaupapa Māori kaiāwhina-to-nursing initiative breaks barriers to training
By Korine Dion Rosario, Jessica McCall Conover, Brianna Campbell, Alyssa Lynch, Angel Owen Legano & Willoughby Moloney
May 2, 2023
Student nurses can feel intimidated by hospital hierarchy while on clinical placements, so don’t always give their views or ask questions. In this article, five students reflect on their experience of hospital hierarchy.
Read more... Managing hospital hierarchy — not ‘just a student nurse’