IssueM Articles
November 2020 vol 26 no 10
November 1, 2020
More than 100 additional full-time equivalent (FTE) nursing, midwifery and caregiver positions have been approved at Capital & Coast District Health Board (CCDHB) for the 2020/21 year, following implementation of the care capacity demand management (CCDM) programme over the past two years.
November 2020 vol 26 no 10
November 1, 2020
NZNO has lost one of its Christchurch-based organisers, while Banks Peninsula has gained a new MP.
November 2020 vol 26 no 10
November 1, 2020
Union members working at Heritage Lifecare have endorsed their 2020 wage offer, with 90 per cent of members supporting it.
November 2020 vol 26 no 10
November 1, 2020
Negotiations for a collective agreement at CHT Healthcare Trust sites are continuing, with the main sticking point gaining movement on our sick leave claim.
November 2020 vol 26 no 10
November 1, 2020
A transplant hui held earlier this year enabled Māori to hear stories of organ donation and to share open conversations about the process.
November 2020 vol 26 no 10
November 1, 2020
“My clients are your patients,” said public health nurse Lizzy Kepa-Henry in her address to the conference. “But I am only one person working across two Work and Income [WINZ] sites in Porirua and Naenae, and one of only three registered nurses working in WINZ sites nationally.”
Read more... Porirua public health nurse works at the ‘flax roots’ to cultivate wellbeing
November 2020 vol 26 no 10
November 1, 2020
Walking “beside” Māori whānau and communities is critically important, Māori health leaders say. And nurses are well-placed to “get alongside” to support them.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
Kelly Talbot, a 29-year-old clinical nurse specialist at Rotorua’s Southern Cross Hospital and student nurse educator (SNE) at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology, is NZNO’s 2020 Young Nurse of the Year.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
Nursing leadership positions at a number of district health boards (DHBs) are under threat. NZNO acting associate professional services manager Kate Weston said there appeared to be an emerging trend in the sector to dismantle, diminish or degrade senior nursing leadership positions.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
Negotiations for the NZNO/district health board multi-employer collective agreement (MECA) – NZNO’s biggest in terms of members covered – are on track, according to acting industrial services manager Glenda Alexander.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
Nurses covered by the primary health care multi-employer collective agreement (PHC MECA) have voted overwhelmingly in favour of more strike action in pursuit of pay parity.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
Nurse practitioner of the year and practice nurse of the year are just two categories open to nurses in the 2020/2021 Primary Healthcare Awards/He Tohu Mauri Ora.
Read more... Primary health care professionals to be honoured
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
A new six-bed inpatient mental health facility at Wellington Hospital will be ready in 2021, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
NZNO’s new senior policy analyst is Lucia Bercinskas. She fills the role left vacant after the resignation of Jill Wilkinson in February.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
Much work needs to be done to address big issues such as the privilege Pākehā receive in their health care and the under-privilege of Māori, accessibility of services, the importance of wairuatanga in health care, and empowerment of Māori to make decisions about their own health.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
Former national director/chief executive of NZNO Brenda Wilson died peacefully at her home in Invercargill last month, aged 83. She had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease three years ago.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
A nurse experienced in neonatal and practice nursing has recently been recognised by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) for her work with coalition forces in Iraq in 2018.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
Being professional does not preclude us from being political. In fact, being political is a key element of being a member of a profession. In the case of nursing, every time we advocate for a patient, whānau or community to receive care, we are behaving politically.
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
Nurses understand the impact of the environment on individual and population health. That understanding is crucial to ensuring health justice in interventions to mitigate climate change.
Read more... Nurses are crucial in the fight against climate change
October 2020 vol 26 no 9
October 1, 2020
While management of COVID-19 has captured a good deal of attention this election campaign, it is important to consider other concerns that have been around for a lot longer.
