By Mary Longmore
April 28, 2022
A High Court ruling upholding the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health workers shows the courts view it as “justified limitation” on individuals’ rights to refuse medical treatment, NZNO employment lawyer Jock Lawrie says.
Read more... High Court upholds vaccination mandate for health workers
By a Northland health-care assistant
April 28, 2022
After 31 years in aged residential care, a caregiver calls for mental health support.
Read more... ‘Tired but passionate’ caregiver on life inside aged residential care through the pandemic
By Mary Longmore
April 21, 2022
NZNO has launched a fresh batch of online meetings ahead of a May 1-8 member survey on whether to accept a pay equity proposal or refer it to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA).
Read more... Fresh meetings launched ahead of May decision on pay equity deal for DHB members
By Joel Maxwell
April 14, 2022
NZNO says a legal review of the recently proposed nursing pay equity settlement has concluded it is contrary to the Equal Pay Act 1972.
Read more... NZNO says proposed pay equity settlement contrary to Equal Pay Act
By Jim Vause
April 14, 2022
Managing patients’ CVD risk, medication non-adherence, and improving communication with patients: This article has particular relevance to primary care nurses, including those specialising in long-term conditions, and to cardiac care educators.
Read more... Cardiovascular disease — tackling medication adherence
By Teresa Smith
April 14, 2022
I’d like the chance to tell you how things are for us in my workplace, acute services: the emergency department (ED) and high dependency unit (HDU) of a small rural hospital.
Read more... Don’t give us coffee machines, give all nurses more pay for extra shifts
By Maria Starink
April 14, 2022
Over the last 25-plus years, nursing has been intellectualised.
Read more... Medical exemption process for mandates ‘not fair’
By Mary Longmore
April 14, 2022
NZNO student leaders say they are “beyond excited” by a decision to allow free access for all student members to NZNO’s online nursing journal Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand.
Read more... Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand now free to all NZNO students
By NZNO professional nursing advisor Anne Brinkman, with contributions from the Mental Health Nursing Section committee.
April 13, 2022
‘Silent epidemic’ in mental health across Aotearoa as families struggle in isolation.
Read more... Nurses must speak out on ‘sparse, inaccessible’ mental health care
By Mary Longmore and Joel Maxwell
April 12, 2022
Online meetings have launched today for NZNO district health board (DHB) members keen to find out more about a proposed pay equity settlement revealed last week.
Read more... NZNO zoom meetings added for DHB members over pay equity agreement