November 2022
September 23, 2022
As Aotearoa New Zealand faces down a nursing shortfall of thousands, changes are afoot to how overseas nurses are registered here. In the second part of a series exploring Maranga Mai!, NZNO’s campaign to fix the nursing crisis, Kaitiaki looks at what needs to change in the registration process.
Read more... Maranga Mai! Registration — what needs to change?
October 2022
August 31, 2022
The COVID-19 surge workforce — of unregulated health workers — could be an important source of new nurses.
Read more... Te wero, our challenge, to grow our own workforce
September 2022
August 31, 2022
Regarding the letter written by Sam Mojel (May 11, 2022), it was EXACTLY what I was thinking and questioning.
September 2022
August 30, 2022
“What could be better than our rangatahi meeting proud Māori and Pasifika nurses?” NZNO students reach out to Pasifika community
Read more... NZNO puts out call for Pasifika nurses at Southland Polyfest
September 2022
August 30, 2022
Health Minister Andrew Little promises pay parity “a priority” as protests held around the motu in support of primary health care (PHC) nurses.
Read more... Nurses around the country protest lower pay in primary health care
September 2022
August 29, 2022
Thank you for the article by Kathy Stodart in July, highlighting the positive impact of nurse prescribing, and the registered nurse prescriber in community health role (RNPCH).
Read more... Community prescribing takes off in Midland programme
September 2022
August 26, 2022
NZNO members are being encouraged to turn up for a ‘day of action’ being held around the country on Monday in support of pay parity for primary health care nurses.
Read more... Members urged to turn out for primary health care nurses
October 2022
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
September 2022
August 24, 2022
I enjoyed your articles in the latest journal. I would like to comment on Mary Longmore’s article regarding fast tracking residency for nurses.
Read more... Fast-tracking overseas nurses will only ‘steal’ them from other countries
September 2022
August 24, 2022
Print out this crossword grid (see PRINT tab at bottom right of page), and use the clues below.
September 2022
August 24, 2022
About a third of Aotearoa’s nursing workforce is comprised of overseas-trained nurses, nurse vacancies are into the thousands and an estimated one in three nursing students are dropping out — with even higher rates for Māori and Pacific1. In the first of a series exploring Maranga Mai!, NZNO’s campaign to fix the nursing crisis, Kaitiaki looks at what needs to change in nursing education.
September 2022
August 19, 2022
NZNO’s Maranga Mai! campaign has strong echoes across the Tasman in New South Wales, where nurses and midwives are fighting for nurse-patient ratios and “stepping up and speaking up” about the pressures they are under.
September 2022
August 19, 2022
The Nursing Council is easing standards on the written English test for overseas-trained nurses, in an effort to reduce barriers.
Read more... Nursing Council eases written English test for overseas nurses
September 2022
August 18, 2022
I wrote this poem in honour of the Government’s latest recruitment plan for nursing, and read it out at a recent delegates’ meeting. I thought the wider membership might like to read it too:
September 2022
August 16, 2022
Whānau Āwhina Plunket nurses seeking pay parity with Te Whatu Ora nurses say a zero per cent pay offer is “demoralising”.
Read more... Plunket nurses ‘stunned’ at zero per cent pay rise offer
September 2022
August 10, 2022
“Oppressed group behaviour” may explain why some nurses promoted to leadership positions find themselves undermined by former colleagues.
Read more... Witch hunts and perfect storms — why nurses attack their own leaders
September 2022
August 10, 2022
NZNO members went on strike last year and won — alongside pay increases — an agreement that employers return to safe staffing levels.
Read more... What you can do about unsafe staffing on your ward
September 2022
August 5, 2022
NZNO nurses from military to burns and plastic surgery feature in a new NZNO-Ministry of Health (MoH) recruitment drive to encourage more people into nursing — particularly Māori, Pasifika and men.
Read more... Real nurses star in campaign to draw more Māori, Pasifika & men into nursing
September 2022
August 4, 2022
To gain the most from clinical placements, nursing students need to know how to communicate confidently with their preceptors – about what they do and don’t know.
Read more... Self-advocacy: An important skill for students on clinical placement
September 2022
August 3, 2022
Members have until Sept 9 to vote on three remits relating to membership fees for students; supporting NZNO values and not bringing the organisation into disrepute; and proposed changes for NZNO members who belong to other unions.
Read more... Member voting opens on three remits ahead of September AGM
