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A career that began on the fringes for Heather Came, has now been recognised at the very heart of public health.
Read more... A life in public health: ‘I didn’t know you didn’t talk about gay rights in Taranaki’
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After two years of pressure from the Enrolled Nurse Section (ENS), enrolled nurse (EN) graduates can from 2022 apply for the ACE graduate programme while undertaking or awaiting results of state exams.
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The government announcement of a $600 million-plus boost for intensive care services has come with an NZNO warning about the state of the system in the face of a COVID-19 surge.
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After nearly 114 years, this is the last printed edition of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand.
Read more... Farewell to Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand in print
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About 40 new enrolled nurse (EN) positions are being established in primary health care (PHC) over the next four years, to try and improve access to mental health and addiction (MH&A) services, particularly for Māori and Pacific people.
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Both Wellington and Hutt Valley District Health Boards are celebrating getting safe staffing programme care capacity demand management (CCDM) up and running.
Read more... Now the real work begins with safe staffing tool
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A nurse has helped develop a self check-in kiosk to screen visitors and staff at aged residential care (ARC) facilities for COVID-19 symptoms.
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NZNO kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku’s global recognition for her human rights work has been celebrated – in a very local way – at Te Marae o Te Whare Takiura in Napier.
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Nursing students will be able to use their experiences of COVID-19-related practice such as swabbing, vaccination and contact-tracing as part of their clinical learning, under proposed new nursing standards from the Nursing Council.
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For Daniel Manihera, rejecting the lessons of a lifetime means he can finally start to learn again.
February 2022
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Auckland nurse Petra Aukino has quit the profession after bullying early in her career ‘shattered’ her confidence. She shares her story here.
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Threats of NZNO member-led protests saw three district health boards (DHBs) back down from playing Christmas Grinch over pay increases.
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E te Mareikura, Kui Jamesina
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December 2021 vol 27 no 11
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Tēnā koutou to NZNO members – as 2021 closes and 2022 arrives, it is a good time to take a broader look at social justice and how we all fit into this important kaupapa.
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The following is a selection of books that have been added to the NZNO library during the past year.
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A change from hospital nursing to community work at a hospice has seen one health–care professional branch out into security technology.
Read more... Move from hospital to homes sets nurse on path to work security app
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On October 12, 2021, the NZNO board of directors considered options for membership fee increases presented by the acting chief executive.
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It is that time where we reflect on the year, and 2021 has certainly been a challenging one. We have seen everything from large-scale industrial action, a national pandemic response and now mandatory vaccination for the vast majority of health and disability services staff.
Read more... Farewell to a challenging year, as we brace for more COVID in the community
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 | Beyond medicines for gout |
December 1, 2021
Gout is a chronic and debilitating long-term condition that disproportionately affects Māori and Pacific people. It needs to be addressed with holistic care, and patient, ongoing relationships with whānau.
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It was the news that for some, brought a foreboding sense of the rapid change besetting the world – after more than a century of print publication, Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand would publish exclusively on its website from February 2022.
Read more... Bridging the digital divide: nurses and the truth about learning
