February 2024
January 15, 2024
Kerri Nuku needs to stick with nursing and leave history to the experts.
Read more... ‘Kerri Nuku needs to stick with nursing and leave history to the experts’
February 2024
January 12, 2024
Hipi — sheep
January 2024
December 21, 2023
| About 100 nurses and nurse leaders attended the nursing leadership conference ‘Creating great – leading into the future’ held over two days in Whanganui recently. |  |
Read more... First nursing leadership conference in three years aims to ‘create great’
January 2024
December 21, 2023
Ashburton Te Whatu Ora members took a moment this month to celebrate 2023 as the year they won a “significant” pay equity settlement after a seven-year uphill battle — a win they hope paves the way for other nurses and health workers.
February 2024
December 20, 2023
| As New Zealand marks 50 years since nurse training moved out of hospitals and became a tertiary qualification, Kaitiaki looks back at the massive changes in nursing education through the eyes of former nursing school head Isabelle Sherrard. |  |
February 2024
December 18, 2023
About 200 nurses, health workers and other opponents of the Government’s decision to roll back the SmokeFree Aotearoa legislation turned out in Christchurch today for a third protest against the move.
Read more... Smokefree rollback ‘deeply, widely felt’ by nurses, say Christchurch protestors
January 2024
December 14, 2023
Nurses and kaiāwhina joined Māori health providers, doctors and public health advocates at rallies in Auckland and Wellington this week to protest against the new Government’s shock decision to repeal Smokefree Aotearoa laws.
December 2023
December 13, 2023
The threat that falling poses to a senior’s wellbeing and independence can be compounded by fear of falling. In turn that can drive the fall cycle – a self-perpetuating loop that can occur when an older person has a fall, which can lead to a loss of confidence, an increased fear of falling again and a consequent restriction of their physical activities, which can render them more vulnerable to future falls.
Read more... Fear of falling and risk to seniors’ independence
January 2024
December 12, 2023
After a recent late night kōrero with new Minister of Health Shane Reti, NZNO — Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa leaders have described him as “warm” and committed to Māori and rebuilding a homegrown nursing workforce.
January 2024
December 12, 2023
I’m writing in the hope that the Government will change its mind on the Smokefree law change.
January 2024
December 8, 2023
Nurses and NZNO — Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa are joining a wave of outrage and protest from health, iwi and community organisations over the Government’s shock decision to repeal world-first smokefree laws.
Read more... Nurses, health workers stand up against ‘incomprehensible’ Smokefree rollback
January 2024
December 7, 2023
The NZNO college of respiratory nurses demands the Government stop the repeal of the Smokefree legislation.
Read more... Stop the repeal of Smokefree legislation, say respiratory nurses
January 2024
December 7, 2023
A Lower Hutt nurse has received the 2023 nurse investigator award from the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) for her research into how nurses can improve patients’ social, economic and physical environments.
Read more... Late-in-life nurse wins award for changing patients’ home lives
January 2024
December 5, 2023
Print out the grid (using PRINT tab at the bottom right of this page) and use the clues below. November answers are below the clues.
January 2024
December 1, 2023
Te Whatu Ora nurses have described gruelling workplaces, rife with burnout, violence and unsafe staffing levels, as they turn out across the country to demand more investment in their workforce.
December 2023
November 30, 2023
A recently graduated registered nurse shares her reflections on the power of words — and how nurses can fall in the trap of talking down to patients.
December 2023
November 23, 2023
Read more... PhD student sought for research project on elimination of tuberculosis among Māori
December 2023
November 23, 2023
Ngeru — cat
December 2023
November 22, 2023
After eight months of negotiations, two strikes, nationwide rallies and mediation, frontline nurses have finally voted to accept a new offer from national telehealth service Whakarongorau — calling off two looming strikes.
Read more... Whakarongorau’s telehealth nurses finally settle pay deal
December 2023
November 21, 2023
There are many ways that health professionals can help prevent antimicrobial resistance, a worldwide problem which threatens the effectiveness of these important drugs.
