December 2022
Greenlane Hospital class of Jan ’73 reunion
November 25, 2022
Let’s get together!
Issue: December 2022
December 2022
Nearly 50 years of comprehensive training
November 24, 2022
Just a heads up that 2023 will mark 50 years since New Zealand started comprehensive nursing training. In 1973, Christchurch and Wellington were the first two polytechnics to start this new method of nurse training, following the publication of the Carpenter report.
December 2022
First-year nursing student juggles 60-hr week factory job and full-time study
November 23, 2022
Nursing students are battling against the odds to “just survive” in the face of huge financial pressures, with some trying to hold down full-time jobs while meeting academic and clinical training expectations.
Read more... First-year nursing student juggles 60-hr week factory job and full-time study
December 2022
Maranga Mai! Immigration — what needs to change?
November 17, 2022
Maranga Mai! — NZNO’s campaign to fix the nursing crisis –calls for immigration rules that will increase the recruitment and retention of migrant nurses. But after being left off the fast-track to residency here amid a global nursing shortage, migrant nurses are eyeing other countries with fewer barriers. What needs to change?
Read more... Maranga Mai! Immigration — what needs to change?
December 2022
Applications open for new $3000 nursing scholarship in South Canterbury
November 11, 2022
A new scholarship for nursing students in South Canterbury is now available through the Bidwill Trust Hospital in Timaru.
Read more... Applications open for new $3000 nursing scholarship in South Canterbury
December 2022
Fund our training — it’s time for the Government to seriously invest in the domestic nursing workforce
November 9, 2022
An increasingly ‘academic-oriented’ nursing profession has done nothing to support Māori into the workforce, says Māori nurse educator Pipi Barton, in a call to return to paid training.
December 2022
‘We have given until we’ve bled’ — the importance of a shared struggle
November 7, 2022
You may have noticed I’ve been talking a lot lately about the power of the collective and NZNO members — whether nurses, kaiāwhina or health-care assistants — turning up for each other, no matter where or what part of the health sector you work in.
Read more... ‘We have given until we’ve bled’ — the importance of a shared struggle
December 2022
Minister looking at paid third-year placements, but no sign of more fees-free
November 6, 2022
Paid clinical placements ‘a nod in the right direction’, but free nursing study for all is the goal, say student nursing leaders.
Read more... Minister looking at paid third-year placements, but no sign of more fees-free
December 2022
The dyslexia disadvantage in nursing
November 3, 2022
What barriers do nurses with dyslexia face at work? And might some qualities of dyslexia make you a better nurse? A third-year nursing student, who herself has dyslexia, investigates.
December 2022
Pay parity solution ‘well before’ end of year: Minister
November 2, 2022
Negotiations over a pay deal for primary health care and Whānau Awhina Plunket nurses have stalled since the group went on strike last week, but Health Minister Andrew Little says he’s confident a solution will be found by Christmas.
Read more... Pay parity solution ‘well before’ end of year: Minister
December 2022
Leadership skills honed during pandemic, says outgoing Kate Weston
November 2, 2022
The best of times, the worst of times: After 15 years at NZNO, former professional services associate manager Kate Weston has moved on to become the executive director of the College of Nurses Aotearoa – thanks to leadership skills honed at NZNO during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more... Leadership skills honed during pandemic, says outgoing Kate Weston
December 2022
Extra-shift boycott effective, but stressful: survey
November 1, 2022
Exhausted and demoralised Te Whatu Ora nurses took action to highlight extreme staffing shortages and a lack of negotiation for extra-shift payments over one week early last month. An NZNO survey about the action showed there were mixed feelings about the boycott, but most took part, and would support doing it again.
Read more... Extra-shift boycott effective, but stressful: survey