May 2022
March 25, 2022
I write in response to [associate manager professional and nursing services] Kate Weston’s reply to “A loss for rural nurses” by Liz Perales in the December 2021 issue of Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand.
Read more... Rural nurses struggle to access Kaitiaki online
April 2022
March 7, 2022
Kia ora koutou – ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa. Ko Paul Goulter tōku ingoa.
My name is Paul Goulter and I am privileged to have been appointed chief executive of NZNO Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa.
Read more... Crisis of staffing and resourcing ‘intolerable’: new NZNO chief executive shares vision
March 2022
March 7, 2022
Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) is temporarily closing four of its smaller regional hospitals to prepare for COVID-related staff absences, NZNO organiser Lynley Mulrine confirmed.
Read more... Canterbury regional hospitals closing as COVID-19 hits nurses
March 2022
March 7, 2022
Nurses and their families around the country are falling prey to COVID-19 as hospitalisations near 700.
Read more... Numbers of nurses on sick/isolation leave ‘unreal’ as hospitalisations grow
March 2022
March 4, 2022
Planned strike action by 10,000 allied health workers was halted by an Employment Court decision that included concerns about the impact of the Omicron surge.
Read more... Omicron ‘significant factor’ as Employment Court halts allied health workers’ strikes
March 2022
March 2, 2022
A High Court judgement overturning the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for New Zealand Police/Defence Force is ‘not relevant’ for nurses, say NZNO lawyers.
Read more... Court ruling on vaccine mandate ‘not relevant’ for nurses
March 2022
February 28, 2022
Nurses and teachers could be working more closely together as the incoming NZNO chief executive Paul Goulter is welcomed to NZNO.
Read more... From teachers to nurses: New chief executive Paul Goulter starts at NZNO
April 2022
February 25, 2022
Ahakoa he iti, he pounamu (Although it is small, it is a treasure).
After 114 years, an incorrectly-named nursing magazine has – in a small physical correction, but big bicultural statement – gained its proper title.
Kai Tiaki magazine has now become Kaitiaki.
Read more... Nursing magazine ditches century-old healthy-food title, finally becomes ‘guardian’
March 2022
February 25, 2022
When I got the call asking if I would be interested in participating in a review of nursing safe staffing in district health boards (DHBs) I uttered a quiet hallelujah.
Read more... Will safe staffing review be a turning point at last?
March 2022
February 24, 2022
Omicron got in the way – but now the brakes are off for setting a date on a vote for pay equity.
Read more... Delayed by COVID-19 surge – proposed pay equity document now set for release
March 2022
 | HOW TO TREAT: COVID-19 in primary care |
February 24, 2022
New Zealand can draw on the experiences of health systems around the world that have been caring for COVID-19 patients in the community much longer than us.
March 2022
February 23, 2022
Emergency nurses are in “moral distress”, unable to provide “fundamental care” to patients, says a nurse leader.
March 2022
February 17, 2022
Nurses are overworked, understaffed, face mental health pressure – and the safe staffing programme meant to fix this is not “fit-for-purpose” a review has found.
March 2022
February 16, 2022
Non-violent language and less-invasive techniques for testing and vaccination are important tools for overcoming public fear.
Read more... Overcoming barriers to COVID-19 testing and vaccination – everything matters
February 2022
February 15, 2022
A grand old house, piles of old newspapers, empty whiskey bottles and a couple struggling with age and injury – student nurse Laura MacDonald was discovering the realities of community health.
Read more... ‘Abuse can take many forms’: nursing student uses creative writing to share experiences
February 2022
February 15, 2022
NZNO and other unions have convinced the Government to push back the deadline for nurses and health workers to get boosted by 10 days, amid fears of losing “thousands” of nurses amid an Omicron surge.
February 2022
February 8, 2022
A Samoan Aucklander charts a new life course — from IT to nursing.
Read more... From technology to health: Auckland man starts nursing journey
February 2022
February 8, 2022
NZNO warns health sector will be hard hit by ‘perfect storm’ of Omicron and burnout.
Read more... ‘Perfect storm’ coming as Omicron collides with nurse burnout
February 2022
February 8, 2022
A four-hour online course is not enough to train nurses to work in intensive care during a COVID-19 surge, says NZNO’s College of Critical Care Nurses chair Tania Mitchell.
Read more... ‘It’s going to be ugly’ — critical care nurse leader
February 2022
February 8, 2022
A universal collective agreement for all nurses across all sectors – is it possible?
Read more... Has the time come for nurses to gain a mega MECA?
