March 2023
March 6, 2023
She survived a deadly attack and, most recently, a cyclone that destroyed her home. But mental health nurse Ra Kupa is determined to rebuild and get back to work — and can still make strangers laugh.
Read more... ‘I’m quite resilient – I guess [it’s] years of being a nurse’
March 2023
March 3, 2023
Nurses in regions devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle are in a state of shock, coping with post-event trauma while continuing to work and support each other.
Read more... Emotional exhaustion hits nurses, two weeks after Cyclone Gabrielle
February 2023
March 2, 2023
Does inter nurse bullying exist among perioperative nurses in Australia and New Zealand?
Read more... NZ nurses wanted for research into perioperative nurse bullying
March 2023
February 27, 2023
Hawke’s Bay nursing school staff are juggling clean up operations at home and at work in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle’s devastation, with their Napier campus likely to be closed for three months.
Read more... Napier campus likely to be closed for three months
March 2023
February 24, 2023
Nursing students at Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) say their programme is in limbo after the flood-damaged Hawke’s Bay campus in Napier closed last week.
Read more... Nursing studies on hold as 90 per cent of Napier campus damaged in cyclone
March 2023
February 23, 2023
A Hawke’s Bay nurse who had to swim to safety from her flooded home and lost everything she owns in Cyclone Gabrielle was back on duty at Hawke’s Bay Hospital four days later.
Read more... Nurse returns to work, days after losing everything in cyclone
March 2023
February 23, 2023
A national anti-racism action plan will be in place by the end of 2024, but doubts remain among some nurses about how effective it will be.
March 2023
 | Asthma: Thinking SMART, using AIR and making a difference |
February 22, 2023
Nurses have an important role in asthma care, whether as prescribers, or as asthma educators in primary care, hospital clinics or with the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation. This article looks at the latest guidelines for asthma management and discusses strategies for reducing the disproportionate asthma burden in Māori and Pacific peoples.
Read more... Asthma: Thinking SMART, using AIR and making a difference
March 2023
February 21, 2023
‘It’s not rocket science, is it?’ New Minister of Health Ayesha Verrall says fixing the nurse workforce will lift pressures on waiting lists, hospitals and aged care.
Read more... Health and nursing workforce ‘top priority’, says new Health Minister Ayesha Verrall
March 2023
February 17, 2023
Coromandel nurses who live on the east coast of the peninsula face an uncertain working future as Cyclone Gabrielle has wreaked havoc on the roads they travel to Thames Hospital.
Read more... Thames Hospital staffing hit by cyclone road closures
March 2023
February 16, 2023
Print out the grid (using print tab at the bottom right of this page) and use the clues below. December’s answers are below the clues.
March 2023
February 16, 2023
‘Why, when my cancer care was so excellent, did it also seem to miss so much of what is essential to health?’ Tina Makereti shares an excerpt from her award-winning essay about surviving breast cancer.
Read more... Lumpectomy — an unflinching account of surviving breast cancer
March 2023
February 15, 2023
NZNO members are facing devastation and uncertainty as Cyclone Gabrielle continues its onslaught, with some left temporarily homeless and others stranded in regions without power and road access.
Read more... Kaiwhakahaere among nurses forced to abandon flooded homes in cyclone
March 2023
February 9, 2023
Delivering kai, nappies and making home visits — nurses deliver wraparound care to flood-stricken Auckland communities.
Read more... ‘We did it for awhi’ — nurses kick into action amid catastrophic floods
March 2023
February 8, 2023
Histories of New Zealand nursing, experiences of the pandemic in Australia, the science of the body clock and its implications for shiftwork — the NZNO library has something for you in its roster of new books.
March 2023
January 31, 2023
NZNO leadership has praised new Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall for her “genuine approach”, while urging her to take swift action on pay parity – and outgoing Minister Andrew Little was thanked for “keeping door open and the conversation going”.
Read more... Pay parity, pay equity for nurses: biggest challenges for new minister of health
February 2023
January 30, 2023
An experienced nurse shares her struggles with IV cannulation.
Read more... ‘My hands shake as I apologise for the millionth time’
March 2023
January 27, 2023
Desperate Whānau Āwhina Plunket members have voted to accept a three per cent lift in pay which they previously rejected, to stave off further financial hardship. They are now putting their hope in a pay parity top up which the Minister of Health has committed to.
Read more... ‘I feel like s…’ — vote for three per cent wage relief leaves sour taste
February 2023
January 25, 2023
An Auckland nurse has completed her fifth tour of duty with Mercy Ships, and is inspired by the resilience of her patients who come from countries often lacking basic health care.
Read more... Lives transformed by Mercy Ships’ surgical care
February 2023
January 24, 2023
Thames Hospital ED normally has three day shifts for doctors, but recently this dropped to just one – a situation which left patients and staff vulnerable to serious adverse events, NZNO members say.*
Read more... Just one doctor at Thames Hospital – ‘a huge risk’
