June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 10, 2021
Aotearoa turned purple on Wednesday as NZNO members went on strike around the nation.
Read more... Four corners of Aotearoa turn purple as nurses hit streets
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 9, 2021
If there was such a thing as an omen, then there it was: flying high above the hundreds of shouting health workers stretching out around the steps of Parliament.
Read more... Day of action, solidarity, as DHB members hit the streets
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
Budget 2021 had an extra $4.7 billion for health, along with nearly half a million to kick-start its health reforms. But there was no indication of new funding for health worker salaries.
Read more... Government lays out cash for transition to new health system
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
Māori and Pacific nursing degrees will still be available under a national nursing curriculum being developed by new super-institute, Te Pūkenga.
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
NZNO professional nursing adviser Wendy Blair, RN, PhD, shares a summary of her research on the extent nurses in New Zealand recognise and report unsafe practice by their peers.
Read more... Unsafe practice: How nurses recognise and respond to unsafe practice by their peers
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
Nurses around the country are being taught basic critical care skills, in case of a surge of patients due to a COVID-19 outbreak or any other event.
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
Enrolled nurses (ENs) are not likely to have their scope of practice extended until next year, Nursing Council chief executive Catherine Byrne told the EN section at their recent conference in May.
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
Some mental health patients should be able to remain under compulsory treatment orders but with yearly reviews, NZNO’s mental health nurses section (MHNS) suggests.
Read more... Compulsory orders ‘safety blanket’ for some patients
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
Hearing how far perioperative nursing has come, at the theatre managers’ and educators’ conference held in Dunedin in May, made me feel proud of my profession and achievements as a nurse educator in perioperative services.
June 2021 vol 27 no 5
June 1, 2021
Lately, I have been spending time with NZNO’s College of Emergency Nurses NZ (CENNZ) as they desperately try to find solutions to overcrowding in emergency departments (EDs) around the country.
