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The first-ever national strike at Family Planning (FP), scheduled for February 16, was averted thanks to mediation last month and a revised collective agreement (CA).
Read more... Primary health care: New deal at Family Planning
March 2021 vol 27 no 2
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Some new faces have joined NZNO’s industrial services team (IST), while some familiar faces have new roles. Acting IST manager Glenda Alexander announced a raft of appointments last month.
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A decision on whether to raise staff carparking rates at Wellington Regional Hospital has been postponed, after surgeons and anaesthetists joined in to protest against the hikes.
March 2021 vol 27 no 2
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Claims endorsement meetings for Plunket collective agreement (CA) negotiations are being held this month. Negotiations will most likely start next month.
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Job cuts and reductions in hours of work at Timaru’s Arvida-owned Strathallan aged-care facility have gone ahead, despite staff and community opposition.
March 2021 vol 27 no 2
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District health boards (DHBs) spend the biggest chunk of their $6.3 billion salary costs on nurses – $2.2 billion or 36 per cent – according to a report by the Health Workforce Directorate.
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Tai Tokerau nurse Marie Noa (Ngāti Hine) has received the Te Rūnanga o Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) Te Akenehi Hei Award. Noa was recognised for her contribution to the health of whānau Māori in Te Tai Tokerau and Aotearoa over several decades.
March 2021 vol 27 no 2
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Many men who start the bachelor of nursing degree fail to complete it, with significant numbers dropping out in the first year. How can male students be supported to keep at their nursing studies?
Read more... Supporting male nursing students – what works best?
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Perspectives from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the earthquake in Christchurch featured at a forum on the importance of cultural safety in disaster nursing.
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The three successful candidates in last year’s election of nurses to the Nursing Council have still not been announced, a delay council chief executive Catherine Byrne described as “frustrating”.
Read more... Nursing Council election results not yet announced
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WorkSafe Mahi Haumau Aotearoa has produced a good practice guide to help keep workers safe when handling cytotoxic drugs and related waste.
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Northland District Health Board (DHB) has a new chief nurse and midwifery officer Maree Sheard, a former director of nursing (DoN) in the New Zealand Army.
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A six-strong team, led by consumer advocate Sue Chetwin, is to review PHARMAC, the government agency which decides which medicines and medical devices will be funded. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Health Minister Andrew Little announced the review early this month.
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Placing whānau at the centre of everything nurses do and viewing the therapeutic relationship as a nurse/whānau relationship, rather than a nurse/patient relationship, were two key messages presenter Tracy Haddon delivered at the NZNO professional forum.
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Up to 25 nurses working in managed isolation facilities (MIF) in Christchurch are being paid lower salaries than they are entitled to, NZNO organiser Danielle Davies says.
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NZNO and 26 other unions have agreed to “educate, support and encourage” their 320,000 members to have the COVID-19 vaccine.
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NZNO’s enrolled nurse (EN) section has taken its fight for ENs to become provisional COVID-19 vaccinators to the Minister of Health. And it seems to have worked.
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Māori and iwi health providers in Northland are preparing to roll out the COVID-19 vaccination to remote and vulnerable Māori communities.
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Nursing lecturers at the Southern Institute of Technology have conducted a longitudinal study examining the value of ePortfolios for undergraduate students.
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When I began my nursing career in the mid-1970s, there was no such thing as an infection control nurse. We followed very prescribed ways of doing things without question, believing we were doing the right thing.
