April 2022
March 30, 2022
Kate Te Pou’s journey started with a childhood spent in hospitals, continued when she became a nurse in the ’80s – now after the “hardest year” of her study life, it’s taken a new turn.
Read more... ‘Just don’t give up’: Decades-long journey sees Kate Te Pou become nurse practitioner
August 2022
March 28, 2022
Students chronicle their good and bad experiences with preceptors and give their view on how to perform the role well, to educate and inspire the next generation of nurses.
Read more... What makes a great preceptor? Nursing students have their say
May 2022
March 28, 2022
My name is Italia. I am currently working as a health-care assistant in mental health.
Read more... NZ English test for Pacific-trained nurses too tough?
May 2022
March 28, 2022
I am a registered nurse (RN) who completed the competency assessment programme (CAP) in May 2021. But I had to pay nearly NZ$12,000 to finish CAP. Travelling plus the OET (occupational English test) exam fee — all this adds up to huge amount.
Read more... Better deals needed to encourage IQNs to work in NZ
May 2022
March 28, 2022
I am writing today to bring some issues to light.
April 2022
March 25, 2022
NZNO health and safety (H&S) representatives will form a national member-led group to build an organising and support network.
Read more... New member-led health and safety representative group launches after national meeting
May 2022
March 25, 2022
It is with regret that I have made the decision to stop my NZNO membership.
May 2022
March 25, 2022
Now that the NZNO monthly magazine is only online, I have been trying to find a downloadable file so I can read the magazine offline.
May 2022
March 25, 2022
Now you are digital-only, I am very upset!
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
March 2022
March 25, 2022
I apologise for the inconvenience that some are experiencing when trying to access the new platform. I truly hope that these issues may change for you in the near future.
Read more... NZNO professional and nursing services manager Mairi Lucas replies
May 2022
March 25, 2022
How do I get a printed version of Kaitiaki? It is too hard to read this [online] and you have to be computer-literate to navigate the site.
April 2022
March 24, 2022
An NZNO mental health nursing leader is welcoming a new campaign to double the number of nurses training in mental health and addictions.
Read more... NZNO mental health nurse leader welcomes recruitment drive
April 2022
March 21, 2022
The guilt, moral distress and rollercoaster emotions of nurses working during Australia’s COVID-19 pandemic have been captured in a book co-written by a New Zealander.
Read more... ‘Lots of procedures and no heart’ – nursing in a pandemic
April 2022
March 21, 2022
The opening shots have been fired across the Government’s bows as NZNO announces preparation underway for a “large scale” campaign to fix the staffing crisis in nursing.
Read more... NZNO announces campaign to fix staffing crisis across the health sector
March 2022
March 18, 2022
A nurse who shared explicit phone calls with her former patient, a prison inmate, and told him she loved him, was found to have breached the health and disability code of consumers’ rights.
Read more... Nurse shared explicit phone calls, ‘yummy yoga’ with prison inmate and former patient
March 2022
March 16, 2022
Māori health spending, including nurse recruitment, received a $22 million boost with the initial tranche of promised funding for once-in-a-generation reforms.
Read more... First $22 million wave of cash announced for Interim Māori Health Authority
April 2022
March 16, 2022
District Health Board (DHB) nurses will likely receive details of an historic pay equity settlement by April 8.
Read more... Pay equity paperwork awaits legal advice as ratification process continues
March 2022
March 9, 2022
COVID-19 positive nurses could return to work in Covid wards under health order changes – a move described as as sign of desperation by NZNO leadership.
Read more... Nurses with COVID-19 could be back at the coal face under health order changes
March 2022
 | COVID anxiety — helping patients cope |
March 8, 2022
Constant media saturation over the past two years has painted a catastrophic picture of COVID-19. While this has helped drive up immunisation rates, it is having unintended consequences.
