March 2024
April 9, 2024
Emergency nurses fear tough new targets for emergency departments (EDs) will put already-stretched staff under more pressure, risking “gaming” of wait time data.
Read more... Tough new government health targets could backfire, warn nurses
March 2024
April 3, 2024
In these difficult economic times, and with another wave of COVID-19, many people are experiencing financial hardship alongside the usual life events.
March 2024
March 28, 2024
Concerns have been raised that newly streamlined pathways for internationally-qualified nurses (IQNs) into Aotearoa, New Zealand skip too lightly over cultural and clinical preparedness.
Read more... Faster, fairer pathways for overseas nurses into New Zealand, says Nursing Council
March 2024
March 28, 2024
Upoko: head
March 2024
March 27, 2024
Collective union action is the only way nurses will achieve safe staffing after years of being ignored, former director of the Safe Staffing Health Workplaces unit (SSHWU) Jane Lawless says.
Read more... When words fail: Why hasn’t anyone listened to nurses?
March 2024
March 26, 2024
Staff at Manu Ora, a small innovative Blenheim primary health care practice, were thrilled to receive three awards at the recent Marlborough Chamber of Commerce business awards.
Read more... Innovative Marlborough practice, Manu Ora, proud to be recognised in business awards
March 2024
March 25, 2024
A recent conference brought together both stomal therapy nurses and those who have experienced ostomies – abdominal surgery to allow bodily waste to exit when a disease of the digestive or urinary system is present.
Read more... Stomal nurses conference brings patients, nurses and doctors together
March 2024
March 22, 2024
Members of NZNO’s professional colleges and sections were called on to “shape the issues” facing health, at an energetic college and section day in Te Whanganui-a-tara, Wellington, this week.
March 2024
March 21, 2024
All nurses know that our practice should be linked to evidence, but even the idea of reading and assessing a piece of research can be overwhelming.
Read more... What is a systematic review, and how is it useful for nurses?
March 2024
March 14, 2024
Amid the ashes of Te Aka Whai Ora, Māori nurses will still be chasing better pay, safer staffing and culturally safe workplaces.
Read more... Te Aka Whai Ora is gone — but the aims of Māori nurses stay true
March 2024
March 8, 2024
Rising confidence amid more supportive pathways are behind a leap in nurses training to become mātanga tapuhi (nurse practitioners) this year, leaders say.
Read more... Nurse practitioner trainee numbers soar with 50 per cent funding boost
March 2024
March 6, 2024
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March 2024
March 6, 2024
Te Waipounamu (South Island)’s first community nurse prescriber programme is celebrating two years and 52 graduates — and there are no signs of it slowing down, its clinical education lead Nicky Burwood says.
Read more... South Island nurse prescriber programme going strong as it nears 100 graduates
March 2024
March 5, 2024
Proposed changes to a document that regulates midwifery practice in Aotearoa have caught the eye of some trans-exclusionary groups. A group of midwifery academics explains why the revisions should be celebrated.
Read more... Cutting through the noise: Why whānau-centred midwifery is not erasing women
March 2024
March 4, 2024
Safeguard magazine’s annual State of the Nation survey is open and we invite you to take part.
Read more... Survey: How are we are doing in health & safety in New Zealand?
February 2024
 | Hepatitis C targeted for global eradication |
February 29, 2024
A short course of oral antivirals can cure hepatitis C, but the challenge lies in overcoming stigma and identifying those with chronic infection, as they may be asymptomatic for many years. Nurse prescribers and specialists, and those in primary care generally, have a role to play in identifying hepatitis C patients and ensuring they get the best care.
February 2024
February 29, 2024
As consultation on new nursing competencies closes, nurses are embracing moves towards a culturally safer workforce — but say they should be measured against a handful of pou (domains) instead of dozens of new competencies:
Read more... Measure RNs against six pou — not 41 competencies, say nurses
February 2024
February 29, 2024
Waewae — feet.
February 2024
February 28, 2024
The independence of older adults is facilitated by living in their own homes which enables greater autonomy and closer connections with their family, friends, and community. Living at home for as long as possible is highly valued by older adults1, and is consistent with social policy that older adults should ‘age in place’ including those who require care and support2.
Read more... Helping to ensure your older patients are safer at home
February 2024
February 22, 2024
A Te Tiriti o Waitangi-focused event in March will help nurses and kaiāwhina become more culturally and politically competent at an ‘alarming’ time, say organisers and NZNO’s kaiwhakahaere.
Read more... What can Pākeha do? Anti-racism event offers chance to ‘stand up, fight back’
