May 2022
May 5, 2022
A holistic Māori approach to health including mirimiri (massage), rongoā (traditional healing) and karakia (prayer) is at the heart of a new Hawke’s Bay midwifery practice.
Read more... ‘Reclaiming’ Māori approach to health at heart of midwives’ practice
May 2022
May 4, 2022
HIS/HERSTORY, which is having a season at Circa Theatre in Wellington at the moment (April 22- May 14), is two solo shows — one of which is about a nurse during WWII.
Read more... ‘Extraordinary story’ of World War II nurse is performed by her daughter
June 2022
May 4, 2022
For some time, the Nursing Council has been considering how to improve the way we assess and register internationally qualified nurses (IQNs), to ensure that our processes are robust and fair.
Read more... Changes to how IQNs are registered must balance fairness with safety – Nursing Council
May 2022
April 28, 2022
After 31 years in aged residential care, a caregiver calls for mental health support.
May 2022
April 28, 2022
A High Court ruling upholding the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health workers shows the courts view it as “justified limitation” on individuals’ rights to refuse medical treatment, NZNO employment lawyer Jock Lawrie says.
Read more... High Court upholds vaccination mandate for health workers
May 2022
April 21, 2022
NZNO has launched a fresh batch of online meetings ahead of a May 1-8 member survey on whether to accept a pay equity proposal or refer it to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA).
Read more... Fresh meetings launched ahead of May decision on pay equity deal for DHB members
September 2022
April 14, 2022
Managing patients’ CVD risk, medication non-adherence, and improving communication with patients: This article has particular relevance to primary care nurses, including those specialising in long-term conditions, and to cardiac care educators.
Read more... Cardiovascular disease — tackling medication adherence
May 2022
April 14, 2022
Over the last 25-plus years, nursing has been intellectualised.
Read more... Medical exemption process for mandates ‘not fair’
May 2022
April 14, 2022
I’d like the chance to tell you how things are for us in my workplace, acute services: the emergency department (ED) and high dependency unit (HDU) of a small rural hospital.
Read more... Don’t give us coffee machines, give all nurses more pay for extra shifts
May 2022
April 14, 2022
NZNO student leaders say they are “beyond excited” by a decision to allow free access for all student members to NZNO’s online nursing journal Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand.
Read more... Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand now free to all NZNO students
May 2022
April 14, 2022
NZNO says a legal review of the recently proposed nursing pay equity settlement has concluded it is contrary to the Equal Pay Act 1972.
Read more... NZNO says proposed pay equity settlement contrary to Equal Pay Act
May 2022
April 13, 2022
‘Silent epidemic’ in mental health across Aotearoa as families struggle in isolation.
Read more... Nurses must speak out on ‘sparse, inaccessible’ mental health care
May 2022
April 12, 2022
Online meetings have launched today for NZNO district health board (DHB) members keen to find out more about a proposed pay equity settlement revealed last week.
Read more... NZNO zoom meetings added for DHB members over pay equity agreement
May 2022
April 7, 2022
“Significant changes” to how the competency of internationally-qualified nurses (IQNs) is assessed are being proposed by the Nursing Council, in a bid to ease barriers and boost cultural competency.
Read more... Changes afoot on how IQN competence is assessed – Nursing Council
May 2022
April 6, 2022
A glaring discrepancy has emerged between real life nursing experiences of NZNO members and official district health board reports of workplace violence.
Read more... The invisible hand of violence that goes unreported against nurses, HCAs, midwives
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.
May 2022
March 25, 2022
It is with regret that I have made the decision to stop my NZNO membership.
