November 2020 vol 26 no 10
November 1, 2020
COVID-19 has provided a great opportunity to “reset” aged care and create a culture where older people can “flourish”, said person-centred care expert and nursing professor at Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University, Brendon McCormack.
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A new Ministry of Health report has highlighted the incidence of COVID-19 among health-care workers and the need for a nationally consistent approach to managing pandemics in the aged residential care sector.
Read more... Aged residential care workers hit hard by COVID-19
November 2020 vol 26 no 10
November 1, 2020
NZNO is working with the Public Service Association (PSA) over staff and patient safety concerns at Wellington Hospital’s mental health and addictions service, Te Whare o Matairangi (TWM).
November 2020 vol 26 no 10
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A nurse working in an Auckland COVID-19 isolation facility says she has “never felt so professionally compromised”.
November 2020 vol 26 no 10
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NZNO’s district health board multi-employer collective agreement (DHB MECA) bargaining team is now waiting on information from the DHBs themselves in order to progress their claims.
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NZNO leaders say they are looking forward to working with the new Minister of Health Andrew Little as soon as possible.
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NZNO issued a strike notice late last month covering some 3200 primary health care (PHC) nurses and receptionist/administration staff across more than 500 practices and accident/medical centres nationwide.
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NZNO WOMEN’S health college chair Denise Braid is welcoming the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) decision to review all declined injury claims related to surgical mesh since 2005.
November 2020 vol 26 no 10
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NZNO will start drawing up guidelines for nurses over the next 12 months on how to work within the new end-of-life law next year.
November 2020 vol 26 no 10
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The harm caused by racism and discrimination can never be justified and is hard to heal.
