October 2021 vol 27 no 9
Record turnout as DHB members accept offer
October 15, 2021
After 15 months of bargaining, a nationwide strike and countless meetings, the members have spoken.
Issue: October 2021 vol 27 no 9
October 2021 vol 27 no 9
Offer on the table for DHB members, other sectors await voting outcome
October 1, 2021
As the countdown begins for the ratification vote on the DHB MECA, other industrial sectors come to grips with COVID-19.
Read more... Offer on the table for DHB members, other sectors await voting outcome
October 2021 vol 27 no 9
New NZNO leadership team after board election results
October 1, 2021
NZNO has a new president and vice president after September’s board election. Anne Daniels was elected president and Nano Tunnicliff was elected vice president after voting closed on September 10.
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October 2021 vol 27 no 9
Financial statement outlined at AGM
October 1, 2021
NZNO management will take a microscope to spending to cut a cashflow shortfall, the 2021 annual general meeting has heard.
October 2021 vol 27 no 9
Nurses ‘will be involved in shaping changes’
October 1, 2021
Nurses will “absolutely” have input on how health reforms roll out next year, according to the man in charge of the transition.
October 2021 vol 27 no 9
Nursing panel to investigate missed CCDM deadline
October 1, 2021
Two former NZNO staff members have been appointed to a four-nurse panel to investigate why the safe staffing accord missed its deadline.
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October 2021 vol 27 no 9
Hospital visitors must be limited in a pandemic
October 1, 2021
In September 2021, NZNO supported members at Auckland District Health Board (ADHB) who had put in place a provisional improvement notice (PIN), citing health and safety concerns over a permissive visitor policy.
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October 2021 vol 27 no 9
Panel discusses challenges of living and learning through a pandemic
October 1, 2021
Microbiologist and science communicator Siouxsie Wiles spoke on NZNO’s panel on living through a pandemic about the “huge” amount of harassment she had been subjected to since becoming a public educator on COVID-19 last April.
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October 2021 vol 27 no 9
Hutchison honoured for setting up nurse-led palliative and oncology services on Coast
October 1, 2021
Retiring nurse manager Cheryl Hutchison received NZNO’s services to nursing award at the AGM, an acknowledgement of her work to set up nurse-led palliative and oncology services on the West Coast.
Read more... Hutchison honoured for setting up nurse-led palliative and oncology services on Coast
October 2021 vol 27 no 9
Kai Tiaki online only from 2022
October 1, 2021
Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand will be heading exclusively online by 2022, but will still be accessible to NZNO members through a simple online registration.
October 2021 vol 27 no 9
Award of honour ‘pretty special’: Leonie Metcalfe
October 1, 2021
NZNO’s award of honour recipient Leonie Metcalfe has spent her life sticking up for the underdog.
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October 2021 vol 27 no 9
DHBs obliged to staff safely in latest offer
October 1, 2021
The latest offer from district health boards, in multi-employer collective agreement (MECA) negotiations with NZNO, allows DHBs to be penalised and health services cut back if they are not able to be safely staffed.
October 2021 vol 27 no 9
Young nurse of the year: Daniel Mataafa
October 1, 2021
It was a high school injury on the rugby field in 2009 which spun Daniel Mataafa unexpectedly on to the nursing track.
October 2021 vol 27 no 9
Farewell to esteemed Whanganui nurse
October 1, 2021
Ailsa Crawford Stewart’s contribution to the Whanganui community was immense. The former hospital matron, staunch women’s advocate and community stalwart died in Whanganui Hospital in August, at age 77.
October 2021 vol 27 no 9
Nuku: Nursing voice needed in reforms
October 1, 2021
Te Rūnanga has worked hard to understand the long game of political decision-making, says the re-elected kaiwhakahaere.
October 2021 vol 27 no 9
Daniels: It’s time for collective action
October 1, 2021
Safe staffing, better working conditions and pay equity across nursing sectors will be the focus of NZNO’s new president.
October 2021 vol 27 no 9
Zooming in on 2021
October 1, 2021
A future vision of a thriving health system, updates on safe staffing and handling difficult assisted dying conversations, were among topics covered when speakers zoomed in for the 2021 NZNO conference Our future – the health of Aotearoa last month. Just over 200 people registered for the online event.
October 2021 vol 27 no 9
Improving quality in a fracture service
October 1, 2021
Quality improvement (QI) should be an integral part of health service delivery. As best practice principles evolve and system changes are demanded, services need to be evaluated and assessed to ensure they are being run as effectively and efficiently as possible, while meeting the ever-changing needs of practitioners and their patients.
October 2021 vol 27 no 9
The needle’s edge: our COVID-19 future
October 1, 2021
Alice Gillan-Sutton, first-year Massey nursing student, faces a workplace future that hasn’t been contemplated in decades.
October 2021 vol 27 no 9
Nursing Research Section supports nurses’ growth
October 1, 2021
Nau mai, haere mai ki a koutou e te whānau tapuhi. Te Roopu Nursing Research Section/Te Wāhanga Rangahau Tapuhi (NRS) is one of a number of colleges and sections which form the professional arm of NZNO.
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