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Internet safety watchdog Netsafe chief executive Martin Cocker says there is recourse for people being harassed online under the Harmful Digital Communications Act (2015).
Read more... ‘Everybody has the right to express themselves’
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Health-care providers will already be familiar with insulin, but now dulaglutide, another injectable medicine for type 2 diabetes (T2DM), is available for initiation in primary care. It is important to build acceptability of injectable medicines early in the patient journey.
Read more... Starting injectable medicine: How to prepare your T2DM patients
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From primary health to hospitals, the shift to alert level 4 made hard work of progress on negotiations.
Read more... COVID-19 lockdown affects negotiations across sector
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NZNO is concerned about a lack of access to and poorly fitted N95 masks for frontline vaccination teams in Auckland, acting professional and nursing services manager Kate Weston says.
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NZNO’s hospice members are facing employer tactics aimed at breaking up a hospice MECA.
Read more... Hospice sector: Why political will and industrial strength matter
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Delta thwarted strike plans on August 19. Instead, members rolled up their sleeves and got to work on the pandemic frontline.
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The Indigenous Nurses Aotearoa Conference 2021 drew extraordinary speakers and dedicated Māori nurses and healthcare professionals to Te Papa.
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Primary health-care (PHC) nurses have been working hard to make vaccination clinics safe with two-metre distancing and personal protective equipment (PPE) for vaccinators and support staff, since August’s sudden shift to level four, College of Primary Health Care Nurses acting chair Jill Clendon said.
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NZNO’S Nursing Leadership Section (NLS) is starting a new group for nurse practitioners (NPs) and registered nurse (RN) prescribers.
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NZNO’s membership committee wants NZNO to focus on the difference in pay for nurses working for district health boards (DHBs) compared to those at iwi health providers, aged care facilities and other non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
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It was a matter of when, not if, there would be a community case of the delta variant of COVID-19.
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“NZNO’s professional nursing advisors send their thanks and appreciation to all members for their tireless commitment and professional determination during these unprecedented times.”
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Bob Elliott’s 35-year-old model, painting a portrait of the Māori view of mental health, remains as relevant today as it was then.
Read more... The Galleries: a Māori perspective on mental health
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A registered nurse working in aged care explains what an increase in staffing would mean for her.
Read more... Imagine… the nightmares and dreams of an aged care nurse
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What an opportunity! Recent and coming health reforms will see significant changes in health structures and with that the opportunity to reconsider the ways we think about nursing and nursing care. The structural reforms also provide the opportunity for nurses practising in mental health to think about their nursing role and identity, and how it impacts on services provided.
