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Nurses Call For Less Rhetoric
Monday, 17 August 2009, 9:51 am | NZNO
Commenting on the Report to the Minister of Health of the Ministerial Review Group, New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) Chief Executive Geoff Annals called for careful consideration of the many (170) recommendations it makes before decisions are made. More >>
NZNO President Elected to ICN
Tuesday, 14 July 2009, 3:51 pm | NZNO
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is proud to announce its current president, Marion Guy, has been elected onto the board of directors of the International Council of Nurses (ICN). The election took place during ICN’s 24th quadrennial congress ... More >>
Nurses Look for Jobs Focus in Budget
Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 12:51 pm | NZNO
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) expects Thursday’s Budget will focus on strengthening the economy and hopes it does so through a focus on jobs; not only protecting and creating good jobs but enhancing the value, quality and rewards of ... More >>
Nurses to Elect Nurses on to Nursing Council
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 9:41 am | NZNO
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) applauds the announcement from the Minister of Health Tony Ryall that nurses will now be able to elect their peers on to the Nursing Council of New Zealand. More >>
Healthy Food Options Law Needed For Children
Tuesday, 17 March 2009, 9:13 am | NZNO
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) section representing 580 nurses in New Zealand working with children and young people are deeply concerned about Education Minister Anne Tolley’s decision of 5 February 2009 to remove the clause in the ... More >>
NZNO Members Concerned with Unsafe Staffing Levels
Wednesday, 11 March 2009, 10:18 am | NZNO
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is today releasing its findings from its first-ever members employment survey. More >>
Plunketline Fully Funded at Last
Tuesday, 24 February 2009, 12:52 pm | NZNO
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is delighted that the government has announced that it will fully fund Plunketline, a service provided as part of the Royal New Zealand Plunket Society. More >>
Nurses Disappointed over Cancelled Conference
Friday, 23 January 2009, 4:19 pm | NZNO
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation is deeply disappointed the Ministry of Health has cancelled the Primary Focus 3 Conference, scheduled for less than 6 weeks time. More >>
NZNO Looks Forward to Working with Government
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 9:14 am | NZNO
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is looking forward to meeting with the new Minister of Health, Tony Ryall, as soon as possible to discuss the detail of National’s health policies. More >>
Rosebank Workers Return to the Picket Line
Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 1:56 pm | NZNO
Members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) who work at Rosebank a residential aged care facility in Ashburton will be having a second three hour picket from 12noon – 3pm on Thursday 6th November outside Rosebank on Walnut Avenue in Ashburton to ... More >>
Major Political Parties Let Aged Care Workers Down
Tuesday, 21 October 2008, 2:14 pm | NZNO
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is disappointed that neither the National nor Labour parties have committed to the significant investment that the aged care sector needs. More >>
Plunketline Deserves Public Funding
Friday, 17 October 2008, 9:35 am | NZNO
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is welcoming the announcement from the National Party that they would provide funding for Plunketline if they are the next government. More >>
A Good Start for Nursing Graduates
Sunday, 21 September 2008, 2:25 pm | NZNO
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is welcoming the announcement by National of a bonding scheme for graduate nurses but is concerned that the proposal will only benefit a very small group of nurses. Much more needs to be done to address the workforce ... More >>
The Heart of Healthcare in Aotearoa
Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 9:27 am | NZNO
The NZNO (New Zealand Nurses Organisation) two-day biennial conference commences on Wednesday 17th September. Three hundred nurses, student nurses midwives, caregivers and other healthcare professionals have gathered from around the country from a membership ... More >>
Workforce Issues Not New to Nursing
Friday, 13 June 2008, 11:17 am | NZNO
Figures showing gaps in New Zealand’s nursing workforce are not news to members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, which has been lobbying successive Governments to implement Safe Staffing initiatives for years, says Chief Executive Geoff Annals. More >>
Public Health Bill Good But Needs Improvement
Wednesday, 9 April 2008, 10:18 am | NZNO
The Health Select Committee must address potential shortcomings of the Public Health Bill that could see young kiwis miss out on vital health services and leave key nursing skills under-utilised, according to the New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation. More >>
Kai Tiaki Nursing: A Century of Nursing Journalism
Monday, 28 January 2008, 12:56 am | NZNO
Work/life balance is a popular catch cry today. But it would have been anathema to the founding editor of the country’s national nursing magazine, Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, which celebrates its centenary on Thursday. Indomitable Australian nurse ... More >>
Good News for Many Enrolled Nurses
Wednesday, 4 July 2007, 4:34 pm | NZNO
Enrolled Nurses who began training or graduated between 2000 and 18 September 2004 have received the good news that Parliament’s Regulations Review Committee has recommended the Government ensures they retain the title “Enrolled Nurse.” More >>
Primary Health Workforce Ratifies Largest MECA
Sunday, 6 May 2007, 2:42 pm | NZNO
After a two-year campaign, New Zealand Nurses Organisation members employed in primary health care have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new multi-employer collective agreement. More >>
Nurses Kick Off Fair Play Campaign
Thursday, 8 March 2007, 5:26 pm | NZNO
Over 20,000 nurses employed in New Zealand’s public hospitals say they want a level playing field at work and are calling for consistency, equity and fairness in their negotiations with District Health Boards (DHBs). More >>
