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Shortage of nurses from 2017; but no plan in place yet
Thursday, 13 November 2014, 12:26 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Nurses, midwives and health care assistants are welcoming a report about health workforce planning released yesterday. The report, by Health Workforce NZ, outlines the state of the health workforce now and makes some predictions about future health workforce ... More >>
Nurses support “Let’s PLAN for better care” initiative
Wednesday, 5 November 2014, 12:16 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Nurses and other health professionals are welcoming the Health Quality & Safety Commission “Let’s PLAN for better care” initiative, aimed at improving health literacy. More >>
More resources needed so patient safety can come first
Thursday, 30 October 2014, 2:15 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Nurses believe many serious and adverse events are a symptom of an under resourced health sector and stressed and overworked staff. When nursing staff don’t have enough hours in the day to do everything they need to do, the result is rationed ... More >>
First “Young nurse of the year” chosen
Thursday, 18 September 2014, 1:53 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The first ever NZNO Young Nurse of Year, Plunket nurse Katrina Coleman was honoured this evening at an awards dinner in Wellington. More >>
Whanganui nurse honoured
Thursday, 18 September 2014, 11:26 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Whanganui nurse Barbara Hammond was honoured for her long service to the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) at an awards ceremony in Wellington last night. More >>
Palmerston North nurse honoured
Thursday, 18 September 2014, 11:03 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Palmerston North nurse, Nicki Twigge was honoured for her service to the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) at an awards ceremony in Wellington last night. More >>
Hawkes Bay nurse honoured
Thursday, 18 September 2014, 10:54 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Hawkes Bay nurse, Rosemary McGillicuddy was honoured for her service to nursing and midwifery at an awards ceremony in Wellington last night. More >>
Nurse wins prestigious Te Akenei Hei Māori health award
Thursday, 18 September 2014, 10:52 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Maureen Allan, Te Rarawa, Ngā Puhi and Tainui, is the latest recipient of Te Rūnanga o Aotearoa NZNO’s prestigious Akenehi Hei Award. The award is for a significant contribution to Māori health. A nurse with a long career community health, a Masters ... More >>
Nurses support PSA health workers’ industrial action
Wednesday, 6 August 2014, 11:59 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Forty six thousand nurses, midwives, students, kaimahi hauora, health care workers and allied health professionals from all around the country are sending their support to the PSA health workers who recently voted to take industrial action. More >>
Nurses troubled by cost cutting at Southern DHB
Friday, 4 July 2014, 2:03 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZ Nurses Organisation (NZNO) members at Southern DHB are sceptical about CEO Carole Heatly’s statement that she will do everything in her power to cut costs at the DHB without affecting patient services. More >>
Breaking the silence about violence in mental health
Friday, 13 June 2014, 12:27 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The impact of violence on mental health nurses is revealed through the experiences of a group of nurses in an article in the June issue of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation’s (NZNO) magazine, Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, published this week. More >>
A courageous budget was needed, a weak budget was delivered
Thursday, 15 May 2014, 4:20 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Nurses around the county are feeling disappointed that Budget 2014 has failed to deliver the increase in DHB funding required to even maintain current service levels. More >>
Equality for women is progress for all
Friday, 7 March 2014, 3:38 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is joining organisations around the country and the world celebrating International Women’s Day on Saturday 8 March. The United Nations theme for Women’s Day 2014, 'Equality for women is progress for all', is ... More >>
Caregivers going all the way for equal pay today
Monday, 3 February 2014, 10:34 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Thousands of New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) caregivers are looking forward to today’s court of appeal hearing of Kristine Bartlett’s equal pay case. More >>
Complete lack of health workforce planning a disaster
Monday, 2 December 2013, 10:02 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) has learned that the reason why all first year graduate doctors have found positions is because the Government has paid hospitals to take them. This year 24 new doctors were “surplus to requirements” until the ... More >>
Patients suffer when staffing levels are insufficient
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 2:56 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) says the Serious Adverse Events report released today is a good way of learning from mistakes to improve the overall safety of healthcare delivery in New Zealand. More >>
Care Rationing In New Zealand Hospitals a Cause For Concern
Wednesday, 28 August 2013, 1:05 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Recent media reports highlighting ‘care rationing’ in two New Zealand hospitals are a cause for concern but not a surprise for the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO). NZNO believes the practice is widespread as DHBs and the nursing team are ... More >>
Newly elected board for Nurses Organisation
Tuesday, 27 August 2013, 4:54 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) Kaiwhakahaere, Kerri Nuku and President, Marion Guy are pleased to welcome newly elected directors to its board. More >>
Nurses welcome extension of General Medical Subsidy
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 10:59 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) welcomes the Government’s announcement that the General Medical Subsidy (GMS) will be extended to nurses and nurse practitioners. Pharmacists will also become eligible for the subsidy. The General Medical Subsidy ... More >>
Nurses unfairly blamed for systemic failures
Thursday, 1 August 2013, 1:03 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is extremely disappointed and disturbed that Rymans is publically blaming nurses for failure of care in their Malvina Major facility in Wellington. More >>
