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NZNO Disappointed with Health Select Committee
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 5:08 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is disappointed that the health select committee has not chosen to undertake an inquiry, as proposed by MP Winnie Laban, into the quality and standards of care provided in residential aged care. NZNO has ... More >>
Nurses on National Health Board
Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 3:21 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is pleased that the National Health Board (NHB), announced today, will have strong nursing representation. “The formation of the NHB is a positive step forward in building a nationally integrated health ... More >>
Hospitals Need Safe Staffing
Monday, 30 November 2009, 5:20 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) welcomes the latest Quality Improvement Committee (QIC) report into Serious and Sentinel events in New Zealand Hospitals . The continued focus on quality improvement and patient safety is critical to improving ... More >>
Fruit in Schools - Protected
Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 3:06 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) specialty nursing section representing 580 nurses in New Zealand working with children and young people is delighted that the government has backtracked on its initial decision to scrap the fruit in schools ... More >>
Health Minister Listens to Submissions
Wednesday, 21 October 2009, 4:04 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) supports announcements made today by the Minister of Health, Hon Tony Ryall, which will see greater collaboration in health across New Zealand’s 21 District Health Boards (DHBs). More >>
Windermere Aged Care Facility in Crisis
Thursday, 15 October 2009, 3:53 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is appalled by practices at one of the biggest residential aged-care providers in New Zealand, Oceania Care Co., and its attitude to residents and staff. More >>
Nurses Organisation Welcomes Spot Audits
Thursday, 1 October 2009, 4:19 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) welcomes today’s announcement from the Minister of Health that the government will from today be introducing a trial of spot audits in residential aged care facilities. More >>
The value of caregiving work must be boosted
Saturday, 26 September 2009, 1:11 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO has welcomed comments from Business NZ that caregivers may have to be paid more to attract more people into caring for the country’s elderly. More >>
New president at the helm of NZNO
Friday, 18 September 2009, 4:19 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
A specialty clinical nurse at Nelson Hospital, Nano Tunnicliff, is NZNO’s new president. Tunnicliff’s election was announced at NZNO’s annual conference, held in Wellington this week. Tunnicliff is committed to working towards safe staffing and healthy workplaces ... More >>
Celebrating 100 Years of Nursing Organisation
Tuesday, 15 September 2009, 9:17 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Nurses should wear their brains, not their hearts, on their sleeves, according to United States health care commentator and award-winning journalist Suzanne Gordon who will be presenting as the keynote speaker at NZNO’s centennial conference on ... More >>
Decision To Veto Health Committee Makes No Sense
Friday, 21 August 2009, 4:14 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is appalled by the government’s decision to ignore a unanimous recommendation by the Health Select Committee. In April Māori and iwi primary health employers and their NZNO member employees, made a unique joint ... More >>
Celebrating National Enrolled Nurses' Day
Monday, 29 June 2009, 12:38 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is delighted to be celebrating Enrolled Nurses’ Day on 30 June 2009. This is the 5th time this day has been celebrated in New Zealand. “As an EN with 17 years experience, I believe it is important we ... More >>
Demonstration Sites Welcomed
Tuesday, 23 June 2009, 4:44 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is welcoming the announcement from the Safe Staffing Healthy Workplaces Unit of the confirmed district health board (DHB) demonstration sites. These sites will lead the way in achieving safe staffing and ... More >>
Budget 2009: Tough Calls, Some Good, Some Bad
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 5:34 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) congratulates the Government for making the tough call to cancel tax cuts planned for next year and 2011. This will not be a popular decision but it is the right call. NZNO welcomes the protected increases ... More >>
More maternity funding for new parents
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 3:20 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) welcomes the announcement by the Minister of Health for funding to support new mothers and the acknowledgement of the need for funding in response to the increase in the NZ birth rate. More >>
Nurses Disappointed Govt Disregards Fairness
Thursday, 14 May 2009, 2:34 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is disappointed that the government has decided to disestablish the Pay and Employment Equity (PaEE) Unit. NZNO has worked closely with the unit to achieve fairness in the way that work is recognised and ... More >>
International Nurses’ Day, Leading Care Innovation
Monday, 11 May 2009, 2:12 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
In choosing the theme “Nurses leading care innovations” for International Nurses’ Day the International Council of Nurses (ICN) aims to raise awareness of the nursing contribution to health care innovation, which, it says, “is seldom recognised, ... More >>
Govt Changes in Health Priorities Short Sighted
Friday, 8 May 2009, 1:24 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is calling on the government to rethink its decision to cut some key areas in health care from district health boards’ priorities. Mental health, obesity action and oral health – all areas where New ... More >>
The World Needs Midwives Now More Than Ever
Monday, 4 May 2009, 3:30 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) acknowledges and celebrates the midwives working in hospital and community settings around the New Zealand. This year’s International Midwives Day theme is based on Millennium Development Goal 5 – to ... More >>
Commissioner Finding: Listen to Nurses
Friday, 1 May 2009, 4:36 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Listening to nurses is one of the keys to preventing tragedies like those that occurred at North Shore Hospital in 2007, according to the Health and Disability Commissioner’s report released today. The New Zealand Nurses Organisation wholeheartedly supports ... More >>
