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Nurses Organisation celebrates International Day
Wednesday, 12 May 2010, 1:48 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) today proudly celebrates International Nurses Day, which falls on the anniversary of the birth of the world’s most famous nurse, Florence Nightingale. More >>
NZNO Celebrates International Midwives Day
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 10:37 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is today celebrating International Midwives Day and congratulates midwives for their important contribution to the health and well-being of mothers and babies. The theme of this year’s Midwives Day is “The ... More >>
NZNO welcomes new Diploma in Enrolled Nursing
Friday, 30 April 2010, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is pleased that the Government has kept its election promise and clarified changes to the status and qualifications of Enrolled Nurses said Chair of NZNO Enrolled Nurses Section, Robyn Hewlett. More >>
Tobacco price rise a spur to quit
Thursday, 29 April 2010, 3:28 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) congratulates Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia for backing the rise in tobacco taxes yesterday. More >>
Nurses Organisation endorses alcohol report
Tuesday, 27 April 2010, 3:53 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is pleased to see that the Law Commission’s report into the alcohol industry has come out strongly in favour of reducing the harm caused by alcohol. More >>
Nurses turn the tables on the tobacco industry
Wednesday, 21 April 2010, 5:09 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation is presenting this week to the Maori Affairs Select Committee inquiry into the tobacco industry. The professional association, which represents 44,000 members, believes nurses have a huge role to play in helping ... More >>
Public Health No Place For The Private Sector
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 1:23 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is alarmed at the government’s plans for public-private partnerships (PPPs) for our prisons and schools. The government indicated before the 2008 election that it was open to PPPs and announced recently ... More >>
Govt. input needed to fix issues in Aged Care
Monday, 12 April 2010, 4:54 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is calling on the Government to help solve the problems in the aged care sector. More >>
NZNO cautiously welcomes Whānau Ora report
Friday, 9 April 2010, 12:30 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) welcomes the holistic approach to community health proposed in the Whānau Ora report, but expresses concern about possible impacts on existing services when funding is shifted. More >>
Unions reach pay settlement with DHBs
Wednesday, 31 March 2010, 4:43 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is pleased to announce that its members have reached an agreement with District Health Boards (DHBs) for a National Terms of Settlement (NToS). More >>
Nurses Back Doctors Concerns About Board Merger
Saturday, 6 February 2010, 10:37 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Southland nurses today confirmed their support of the senior doctors at Southland Hospital who have expressed serious concern over the proposed merger of the Southland and Otago District Health Boards and the implications for the Southland region's ... More >>
Nurses Organisation Welcomes Chai Chuah
Tuesday, 2 February 2010, 4:52 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) welcomes the appointment of Chai Chuah to the post of National Director of the new National Health Board. Mr Chuah is well known to the NZNO. “Nurses have had a long, constructive and respectful relationship ... More >>
Minimum Wage - Lack of Commitment to the Low Paid
Thursday, 28 January 2010, 12:45 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is appalled by the National governments lack of commitment to addressing the needs of low paid workers in New Zealand. NZNO represents more than 5,000 caregiver members working in residential aged care; some ... More >>
Public Services for Public Hospitals – Say Nurses
Friday, 22 January 2010, 11:49 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) does not support the suggestion made by the Otago Southland DHB that patients should be able to pay for treatments in public hospitals that are not government funded, as released in a consultation document ... More >>
Mandatory Staffing Levels Needed in Resthomes
Friday, 18 December 2009, 2:14 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) believes the concerns raised by the Auditor-General, in her report on Wednesday, could be partially addressed through requiring residential facilities to have minimum staffing levels. “Currently there is no requirement ... More >>
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 >>
