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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 >>

Fair Funding for Maori & Iwi Primary Health

Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 9:40 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is calling on the government to address the serious inequity of public funding in primary health. Maori and Iwi providers of primary health care are funded at significantly lower rates than their mainstream ... More >>

Aged Care Workers at Rosebank take Strike Action

Wednesday, 1 April 2009, 10:56 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

Members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) working at Rosebank Home and Hospital in Ashburton will be taking strike action for the second time for 24 hours and 15 minutes from 6.45am on Saturday 4th April until 7.00am on Sunday 5th April. ... More >>

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