Freed to care, proud to nurse

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation produces media releases on topics of concern to nurses, midwives and the greater healthcare community.

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The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is sorry to hear that Director-General of Health, Stephen McKernan, does not intend to seek reappointment beyond his current term. “Stephen McKernan came into position with established credibility in the sector as one who is sincerely committed to excellen...

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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 with Mr Chuah, and we look forward to continuing...

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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 of the poorest paid and most undervalued workers...

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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 ‘Bridging the Gap’. The principle of having a dual...

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The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) has recently completed a snapshot survey of caregivers working in residential aged care which indicates that caregivers are frequently undertaking clinical tasks more appropriately performed by Registered Nurses (RN). The survey of 1000 of NZNO’s 5000 car...

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The New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation (NZNO) welcomes today’s decision of the Nursing Council of New Zealand (The Council) regarding Enrolled Nurses.  The announcement by The Council that the Enrolled Nurse title will be used for all second level nurses in NZ and that an expanded scope of practi...

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While “horror stories” of inadequate care and neglect of elderly residents in rest-homes come under the media spotlight from time to time, the sad reality is that such cases are not rare, according to aged care industrial adviser with the New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation (NZNO), Rob Haultain. Two j...

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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. Business NZ’s employment relations policy manager Paul Mackay told a Carers NZ conference in Auckland this week that the elderly would soon outnumber pa...

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