Entries for the 'Nursing Shortages' Category

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is mystified by John Keys statement during TVNZ leader’s debate, that there are 1,500 new nurses in the health system. “There is no evidence that there has been an increase in nurses in public hospitals at all. We have seen no meaningful dat...

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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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New Regulations Risk Increasing Nurse Shortages - released 5 January 2009, amended 9 January 2009 for clarification New regulations which extend the requirement for overseas trained nurses to sit language examinations for registration in New Zealand to include those from English speaking countries ...

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