Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand articles

Recent articles from Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand

Hutt Hospital now a Magnet Hospital.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
July 1, 2007... Hutt Hospital has become New Zealand's first Magnet Hospital putting its nursing care among the more than 250 elite American hospitals holding Magnet designation. The Commission on Magnet Recognition (part of the American Nurses Credentialing Center that governs the programme) notified Hutt...

Decision on title complaint out.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
July 1, 2007... Parliament's Regulations Review Committee (RRC) has upheld part of NZNO's complaint against the Nursing Council's decision to change the title of second-level nurses trained after 2000 from enrolled nurse (EN) to nurse assistant (NA). The RRC heard NZNO's complaint, filed last December, in...

DHB settlement offer close.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(district health boards)
July 1, 2007... A proposed settlement offer for NZNO members employed by district health boards (DHBs) was close when Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand went to press. Negotiations for the NZNO/DHB multi-employer collective agreement (MECA) early this month were expected to finalise a proposal to take out to...

Safe staffing unit will put leadership back into nursing.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
July 1, 2007... "Sustaining and retaining the nursing workforce: a shared plan of action" was the title of a conference session led by NZNO chief executive (CEO) Geoff Annals, director of nursing (DON) and midwifery at West Coast District Health Board (DHB) Jane O'Malley and Ministry of Health chief...

Growing your own staff key to workforce change.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
July 1, 2007... More money and more staff are not the solutions to creating a more sustainable health workforce. A process of cultural change, where the existing staff are used more effectively and upskilled appropriately, is what is needed. This was the message at last month's "Workforce action:...