Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand articles from October 2004

Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand archives from October 2004

Arousing passions among sister organisations.(Editorial)
October 1, 2004... The current hot topic among some other nursing organisations in New Zealand is not fair pay or safe staffing but the serious threat NZNO is said to pose to nursing, by supporting retention of the title "enrolled nurse" (EN). NZNO has...

Mental health article prompts tears.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2004... On reading the article "Dealing with mental health stigma at work" in the September issue of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand (p22), my eyes filled with great, big, fat tears, which proceeded to land all over the text. This may seem a little...

Lack of support for depression sufferer.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2004... I found the article Anne Manchester wrote on Tina Lane (Dealing with mental health stigma at work, Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, September 2004, p22) very close to my heart. I am a registered nurse and am currently off sick (again) with...

'Vitriolic' attack not appropriate.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2004... I was as surprised and disappointed to read Chris Cottingham's vitriolic attack on the Nursing Council (Apology for Nursing Council "insult", Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, September, 2004, p3) as I was witnessing the behaviour of new and...

NZNO misuses its power.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2004... As an NZNO member I was quite perturbed to read that NZNO had put in a submission to the Justice and Electoral Select Committee in support of the Civil Union Bill (NZNO submissions support more funding for aged care, and the Civil Union Bill,...

Nurses will quit because of portfolios.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2004... Congratulations to Caron Clinning (Objecting to writing a portfolio, Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, September 2004, p4.) She has said what many of us are talking about. I, too, object to having to prove myself to the Nursing Council as an...

The need to write portfolios 'insulting'.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2004... I fully support the angry sentiments expressed in Caron Clinning's letter, Objecting to writing a portfolio (Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, September 2004, p4). I have been practising for nearly 40 years--on the floor where the real work...

How does writing prove competence?(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2004... Congratulations to Caron Clinning for her letter, Objecting to writing a portfolio, published in the September issue of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand (p4). Thank you for putting so succinctly the views of many real, bedside nurses, working...

RON headline causes discomfort.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2004... I was disturbed to read on the cover of the August issue of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand "RONS face uncertain times". The title disturbs me and I feel it is a little sensational, especially when one reads the article by Sue Barrier, Does...

Easier access to motor neurone drug.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2004... Many years ago as a student nurse, I met two people with motor neurone disease (MND) and I was impressed by the gravity of their situation--having an illness the cause of which was unknown, and there was only symptomatic treatment. I was also...

Conference draws congratulations.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2004... Thanks to NZNO's National Gerontology Section for its excellent conference held in Wellington recently. The programme was well planned and very humorously held together by MC Jim Hopkins. The theme throughout the conference--of nurses being...

New-look Kai Tiaki 'awesome'.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2004... I would just would like to take this opportunity to say how awesome the new-look Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand is--appealing to the eye with all the colour ,and easy to go directly to those areas of most interest to the reader. Thank you...

... And another comment.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2004... Congratulations on a fantastic magazine--modern, easy to use and read, heaps of content and a great Layout. Well done team! Anne McFarlane, EN, Invercargill

International trends examined at ICN workforce forum.(News And Events)
October 1, 2004... NZNO's Fair Pay Campaign was strongly endorsed by participants at last month's International Council of Nurses' (ICN) workforce forum, meeting in New Zealand for the first time. Representatives from nine national nursing organisations--Canada,...

Primary health care nurses' conference moves to Auckland.(News And Events)
October 1, 2004... The third NZNO primary health care (PHC) nurses' conference will be held at Auckland's Waipuna Conference Centre from August 4-6 next year. With the Ministry of Health (MOH) as its gold sponsor, the conference will look at eight of the...

Employment bill improves good faith provisions.(News And Events)
October 1, 2004... The Employment Relations Law Reform Bill is set to become law on December 1 this year. The Bill was reported back to the House of Representatives by the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee last month. In 2001 and 2001 the...

Fair pay settlement within reach.(News And Events)(New Zealand Nurses Organisation )
October 1, 2004... An historic fair pay settlement for public sector nurses and midwives was within reach, as Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand went to press earlier this month. Several days of intense negotiations early this month, conducted with the assistance...

Scholarships offer little benefit to nursing students.(News And Events)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... A government announcement late last month that "Step Up" scholarships for low income students is to be extended, will have little impact on those considering nursing as a career, according to NZNO chief executive Geoff Annals. The age of...

Notice to members.(News And Events)(New Zealand Nurses Organisation)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... The NZNO Certification Committee invites registered nurses (RNs) to apply for certification as nurse clinician. This credentialling process is focused on expertise within an area of practice. The nurse clinician title recognises an RN who is...

New survey reveals dramatic undervaluing of caregivers.(News And Events)
October 1, 2004... An NZNO survey, released on International Day of the Older Person earlier this month, shows that caregivers' pay is shamefully low, with more than 97 percent of caregivers surveyed earning less than their partners and children. The survey also...

New awards honour Plunket nurses and carers.(News And Events)(Eyebright Awards)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Last month, 23 Plunket nurses received Eyebright Awards on the strength of parent tributes. The top national award winners this year are nurse Erin Barrett of Auckland, community Karitane Julia de Weck of Nelson and Plunket kaiawhina Sally Wast...

NZNO's stand on enrolled nurses provokes outrage.(News And Events)
October 1, 2004... NZNO's decision to fight for the enrolled nurse (EN) title for all second-Level nurses, regardless of when they trained, has provoked outrage among some nursing groups. In a Letter emailed to nursing colleagues last month, College of...

NZNO has some concerns over medical misadventure changes.(News And Events)(New Zealand Nurses Organisation )
October 1, 2004... NZNO believes changes in the Injury Prevention Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Bill will not encourage health professionals to participate openly in the claims' process. NZNO believes there has been a departure from the original...

A tribute to rural nursing pioneer Peggy Young.(News And Events)(Obituary)
October 1, 2004... For all of us, there are people in our lives who influence our professional style and career choices. I wish to pay tribute to the life of Peggy Young (pictured right), who for me was that person. She represented what is meant by "the potential...

Entries invited for top health awards.(News And Events)
October 1, 2004... Entries are invited for the New Zealand Health Innovations Awards 2005. The annual awards showcase excellence in treatment and rehabilitation, services and processes that benefit all New Zealanders. They were initiated by the Ministry of Health...

Immunisation programme reaches 100,000.(News And Events)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... New Zealand's Meningococcal B immunisation programme celebrated the first 100,000 people vaccinated late last month. The programme aims to stop the devastating epidemic of this fast-moving and potentially deadly disease. Meningococcal vaccine...

Whooping cough at epidemic levels.(News And Events)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Notified cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, are also at epidemic levels, with numbers spiking in August. More than 350 cases of whooping cough were notified in August, compared to 127 in February, with 70 percent of cases from the South...

Minister's speech gets frosty reception.(NZNO Conference 2004)
October 1, 2004... There was an air of expectancy as more than 200 delegates gathered in the Rotorua Convention Centre last month for the annual NZNO conference. All were certain that NZNO's Fair Pay and Safe Staffing Campaigns would be top of the agenda. ...

The year nurses 'stood up, spoke out and got active to win fair pay'.(NZNO Conference 2004)
October 1, 2004... Industrial action if there's no more money from Government to fund a fair pay national multi-employer collective agreement (MECA) for nurses--that was the message 200 NZNO delegates delivered to the Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor at...

15 percent fee increase approved.(NZNO Conference 2004)(New Zealand Nurses Organisation )
October 1, 2004... NZNO's membership fees will rise by 15 percent from April 1 next year. (See table below). Conference voted unanimously for the increase, which business services manager Dragan Radic said was necessary to sustain growth. Speaking to a...

Debate on NZNO's structure adjourned until 2005.(NZNO Conference 2004)
October 1, 2004... After prolonged and circuitous debate, a plethora of primary and secondary amendments and substantive motions, procedural confusion and some decisions with far-reaching consequences, all debate on the report of the structural review committee...

Fair pay campaign important for all workers.(NZNO Conference 2004)
October 1, 2004... Fair pay for nurses was not only important for nurses but for the wider union movement, particularly others working in jobs that were undervalued, Council of Trade Unions' (CTU) secretary Carol Beaumont told delegates. Acknowledging the...

Long-time Waikato Hospital activist wins NZNO's award of honour.(NZNO Conference 2004)
October 1, 2004... "Utterly gobsmacked"--that was the reaction of NZNO's latest Award of Honour recipient Janet Black (right). Speaking after she had been presented with the award at the conference dinner, Black said she had been lost for words--"and it's not...

'We have good reason to celebrate our success'--president O'Malley.(NZNO Conference 2004)
October 1, 2004... "NZNO membership has reached an all-time high of 36,500 members, a reflection of the confidence nurses have in the organisation," said president Jane O'Malley as she introduced the annual reports. Activity in the last year had been at an...

Traditional model of health practice could restore wellness.(NZNO Conference 2004)
October 1, 2004... Following an adjournment of the lengthy structural review debate, the conference welcomed keynote speaker, executive cultural adviser to Whakatane's Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi Pouroto Ngaropo. Ngaropo replaced the advertised keynote...

NZNO activates its commitment to the treaty.(NZNO Conference 2004)(New Zealand Nurses Organisation)
October 1, 2004... The presentation on the PAUA--Progressively Act in Unity and Aroha--project did not proceed, due to the structural review debate continuing into the allotted time. Addressing the conference, policy analyst Maori Sharon Clair said she was...

Meeting the needs of grieving relatives: nurses working in intensive care units need to be aware of--and acquire the skills to deal with--the needs of grieving relatives as they face the death of a loved one.(Practice)
October 1, 2004... In the intensive care unit (ICU), relatives are often faced with the possibility their loved one may not fully recover or may die from their injuries or illness. When these experiences occur, the relative may face a crisis in which they may...

Coping with Cyclone Heta: nurses play a crucial role following natural disasters. Cyclone Heta, which hit the island nation of Niue in January this year, was hugely challenging for the country's nurses. They coped admirably.(Viewpoint)
October 1, 2004... Nurses who live in regions hit by natural disasters are often expected to take leadership roles, to provide emergency care and aid to distressed casualties while their families take second place. (1) On Monday, January 5, 2004, Cyclone Heta...

Fronting up to a civil emergency: maintaining services and caring for patients during the devastating floods in the Manawatu in February tested the expertise and resilience of the district nursing team to its limits.(Viewpoint)
October 1, 2004... In February this year, the lower North Is land suffered a period of very heavy rain fall, resulting in severe and extensive flooding. This civil emergency continued to worsen over four days, leaving townships flooded, people evacuated from...

Four Auckland hospitals become one: the new Auckland City Hospital the largest public building in the country, is certainly impressive, but adapting to new systems and a new hospital culture continues to be challenging for nurses.(Workplace Profile)
October 1, 2004... It is now a year since the first patients moved into the new Auckland City Hospital, with the fast of the patients--those from National Women's Hospital--moving across earlier this month. The largest health construction project in New...

'We had to find a way of standardizing care'.(Workplace Profile)
October 1, 2004... The total overhaul of the way in which the business of health is delivered at ADHB has inevitably affected nursing to a greater or lesser extent, says West. One example is the way orderlies now collect linen and equipment from just one sluice...

Accountability and fair pay.(Legal Focus)
October 1, 2004... Nurses' practice is subject to investigation from a plethora of organisations and authorities. Nurses are also subject to the same disciplinary processes and outcomes, which can include substantial financial penalities, as other health...

Preparing nurses for change: joining NZNO at a time of some major national and international changes and developments in nursing presents a variety of challenges and an interesting change in career.(Professional Focus)
October 1, 2004... My move out of clinical practice to becoming an NZNO professional nursing adviser (PNA) was made after lengthy discussions and sage advice from family and friends throughout the country. It was a move I thought would not occur this year....

Health Sector Code of Good Faith developed: a Health Sector Code of Good Faith, designed to assist relationships between workers and employers, has been developed over the last two years. It sets out rights and responsibilities, most notably when health workers take industrial action.(Industrial Focus)
October 1, 2004... The Health Sector Code of Good Faith is built on the principle that the public is better served when responsibility and power are shared between government, district health boards (DHBs) and health unions, than when they are wielded against one...

Hospice members reach wage settlement.(Sector Reports)
October 1, 2004... Te Omanga Hospice members have accepted a pay offer that places them in good stead for next year's negotiations. The collective agreement is for one year and provides for a five percent wage and allowance increase, backdated to the end of June,...

Over the last few weeks, NZNO members and activists involved in the Fair Pay Campaign have been working hard to continue to raise public awareness of the issues.(Sector Reports)(New Zealand Medical Association )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Over the last few weeks, NZNO members and activists involved in the Fair Pay Campaign have been working hard to continue to raise public awareness of the issues. Like the group pictured above, nurses have been busy visiting their local...

Practice nurse negotiations restart next month.(Sector Reports)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... After months of uncertainty about who would act as the employers' representative in the practice nurses' collective agreement negotiations, the New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA) has rethought its position and now agreed to act as advocate....

College/section day devoted to problem-solving.(Sector News)
October 1, 2004... The fourth college and section day, held prior to NZNO's annual conference, saw representatives from all NZNO's professional specialities coming together to share ideas and activities, and to familiarise themselves with the workings of the...

Planning for the year ahead.(Student Unit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... The National Student Unit (NSU) AGM, held over two days prior to NZNO conference in Rotorua, was a busy one, concluding a year that has been intense, productive and forward looking. Delegates gathered to plan the NSU's future work and vision,...

Gerontology nurses find motivation in Wellington.(Section News)
October 1, 2004... The fourth national gerontology conference, organised by NZNO's National Gerontology Section, was held for the first time in Wellington and entitled Positively Gerontology. Held over two days at the end of August, it was, as the title...

Hand-washing guru addresses infection control nurses.(Section News)
October 1, 2004... The National Division of Infection Control Nurses' (NDICN) conference was held in Palmerston North in August, with over 250 attending. Our keynote speaker was professor of epidemiology at Columbia University and editor of the American...

Membership benefits: NZNO is proud to launch a members benefit package that gives you really "genuine deals"--deals that are quite unique, worth something and generally not available to the public.(Membership)(New Zealand Nurses Organisation)
October 1, 2004... Each of the suppliers below offers generous benefits. For the scheme to flourish take advantage of the deals and support these suppliers who have shown that they value the nursing profession. This is just a start. We are looking at other...