Recently added articles from Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand:
Why dignity at work is imperative for nurses: a nurse, long interested in the impact of nursing work on nurses themselves, embarked on research exploring what dignity at work might mean for nurses.(RESEARCH)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Dignity in the work lives of nurses is a topic that has occupied much of my thinking for the last three years--actually probably the last 23 years--but until studying for my postgraduate diploma in 2007, I did not have a focus to go with my interest. Over many years of nursing, I have ...
Boosting Maori and Pacific nursing numbers: boosting the number of Maori and Pacific nurses working at Counties Manukau District Health Board requires a range of approaches and a commitment to the long haul.(NEWS FOCUS)
Dec 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Counties Manukau District Health Board's director of nursing Denise Kivell is a pragmatist, a very good juggler, metaphorically speaking, and patient. These talents stand her in good stead in her role in the DHB which serves New Zealand's fastest growing ...
Journeying from beneficiary to nurse: a ground-breaking initiative in South Auckland is helping women on the domestic purposes benefit get into nursing and a pilot programme in Counties Manukau is assisting Pacific-trained nurses gain New Zealand registration.(NEWS FOCUS)
Dec 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You're Maori aren't you? Are you interested in nursing?" These two simple queries from a Work and Income New Zealand (WINZ) worker launched single mother-of-two Lee-Ann Waddell on a journey which has just seen her complete her first year of a bachelor of ...
Passionately supporting Pacific nurses.(NEWS FOCUS)(Anne Fitisemanu)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Anne Fitisemanu (right) is a passionate advocate for Pacific staff at Counties Manukau District Health Board (DHB). Of Niuean and Samoan descent, she has a background in teaching and marketing and works for the DHB's Pacific Health Unit as programme manager, workforce development and ...
Defeating the twin issues of racism and discrimination: aboriginal nursing pioneer Sally Goold has spent her life helping to break down barriers for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people wanting to become nurses. It has often been a lonely road.(PROFILE)
Dec 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Pioneering Aboriginal nurse Sally Goold is driven by one overarching vision: to see an increase in indigenous Australian registered nurses (RNs) to reflect the indigenous Australian population, and for all nurses in Australia to be able to work together ...
Remembering 100 years of mental health nursing registration: the profession of mental health nursing has come a long way in the last 100 years. Gaining due recognition for this specialty has been, at times, a rocky road.(HISTORY)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Few nurses will be aware that 2008 marks the centenary of mental health nurses gaining national registration in New Zealand. One hundred years ago, the names of 57 New Zealand men and women were recorded in a new Register of Mental Nurses. Although the event was celebrated at the time in ...
I wanted to cry--I did! Although nurses in Fiji must cope with few resources and poor working conditions, their ability to improvise and their thirst for knowledge impressed one New Zealand nurse.(NURSING OVERSEAS)
Dec 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We don't know how lucky we are! Or in the immortal words of Fred Dagg, "We simply don't know how propitious are our circumstances!" In August last year that was brought home to me after a seven-week voluntary nursing stint in Fiji with Youth ...
A sorry tale from an aged-care battleground: a registered nurse who attempted to retain professional nursing standards in an aged-care workplace under financial and staffing stress, lost her job following mediation. Here she reflects on that experience and ponders how nursing standards can be maintained when the pressure is on to maximise profits.(INDUSTRIAL FOCUS)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Earlier this year, following mediation, I lost my job. I had been working as a registered nurse (RN) in aged care. Sarah Brophy's article, Resisting the forces of economic rationalism and managerialism, (Kai Tioki Nursing New Zealand, March 2008, p22) was an accurate description of the ...
Northland hosts flight nurses.(SECTION/COLLEGE NEWS)
Dec 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Congratulations to the Northland intensive care unit (ICU) flight team who put together a fantastic symposium for members of NZNO's flight nurses' association (NZFNA) in Whangarei on November 8. We were conveniently over the road from a polling booth for ...
Duty managers confront staffing problems after hours.(SECTION/COLLEGE NEWS)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Minimising risk after hours was the focus of NZNO's duty and clinical nurse managers' section conference in Christchurch in October. It was hosted by a committee from Christchurch, Burwood and Princess Margaret Hospitals. Speakers included Chief Coroner Judge Neil MacLean and Christchurch ...
Recognising the clinical nurse specialist role.(SECTION/COLLEGE NEWS)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The numbers of clinical nurse specialists (CNSs), both internationally and in New Zealand, continue to grow, according to Christchurch Women's Hospital gynaecological/oncology CNS Glynis Cumming. In the last decade, in two Christchurch hospitals alone, CNS numbers have grown from 14 to 47, ...
A Christian call to nursing.(SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Nowadays nursing is perceived as a professional form of health care which aims to be holistic and patient-focused. Nurse training is both academic and practical, and models abound, developed by nursing educators, to explain the theory underlying nursing actions and philosophy. Reflection ...
The importance of checking pay slips.(SECTOR REPORTS)
Dec 01, 2008; ... NZNO members and staff spend a lot of time and effort, when negotiating collective agreements (CA,) to ensure they include a fair wage increase. What is often forgotten is that time also needs to be spent ensuring what has been agreed is actually implemented. An active district ...
Nurse Maude, Christchurch.(SOME SETTLEMENT SUMMARIES)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Nurse Maude, Christchurch: The Administration and HomeCare Planners' collective agreement has been ratified. These negotiations have been lengthy, due to a "banding" pay system in place, which relied on a performance appraisal for any movement. Our members were unanimous about wanting this ...
Lynton Lodge Hospital, Auckland.(SOME SETTLEMENT SUMMARIES)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Lynton Lodge Hospital, Auckland: Registered and enrolled nurses, health care assistants (HCA) and domestic workers have a new collective agreement, which delivered a pay increase of 2.8 percent from November 29. The CA runs until November 28, 2009. The increase boosts the ...
West Fono Health Trust, Auckland.(SOME SETTLEMENT SUMMARIES)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... West Fono Health Trust, Auckland: Staff have secured an across-the-board pay increase of four percent. Registered nurses on step five of the scale get a 7.5 percent increase in the first year of the agreement and a 3.5 percent increase in the second year. The agreement, ...
Funding increase passed on.(SECTOR REPORTS)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Negotiations were held at Fairview and Aberliegh aged-care sites in Blenheim in November and members have a proposed settlement to ratify. The offer was a revamp of the caregiver wage scale, pass on of the 2.8 percent government funding increase, and an agreement to pass on any further ...
Reflecting on 2008 and looking towards 2009.(SECTOR REPORTS)
Dec 01, 2008 ... NZNO's district health board (DHB) sector group, along with the national delegates' committee, met in November to review achievements in 2008 and plan work for next year. Reviewing the last year, industrial adviser Glenda Alexander said there had been a good deal of work ...
A traditional celebration of Labour Day.(SECTOR REPORTS)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A very successful Labour Day Picnic was held at the Heathcote Valley Domain in Christchurch, with an estimated 1000 workers and their friends and families celebrating Labour Day on a stunningly hot Christchurch afternoon. The day ...
Planning under way for 2010 South Pacific Nurses Forum.(BOARD OF DIRECTORS)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The board has formed a steering group to plan for NZNO's role as host of the 2010 South Pacific Nurses Forum. NZNO is hosting the forum following the withdrawal of Papua New Guinea. Chief executive Geoff Annals told the board the financial implications of hosting the forum were unclear. It ...