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Browse O'Connor, Teresa 1-100 out of 155 article(s) next Title Type Date Words Walking beside those with cancer: supporting those who have received a cancer diagnosis negotiate their way through the treatment journey is richly rewarding work for a Rotorua-based nurse. Aug 1, 2008 1172 Activism on all fronts ensures victory: community health services in Wellington, Kenepuru and Kapiti are to stay with the district health board, thanks to a multi-faceted campaign. Jul 1, 2008 923 Language requirements exclude overseas nurses from practice: the Nursing Council's English language requirements are excluding a pool of highly skilled overseas nurses from working here. Why is this happening? Jun 1, 2008 3283 Pay equity reveal pay gaps but where's the action? Pay and employment equity reviews in district health boards have revealed a considerable gender pay gap. A report on the reviews includes a range of responses to bridge this gap. Report Jun 1, 2008 930 Examining the impact of the inaugural MECA: new research shows more nurses are now working in district health boards than before the inaugural national multi-employer collective agreement and that nursing is now a more attractive career. May 1, 2008 2039 Robust nursing workforce information--chasing an elusive dream? Accurate information on the nursing workforce, and the health workforce generally, is notoriously difficult to come by. Thus planning for future work force needs is an inexact science. But efforts are underway to improve the situation. Apr 1, 2008 2089 What's happening with nurse practitioners? Ten years on from when nurse practitioners were first mooted, there are 45 of them in the country. Is that good enough? Nursing leaders share their views. Mar 1, 2008 2990 A passion for kidneys. Mar 1, 2008 855 Setting priorities for the safe staffing unit: the Safe Staffing/Healthy Workplaces Unit is up and running. What are the priorities for 2008? Feb 1, 2008 972 Protecting and promoting the rights and welfare of students: the new National Student Unit chair is thankful her earlier training in the performing arts has prepared her well for nursing and student advocacy. Feb 1, 2008 847 Death and destiny in Darfur: a South African-born, New Zealand-trained nurse spent nine gruelling months in war-torn Darfur. She's written a book on her experiences there. Dec 1, 2007 1068 History in the making: a piece of history was played out at St Michael's Marae in Highbury, Palmerston North, last month. Dec 1, 2007 932 Deconstructing the 'obesity pandemic': is the obesity epidemic fact or fiction? Speakers at a symposium in Auckland challenged some commonly held views. Nov 1, 2007 2040 Celebrating NZNO's achievement: NZNO's annual conference last month was a time of celebrations, deliberations and continuing conversations. Conference notes Oct 1, 2007 823 Director of safe staffing unit can't solve all issues: the inaugural director of the safe staffing/healthy workplaces unit knows there's a great deal riding on the work of the new unit. Sep 1, 2007 999 Bullying cited as a factor in competence reviews: bullying is a factor in a significant number of competence reviews NZNO has been involved in. Sep 1, 2007 1849 Doing things her way--the pacific way: establishing o successful health business providing services to Pacific people and others on Auckland's North Shore has been an exercise in determination and commitment for Niuean nurse Dahlia Naepi. Aug 1, 2007 1810 Passionately caring for her community: a nurse and midwife in Hawke's Bay has established a successful Maori health service for women and children. Jul 1, 2007 2030 Adjusting to a different life and a different way of nursing: travelling to the other side of the world to forge a new life and continue a nursing career has been both challenging end rewarding for a specialist intensive care nurse from Germany. Biography May 1, 2007 1801 Migrant nurses need more support: there is little research into the experience of migrant nurses in New Zealand. But one researcher has made a small start, looking at recruitment consultants' and employers' attitudes. May 1, 2007 914 Turning a nursing vision into a working reality: positive practice environments is the theme of International Nurses' Day next month. But how do you turn the vision of a positive practice environment into the reality of satisfied nurses and quality care for patients? The director of nursing services at Christchurch Hospital has a few ideas. Apr 1, 2007 2723 Creating a new workplace culture: creating a positive workplace culture is possible, as a collaboration between the Department of Labour's Partnership Resource Centre and Wanganui's Aubert Home of Compassion proves. Apr 1, 2007 1851 Getting the ear of the minister: a group of aged-care workers tell labour minister Ruth Dyson the reality of their working lives. Mar 1, 2007 920 Board reviews progress towards strategic aims. Mar 1, 2007 1054 NZNO wants better consultation on nurse practitioners. Mar 1, 2007 311 NZNO to do more work on credentialing. Mar 1, 2007 151 Small fee increase approved. Mar 1, 2007 141 Strategy to raise awareness. Mar 1, 2007 121 NZNO's board of directors. Mar 1, 2007 143 Policy on international meetings to be developed. Feb 1, 2007 379 Safe staffing unit should be up and running by June. Brief article Feb 1, 2007 190 Regions need to support NZNO's partnership. Brief article Feb 1, 2007 144 NZNO wants elections for nursing council. Brief article Feb 1, 2007 152 No financial help for other NNAs. Brief article Feb 1, 2007 162 August board meeting scheduled. Feb 1, 2007 63 Let them eat cake. Editorial Dec 1, 2006 485 NZNO and SWFU secure funding for full-time educator in aged care: a full-time educator dedicated to working with aged-care members will help boost the number of multi-employer collective agreements in the sector. Nov 1, 2006 1657 Linking mental illness and suicide: suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide. World Mental Health Day next month focuses on the links between mental illness and suicide. Sep 1, 2006 983 Working out solutions: branching out into private practice has been challenging but very rewarding for three mental health nurses. Sep 1, 2006 929 Hui reflected Kotahitanga. Sep 1, 2006 995 Taking a nursing service into the Bush: an occupational health nursing practice in Nelson gives new meaning to the term "accessible services'. Biography Aug 1, 2006 1959 Planning for an influenza pandemic: NZNO has started planning for an influenza pandemic. It is a huge task. Aug 1, 2006 991 Board rejects proposal for PHC Nurses' Council to become standing committee. Brief article Aug 1, 2006 305 Nursing Council chair stepping down from the role after six years. Aug 1, 2006 350 Policy on international meetings. Brief article Aug 1, 2006 119 Regional conventions discussed. Brief article Aug 1, 2006 142 2007 budget endorsed. Brief article Aug 1, 2006 91 Section membership only for members. Brief article Aug 1, 2006 82 Dealing with ethical dilemmas: nurses regularly face ethical challenges in their practice. Does their undergraduate education prepare them well enough for such challenges? One nurse educator thinks not. Jul 1, 2006 1035 Filtering images through different lenses. Jun 1, 2006 1096 Frustration mounting over hospice funding: delivery of palliative care depends on nurses. And hospice nurses, their employers and NZNO are getting frustrated by the lack of a Government response to their pleas for more money to pay nurses fairly. May 1, 2006 940 Easing the journey to death: palliative care nursing has undergone a revolution in the past two decades. Nelson Hospice and palliative care nurse Gael Deaker have been part of the changes. May 1, 2006 1906 Aged-care facilities face challenges in providing quality palliative care: as New Zealand's population ages, more people will die in aged-care facilities. These settings face considerable challenges in providing good palliative care for their dying residents. May 1, 2006 2033 Do nurse/patient ratios work? Nurse/patient ratios have always been contentious. But the experience of two states--one Australian, one American--which have legislated nurse/patient ratios shows they have a positive impact on nurses' professional esteem and ability to give the patient care they want to provide, and on nurses' political savvy. Apr 1, 2006 2737 Midwifery--a workforce under pressure: the past 15 years have been turbulent for the midwifery profession. What's the state of play for the workforce now? Apr 1, 2006 2101 NZNO representation at international forums. Brief article Apr 1, 2006 91 Award nominees wanted. Brief article Apr 1, 2006 120 Te Tiriti 0 Waitangi is new wording. Brief article Apr 1, 2006 107 Colleges congratulated. Brief article Apr 1, 2006 125 Conference planning underway. Apr 1, 2006 103 Easing the pressure of wound care: working as a nurse practitioner in wound care for a regional district health board is an award-winning and rewarding job. Mar 1, 2006 2147 Bridging gaps in wornd care: next month's conference of the New Zealand Wound Care Society has attracted an impressive range of national and international presenters. Mar 1, 2006 874 NZNO to support publication on Massey nursing history. Feb 1, 2006 552 What's in a name? The Nursing Council has begun another round of consultation on the title for second-level nurses trained after 2000. Dec 1, 2005 980 Nurses urged to be 'a little braver': a long-time nurse educator ponders the education-practice divide, the challenges facing nursing education, the changing face of the student population, and reveals her ardent wish for nursing. Nov 1, 2005 2052 Striking for justice in Nelson. Nov 1, 2005 388 Nurse prescribing a reality at last: it's been a long time coming but nurse prescribing has finally arrived. From November 1, nurse practitioners will be able to prescribe within their defined areas of clinical practice. What will this mean for these new prescribers and for the profession? Oct 1, 2005 1594 Auckland hosts NZNO conference: more than 200 nurses from NZNO's 11 regions and 21 sections and colleges gathered in Auckland last month for NZNO's annual conference--a conference that featured a number of firsts and farewells. Oct 1, 2005 354 NZNO support for nurses facing competence reviews: the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act introduced a number of changes for the profession. One is the competence review process. NZNO offers members support through this process. Sep 1, 2005 1060 Helping people make healthy choices: a practice nurse shares her passion for her work assisting people make sustainable behavioural changes. Sep 1, 2005 993 A passion for aged care: after nearly three decades working in aged care, Rave Wilkes is still nursing in an area she loves. Biography Aug 1, 2005 983 Pondering the place of women in an election year. Jul 1, 2005 938 Filipino nurses glad their stories are now public: since Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand revealed the exploitation of Filipino nurses here by some immigration agents and employers, the Philippine Nurses' Society has heard of many similar stories. Television New Zealand carried a story on the subject. But coming to New Zealand is not always a negative experience. Jul 1, 2005 1996 Extending the role of practice nurse: extending the role of practice nurses to manage patients with chronic conditions, and providing an opportunity to develop nurse practitioners within the community are two aims of a pilot project getting underway in Auckland. Jul 1, 2005 934 Something is rotten in the state of education: an experienced overseas nurse educator talks about the challenges, obstacles and frustrations of working in New Zealand's tertiary education sector. Jun 1, 2005 2014 No further action on structural changes. Jun 1, 2005 332 2005/2006 budget approved. Brief Article Jun 1, 2005 185 Future of nursing research explored. Jun 1, 2005 136 Support for Fijian nurses continues. Jun 1, 2005 215 Policies on ENs to be collated. Brief Article Jun 1, 2005 168 Working with Whanau in the far north: Adrianne Murray is the country's first nurse practitioner to be endorsed in the whanau ora scope of practice. She is excited about offering much-needed primary health care services to isolated communities in the Far North. But there are some frustrations. May 1, 2005 1061 The Philippines--providing nurses for the world. May 1, 2005 487 'Embarassed and ashamed to be a New Zealander': a New Zealand nurse shares her shame about the treatment of Filipino nurses in this country. May 1, 2005 1095 Campaigning for pay parity in primary care: NZNO is gearing up for the next step in its Fair Pay Campaign--a multi-employer collective agreement covering more than 1000 worksites and thousands of members in primary health care. May 1, 2005 927 Midwifery matters: May 5 is International Day of the Midwife and the theme this year is Midwives and women--a partnership for health. Apr 1, 2005 898 Getting the central relationship right: how do the many aspects of nurses' work link together to ensure patients are safe? A nursing leader explains how she works towards ensuring the central relationship in nursing--between nurse and patient--is safe. Apr 1, 2005 1868 NZNO opposes change for nurses' group. Brief Article Apr 1, 2005 301 Support for tsunami countries approved. Brief Article Apr 1, 2005 173 Celebrating nursing. Brief Article Apr 1, 2005 62 Non members must pay to get benefits of pay deal: NZNO has negotiated a bargaining fee which means non-NZNO members must pay for the benefits arising from the national multi-employer collective agreement. Mar 1, 2005 1009 MECA 'good for nursing and for DHB sector': the woman who led the MECA negotiations for the district health boards reflects on the implications of the deal, and on the negotiations' highs and lows. Mar 1, 2005 956 Charting the changes in infection control nursing: the history of infection control nursing in this country is one of rapid expansion in less than 30 years. One nurse, who was there right at the beginning, shares some of her reflections. Mar 1, 2005 972 A long and winding road. Feb 1, 2005 1956 Making a difference in women's health. Feb 1, 2005 1598 NZNO to look for compromise over EN title. Feb 1, 2005 381 Board backs NZNO staff. Brief Article Feb 1, 2005 102 Auckland to host 2005 conference. Feb 1, 2005 78 Aged-care sector funding crisis--unions and churches call on ministers to act. Nov 1, 2004 540 Plunket staff ratify new agreement. Brief Article Nov 1, 2004 305 Working towards a national hospice collective agreement. Nov 1, 2004 399

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