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On a crusade to explain the world and work of nurses: what drives Suzanne Gordon? Why is she so passionate about nurses and nursing and the importance of informing the public about the nature of nursing work?		Oct 1, 2009	1573
Preventing health care-associated infections.		Oct 1, 2009	680
'Density does the deal'.		Oct 1, 2009	892
From silence to voice--sure, but when?	Editorial	Sep 1, 2009	1128
Improving relations between police and mental health services: working in the cells at Christchurch Central Police Station, as part of a pilot project placing nurses in the watch house, has been an eye-opener for experienced mental health nurse Steve Howie.		Sep 1, 2009	2096
Nurses should wear brains, not hearts, on their sleeve: nurses need to articulate their 'mind work' and wear their brains, not their hearts on their sleeve, according to NZNO centennial conference keynote speaker and American health care commentator Suzanne Gordon.	Conference notes	Aug 1, 2009	921
From South Africa to Reefton--one nurse's journey: a South African nurse shares her sometimes painful, but ultimately rewarding journey from her home country to the isolated settlement of Reefton on the West Coast.		Aug 1, 2009	1874
The challenges of caring for children with a rare skin disorder: the genetic skin disorder epidermolysis bullosa is a very challenging condition for the sufferer, their family and nurses who provide care.		Jul 1, 2009	2093
Students want national nursing curriculum: a national survey of nursing students reveals strong support for a national nursing curriculum but undercurrents of dissatisfaction about a range of other issues.	Survey	Jul 1, 2009	980
ENs--is the debate nearly over? Is the future of the second-level nurse in our health workforce now secure?		Jun 1, 2009	1073
Encouraging nurses to get vaccinated: a number of district health boards are trying a range of initiatives to boost nurses' uptake of the free 'flu vaccination.		May 1, 2009	962
Keeping staff and the organisation safe: so what's the role of an occupational health nurse within a district health board's health and safety team? And what are the major health issues confronting nurses?		May 1, 2009	1985
The delights and dilemmas of rural nursing: nursing in isolated rural communities poses practical, personal and professional challenges.		Apr 1, 2009	1971
The challenges of caring for rural communities: New Zealand's rural population deserves the same quality of health care as all other New Zealanders. But there are unique challenges in providing care to rural communities.		Apr 1, 2009	1960
Innovative approaches to extending the role of the rural practice nurse: two general practices on the West Coast, one owned by the district health board, the other privately owned, have taken two very different approaches to expanding the role of the practice nurse.		Apr 1, 2009	2985
New era dawns at Nursing Council: there's a new regime at the Nursing Council. Improved communication with all stakeholders is a priority.		Mar 1, 2009	1062
Survey provides snapshot of nurses' attitudes to their work: NZNO has conducted a comprehensive survey on nurses" and caregivers' employment conditions, working situation and job quality.	Survey	Mar 1, 2009	1859
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.		Dec 1, 2008	2033
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.		Dec 1, 2008	1124
Where to now for colleges and sections?		Dec 1, 2008	453
Members don't want ICN membership shared.	Brief article	Dec 1, 2008	285
Minister's action backs enrolled nurses: enrolled nursing continues to be a vexed issue between NZNO and the Nursing Council but politicians fully support enrolled nurses.		Oct 1, 2008	1048
Getting their political messages across: seven party health spokespeople had their chance to tell conference delegates how their party would tend the health portfolio.		Oct 1, 2008	1882
The challenges of regulating nursing: after a decade as chief executive of the Nursing Council, Marion Clark is crossing the Tasman. She reflects on her time as head of the country's regulatory body.		Sep 1, 2008	1034
The rewards and frustrations of nursing's top role: leading the international nursing community has its rewards and its challenges. The outgoing chief executive of the International Council of Nurses reflects on some of those she has faced.	Editorial	Sep 1, 2008	993
Board considers dispute over name change for college of practice Nurses.		Sep 1, 2008	572
Suitable nominees wanted.		Sep 1, 2008	180
Pacific rules accepted.	Brief article	Sep 1, 2008	87
NZNO to remain member of mental health body.	Brief article	Sep 1, 2008	66
No formal support for GST off food campaign.	Brief article	Sep 1, 2008	241
NZNO'S board members.	Brief article	Sep 1, 2008	99
Board to look at rewarding its members.	Brief article	Sep 1, 2008	136
District nursing framework endorsed.	Brief article	Sep 1, 2008	136
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