Category Archives: NZNO Mental Health Nurses Section

So this is Christmas, and what have we done? What have we done? Let’s try to summarise it. 2022 has been an incredibly demanding year for Mental Health Nurses. Just last month, Newshub told us what we already knew – that despite the ever-increasing demand on services and a $1.9 billion funding injection in Budget 2019, thereContinue reading “NZNO Mental Health Nurses Section Newsletter – December 2022”

Kia ora NZNO members The Mental Health Nurse Section Committee would like to draw your attention to Constitution Remit 2 and the potential implications for our section. The Remit Committee has provided more information for members to consider when voting on this remit. Our Section is particularly affected by the MoU signed between NZNO andContinue reading “Message to NZNO members from the Mental Health Nurses Section – Constitution Remit 2”

The best way to predict the future… Crystal balls are not part of the evidenced-based toolkit of a Mental Health Nurse. If they were, we might know for certain what the future holds for us in this time of system change. As things stand, however, past events are a fair predictor of what we can expect. Continue reading “NZNO Mental Health Nurses Section Newsletter – June 2022”

Message from the MHNS Committee Two years of world-leading public health responses kept Aotearoa safe from the worst effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic. Now the Omicron wave is here. MHNS members are in our thoughts at this time, whether managing suspected or confirmed Covid cases among our tāngata whai ora or isolating at homeContinue reading “NZNO Mental Health Nurses Section Newsletter – March 2022”

There’s always a bit of excitement around Issue 1 of a new periodical – and so it is, for us.  Born of necessity after the demise of the Stop4th Nursing Information Provision Service (SNIPS), which provided our content up until July, the MHNS Newsletter will now showcase the International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. Each issueContinue reading “Welcome to the re-launched Mental Health Nurses Section Newsletter”