NZNO warns unattainable health targets without a culturally safe, locally grown nursing workforce, citing underfunding and understaffing.

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) warns that the government's health targets will remain unattainable without a culturally safe, locally grown nursing workforce. The NZNO cites the underfunded and understaffed healthcare system as driving nurses away, and calls for action to attract more Māori and Pacific people to nursing studies, along with pay equity and support for nursing students.

March 08, 2024
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