Getting New Zealand-trained nursing graduates in work 'a very high priority' - Minister of Health

"While the vast majority of the graduates have been placed into roles in our hospitals, over 50 have also been placed into roles in primary/community care, aged residential care, private providers or public health." [...]others have given up on their dreams of hospital nursing for now and...

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Published inNursing New Zealand (Wellington, N.Z. : 1995) pp. 1 - 4
Main Author Longmore, Mary
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Wellington New Zealand Nurses' Organisation 01.09.2024
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Budgets
Nursing
New Zealand
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Summary:"While the vast majority of the graduates have been placed into roles in our hospitals, over 50 have also been placed into roles in primary/community care, aged residential care, private providers or public health." [...]others have given up on their dreams of hospital nursing for now and taken jobs in the community or aged care - saying while nurse managers wanted and needed them, they did not have the budget. Clinical vacancies unfilled amid budget cuts RNZ this week reported that hospitals remain drastically short-staffed and are not replacing those who leave or fall sick.
ISSN:1173-2032