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to the College of Nurses Aotearoa News Update.
No. 305 22 June 2016
National
news
Tuia Te Ao Marama: Māori Nursing History Online
The
first Oral History website of Māori nurses who practiced in mental health
services between 1950 to 1990 was launched at Whatu Kaimarie, Māori Health
Services in Auckland. The website is a resource that will ensure the history,
knowledge and experiences of Māori Nurses is preserved for future generations.
$890,000 funding to investigate nursing fatigue
The
New Zealand Nurses Organisation is thrilled to be part of a 3-year research
project that aims to find ways of managing fatigue in hospital-based nurses.
Canterbury health scheme frees up 2500 hospital
beds
At
just 44 kilograms, Christchurch woman Sandy Mortimer is physically frail
but her greatest battle is getting enough air in to her lungs.
The
69-year-old is one of about 20,000 Cantabrians living with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD).
Ethical
issues
Nova Scotia College of Registered Nurses issues
assisted-dying guidelines
Guidelines
outline that nurses can be involved as long as they are under the directives of
a doctor
Health
funding and research
Maori health programme for pregnant women gets
$4.7m grant
A
programme to help young, pregnant Maori woman has been given a $4.7
million grant from the Health Research Council (HRC) of New Zealand in its
latest funding round.
The fight against antibiotic-resistant
superbugs gets a $1.2 million boost
The
fight against antibiotic-resistant superbugs has gained a $1.2 million
boost with funding granted to a three-year Wellington-based project to
discover new and improved antibiotics.
$4.4m for Massey health research
Five
Massey University College of Health research projects have been awarded more
than $4 million in funding from the Health Research Council to tackle issues
including screening for cervical cancer, cancer survival rates in Māori,
improving smoking cessation rates and managing nurses' fatigue.
Mental
health
Inquest changes to reduce impact on families
A
law change allows the media to be more open reporting suicide, but a ban
remains on publishing details that might encourage copy cat deaths.
Justice
Minister Amy Adams said legislation passed by Parliament on Thursday reformed
the coronial system to make it more efficient and reduce the impact of
coronial investigations on families of people who have died
Christchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel wants council
to spend $1m on mental health
Christchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel wants the city council to
spend $1 million helping the Government provide mental health support to
Cantabrians.
Rural mental health services get $600k boost
Last year it put $500,000 into supporting
mental well-being in rural communities, with workshops on mental health issues
and a boost in the number of volunteers working with rural support trusts.
Obesity
Lack of childhood obesity programmes as the
weight continues to rise
Rising
rates of childhood obesity now put New Zealand among the fattest in the
developed world but our worst-performing regions are still doing nothing to
address the crisis.
South Island DHBs join forces to tackle
childhood obesity
The
five South Island district health boards (DHBs) have agreed on a regional
approach to address childhood obesity and meet the new Ministry of Health
target, which comes into effect on 1 July.
Pharmacy
NZ antibiotic use up sharply, raising
resistance concerns
New
Zealand antibiotic consumption is among the highest in the developed world
and has risen sharply, amid growing concerns about increased resistance by
bacteria to the medication.
Pharmac proposing HPV vaccine for boys
Boys
could be included in free vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) in
January 2017.
At
present, if boys want to be immunised with the anti-cancer drug it comes
at a cost of $450, whereas for eligible girls it's free.
Public
health
Public health researchers fighting back against
lobbyists
Public
health researchers worldwide have long been under attack from lobbyists for the
tobacco, alcohol and junk food industries. Now some are fighting back. Adam
Dudding reports.
Social
health
Updated advice for health workers confronted
with family violence
Health
Minister Jonathan Coleman says a new six-step process will help guide health
professionals confronted with suspected family violence cases.
Housing crucial for health of Māori
Housing
is a crucial factor in the well-being of young mothers and their children, an
expert in Māori women's health says.
Telehealth
Commissioner invests in Primary Health Care for South
More
clinical pharmacists, and greater access to "telehealth" were two
significant investments in a safer, more patient-centred health system approved
by Commissioner Kathy Grant, discussed at today’s Southern District Health
Board Commissioner team meeting.
Bringing stroke specialists to bedsides – via
video
Nelson Marlborough Health
is one of three district health boards to pilot a tele-stroke service that will
give doctors 24/7 access to a neurologist based at Wellington Regional
Hospital.
Tobacco,
drugs and alcohol
Methamphetamine residues not the big health
worry people fear: scientist Nick Kim
Tenants
and home buyers have nothing to fear from much higher levels of residual
methamphetamine in a property, a New Zealand scientist has claimed.
International
news
Nursing trends show a profession in transition
The health
care industry is changing rapidly, and nurses, the largest group of health care
professionals in the nation, are at the forefront of these changes.
Despite the
difficult economic conditions of recent years, nursing as a profession has
thrived — particularly when compared to other professions.
Shortage of school nurses contributing to
mental health crisis, experts say
A sharp drop in the number of school nurses is contributing to
the mental health crisis currently troubling school across Britain, the Royal
College of Nursing has warned.
Articles
of interest
Introducing Twitter as an assessed component of
the undergraduate nursing curriculum: case study
To ask: (i) is it feasible to include Twitter as an assessed
element of the first-year nursing curriculum; (ii) how should it be introduced
and assessed; and (iii) do students think it worthwhile and learn anything from
its use?
Addressing the
Mind–Body Connection in Nursing
Is there more to a
patient’s story than just the physical symptoms that you see?
At its core, nursing
provides a holistic approach to care, addressing patients’ psychological as
well as physical concerns to deliver comprehensive care and improve outcomes.
Read more here
Working with difference: Thematic concepts of
Japanese nurses working in New Zealand
The purpose of this study was to compare the differences
experienced by Japanese nurses working in New Zealand from an organizational
and personal perspective, using a qualitative approach. Interview data was
analyzed using a thematic method to abstract increasing levels of themes until
one main theme explained the data: finding a voice. This core theme demonstrated
that Japanese nurses had to learn toaccommodate difference while learning to speak up. Moreover, this needed
to occur through a number of cultural filters. The principal conclusion was
that migrant nurses face multiple personal and organizational challenges when
working in a new environment. Finding a voice is the method in which nurses
learn to communicate and work within new healthcare settings. Nurses use a
number of filters to manage the transition. The host country needs to recognize
these differences and accommodate them through orientation modules.
From
the Ministry of Health
Family Violence Assessment and Intervention
Guideline: Child abuse and intimate partner violence
Family violence is a
population health issue that occurs globally, and is not limited to any one
gender, religious, cultural or income group.
Violence and abuse in
families can have damaging cumulative physical and mental health effects that
can last for many years after the abuse has ended.
Health care providers are
in an ideal position to assist victims of interpersonal violence and abuse as
health providers come into contact with the majority of the population for
routine health care, pregnancy, illness or injury or by bringing children to
health care providers. Victims of abuse seek care from health care providers
far more often for a range of health problems than do individuals who have not
experienced abuse. Health care providers are therefore well placed to engage in
early identification, support and referral of victims of abuse.
This Family Violence
Assessment and Intervention Guideline is a practical tool to help health
providers make safe and effective interventions to assist victims of
interpersonal violence and abuse. It has been written as a generic health
professional guideline, setting out principles of intervention that will apply
to a number of health professions and a number of clinical settings.
The guideline presents a
six step model for identifying and responding to family violence within health
care settings. Given the co-occurrence of partner abuse and child abuse, the
guidelines also outlines an integrated response to addressing both of these
issues. The guidelines have been endorsed by a number of health professional
and family violence intervention organisations.
The guidelines are intended
for use in conjunction with health professional training offered through the
Ministry of Health Violence Intervention Programme.
Resources
online
The Journal of
Primary Health Care (JPHC) is the peer-reviewed, open access research
journal of The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP).
The JPHC provides
its New Zealand and international audience of general practitioners, practice
nurses, community pharmacists and other primary health care practitioners with
independent, peer-reviewed, research-based knowledge to apply in their
practices. More
June issues is available in full text here
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21 June 2016
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