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No. 422, Wednesday 14 November 2018
NATIONAL NEWS
Lakes District Hospital's nurses best in SDHB region
The nursing team at Lakes District Hospital's been named Team of the Year in the Southern DHB's Staff Excellence Awards.
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NZ announces support for Samoan nursing centre
New Zealand has announced support for a memorial and the refurbishment of a nurses' training centre to mark the centenary of the deadly 1918 influenza pandemic reaching Samoa's shores.
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$11.5m still spent on removing tonsils, despite international trends
Other countries are looking at ditching tonsil surgery, while New Zealand spends an average $11.5 million on the medical procedure every year.
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Tonsil decisions not taken lightly
OPINION: The recent article - $11.5m still spent on removing tonsils, despite international trends provoked discussion around the Ear Nose and Throat boardroom table during our weekly meeting.
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New health group set up to tackle much-needed health prevention measures - launches today at parliament
One-third of premature death and disability in New Zealand is caused by smoking, alcohol, obesity and unhealthy diets, yet less than a half a percent of the health budget is spent on preventing that damage, say a new health group launched today in parliament.
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DHBs
Auckland DHB temporarily closes a maternity ward due to staffing pressures
One of Auckland City Hospital's maternity wards has been closed due to staffing pressures.
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Bay of Plenty District Health Board pays out half a million in grievances
Almost $500,000 in personal grievances have been paid out by the Bay of Plenty District Health Board in the last three years.
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Canterbury DHB and Health Ministry dispute admissions to secure unit
Ministry of Health staff have been accused of "intimidating" and "bullying" behaviour by Canterbury clinicians who advised they could not admit a person to a secure unit.
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Wellington children’s hospital gets $45 million funding boost from Government
Construction of Wellington's new children's hospital has begun with the news it will receive a $45.6 million funding boost from taxpayers.
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New $14.8m ICU opening next week
When Dunedin Hospital's new $14.8million intensive care unit opens next week it will be the small things which will have some of the biggest impacts.
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Bay of Islands Hospital gets $7.1m primary health centre injection from Government
A new health centre bringing GPs, outpatient clinics and dental services under one roof will be built in Kawakawa after an announcement this morning of $7.1 million in Government funding.
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HEALTH INEQUALITY
Systemic racism to blame for Maori health inequality
Systemic racism is to blame for New Zealand’s glaring ethnic health inequalities, which lead to poorer health outcomes and lower life expectancy for Maori, says Dr Owen Sinclair, a Maori Paediatrician based at Waitakere Hospital whose research focuses on health inequalities in the country.
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Māori and Pacific peoples more likely to suffer from gout
Māori and Pacific peoples more likely to suffer from gout, less likely to be treated
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HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES
Digital mental health tool trialled at three DHBs
A digital self-management tool for New Zealanders living with schizophrenia is being trialled at three district health boards.
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MENTAL HEALTH
One in eight Kiwi adults prescribed antidepressants
A Kiwi teacher caught up in the devastating 2011 Japan tsunami is one of thousands of New Zealanders being prescribed antidepressant drugs.
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OBESITY / SUGAR TAX
Fizzy drinks study shows labels will fail to fix obesity
A study showing Kiwi fizzy drinkers are unlikely to make healthy changes on their own supports a tax on sugary drinks, a researcher says.
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PHARMACY
Action needed to prevent opioid crisis in New Zealand
The overuse of prescription opioid medications overseas and skyrocketing opioid addiction that has followed is one of the greatest public health crises of our time and New Zealand needs urgent action to ensure we avert a similar disaster, says Dr Mike Foss, a Specialist Anaesthetist and Pain Physician at the Waikato District Health Board.
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PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
Federation Elects Substantive Governance Board
The Federation of Primary Health Aotearoa New Zealand (the Federation), whose purpose includes promoting primary health as the central function and main focus of New Zealand’s health system, has confirmed the outcome of the election to appoint its substantive Governance Board.
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PUBLIC HEALTH
Infants to finally be offered meningicoccal B vaccine
New Zealand finally has a vaccination for its most-common form of the killer meningococcal disease.
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RURAL HEALTH
Urgency required on rural health training
The New Zealand Rural General Practice Network today said a decision on the training of rural health professionals was urgently needed to head-off a pending crisis in the rural health workforce.
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'Virtual' rural medical school proposed
Otago and Auckland universities have proposed a school of rural health to address the shortage of health professionals across rural New Zealand .
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Rural health school bid not a threat to Waikato med school push: backers
A rural health school pitch "doesn't go far enough" but would delay the need for a third medical school, Waikato med school backers say.
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TOBACCO, DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
New insights into the neural risks and benefits of marijuana use
Research released today underscores both the dangers and the therapeutic promise of marijuana, revealing different effects across the lifespan. Marijuana exposure in the womb or during adolescence may disrupt learning and memory, damage communication between brain regions, and disturb levels of key neurotransmitters and metabolites in the brain. In Alzheimer's disease, however, compounds found in marijuana, such as the psychoactive compound delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), may improve memory and mitigate some of the disease's symptoms.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Encouraging more health workers to have flu jab needs new approach that connects on an emotional level
Persuading more health workers to have the flu jab to protect themselves and their patients cannot be done through facts and statistics alone, new research by a leading behavioural scientist from Kingston University has revealed. Instead it demands a new approach that connects with people emotionally to sustain immunisation rates at effective levels.
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Why hospitals should let nurses take outdoor breaks
For nurses feeling burned out during hospital shifts, an outdoor break in a garden can help mitigate emotional exhaustion, a study published in the American Journal of Critical Care found.
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New health group set up to tackle much-needed health prevention measures - launches today at parliament
One-third of premature death and disability in New Zealand is caused by smoking, alcohol, obesity and unhealthy diets, yet less than a half a percent of the health budget is spent on preventing that damage, say a new health group launched today in parliament.
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NURSE RESILIENCE AND BURNOUT VARY BY GENERATION
Nurse demographics such as generation, shift, and role influence development of resilience and burnout.
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ARTICLES OF INTEREST
Complexities of the Australian perioperative nurse entrepreneur
This paper articulates a need for the nurse entrepreneur working as a surgical assistant. Negatively impacting on the role are the complex factors of:
lack of professional support from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia; lack of a process for remuneration through the Medical Benefits Schedule; and a lack of guidance to navigate the bureaucratic system.
KEY WORDS: nurse entrepreneur, nurse practitioner, surgical assistant
Toni Hains, RN, MClinSc (PNSA), MNPractSt, PhD Scholar, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Catherine Turner, RN, PhD, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia
Haakan Strand, RN, MNPractSt, PhD, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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REPORTS ONLINE
Taking Stock: Primary Care Innovation
“This report takes stock of primary care innovation in New Zealand. It is based on a synthesis of available research, supplemented by [the author’s] analysis of insights from key stakeholders.” Source: Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)
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The above information has been collated for the College of Nurses Aotearoa (NZ) Inc by Linda Stopforth, SNIPS and is provided on a weekly basis. It is current as at Tuesday 13 November 2018
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