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College of Nurses – News Update.
No. 189 Wednesday 12 February 2014
From NZ media this week
Local nurse in Govt scheme
One of 48 nursing scholarships granted by the Ministry
of Health is being given to a graduate working in Wanganui.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11195878
Graduate Nurses to Help Bay’s High Needs
Practices
A graduate nurse who this
week takes up a role under a Ministry of Health initiative says she has a very
special reason to put her heart and soul into her new job.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1402/S00014/graduate-nurses-to-help-bays-high-needs-practices.htm
Nursing grads missing out on jobs
Newly trained Maori nurses are taking work in
rest homes because they can't get a job they have trained for, according to Te
Kaunihera o Nga Neehi Maori - the National Council of Maori Nurses.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/235076/nursing-grads-missing-out-on-jobs
Initiative aims to boost Maori nursing
numbers
Counties Manukau Hospital registered nurse Marieann Mohi
understands the importance of increasing the number of Maori nurses in New
Zealand’s hospitals and health facilities.
http://www.ncah.com.au/news-events/initiative-aims-to-boost-maori-nursing-numbers/2001/
New nurse happy to 'give back care'
Losing her husband to cancer has given Robyn
Wickham a special reason to put her heart and soul into her job, starting this
week under a Ministry of Health initiative.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11197985
Service to health recognised
A
WAIRARAPA woman who has worked in health for more than half a century, got her
PhD at the age of 74, and worked in isolated bush communities has been awarded
Maori of the Year for Health.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wairarapa-times-age/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503414&objectid=11198174
Voluntary Bonding Scheme Registrations open
Registrations of interest for the 2014
Voluntary Bonding Scheme have formally opened today announced Health Minister
Tony Ryall.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/voluntary-bonding-scheme-registrations-open/5/180503
Latest VBS initiative another milestone along
the road
The addition of primary
care nursing to the list of hard to staff specialities to be supported by the
Voluntary Bonding Scheme is a significant mark along the road to better health
services in rural communities, the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network
says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1402/S00015/latest-vbs-initiative-another-milestone-along-the-road.htm
Elderly woman's broken hip left untreated for
days
Rest home staff who left an elderly woman's
broken hip untreated for several days have been ordered to apologise and will
be reviewed by the Nursing Council.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11196143
Public funding for diabetes service in HB
'must be reinstated'
The GPSI (General Practitioner with Specific
Interest) Diabetes Service in Hawkes Bay is concerned that the local District
Health Board has stopped public funding of its service despite its outstanding
clinical outcomes.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/public-funding-diabetes-service-hb-must-be-reinstated/5/180570
Primary care
Study to evaluate best school clinic
treatments
A major research project evaluating the
effectiveness of school clinics to help prevent acute rheumatic fever in
children is underway in three district health boards.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/study-evaluate-best-school-clinic-treatments/5/180516
Public health
Many pregnancy illnesses preventable: study
Nearly 40 per cent of cases in which pregnant
women are admitted to intensive care in New Zealand because of severe illness
are potentially preventable, according to a University of Otago study.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=11198194
NZ scientists take on sugar
A group of New Zealand scientists is gearing up
to emulate the success of anti-tobacco campaigners by getting rid of
sugar-flavoured soft drinks by 2025.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=11198199
\International media
Critical care nurses call 5 routine practices
into question
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, as part of
the Critical Care Societies Collaborative, has identified five routine critical
care practices that should be questioned because they may not always be necessary
and could be harmful.
http://news.nurse.com/article/20140202/CRT02/302020010#.UvEf4vmSzEI
Cooks Nursing School reopens after five years
The head of the newly re-opened nursing school
in the Cook Islands says students will be trained to care for specific local
health needs.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/235300/cooks-nursing-school-reopens-after-five-years
Older nurses
favored over recent graduates for employment
Results of a survey distributed among nurses
from 34 states indicated that nurses licensed in 2010 or 2011 were less likely
to work in a hospital than nurses licensed in 2004 or 2005, according to a
press release issued by NYU on Jan. 29.
http://nyunews.com/2014/02/05/nurses/
Study finds room for improvement in
workplace relation
With the high rate of turnover in nursing well documented, new
findings from a study by Southern Cross University's School of Business point
to staff relationships as one of the key reasons why so many nurses leave the
profession.
http://www.ncah.com.au/news-events/study-finds-room-for-improvement-in-workplace-relations/1998/
Quality
problems in America's nursing homes tied to turnover
Nursing researchers find adverse outcomes are
linked to turnover in studies of a sample representing more than 16,000 nursing
homes in the United States, suggesting that preventing staff turnover should be
given greater emphasis.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140207083613.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fliving_well+%28Living+Well+News+--+ScienceDaily%29
All in the details: Nurse
researchers work to solve problems plaguing patients and the profession
Want to eliminate cancer, falls or errors? Join
the ranks of nurse researchers working to solve these and other problems
patients and nurses face. Research, nurses say, aims to advance the overall
goal of the profession — better patient care.
http://news.nurse.com/article/20140123/NATIONAL06/140124015#.UvPOAvmSzEI
Articles of interest
Mix empathy with passion
Veteran RNs could be more
helpful to newcomers
She glanced to either side as she slowly ambled
down the hall, her shoes like cement blocks with every step. Her teammates
pretended not to notice her as she passed, but she felt their piercing stares
on her back. There were no smiles, not one friendly face.
http://news.nurse.com/article/20140127/NATIONAL05/301270040#.Uu8FdfmSzEI
The
Orthodox Jewish patient: five things we should know
The Jewish population of Australia runs
about 97 000 individuals. With this sparse number of persons with whom
some of us will have infrequent direct contact, it may be helpful to review the
issues involved in caring for an Orthodox Jewish patient.
http://www.ausmed.com.au/blog/entry/the-orthodox-jewish-patient-five-things-we-should-know-1?utm_source=Newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20140206-newsletter%20(1)&utm_content=&spMailingID=7901523&spUserID=OTE5NzMzMzg0OAS2&spJobID=120354216&spReportId=MTIwMzU0MjE2S0
Cultural considerations at the end of life
Nurse Practitioner:
15 February 2014 - Volume 39 - Issue
2 - p 24–31
Abstract: It is important
for nurse practitioners to understand their patients' cultural backgrounds to
provide competent care at the end of life. Understanding the concepts of
various cultures can keep the lines of communication open and help providers
elicit the necessary information to make the end-of-life experience as
comfortable as possible.
http://journals.lww.com/tnpj/Fulltext/2014/02000/Cultural_considerations_at_the_end_of_life.7.aspx
Of possible interest
Standards
New Zealand has the following drafts available for public comment
Health
Draft for public comment
DR4011.1 - Single-use medical examination
gloves Part 1: Specification for gloves made from rubber latex or rubber
solution (ISO 11193-1:2008, MOD) (Revision of AS/NZS 4011:1997 (in part))
To cover rubber and poly(vinyl chloride) gloves respectively, this
Part 1 of AS/NZS 4011 specifies rubber gloves only.
Comments close on 02/04/2014
DR4011.2 - Single-use medical examination
gloves Part 2: Specification for gloves made from poly(vinyl chloride) (ISO
11193-2:2006, MOD) (Revision of AS/NZS 4011:1997 (in part))
To cover rubber and poly(vinyl chloride) gloves respectively, this
Part 2 of AS/NZS 4011 specifies poly(vinyl chloride) gloves only
Comments close on 02/04/2014
DR4179 - Single-use sterile rubber surgical
gloves? Specification (ISO 10282:2014, MOD) (Revision of AS/NZS 4179:1997)
To adopt the ISO Standard with Australian/New Zealand technical
variations to ISO 10282
Comments close on 02/04/2014
Professional development
1st Global Conference on Emergency Nursing
and Trauma Care
18-21 September 2014
Crowne Plaza, Dublin, Ireland
Come and join the 1st Global Conference on Emergency Nursing and
Trauma Care to share the latest research, knowledge, ideas, innovations and
current developments within nursing and healthcare in both the developed and
developing world.
The conference is for anyone involved in the delivery,
development and organisation of emergency nursing, trauma care, paramedical and
medical sciences. It will address the following themes for which abstracts for
oral and poster presentations and symposia are invited by
17 March 2014:
http://www.globaledconference.com/index.html
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