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College of Nurses – News Update.
No. 196 Wednesday 2 April 2014
From NZ media this week
Our Jane does good
When you first meet Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Occupational Health nurse Jane O'Kane a few things strike you.
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2014/march-2014/31/our-jane-does-good.aspx
'A huge accomplishment'
After 44 years in nursing, Gayle Lindley has
achieved a career high and is now Balclutha's first nurse practitioner (NP)
with prescribing rights.
http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/south-otago/296636/huge-accomplishment
Plain
packs derided as not working
Tobacco giants begin efforts to dissuade Govt from law change
with new research.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11229823
Plain packaging for tobacco
products is one step closer for New Zealand
Submissions
on the Smokefree Environments (plain packaging) Amendment Bill closed today,
Friday 28th March. Cancer Society Auckland congratulate the government for
progressing the adoption of plain packaging legislation in New Zealand, however
they urge government to take action.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1403/S00145/plain-packaging-for-tobacco-products-is-one-step-closer.htm
Top doctors call for more
research dollars
Cameron Buchanan and Linda Rademaker might not be researchers
themselves, but they know the value of scientific exploration and study
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/9888911/Top-doctors-call-for-more-research-dollars
Call for public to have say on trade deal
The union representing nurses is asking the
Government to allow some public input into the Trans Pacific Partnership trade
talks.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/240196/call-for-public-to-have-say-on-trade-deal
Sufferers looking overseas
A dentist chair probably doesn't appear in many holiday
dreams, but having your teeth done, eyes lasered or hip replaced overseas is on
the rise.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/9883231/Sufferers-looking-overseas
Aged care
A Better Start for Older People Reduces
Hospital Stays
Research released this
month shows that Waikato District Health Board's Supported Transfer and
Accelerated Rehabilitation Team (START) programme reduces the length of stay in
hospital and the risk of readmission following discharge.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1403/S00122/a-better-start-for-older-people-reduces-hospital-stays.htm
DHB specific
DHB cost cuts a 'risk'
Maori health is at risk if one of the country's
largest district health boards cuts staff costs and reduces services, according
to the Nurses Organisation.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/239934/dhb-cost-cuts-a-'risk'
Joint DHB plan 'no step' to future merger
Whanganui
District Health Board has taken the first step towards drawing up a joint
strategic plan with its Palmerston North-based neighbour, MidCentral District
Health Board.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11228467
Staff shortages 'starting to bite' in some
hospitals
Is there enough staff working at Waikato Hospital and for the
Waikato District Health Board?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/9878783/Staff-shortages-starting-to-bite-in-some-hospitals
Allied Health workforce set to up skill
A new on the job training
scheme for Allied Health workers has been launched in Canterbury.
Twenty one Canterbury District
Health Board Allied Health Assistants (AHA) are set to begin the new 15-month
course, giving them the opportunity to gain a National Certificate in Health
Assistance – Rehabilitation Assistance Strand.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1403/S00126/allied-health-workforce-set-to-up-skill.htm
Mental health
Legal highs a curse, says
councillor
Parents
say they are distraught and confused about why the Government is allowing
"psychosis-producing" legal highs into communities.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/9872035/Legal-highs-a-curse-says-councillor
Pharmacy
Are doctors
misusing antibiotic prescriptions?
Hospital doctors are causing potential harm by misusing
antibiotic prescriptions, a new study shows.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=11228075
Primary health care
Hospital an option in
emergency
If you could see a doctor
for free or pay almost $100, which would you choose?
The option seems logical
but many West Auckland patients don't realise they have a choice, claims
Waipareira Trust chief executive John Tamihere.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/western-leader/9887806/Hospital-an-option-in-emergency
Public health
Health and climate change
time bomb
Government
representatives and scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change have released their climate impacts report today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1403/S00151/health-and-climate-change-time-bomb.htm
Kiwis warned of dengue fever risk
Travellers to Asia and
Pacific urged to use insect repellents and cover their skin to avoid mosquito
bites.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11229811
Early
flu causes concern
Health officials are concerned clusters of the
harmful H1N1 virus, responsible for the 2009 swine flu pandemic, are appearing
unseasonably early.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11228905
Ryall pushing earlier cancer
target
Health Minister Tony Ryall has sought to introduce a new
national health target for cancer treatment almost a year earlier than
officials are recommending.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/9877187/Ryall-pushing-earlier-cancer-target
Social health
Income gap growing - poll
Nearly
three-quarters of New Zealanders believe the gap between rich and poor has
increased under six years of National Government and almost two-thirds feel they
are no better off or have gone backwards, a Herald-DigiPoll survey
suggests.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11229270
International media
Legislators, Again, Grapple With Mandatory
Nurse-Patient Ratio
It’s an issue that crops up at the State House every few years
and has never been resolved: Should there be a law limiting the number of
hospital patients under the care of a nurse at any given time?
http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2014/03/nurse-patient-ratio-state-house
Doctors
warn against allowing nurses to treat chronic pain
ST. PAUL — Some doctors are warning that a bill advancing in the Legislature that would allow Advanced
Practice Registered Nurses to diagnose and treat chronic pain patients without
a doctor's supervision could have dire consequences.
http://www.postbulletin.com/news/politics/doctors-warn-against-allowing-nurses-to-treat-chronic-pain/article_783534d3-83a3-5bd3-bd64-9c4ae02a1c3d.html
Every
secondary school to get a full-time nurse
EVERY secondary school in Oxfordshire will have
its own full-time nurse as part of a £1.55m deal announced today.
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/11104727.Every_secondary_school_to_get_a_full_time_nurse/
Nurse Prescription
Bill Squeaks Through
A bill that would let nurse practitioners
prescribe controlled substances and commit patients under the Baker Act
narrowly passed the Senate Health Policy Committee on Tuesday
http://health.wusf.usf.edu/post/nurse-prescription-bill-squeaks-through
Doctors, not nurses, raise patients' blood pressure
Next time you visit your GP to have your blood
pressure (BP) checked, you may want to ask the nurse to do it, say researchers
who have found that doctors routinely record higher levels.
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-26731731
Articles of interest
Dealing
with Aggressive Patients
We have all had those patients. Nearly every
nurse has experienced a patient shouting at her, berating her, and telling her
where to go.
http://bit.ly/1mqoJHQ
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From the Ministry of
Health
A Quality Framework and Suite of Quality
Measures for the Emergency Department Phase of Acute Patient Care in New
Zealand
This publication suggests a
quality framework including a common suite of measures. DHBs will be expected
to use these measures to improve the acute patient journey, thereby improving
patient experience.
Emergency departments and
district health boards all currently monitor a range of different measures. The
only mandatory common measure to date has been the Shorter stays in Emergency
Departments health target. This publication provides a suite of common
measures.
This publication is a
product of the National Emergency Departments Advisory Group.
http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/quality-framework-and-suite-quality-measures-emergency-department-phase-acute-patient-care-new
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