Welcome to the College of Nurses – News Update.
No. 202 Wednesday 14
May 2014
From NZ media this week
Farm skills lead to medical innovation
Growing up on a farm gave a Taranaki orthopaedic nurse the
practical skills that led to her invention of a revolutionary piece of medical
equipment.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/agribusiness/10021877/Farm-skills-lead-to-medical-innovation
The icing on the cake for
Blanche
Graduating
with a Bachelor's degree in nursing was enough of an achievement to make
Blanche Frost happy, but winning the 2013 New Zealand Nurses' Organisation
Whakawatea Taonga was the icing on the cake.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/northland-age/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503402&objectid=11251643
Health minister thanks nurses for their
dedication
Health Minister Tony Ryall today acknowledged the country’s
nurses for their dedication, compassion and professionalism.
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2014/may-2014/12/health-minister-thanks-nurses-for-their-dedication.aspx
International Nurses Day
recognised
The work of nurses and the changing nature of
that work is being highlighted on International Nurses Day.
Read more: http://www.3news.co.nz/International-Nurses-Day-recognised/tabid/423/articleID/343740/Default.aspx#ixzz31U6AvB48
Simple mission drives decades of dedication
Jo
Lightfoot set out on a nursing career because she simply wanted to help people.
Her mission has not changed, 28 years on.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/10033445/Simple-mission-drives-decades-of-dedication
Brenda Pearson is Waikato's Nurse of the Year
Brenda Pearson wanted to mark the milestone of turning
50 by joining her sister Vanessa sipping champagne at the top of the Eiffel
Tower while watching the sunset over Paris.
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2014/may-2014/12/brenda-pearson-is-waikato's-nurse-of-the-year.aspx
Lakes DHB names top nurses and midwives
Nurses and midwives prepared to go the extra
mile have been recognised by the Lakes District Health Board.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503438&objectid=11253437
Nelson nurses blazed a
trail
It's International
Nurses Day on Monday - which doubles as Florence Nightingale's birthday! The
following is taken from a profile on Annette Milligan in Kai Tiaki Nursing New
Zealand, and is reproduced in the Nelson Mail with their permission.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/features/weekend/10035784/Nelson-nurses-blazed-a-trail
Paediatric enrolled nurse still passionate
after 36 years
Ask Kate
Phillips if she enjoys nursing and the answer comes in one word,
"passionately".
The Hamilton
enrolled nurse doesn’t even call what she does a job, to her it is a vocation
something she feels privileged to be doing four days a week at Waikato
Hospital.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/paediatric-enrolled-nurse-still-passionate-after-36-years/5/189916
There's more to good nursing than meets the
eye
Being a medical centre
nurse means having to be ready for anything. Just ask Marianne Lock, who is
part of the team at Hamilton's Anglesea Clinic.
"It can be very
demanding. You have to have a very wide range of medical skills because any
situation could come through those doors at any time.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/10033373/Theres-more-to-good-nursing-than-meets-the-eye
Praising our wonderful
nursing staff
Southern DHB
nurses are being congratulated and praised even more than usual on Monday (May
12), as they celebrate International Nurses Day.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1405/S00048/praising-our-wonderful-nursing-staff.htm
MidCentral District Health
Board celebrates International Nurses Day
International
Nurses Day is Monday 12 May, and MidCentral District Health Board and Central
PHO want to recognise the fantastic contribution that close to 2000 nurses make
every day of the year within the district.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1405/S00053/midcentral-dhb-celebrates-international-nurses-day.htm
Thanks
nurses! International Nurses Day 12 May - NZNO
Monday 12 May is International Nurses Day;
Florence Nightingale’s birthday and the day when all around the world people
take the time to thank nurses for the great work they do.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/thanks-nurses-international-nurses-day-12-may-nzno/5/189896
NMDHB celebrates International Nurses Day
For International Nurses Day on May 12 Nelson
Marlborough District Health Board (NMDHB) has engaged a world renowned expert
in nursing to speak with nursing staff in Nelson and Wairau Hospital.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/nmdhb-celebrates-international-nurses-day/5/189760
Health board wants service to go sky-high
''Our
senior nursing team are talking to Air New Zealand based in Dunedin to come and
give a talk at the hospital on how Air New Zealand delivers excellent customer
care.
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/301782/health-board-wants-service-go-sky-high
NZNO sends open letter to Prime Minister:
TPPA puts profits before New Zealanders’ health
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is one of a
more than 260 health sector individuals and organisations to sign an open
letter to the Prime Minister today, warning of the threat to New Zealanders’
health from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2014/may-2014/12/nzno-sends-open-letter-to-prime-minister-tppa-puts-profits-before-new-zealanders%E2%80%99-health.aspx
Waitangi a popular location for Maori nursing
students hui
Waitangi proved a popular location for the
annual national Maori student nurses hui this week with organisers and regular
attendees citing it one of the largest they can remember.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/waitangi-popular-location-maori-nursing-students-hui/5/189862
National Student Nursing hui at Waitangi
Over 200 Maori nursing students from around New Zealand are
being hosted at a four day hui at Te Tii Marae in Waitangi this week. The Maori
student nurses’ hui is an annual event and was organized by Te Kaunihera o Nga
Neehi Maori (National Council of Maori Nurses) in collaboration with the
NorthTec nursing programme. The theme of this year’s wananga is Rangatiratanga
(leadership) in nursing. Christine Sapwell, a Nursing Lecturer at NorthTec and
part of the organizing committee, said, "I’m excited for the students that
they get the opportunity to hear inspirational speakers such as Minister
Tariana Turia, Margareth Broodkoorn who is the Director of Nursing and
Midwifery for the Northland District Health Board, Maori Nurse Practitioners
and other inspirational leaders in nursing who model a positive future career
pathway."
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/national-student-nursing-hui-waitangi/5/189763
My disability cost me my dream job
I dream of being a nurse.
Unfortunately, after an
accident which left me a paraplegic, I was not allowed to continue studying to
become a nurse.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff-nation/assignments/do-new-zealanders-accept-difference/10023631/My-disability-cost-me-my-dream-job
New nurse practice partnership improving
diabetes care
Health Minister Tony Ryall today visited Karori
Medical Centre in Wellington to view a new model of care improving health
outcomes for diabetes patients in their local GP clinic.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/new-nurse-practice-partnership-improving-diabetes-care/5/189731
Prison nurses improve inmates' healthcare
They may be locked up but
they are healthy inside and out.
Invercargill Prison gained
its Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners' Cornerstone
Accreditation this week after months of work towards the recognition.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/10016210/Prison-nurses-improve-inmates-healthcare
International media
Advance nurses' rules eased
ST. PAUL - Minnesota's advance practice
registered nurses would have more freedom to practice without a formal
arrangement with a doctor under a bill headed to Gov. Mark Dayton.
http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2014-05-09/advance-nurses-rules-eased
Minn House passes bill
allowing advanced nurses to practice independently
St. Paul, MN (NNCNOW.com) - In a 119 to 13 vote, the Minnesota
House passed a bill Thursday allowing advanced practice registered nurses to
practice independently from doctors.
http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/Minn-House-passes-bill-allowing-advanced-nurses-to-practice-independently-258566441.html
Unregulated workers a poor solution to health
budget crisis
Amid the shortage of qualified nursing staff and rising health
costs, expert opinion has questioned the value of replacing registered or
enrolled nurses with unregulated nursing workers
http://www.ncah.com.au/news-events/unregulated-workers-a-poor-solution-to-health-budget-crisis/2089/
Hospitals may need to rethink ‘safe’ nursing
to patient ratios, says NICE
Hospitals may need to rethink “safe” staff to patient ratios
as more than eight adult patients per nurse risks poor quality care, says
evidence based draft guidance issued today by the National Institute for
Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
http://www.onmedica.com/newsarticle.aspx?id=38db83fd-dcf4-4ee7-a63a-d8355ec325ad
The new
nursing shortage
On one hand, things are looking pretty dandy
for nursing in the United States: the Bureau of Labor Statistics projected a 19 percent growth in employment for registered
nurses from 2012–2022. Compare that to an 11 percent average growth rate for
all occupations. That's a reason to celebrate during National Nurses Week.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/05/07/ozy-nursing-shortage/8807937/
Public health
Double the PR dosage in
health
Health authorities are doubling their communications budgets,
despite the strained health sector battling to reduce costs.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/10030005/Double-the-PR-dosage-in-health
Health to receive biggest Budget boost
Prime
Minister John Key has revealed the health sector will receive the biggest chunk
of this year's budget with over $15 billon being set aside.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/10032895/Health-to-receive-biggest-Budget-boost
Community trial helps diabetic
When Chris Ward was warned
diabetes was just around the corner, he didn't listen.
With a busy job and a
mortgage to service, there never seemed enough time for exercise, and fatty,
sugary foods were hard to resist. "I did all the things wrong," he
says.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10025736/Community-trial-helps-diabetic
Health research
Health costs set to double over next 50 years
People may be paying more for their own medical
care in future, and be under pressure to take in their ailing parents, as
health costs are set to almost double in the next 50 years, a public health
expert says.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11251239
Consider a collective social approach to
'chronic diseases'
OPINION: Healthcare costs have risen
at twice the rate of inflation for more than a decade. Ten per cent - and
rising - of our GDP pays for healthcare, the ninth highest percentage in the
OECD.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/comment/10026354/Consider-a-collective-social-approach-to-chronic-diseases
NZ healthcare costs rising
Imagine a world where every time you get a taxpayer-funded
health treatment, such as at a hospital, you are handed a "statement"
of what it cost.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10028462/NZ-healthcare-costs-rising
Work and management
How
to Cope When You Become too Emotionally Involved
You stand at the doorway and watch your
patient's chest rise and fall. All around him, his family are crying. They are
standing there, looking at you, waiting for you to tell them what the doctor
said. You don't want to break their hearts, but you can feel your heart
breaking inside of you. How many times has this patient come to this hospital?
http://bit.ly/1kXAkwF
Health and wellness
Wellbeing: why it matters to health policy
This document published by the UK Department of Health, looks at
why wellbeing matters to health through out someone's life, and what policy
makers can do about it. Health is the top thing people say matters to their
wellbeing. For health professionals, understanding the different parts of
personal wellbeing may offer insights into how their own work fits into a wider
context and how what they do can influence wellbeing.
http://ncahslibraries.blogspot.co.nz/2014/05/wellbeing-why-it-matters-to-health.html
Resilience: Build skills to
endure hardship
Resilience
means being able to adapt to life's misfortunes and setbacks. Test your
resilience level and get tips to build your own resilience.
http://mayocl.in/QrGbB0
Becoming a Resilient Person - The Science of
Stress Management (Mooc – online course, freely available)
This course
gives you the permission to take care of yourself by learning the skills to
manage stress and optimize wellbeing.
http://bit.ly/1l6Oyev
Articles of interest
Changing Tides:
Improving Outcomes Through Mentorship on All Levels of Nursing
Critical Care Nursing Quarterly
June 2010
Volume 33 Number 2
Pages 163 - 174 –
Critical care nursing is one of the most stressful
specialties in the nursing profession. The demands of the specialty can lead to
frustration and burnout at very high rates. High-quality, effective mentorship
can be a valuable tool in recruiting and retaining nurses for these areas as
well as improving their sense of job satisfaction. However, it must be
understood that effective mentorship begins with the organizational culture and
must have organizational buy-in to be successful. Also, because of the nursing
shortage and high turnover in the critical care units, new graduates are frequently
hired into these areas. Mentorship for these new nurses is crucial to their
success and retention as a new employee. If we do not foster growth and
development of young nurses, they may flounder, become extremely frustrated,
and seek out new alternative employment settings. Mentoring new graduates may
begin as early as their first exposure to critical care nursing in their
undergraduate nursing program as it did for this author (T.K.R.). My critical
care nurse faculty is the reason I entered critical care nursing and is now the
reason that I have branched into education. The information in this article is
not only pertinent to those working in critical care; it can be utilized and
explored on all levels of nursing. Through effective mentorship, we can
positively impact our healthcare organizations; improve job satisfaction; and
promote professional development and empowerment in students, new graduates,
staff nurses, educators, nurse leaders, and nurse faculty. Most importantly,
mentoring can result in improved nursing care, high-quality healthcare, and
improved patient outcomes. -
See more at: http://www.nursingcenter.com/lnc/CEArticle?an=00002727-201004000-00008&Journal_ID=54003&Issue_ID=990119#sthash.bU828N80.dpuf
Leadership
practices influence job satisfaction
Nursing2014 Critical Care
March 2014
Volume 9 Number 2
Pages 33 - 36 –
Critical care nurses' job satisfaction affects patient
safety, productivity, quality of care, retention, and commitment to the
organization and the profession. Likewise, poor nurse satisfaction leads to
negative consequences, such as overwhelming workloads, and rising expenses
associated with replacing nurses who leave their jobs and the profession.1-5 -
See more at:
http://bit.ly/1ghixDv
Invite
an Adversary to Lunch
Nothing provides greater pleasure than getting together
with friends and coworkers who share our values, views, and love of nursing.
It's heartening to hear "I know exactly what you mean!" and
"Isn't that just the truth!" But sometimes exposing ourselves to
people who don't share our values, or don't think like we do, or don't
particularly appreciate our profession can be powerful. New insights can be
gained - See more at: http://bit.ly/SVRiUs
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 May 2014
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