Welcome to the College of Nurses – News Update.
No. 204 Wednesday 28
May 2014
From NZ media this week
Nurses hit, kicked and spat at
Disturbing new figures show doctors and nurses are exposed to
high rates of aggression from patients.
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/nurses-hit-kicked-and-spat-5979290
Calls to address patient aggression towards nurses
A call for something to be done about patient
aggression in New Zealand's hospitals.
http://bit.ly/1tLCyEJ
Patients
abusing hospital staff
Verbal and physical abuse of hospital workers
by patients is an ongoing problem and is under reported in Taranaki.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/10079262/Patients-abusing-hospital-staff
Hospital assaults concern
A survey showing 38% of public hospital staff
had been assaulted in the previous year highlights matters requiring ''urgent
attention'', University of Otago researchers say.
http://www.odt.co.nz/campus/university-otago/303293/hospital-assaults-concern
Violence rate in hospitals high: survey
Sexual assault, aggression, threats against
health workers need 'urgent attention'
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11259931
Hospital staff under attack
Hospitals are hotbeds of violence, with more
than one-in-three staff being attacked by patients, a new study shows.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10074792/Hospital-staff-under-attack
Hospital workers 'abused,
bashed'
Too many workers in New Zealand's hospitals are
being punched, threatened and sexually assaulted by aggressive patients, health
professionals say.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10074878/Hospital-workers-abused-bashed
WDHB appoints full-time clinical nurse
specialist urology
The recent appointment of a full-time clinical nurse
specialist urology has been welcomed by Whanganui District Health Board’s
director of nursing Sandy Blake, the team of nurses treating urology patients
in Whanganui and the Palmerston North-based urologists who hold regular clinics
in Wanganui Hospital’s Outpatients Department.
http://bit.ly/1pvMIGX
Nurse aims to jab entire
family
Howick
Resident Gillian Davies is jabbing her entire family.
No, she's not
wishing them harm, quite the opposite. Rather, she wants to protect them all
from pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1405/S00117/nurse-aims-to-jab-entire-family.htm
Bay nurse charged for sexual relationship
with patient
A Hawke's Bay nurse is facing charges of
professional misconduct for starting a sexual relationship with one of his
patients, who had a number of significant mental health issues including
anxiety and a history of self-harm and suicide.
http://bit.ly/1kIw2M2
New
national tikanga standards for rongoa released
A new set of standards to ensure the delivery
of safe, quality rongoÄ services has been released today, replacing the
original rongoÄ standards developed in 1999.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/new-national-tikanga-standards-rongoa-released/5/191272
Surgical Safety Checklist video released
As part of the Open for Better Care National Patient
Safety Campaign, the Health Quality & Safety Commission has released a
video on the use of the World Health Organisation’s surgical safety check list.
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2014/may-2014/20/surgical-safety-checklist-video-released.aspx
Healthcare workers gearing up to fight flu
Healthcare workers at
district health boards around the country are gearing up to fight influenza or
‘flu’ this winter – and some DHBs are reporting increased uptake in influenza
vaccination by their staff so far.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1405/S00133/healthcare-workers-gearing-up-to-fight-flu.htm
Concerns over combined telehealth crisis
lines
(2014, May 19). Radio New Zealand: Nine to Noon. ( 21′ 49″ )
Interview
09:08 Concerns over combined telehealth crisis lines with Alistair Herring -
National Director of Salvation Army Addiction Services and David Clark - Labour
MP for Dunedin North.
http://bit.ly/SMuEh6
International media
Nurses can change the picture of the
profession
Nurses
have the power to be a force for change in tackling the major health care
challenges facing the nation, according to the Australian College of Nurses
(ACN).
http://www.ncah.com.au/news-events/nurses-can-change-the-picture-of-the-profession/2094/
Surgical Infections Fly
under the Radar at Outpatient Clinics
Outpatient
surgeries at freestanding medical centers are growing in popularity, but for
all their promise, gaps in tracking superbugs and other infections fuel concern
http://bit.ly/1gyi2ox
Hospitals look abroad in bid to beat London
nurse shortage
Hospitals are
recruiting overseas to fill nursing shortages on London wards.
Dozens of
nurses have been hired from Spain, Italy and Portugal and health bosses are
looking to recruit more.
http://bit.ly/1jwCJ3v
Nurse practitioners look to
ease supervision rules
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Rose Okoro, a nurse practitioner who specializes in family medicine, opened the Daystar Family
Clinic in Katy last October. Seven months later, she has only enough patients
to work there part time.
http://www.ketknbc.com/news/nurse-practitioners-look-to-ease-supervision-rules
Nurse practitioner offers life-changing
therapy
One of Faith Community Hospital's nurse practitioners, Joe
Clark, is on a mission and it's a good one. Clark began his career as a nurses
aid in 1988 and has since graduated with a Master of Science degree as an
advanced nursing practitioner. He began working at Faith Community Hospital in
June 2010.
http://www.jacksboronewspapers.com/news/ci_25792458/nurse-practitioner-offers-life-changing-therapy
HSJ Live 19.05.2014:
Concerns emerge over nurse numeracy
Qualified nurses being turned away from jobs because of poor
numeracy skills, it has been claimed, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
http://bit.ly/1nsNis9
School nurses save money:
study
(Reuters Health) - A Massachusetts program that
put full-time registered nurses in schools more than paid for itself by
averting medical costs and lost work for parents and teachers, according to a
new study.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/19/us-school-nurses-cost-idUSKBN0DZ1TW20140519
Autism link to vaccines dismissed by studies
of more than a million children
Australian researchers
collated all available studies on the issue and found no connection
http://bit.ly/1sO6AW0
Reducing residents' work hours may have
unintended consequences
Medical residents in Canada may work longer hours per shift
and per week than their counterparts in Europe, Australia and New Zealand but
there is conflicting evidence whether shorter shifts improve patient safety, a
new study has found.
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-05-residents-hours-unintended-consequences.html
Aged care
New guides for employers and migrants in the
aged care sector
Immigration New Zealand (INZ) has launched two
new guides containing useful tips and information for migrant workers and their
employers in the Aged Care sector.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/business/new-guides-employers-and-migrants-aged-care-sector/5/191217
Rest home death: Victim's care 'fell short'
The care provided to an elderly woman who died
following a horrific rest home accident "fell short", a coroner has
found.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11259743
DHB specific
Health translation bill rises in
'superdiverse' Auckland
Auckland's health boards are spending millions each year on
translation services catering to more than 85 ethnic groups who have little or
no knowledge of English.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10081328/Health-translation-bill-rises-in-superdiverse-Auckland
Cutting
service isn't safe: GPs
Napier GPs are urging people to pressure the Hawke's Bay
District Health Board (DHB) to continue funding an after-hours urgent nursing
service in Napier.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11258564
Hospital 'too tidy' to
spend $120m
Health spending advisers have suggested Palmerston North
Hospital is looking too tidy to warrant a proposed $120 million makeover.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/10067606/Hospital-too-tidy-to-spend-120m
Hospital
staff offer cost-cutting ideas
A cost-cutting meeting has been held for all
Wellington Hospital staff, at which suggestions ranged from car pooling to
ordering fewer medical supplies.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/10065934/Hospital-staff-offer-cost-cutting-ideas
Mental health
People using mental health services 'dying
prematurely'
People using mental health services in New
Zealand are dying prematurely from both natural and external causes, a new
University of Otago Wellington study has revealed.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/people-using-mental-health-services-dying-prematurely/5/191180
Suicide reporting law to change
The Government will move to open up aspects of suicide
reporting, in an effort to lower the number of self-inflicted deaths.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/10072103/Suicide-reporting-law-to-change
Bullying effects linger for
adults
The wounds of childhood bullying last for
decades - in both the health of victims and their bullies, a new study shows
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10074740/Bullying-effects-linger-for-adults
Pharmacy
Dangers of purchasing medicines over the Internet
highlighted
Medsafe is re-emphasising its warning about the
dangers of buying medicines online following a joint Medsafe and Customs
operation on substandard, illegal or counterfeit medicines crossing the border.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/dangers-purchasing-medicines-over-internet-highlighted/5/191232
Health Ministry 'needs to act to reduce
antibiotic use'
Targets to
reduce antibiotic use are urgently needed, according to new research from the
University of Auckland.
The Ministry
of Health needs to step up efforts to reduce antibiotic consumption in New
Zealand by setting reduction targets and then reporting on progress towards
these by each of the country’s District Health Boards, says Associate Professor
Mark Thomas from the University’s Department of Molecular Medicine and
Pathology.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/health-ministry-needs-act-reduce-antibiotic-use/5/191203
Public health
Extra support for
Aucklanders with pre-diabetes
Aucklanders at risk of diabetes have a new
nutrition and activity programme available to help them to improve their
health.
http://bit.ly/RyD36q
Children trip up rheumatic fever campaign
The multimillion-dollar fight against rheumatic fever is
being undermined by children not taking their medicine.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10070275/Children-trip-up-rheumatic-fever-campaign
New treatment funded for
severe gout
Patients with
severe gout will soon have a new treatment option as PHARMAC will be funding
febuxostat (Adenuric) from 1 June 2014.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1405/S00123/new-treatment-funded-for-severe-gout.htm
World Smokefree Day - 31
May - Empowering Whānau to Quit Smoking
The
Government has goal of a Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025 meaning that less than five
per cent of New Zealanders will smoke and tobacco will be difficult to sell and
supply.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1405/S00146/empowering-whanau-to-quit-smoking.htm
Men’s Health Week, 9-15
June, 2014
Men’s Health
Week is underway again this year to encourage New Zealand men to proactively
take charge and improve their health and wellbeing.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1405/S00144/mens-health-week-9-15-june-2014.htm
Health research
$30k research to understand concussion
injuries
A Hutt Hospital emergency department nurse is hoping his
ground breaking research will help people better understand concussion.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10061693/30k-research-to-understand-concussion-injuries
Social health
Mental health wards clogged with the homeless
An entire ward of mental health patients are living in a
hospital to avoid homelessness, costing the Canterbury District Health Board at
least $13,000 a night.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10091051/Mental-health-wards-clogged-with-the-homeless
Obesity
Budget 2014: $40m for
anti-obesity initiative
Encouraging families to live healthy,
active lives is part of the Government’s approach to reducing obesity in New
Zealand.
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2014/may-2014/26/budget-2014-$40m-for-anti-obesity-initiative.aspx
Health system crushed by overweight
A morbidly obese teenager weighing 270kg was crushed and
killed by the weight of his own body in the intensive care unit.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10081306/Health-system-crushed-by-overweight
Sir Peter Gluckman to lead global attack on
Childhood Obesity
Dr Margaret Chan, Director
General of the World Health Organisation announced at the World Health Assembly
on Monday in Geneva, the establishment of a Commission to end Childhood
Obesity. Dr. Chan has named Sir Peter Gluckman, Science Advisor to the Prime
Minister of New Zealand and Dr Sania Nishtar, a renowned public health
scientist and former Minister of Science and Education of Pakistan, to co-chair
the Commission.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1405/S00111/sir-peter-gluckman-to-lead-attack-on-childhood-obesity.htm
Work and management
Spotlight on domestic violence
Bill asks employers to do more for staff under
stress at home.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11262782
Health and wellness
Tai chi: A gentle way to fight stress
Tai chi helps
reduce stress and anxiety. And it also helps increase flexibility and balance.
http://mayocl.in/1kIwoCn
Articles of interest
Risky business
Nurses must
be aware of social networking pitfalls
For anyone who has ventured into the world of
social media, the initial sense of thrill is hard to forget. After entering an
email address and password to open a social networking account, users discover
infinite possibilities for connecting and re-connecting with friends,
co-workers, relatives and people across the world.
http://news.nurse.com/article/20140421/NATIONAL05/304210016#.U2MKjPmSz-o
EMERGING
INFECTIONS: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV)
AJN, American Journal of Nursing
January 2014
Volume 114 Number 1
Pages 56 - 59 -
Epidemiology on the ground identifies and tracks a new respiratory virus. -
See
more at: http://www.nursingcenter.com/lnc/JournalArticle?Article_ID=1650096#sthash.zZLU8B5G.dpuf
Publications and Reports online
Kaiawhina Support Worker Workforce Action
Plan
Health Workforce New Zealand (HWNZ) and Careerforce are working together
to develop a workforce action plan that will focus on the development of the
health and disability Kaiāwhina/non-regulated workforce.
http://bit.ly/1kItJbL
Report examines RN work
environments
A new "Charting Nursing's Future"
brief from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation details a series of programs
designed by and for nurses that have “spurred the creation of work environments
that foster healthcare quality and patient safety” 10 years after a landmark
Institute of Medicine report.
http://news.nurse.com/article/20140519/NATIONAL05/305190039#.U4Pog_mSz-o
From the Ministry of Health
Indicators for the Well Child / Tamariki Ora
Quality Improvement Framework – March 2014
The Ministry of Health, in
partnership with sector expert advisors, developed the Well Child/Tamariki
Ora (WCTO) Quality Improvement Framework, drawing on New
Zealand and international research.
The Framework has three
high-level aims, focusing on family/whānauexperience, population health and
best value for the health system resource and sets quality indicators to audit
health system performance.
This is the second
publication of the WCTO Quality Indicators which show areas of excellence and
areas for improvement. The WCTO Quality Indicators support the Ministry, DHBs
and providers of WCTO and related child health services to identify and
prioritise areas for national and local quality improvement.
http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/indicators-well-child-tamariki-ora-quality-improvement-framework-march-2014
Tikanga ā-Rongoā
Providing safe and quality
rongoā care to tūroro is paramount to the wellbeing of our communities.
The development of this
document has been a collaborative journey with representatives from the rongoā
sector that defines a benchmark of excellence to deliver safe and quality
rongoā services.
This voluntary standard
provides clear requirements for providers. It encourages and supports
consistency of quality rongoā care and the ongoing development of the rongoā
workforce. Guidance is provided in separate toolkits on how these requirements
can be achieved.
http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/tikanga-rongoa
Te Ohonga Ake: The Determinants of Health for
Māori Children and Young People
This report explores the
determinants of Māori infants, children and young people using a range of
routinely collected data sources.
Te Ohonga Ake: The
Determinants of Health for Māori Children and Young People in New Zealand
provides an overview of the underlying social determinants that influence the
health and wellbeing of Māori children and young people.
Determinants are considered
using four main sections covering the wider macroeconomic and policy context;
socioeconomic and cultural determinants; risk and protective factors; and
health outcomes as determinants.
http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/te-ohonga-ake-determinants-health-maori-children-and-young-people
Professional development
Tackling
determinants, changing behaviours symposium
This free symposium is taking place on Tuesday 3 June at
the University of Auckland. This event brings together international and local
experts to present on current research on the determinants of health and
behaviour change in improving population health and reducing health
inequalities.
http://www.nihi.auckland.ac.nz/page/news/front-page/symposium-offers-local-and-global-perspectives-tackling-health-determinants-and
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