Welcome to the College of Nurses – News Update.
No. 209 Wednesday 2
Jul 2014
From NZ media this week
Boost for nurses, relief for GPs
Changes to nurse practitioners' prescribing authority for
drugs will increase access to healthcare and take pressure off GPs, Manawatu
nursing experts say.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/10206426/Boost-for-nurses-relief-for-GPs
Nurse aims to jab entire family
In a bid to fight the country's whooping cough
epidemic, an Auckland nurse is ensuring her entire family is immunised against
the disease.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11284165
Thousands not on list: Grey Power
Grey
Power is preparing to bombard the Government with examples of
"failures" in its elective-surgery programme.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11282270
High rate of chlamydia in teens
"Staggeringly
high" rates of chlamydia have been reported among New Zealand teenage
girls.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10202541/High-rate-of-chlamydia-in-teens
Committee calls for radical change towards
family violence
The fourth report from the Family Violence Death Review
Committee (FVDRC) calls for a radical change in the way New Zealand responds to
its most dangerous and chronic cases of family violence.
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2014/june-2014/26/committee-calls-for-radical-change-towards-family-violence.aspx
International media
Nurse endoscopists for Queensland
A number of Queensland hospitals will soon be home to nurse
endoscopists as part of a long-term plan to reduce public waiting lists for
endoscopy services.
http://www.ncah.com.au/news-events/nurse-endoscopists-for-queensland/2131/
Specialist
team to handle mental health emergency call-outs
Mental health
nurses are to work with police and paramedics to deal with emergency call-outs
in Lincolnshire.
The pilot
street triage scheme will see mental health nurses and paramedics attending incidents
where police officers believe people need immediate mental health support.
http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/update/2014-06-24/specialist-team-to-handle-mental-health-emergency-call-outs/
New overseas registration process will
enhance public protection
The
Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) will introduce a new registration process
for nurses who trained outside the EEA in autumn 2014 which will enhance public
protection.
http://www.nmc-uk.org/media/Latest-news/New-overseas-registration-process-will-enhance-public-protection/
NMC Code set to highlight importance of
delivering fundamental care to both living and dying
People
in their final days and hours of life can expect to receive the high standard
of care afforded to any person needing to be looked after by nurses.http://www.nmc-uk.org/media/Latest-news/NMC-Code-set-to-highlight-importance-of-delivering-fundamental-care-to-both-living-and-dying-/
Aged care
Our dirty little secret - abuse of elderly
Elder abuse is gathering attention as the country's quiet
crime, and one aged care specialist says not enough is happening to prevent it.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10209495/Our-dirty-little-secret-abuse-of-elderly
$18 million for improving
care for rest home residents
Associate Health Minister Jo Goodhew today announced
additional investment of $18 million to further improve the care of rest home
residents throughout the countr
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2014/june-2014/30/$18-million-for-improving-care-for-rest-home-residents.aspx
DHB specific
Patients to give feedback on care
Patients in the top of the south will soon be encouraged to
rate their stay in hospital.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10197844/Patients-to-give-feedback-on-care
Public health
Rotavirus vaccine now free for all babies
A newly state-funded vaccine that becomes
available for babies today is expected to avoid up to 1200 children's hospital
admissions each year and prevent tens of thousands more cases of illness.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11284909
How to reduce cancer death rates
Cancer was the leading
cause of death in New Zealand in 2010, accounting for nearly a third of all
deaths.
That’s an increase of
nearly 13% between 2000 and 2010.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1406/S00107/how-to-reduce-cancer-death-rates.htm
Bowel-cancer scheme faces staff shortages
New Zealand is facing a bowel-cancer crisis, experts say, as
medical specialists struggle to keep up with the demand for screening and
figures show the Ministry of Health is expecting to be able to recruit a little
more than 40 staff over the next decade.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10205196/Bowel-cancer-scheme-faces-staff-shortages
Scrap breast screening for under 50s, say
experts
Breast screening for women under 50 should be scrapped,
public health experts say, amid growing evidence that some are receiving
unnecessary surgery
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10205191/Scrap-breast-screening-for-under-50s-say-experts
Drugs, alcohol and smoking
Decline in
funding for mass media campaigns undermines smokefree 2025 goal
A steady
decline in funding for mass media campaigns to promote smoking reduction is
undermining the Government’s goal to achieve a smokefree New Zealand by 2025,
warn ASPIRE 2025 researchers.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1406/S00112/decline-in-funding-undermines-smokefree-2025-goal.htm
Articles of interest
The
Intentional Development of Nurses as Leaders: A Proposed Framework
In their 2010 report on The Future of Nursing, the
Institute of Medicine called for nurses to be prepared to lead in all areas of
healthcare. However, the nursing profession lacks consensus on a framework to
guide the development of nurses as leaders and has yet to define essential
leader competencies. This article reviews the Army's intentional, sequential,
and progressive leader development program that is grounded in essential leader
competencies. The applicability of this model to nursing is discussed, and
examples of how it could be applied are highlighted. This article proposes the
use of the military framework as a successful model for the intentional
development of nurses as leaders to meet the triple aims of better care for
patients, better health for populations, and reduced costs of care through more
efficient use of resources. -
See more at: http://www.nursingcenter.com/lnc/JournalArticle?Article_ID=2474300&Journal_ID=54024&Issue_ID=2474173#sthash.yra2w2im.dpuf
The
Influence of Nursing Unit Empowerment and Social Capital on Unit Effectiveness
and Nurse Perceptions of Patient Care Quality
OBJECTIVE: This study tested a multilevel model examining the effects of
work-unit structural empowerment and social capital on perceptions of unit
effectiveness and nurses' ratings of patient care quality.
BACKGROUND: Structural empowerment and social capital are valuable
resources for staff nurses that promote work effectiveness and high-quality
patient care. No studies have examined social capital in nursing at the group
level.
See
more at: http://www.nursingcenter.com/lnc/JournalArticle?Article_ID=2474348&Journal_ID=54024&Issue_ID=2474173#sthash.zdkkyfGy.dpuf
From the Ministry of Health
Equity of Health Care for Māori: A framework
Equity of Health Care
for Māori: A framework guides health practitioners, health organisations
and the health system to achieve equitable health care for Māori.
There are three actions
that support the framework.
Leadership: by
championing the provision of high quality health care that delivers equitable
health outcomes for Māori.
Knowledge: by developing a
knowledge base about ways to effectively deliver and monitor high quality
health care for Māori.
Commitment: to providing
high quality health care that meets the health care needs and aspirations
of Māori.
The framework is based upon
current literature in the field of quality improvement and research on
improving access to health services for Māori, indigenous peoples and
minority ethnic groups. The research was undertaken by Dr Fiona Cram
(Katoa Ltd) and focused on diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular services –
areas of high morbidity and mortality for Māori. It involved international
and national literature reviews and key informant interviews.
http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/equity-health-care-maori-framework
The Health of Māori Adults and Children,
2011–2013
This four-page report
presents key findings on the health and wellbeing of Māori adults and children
(2011–2013) and shows trends since 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS).
Pooling data from the 2011/12 and 2012/13 NZHS improves the precision of
estimates for Māori due to bigger sample sizes.
Key findings
Health behaviours and risk
factors
One in five Māori children
and two in five Māori adults were obese
Māori adults had similar
levels to non-Māori adults for being physically active (53%)
Two in five Māori adults
smoked
Health conditions
Almost all (97%) Māori
children were in good health, according to their parents
One in five Māori children
and 16% of Māori adults took medication for asthma
The rate of diagnosed common
mental disorder for Māori adults had increased since 2006/07
Access to health care
Two in five Māori adults
and 27% of Māori children had an unmet need for primary health care in the past
12 months
Māori children were just as
likely as non-Māori children to have visited a dental care worker in the past
12 months
For full results from the
latest NZHS see the New Zealand
Health Survey: Annual update of key findings 2012/13 and Regional
results from the 2011-2013 New Zealand Health Survey.
http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/health-maori-adults-and-children-2011-2013
The Guide to He Korowai Oranga – Māori Health
Strategy
He Korowai Oranga:
Māori Health Strategy sets the overarching framework to guide the
Government and the health and disability to achieve the best outcomes
for Māori.
He Korowai Oranga is a
web-based strategy that will be updated regularly. This guide will help you to
navigate the strategy and provides a description of its various elements –
including its overarching aim: Pae Ora – Healthy futures forMāori.
http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/guide-he-korowai-oranga-maori-health-strategy
'Ala Mo'ui: Pathways to Pacific Health and
Wellbeing 2014–2018
On a population basis,
Pacific communities experience poor health outcomes in New Zealand. For
example, Pacific male life expectancy is 6.7 years less than the total male population
and Pacific female life expectancy is 6.1 years less than the total female
population in New Zealand. Pacific health status remains unequal with
non-Pacific across almost all chronic and infectious diseases.
To facilitate the delivery
of high-quality health services that meet the needs of Pacific peoples, 'Ala
Mo'ui has been developed. This edition, 'Ala Mo'ui: Pathways to Pacific
Health and Wellbeing 2014–2018, builds on the successes of the former
plan, 'Ala Mo'ui 2010–2014. It sets out the strategic direction to
address health needs of Pacific peoples and stipulates new actions, which will
be delivered from 2014 to 2018.
http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/ala-moui-pathways-pacific-health-and-wellbeing-2014-2018
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