Welcome to the College of Nurses – News Update.
No. 216 Wednesday 20 Aug
2014
From NZ media this week
Kiwi pair head to Ebola crisis
Two New Zealand nurses are
en route to Sierra Leone to help fight the Ebola crisis.
Wellington health
co-ordinator Sharon Mackie, 45, and Whangarei nurse Donna Collins, 48, will
arrive in the African nation on Thursday (local time) where they will undergo
four days of specialised training.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10381049/Kiwi-pair-head-to-Ebola-crisis
INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORKS
FOR NURSING RESEARCH
When Associate Professor Dr Clare Harvey came
to EIT from Flinders University of South Australia, she brought funding for
several research projects on which she had been previously collaborating with
colleagues in Australia and the USA. As well as taking on the role of
Postgraduate Programme Coordinator in EIT’s School of Nursing, she gathered
together teams of researchers from within the school to further two of those
projects and bring a New Zealand focus to each.http://www.eit.ac.nz/2014/international-frameworks-for-nursing-research/
Survey to assess standard of nursing care
Patients will rate their
experience at Waikato Hospital as part of an initiative to improve nursing
care.
Hospital nurse managers
will ask five patients from 25 wards a series of questions to gauge their
overall priorities and level of satisfaction.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/10381079/Survey-to-assess-standard-of-nursing-care
Not enough nurses: MP
Nurse-to-patient
ratios in Dunedin Hospital's emergency department are being stretched to as many
as one to 10, Dunedin North MP Dr David Clark says.
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/312430/too-few-nurses-mp
Rural Women NZ/Access Homehealth scholarship
awarded to BOP nurse
The 2014 Rural Women NZ/Access Homehealth
scholarship has been awarded to Bay of Plenty nurse Ellen Walker.
Ellen is studying to become
a rural health nurse practitioner, and will use the $3000 scholarship to help
fund her post-graduate diploma studies at the University of Auckland.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1408/S00310/rural-women-access-homehealth-scholarship-awarded-to-nurse.htm
NZ's biggest hospital undergoes 'nursing
revolution'
A new programme implemented at Auckland
Hospital has increased the time nurses are spending bed-side while giving
patients more of a say in their care.
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/nz-s-biggest-hospital-undergoes-nursing-revolution-6059088
NetPs have place - UCOL
Nurse entry to practice programmes (NetPs) are
needed for nursing graduates who require work experience as registered nurses,
the academic leader of UCOL's Nurse Education Team says.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11310328
Abuse, assault rise on wards
Assaults and verbal abuse of frontline health staff is rising
in Marlborough but the problem could be worse, with incidents being
under-reported by staff, a Blenheim registered nurse says.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/10397866/Abuse-assault-rise-on-wards
From international media sources this week
Specialist nurses take over continence and
stoma prescription services
Patients who use continence or stoma products
in the borough will now receive their prescriptions from specialist nurses.
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust has taken over
the prescription services meaning patients will have easier access to expert
staff and support for their conditions.
http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/88866/specialist-nurses-take-over-continence-and-stoma-prescription-services
NPs and PAs perform office procedures beyond their medical training,
study finds
Amidst the primary care shortage, mid-level providers like nurse practitioners(NPs) and physicians assistants (PAs) perform procedures for which
they may not have formal training across primary care offices around the
country, a newstudy published in JAMA
Dermatology revealed.
http://www.fiercepracticemanagement.com/story/nps-and-pas-perform-office-procedures-beyond-their-medical-training-study-f/2014-08-19
Nurse practitioners help
fill the care gap
LOUISVILLE – Nurse practitioner Bob Hobbs
once came within days of closing his doors to patients because a doctor who
gave him permission to write prescriptions was leaving the state and he
couldn't find another one quickly enough.
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2014/08/17/nurse-practitioners-help-fill-care-gap/14190521/
Nurse fitness drive hopes to grow
A project which sees student nurses in southern
Scotland take part in an exercise programme could become a formal part of their
training.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-28834720
DHB specific
Review slams DHB's mental health service
A litany of systemic failings have been uncovered by an
investigation into the mental-health service at Palmerston North Hospital
following two apparent suicides within three weeks of each other.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10390919/Review-slams-DHBs-mental-health-service
Wanganui joins drive for health
Wanganui
will be in the front line of a new Government initiative to combat obesity.
The
Healthy Families NZ initiative will be led by Maori health agency Te Oranganui
and receive $2 million funding over the next four years.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11309681
Health Board makes plans as Ebola spreads abroad
Whanganui
District Health Board has a plan in place for an Ebola outbreak.
Since
March 22, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed 1069 confirmed, probable
and suspected Ebola deaths in West Africa up to August 11.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11309699
Health sector ready for pandemics
Mounting international concern over Ebola
outbreaks in West Africa and an overload of flu cases this winter is raising
questions about whether New Zealand is prepared to handle a disease pandemic.
Lydia Anderson reports on a disease that last week saw Whangarei Red Cross
nurse Donna Collins head to West Africa to treat victims of the deadly Ebola
outbreak.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=11310629
Public health
Cancer patients more likely to die in NZ
Hundreds of New Zealand cancer patients would not have died
from the illness if they were faced with the same battle in Australia,
according to a leading researcher.http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10387304/Cancer-patients-more-likely-to-die-in-NZ
Govt defends cancer screening progress
The Health Minister has defended progress being made
to introduce national screening for bowel cancer, following studies showing
death rates from cancer are much higher in New Zealand than Australia.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/252178/govt-defends-cancer-screening-progress
Social health
'Woeful housing' risks children's health
Children
are suffering from overcrowded living conditions and risks to their health as
rental housing gets not only more expensive but of worse quality, a new report
says.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/252098/%27woeful-housing%27-risks-children%27s-health
Obesity is 'a symptom of poverty'
They are low-income workers or beneficiaries, they like sport
on television but can't afford the gym, they love the ease of takeaway food and
can't afford to buy healthily.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10387625/Obesity-is-a-symptom-of-poverty
Election 2014
Election 2014: Free visits to doctor big gun
on health battlefield
Parties wheel out the
variations, but one policy is the focus of all.
In health, the election has become a bidding
war focused on the new centre ground of free doctor visits.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11311349
Health and wellness
Need stress relief? Try the 4 A's
Expand your
stress management tool kit by mastering these four strategies for coping with
stress: avoid, alter, accept and adapt.
http://mayocl.in/1sZFpL1
Articles of interest
Nurse leaders'
responsibilities in supporting nurses experiencing difficult situations in
clinical nursing
To make nurse leaders aware of different kinds of
difficult situations in clinical nursing that may cause suffering to nurses and
to discuss how nurse leaders can approach and alleviate this suffering.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2834.2012.01468.x/abstract
Qualities of exemplary
nurse leaders: perspectives of frontline nurses
This paper reports on a study that looked
at the characteristics of exemplary nurse leaders in times of change from the
perspective of frontline nurses.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jonm.12092/abstract
Looking ahead to our next
generation of nurse leaders: Generation X Nurse Managers
The present inquiry identifies elements of
professional success, and personal and professional fulfilment as defined by
Generation X Nurse Managers.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jonm.12198/abstract
New publications
The nursing role in integrated care models:
Reflecting on the United State's experience (PDF 570.7 KB)
Abstract:There is
growing recognition that integrated care can improve the quality of care that
individuals receive and make the best and most efficient use of limited
resources.This briefing informs ongoing policy debate, facilitates
international learning, and highlights the nursing contribution – a distinction
less commonly made.
http://www.rcn.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/579277/004_601_WEB.pdf
Professional development
International Pacific Health Conference 2014
About the
conference
The
International Pacific Health Conference will be held in Auckland on 3 to 5
November 2014 at the Rendezvous Grand Hotel. It is an extraordinary
opportunity for interdisciplinary dissemination of health research, practice,
and knowledge. The theme of the conference is Pacific health solutions
through research and practice.
The
conference is supported by the Health Research Council of New Zealand in
partnership with the Ministry of Health; Secretariat of the Pacific Community;
Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan; AUT University
Pacific Islands Families Study; the University of Otago; John A. Burns School
of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa; Le Va; Ministry of Social
Development Pasefika Proud; the University of Auckland; AUT University; and the
Pasifika Medical Association.Objectives
The
International Pacific Health Conference is a significant opportunity to:
convene a
meeting of 300 community stakeholders, advocates, policy makers, philanthropic
leaders, researchers, and students to provide an opportunity for interdisciplinary
dissemination of health research, practice, and knowledge
develop
strategies for effective interventions of evidence-based results to address the
health challenges of Pacific communities globally.
http://pacificconference.hrc.govt.nz/
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