Welcome to the College of Nurses – News Update.
No. 224 Wednesday 15 October 2014
From NZ media this week
Whitireia to host mental health nurse
educators forum
This week
Whitireia plays host to the Mental Health and Addiction Nurse Educators Forum
at its Porirua campus.
The forum,
held every two years, commences on Thursday and is aimed at mental health and
addiction nurse educators from clinical and education settings. Around 60 nurses
will be attending from across New Zealand. Chief Nurse Dr Jane O’Malley will
open the forum on Thursday morning. Day one will focus on co-existing problems
and physical health issues in mental health and addiction nursing; with day two
focusing on what should be being taught, when and how. Attendees will hear from
local and national speakers and workshop the issues presented.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/whitireia-host-mental-health-nurse-educators-forum/5/204239
EIT
Donates Nursing Books to the Cook Islands
Student nurses in the Cook Islands have lots of
extra reading to look forward to, with staff from EITs School of Nursing
donating textbooks to support their three-year training programme.Media Release
http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2014/10/eit-donates-nursing-books-to-the-cook-islands/
Maori nurses struggle to find work
The National Council of Maori nurses and other
health organisations are labelling the lack of jobs for Maori graduate nurses,
a national crisis.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/256499/maori-nurses-struggle-to-find-work
Pegasus Health announces appointment of
Director of Nursing
Pegasus Health (Charitable)
Ltd, Canterbury’s leading primary health network, today announces the
appointment of Michael McIlhone as the new Director of Nursing.
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2014/october-2014/09/pegasus-health-announces-appointment-of-director-of-nursing.aspx
Ebola nurse returns to New Zealand
A Wellington nurse back from fighting Ebola in Sierra Leone
says the West African country is teetering on the edge of collapse, with the
outbreak likely to get worse before it gets better.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10599907/Ebola-nurse-returns-to-New-Zealand
'Changes needed' at
Southern DHB
Senior doctors say changes will be needed at
the Southern District Health Board (DHB) if it is to regain the confidence of
frustrated clinicians.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/256398/'changes-needed'-at-southern-dhb
UC and CPIT launch new degree programme
The University of Canterbury (UC) will launch
its new Master of Health Sciences and Bachelor of Nursing joint initiative with
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT) today (13 October).
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/uc-and-cpit-launch-new-degree-programme/5/204594
Easing age tensions among nurses
Learn generational needs and strengths and all factions win,
say researchers
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11342333
From international media sources this week
Why hospitals need more generalist doctors
and specialist nurses
New medical technologies and treatments over
the past few decades have led to remarkable improvements in treating older
patients. The annual death rate for
an 80-year-old male in 2011 was just 5.6%, compared with 10% thirty years
earlier.
http://theconversation.com/why-hospitals-need-more-generalist-doctors-and-specialist-nurses-18899
Bringing Nurses Back to the Bedside: How Novant
Health Tripled Direct Patient Care Time
In 2010, inspired by statistics from Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health leaders decided to
investigate the amount of time the system's nurses were actually spending at
the bedside during their 12-hour shifts.
http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/bringing-nurses-back-to-the-bedside-how-novant-health-tripled-direct-patient-care-time.html
3 strategies for surgical fire prevention
Between 550 and 650
surgical fires occur each year across the country, according to the AORN Journal.
Here are three strategies
from the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses to strengthen fire
safety programs and prevent surgical fires.
http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/3-strategies-for-surgical-fire-prevention.html
Increased
demand on nurses leaves shortfall of 10,000 staff
The number of NHS nurses per patient has fallen in the past four
years, opening up a "workforce gap" equivalent to 10,000 full-time
staff, official figures have shown.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/increased-demand-on-nurses-leaves-shortfall-of-10000-staff-9789294.html
DHBs and PHOs
Self Help for Patients to
Speed up Emergency Time
Thames
Hospital will become the first hospital in the country to trial a patient kiosk
in the emergency department, an idea first mooted by its clinical director Dr
Ruth Large last year.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1410/S00093/self-help-for-patients-to-speed-up-emergency-time.htm
Mental health
Seek help with mental
health issues urges NZRGPN
Rural folk
who are feeling anxious, stressed, depressed or suicidal must talk to their GP
or health professional sooner rather than later. That’s the message from the
New Zealand Rural General Practice Network in line with Mental Health Awareness
Week (October 6-12).
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1410/S00064/nzrgpn-focuses-on-mental-health.htm
Social media
Breast cancer awareness: Nurses can make a
difference!
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Whether you
are a breast cancer survivor, know someone who has had the disease, or feel
connected to the struggle simply because you’re a nurse, October is a great
impetus to get involved in the fight. Here are 5 ways you can make a
difference as a nurse.
http://scrubbedin.nurse.com/breast-cancer-awareness-nurses-can-make-difference/?utm_source=nursecom-national-ezine_10-5-14&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nationalezine
Work and management
10 tips for dealing with workplace bullying
Sometimes the office is just an extended version of the
school playground. There are the same personalities clashing all the time - the
kind-hearted do-gooder, the popular group and, of course, the bully.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11339691
Articles of interest
The importance of professional standards
Professional standards describe the competent level of care in each
phase of the nursing process. They reflect a desired and achievable level of
performance against which a nurse's actual performance can be compared. The
main purpose of professional standards is to direct and maintain safe and
clinically competent nursing practice.
http://www.nursingcenter.com/lnc/JournalArticle?Article_ID=2539430&Journal_ID=417221&Issue_ID=2539429
Breast
Cancer Risk Assessment in Primary Care
MCN, The American Journal of Maternal/Child
Nursing
October 2014
Volume 39 Number 5
Pages 313 - 318
Abstract:
Breast cancer is the most common cancer (when excluding skin cancers) in women
and the second most common cause of cancer death in women, with a lifetime
prevalence of 12.5% (American Cancer
Society [ACS], 2013a, 2013b; National Cancer Institute [NCI], 2012). Breast cancer screening reduces risk of
cancer death, thereby increasing rate of survival to up to 89% for women with
stage 1 and 2 breast cancer (Bleyer & Welch, 2012;Howlader et al., 2012). Despite these data, undue harm may occur
with unnecessary screening because overidentification of risk, and excessive,
costly biopsies may result. Costs and benefits of screening must be weighed.
Nurses at all levels can play a pivotal role in promotion of appropriate breast
cancer screening and subsequently breast cancer prevention by using accurate
screening tools, such as the Tyrer-Cuzick model. Although there are some
limitations with this tool, screening at the primary care level has
demonstrated improved clinical outcomes (Roetzheim et al., 2012). Its use can help nurses accurately assess a
woman's breast cancer risk, by promoting appropriate screening at the primary
care level (Roetzheim et al., 2012).
http://bit.ly/1s02Xy6
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