Welcome
to the College of Nurses – News Update.
No. 237 Wednesday 28
January 2015
From NZ media this week
Nurses celebrate 10 years of Operating Room
induction program
Nursing staff at Auckland
DHB are celebrating this month after completing the 10th year of a successful
Operating Room (OR) education program.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1501/S00058/10-years-of-operating-room-induction-program.htm
On the night shift: Many rewards in caring for
elderly residents
For Lee Hofmann, a 48-year-old registered nurse, the
sacrifices that come with working the night shift at Ocean Raeburn Resthome in
Cambridge are worth it.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=11389232
Young Kiwi nurse spends summer on volunteering
aboard hospital ship
A nurse has given up her
summer to give free medical care to children living in poverty.
Amanda Sewell, 26, is on
board mobile hospital Africa Mercy off the coast of Madagascar until the end of
January.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/65293334/Young-Kiwi-nurse-spends-summer-on-volunteering-aboard-hospital-ship
Smart inhaler gives asthma
kids 'improved quality of life'
A trial with 220 Auckland children has proved that a
"smart inhaler" that beeps when you forget to puff from it can
dramatically reduce asthma.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11390158
Pregnancy scans
inquiry
Concerns
that pregnant women are receiving more scans than ever has sparked a
government investigation.
And
some health professionals fear the sharp rise could be leading to more women
having their labours induced, which carries added risk.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/65390905/pregnancy-scans-inquiry
From International media
State study fails to answer nurse staffing problems
Review of nurse-patient ratios and results doesn’t have
enough specifics to resolve a long-simmering union issue.
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/289076701.html
Quebec Order of Nurses: Majority failed English licensing exam
47.3% of students who wrote English version passed, compared with 78.7
per cent of peers who wrote French exam
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-order-of-nurses-majority-failed-english-licensing-exam-1.2919239
MU: Nurses with
post-graduate training can improve health
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Researchers from the
University of Missouri's flagship campus in Columbia say nurses with
post-graduate training can help improve the quality of health care.
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/27930964/mu-nurses-with-post-graduate-training-can-improve-health
Nurse fatigue's dangers targeted by new policy
Operating room nurse John Kauchick said he's
worked 17-hour shifts and once stayed on the job for 23 hours straight —
risking fatigue that could lead to medical mistakes.
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2015/01/23/american-nurses-association-targets-fatigue-new-policy/22212309/
Public health
Mutations delay influenza vaccine
-Flu
vaccinations will start three weeks late this year after major mutations of
some strains of the potentially deadly virus.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/65285167/mutations-delay-influenza-vaccine
Drugs, alcohol and smoking
'Hillbilly heroin'
addiction from prescriptions
PATIENTS
ARE overdosing in hospital or being sent home with addictions to
"hillbilly heroin," sparking a nationwide investigation into the
extent of medical opioid use.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/65389167/hillbilly-heroin-addiction-from-prescriptions
Health and wellness
Resilience in the workplace
Does your post-holiday glow fade all too fast when you return
to work? There's much you can do to build your resistance to the negative
effects of excessive pressures and work demands.
http://www.abc.net.au/health/features/stories/2015/01/22/4165103.htm
Articles of interest
Research article
Associations
between level of services integration and nurses’ workplace well-being
Longpré C, Dubois C, Nguemeleu E
BMC Nursing 2014, 13
:184 (31 December 2014)
To respond better to population needs, in recent
years Quebec has invested in improving the integration of services and care
pathways. Nurses are on the front lines of these transformation processes,
which require them to adopt new clinical practices. This updating of practices
can be a source of both satisfaction and stress. The aim of this study was to
gain a better understanding of the relationship between the transformation
processes underlying services integration and nurses? workplace well-being.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6955/13/184/abstract
Research article
Construction
and validation of the quality of oncology nursing care scale (QONCS)
Charalambous A, Adamakidou T
BMC Nursing 2014, 13
:48 (19 December 2014)
There is scarcity of questionnaires specifically
on the quality of the nursing care provided to patients diagnosed with cancer.
The available questionnaires have been developed without attributing a holistic
approach to the care provided with important patient?s needs remaining without
assessment. The main aim was to develop a self-administered cancer specific
questionnaire exploring patients? views on quality nursing care provided in
oncology settings.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6955/13/48/abstract
Teaching
the Literacy of Professionalism: When Clinical Skills Are Not Enough
Many RNs
seeking their BSN degrees do not have well-developed nonclinical professional
skills related to scholarship. To address this issue, faculty used the
Community of Inquiry Framework to develop an elective, online course to help
RN-BSN students explore professional growth through writing, presenting, and
portfolio development. The authors discuss the course and its outcomes.
http://bit.ly/15uEPwB
New publications
Nursing Open – an online
open access journal from wiley
Now available full text at:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nop2.2014.1.issue-1/issuetoc
Professional development
Understanding Drugs and Addiction – Kings College
London
In 2015 Kings College / Institute of Psychiatry in the UK are
again offering their free online 6-week Understanding Drugs and Addiction
course.
Understanding Drugs and Addiction is a:
*6 week course
*Free and totally online
*Requires 4 hours per week
Course starts March 9th 2015
If you wish you may purchase a Statement of Participation at
course end (also opportunity to take an exam to qualify for a Statement of
Attainment- fee required). More information & enrolment details, as well as
a video are available via:
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/understanding-drugs-and-addiction
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
27 January 2015
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