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to the College of Nurses – News Update.
No. 238 February 4 2015
From NZ media this week
Christchurch nurse to work with Ebola victims
'My mum thinks I'm mad'
Somali-born Christchurch nurse Sahra Ahmed concedes she is
"either brave or silly" as she starts work next week with Ebola
victims in Sierra Leone.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/65531801/christchurch-nurse-to-work-with-ebola-victims
New midwives to
undergo extra year of monitoring
Newly
registered midwives will be required to undergo a further year of monitoring by
mentors before they are allowed to practise alone.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/65508204/new-midwives-to-undergo-extra-year-of-monitoring
New midwives should
not lead care - coroner
A coroner's report on
the death of a Waikato mother and baby says newly graduated
midwives should not go straight into working without oversight.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/65621844/new-midwives-should-not-lead-care--coroner
1,000th baby enrolled on child health service
Midlands Health Network’s
ground-breaking National Child Health Information Platform has reached a major
milestone with its 1,000th enrolment.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1501/S00095/1000th-baby-enrolled-on-child-health-service.htm
More children
receiving B4 School Checks
Health minister Jonathan Coleman says more
children than ever are benefiting from the free before school health
checks.
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2015/january-2015/29/more-children-receiving-b4-school-checks.aspx
Patients flock to Whanau Ora
The Whanau Ora model has proved to be successful for one
Tikipunga health clinic that has gained 100 new patients per month.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=11392976
'Fattist' culture:
Kiwis miss out on surgery
Kiwis
have far less access to life-saving weight-loss surgery than our slimmer Aussie
cousins, sparking accusations of a "fattist" culture.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/teach-me/65575974/fattist-culture-kiwis-miss-out-on-surgery
International experts taking part in stroke
conference
Experts, engineers, physiologists, clinicians,
medical academics and students from around the world will discuss the impact of
new technology on helping recovering patients at an international stroke
rehabilitation conference in Christchurch in May.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/international-experts-taking-part-stroke-conference/5/212468
Neuroscientist: Sex differences crucial
in evaluating medication
Recent
research showing the different effects of medicines on men and women could lead
to big changes in the way drugs are assessed and prescribed.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/65526090/neuroscientist-sex-differences-crucial-in-evaluating-medication
From International media
Nurses turning wedding gowns into angel gowns
CEDAR RAPIDS — St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar
Rapids estimates more than 25 babies die at the hospital’s birth center each
year. But a group of nurses is stitching together lace and silk for those
infants.
Read more at http://www.kcrg.com/subject/news/nurses-turning-wedding-gowns-into-angel-gowns-20150201#mvWp0WKEs2RxYkyU.99
More help needed for addicted health care workers
We were gratified last week when the state senate unanimously
approved a bill calling for criminal background checks for applicants of
registered and practical nursing licenses.
http://www.newsleader.com/story/opinion/editorials/2015/01/31/help-needed-addicted-health-care-workers/22659489/
Huddles
'help children's hospital care'
It's good to talk, we're always told. And now child health
expert Dr Peter Lachman says "huddles" - informal meetings of
hospital staff - are a simple way of improving children's hospital care.
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-30229871
Patient safety
What are incident reports telling us? Australian study
This report published in the International Journal for Quality
in Health Care compared reported medical errors in two Australian
hospitals. It revealed that only a small number of clinically important
prescribing errors were captured in the incident systems, with some 78.1% going
undetected.
The authors of the paper, "What are incident reports telling us? A
comparative study at two Australian hospitals of medication errors identified
at audit, detected by staff and reported to an incident system", conclude
that there are inaccuracies inherent in the practice of using incident
frequency to compare patient risk or quality performance within or across
hospitals. They suggest that there are new approaches, such as data mining,
which are needed to support better control of medication errors.
Westbrook JI, Li L, Lehnbom EC, Baysari MT, Braithwaite J, Burke R, I International
Journal for Quality in Health Care. First published online, January
2015. ttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzu098
http://intqhc.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/01/12/intqhc.mzu098
Social health
Gambling bill needs hardening up
Millions of dollars are being "sucked" from the
community through a "blight" of pokie machines and new legislation is
doing little to correct the problem, local advocates say.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/65502006/Gambling-bill-needs-hardening-up
Work and management
Conference
presentation – requires free registration in order to download
Addressing the problem – workplace bullying
Author: Marion
Pawson, Beyond Stress, Coach Beyond Stress
This paper,
Marion Pawson provides information and tools with which to address the problem
of bullying in the workplace, how to recover from bullying and what needs to be
done to prevent it from happening.
http://www.conferenz.co.nz/whitepapers/addressing-problem-workplace-bullying
Health and safety
Workplace
violence: Assessing risk, promoting safety
As a nurse, you're there for people who are hurt, ill, or
in crisis. Because nurses work hard to make things better for vulnerable
patients, we're among the most trusted professionals. However, sometimes the
work we do puts us in situations where we're at risk for being harmed. Are you
prepared to assess the risk of violence and take steps to keep yourself and
others safe? - See more at: http://bit.ly/1zFrOOX
Articles of interest
Systematic
implementation of evidence-based practice in a clinical nursing setting: a
participatory action research project (pages 57–68)
Jolanda HHM
Friesen-Storms, Albine Moser, Sandra van der Loo, Anna JHM Beurskens and Gerrie
JJW Bours
To describe the process of implementing evidence-based
practice in a clinical nursing setting.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jocn.12697/abstract
Factors influencing why nursing care is missed (pages
47–56)
Ian Blackman,
Julie Henderson, Eileen Willis, Patricia Hamilton, Luisa Toffoli, Claire
Verrall, Elizabeth Abery and Clare Harvey
This study explores the reasons nurses identify missed care
and what factors account for this variance in nursing practice. Second, the
study seeks to understand if the identified reasons behind missed care interact
with one another and form a multidimensional construct.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jocn.12688/abstract
Consultations
Health (Protection) Amendment Bill
Public submissions are now
being invited on the Health (Protection) Amendment Bill.
The closing date for
submissions is Friday, 13 February 2015
This bill proposes
amendments to the Health Act 1956 to improve the tracing of people who may have
an infectious disease, or may have been exposed to one; increase the range of
infectious diseases that are notifiable, and provide incremental options for
the management of individuals with significant infectious diseases. The bill
also proposes introducing a ban on the provision of commercial artificial UV
tanning services to people under 18 years of age and seesk to make a number of
administrative changes to streamline legislation including the inclusion of
tuberculosis as a notifiable infectious disease under the Act and the
consequent repeal of the Tuberculosis Act 1948.
The bill is available
online from the `Related links´ panel.
The committee requires 2
copies of each submission if made in writing. Those wishing to include any
information of a private or personal nature in a submission should first
discuss this with the clerk of the committee, as submissions are usually
released to the public by the committee. Those wishing to appear before the
committee to speak to their submissions should state this clearly and provide a
daytime telephone contact number. To assist with administration please supply
your postcode and an email address if you have one.
Further guidance on making
a submission can be found from the Making a Submission to a
Parliamentary Select Committee link in the `Related documents´ panel.
http://www.parliament.nz/en-nz/pb/sc/make-submission/51SCHE_SCF_00DBHOH_BILL56943_1/health-protection-amendment-bill
From the Ministry of Health
Indicators for the Well Child / Tamariki Ora
Quality Improvement Framework - September 2014
The Well Child / Tamariki
Ora Quality Indicators publication identifies variable clinical practice,
service quality and health outcomes across Well Child Tamariki Ora and related
child health services.
http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/indicators-well-child-tamariki-ora-quality-improvement-framework-september-2014
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3 February 2015
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