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to the College of Nurses – News Update.
No. 253 27 May 2015
From NZ media this week
Southern DHB
calling for nurses wanting to return to Nursing
Southern
District Health Board's Return to Nursing Programme will run another course in
Southland starting the 13th of July, with a call going out to all Registered
and Enrolled Nurses who are interested in returning to the workforce.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1505/S00095/southern-dhb-calling-for-nurses-wanting-to-return-to-nursing.htm
Waikato health chief tells staff to get flu shot or
mask up
The head of the Waikato
District Health Board has publicly criticised his staff in a controversial
editorial telling them to get a flu shot or "mask up".
DHB chief executive Nigel
Murray posted the editorial on Tuesday on Waikato Hospital's newsroom website
but some people responded labelling it as "institutional bullying".
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/68718010/Waikato-health-chief-tells-staff-to-get-flu-shot-or-mask-up
NZNO blasts Nigel Murray's blog: Vaccinate or mask
up
The nurse's union has blasted an editorial in which the
Waikato District Health Board chief executive suggests that his staff either
"vaccinate or mask up".
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/68762920/NZNO-blasts-Nigel-Murrays-blog-Vaccinate-or-mask-up
Mothers should get better care in NZ - expert
New Zealand should be one of the safest places in the world
to give birth but we lag behind other countries when it comes to maternal
health, an expert says.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=11451774
Child mortality report questioned
Save the Children findings put New Zealand 17th in healthcare
for mothers and babies.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11452051
Let's give dispossessed a
chance to dream
After some confusion about Whanau
Ora, our columnist visited a provider to better understand the initiative.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=11451933
Statement in response to Sunday Star Times article
on immunisation 25 May 2015
The Midwifery Council was
concerned to read an article in the Sunday Star Times yesterday
which stated that some midwives were undermining Ministry of Health messages
about immunisation.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1505/S00116/response-to-sunday-star-times-article-on-immunisation.htm
Budget 2015
Budget 2015: $50m more for
Whanau Ora programme
The Budget has allocated a further $50 million injection into
the Whanau Ora social services programme despite the Auditor-General raising
red flags about spending and the way the programme was run.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/budget-2015/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503822&objectid=11452503
Budget 2015: DHBs to get
$320m to meet cost pressures
The country's district health boards will get $320 million
over four years to meet cost pressures, in new spending announced in Budget
2015.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/budget-2015/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503822&objectid=11452510
Budget 2015: Benefits
rise in bid to tackle child poverty
A
$790 million package to lift children out of poverty will see benefits rise
beyond inflation for the first time in 30 years, but it won't come for free.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/68742199/budget-2015-benefits-rise-in-bid-to-tackle-child-poverty
Budget 2015: Cancer
survivors outraged at 'pathetic' funding for bowel checks
Bowel
cancer screening will be extended beyond the original four years in Auckland's
north and west, but the Government can not yet find the $40 million to $60
million for a national testing programme.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11452728
Budget 2015: Health
gets billion-dollar shot in the arm
The
Government has boosted the health budget by an extra $1.7 billion, taking the
country's largest spending area to a record $15.9b.
|http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/68742541/budget-2015-health-gets-billiondollar-shot-in-the-arm
From International media this week
Thousands of patients suffer as nurses fail to respond to call bells:
Only 13% say they were attended to right away
Thousands of hospital patients are being left in
pain and discomfort because nurses are not answering call bells, according to
the care watchdog.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3091992/Thousands-patients-suffer-nurses-fail-respond-call-bells.html#ixzz3av3K8vGi
Nurse Staffing Tied
to In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival
Nurse staffing levels and hospital work
environment have a direct effect on survival for patients who experience
in-hospital cardiac arrest, new research shows.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/845217
Report highlights
‘startling’ shortage of nurses
International
study largely positive, but points to delays in cancer care
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/report-highlights-startling-shortage-of-nurses-1.2224528
Cancer
Alcohol and
Breast Cancer
Breast cancer
is New Zealand’s third most common cancer, accounting for more than 600 deaths
every year and is the most common cancer in women.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1505/S00094/alcohol-and-breast-cancer.htm
Mental health
New Zealanders accepting of race, religion but not
mental illness
New Zealanders are accepting of diversity, sexuality and
religion but not of mental illness.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11454988
Drugs, alcohol and smoking
Synthetic cannabis health
scare
More than 30 people have been treated at Auckland City and
Middlemore hospitals for bad reactions to what is thought to be a potent
synthetic cannabis, in a cluster of cases that have surprised doctors in the
past three weeks.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11454095
Third-hand
smoke is worse than second-hand - author
Most people
know of the dangers of second-hand smoke, but not many have heard of the
third-hand threat.
Research has
proven second-hand smoke to be dangerous, especially in cars, with more than
350 people dieing in New Zealand each year because of it.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/68709039/thirdhand-smoke-is-worse-than-secondhand--author
Obesity
New Zealand health experts have endorsed three
priority policy actions to tackle child and adolescent obesity.
A paper published in the
latest World Health Organisation (WHO) Bulletin this month, shows there is
broad support among the public health community in New Zealand for implementing
priority actions put forward by public health experts.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1505/S00112/priority-actions-identified-to-tackle-child-obesity.htm
Articles of interest
Health
reform has advanced practice nurses in spotlight
There's less nodding and
more questions from people sitting in hospitals and doctors' offices as
consumerism takes root in health care.
http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/health/2015/05/23/health-reform-advanced-practice-nurses-spotlight/27817385/
American Sentinel University Shares Tips to Help
Nurses Improve Patient Education Skills
– Improved
Patient Education Skills Key to Providing Enhanced Care –
AURORA, Colo.
– May 20, 2015 – In today’s healthcare environment, nurses must provide patient
education as part of routine care to improve the likelihood of positive
outcomes. American Sentinel University, an innovative accredited provider
of online
nursing degrees, offers tips to nurses to help develop their patient
education skills.
http://www.americansentinel.edu/about-american-sentinel-university/newsroom/nurses-improve-patient-education-skills
3 ways to engage the next generation of RNs
In a recent blog post, Cornerstone OnDemand's
Christine Corning, RN, BSN and manager in Healthcare Vertical Sales,
highlighted 3 ways to engage the recent graduates from nursing schools
http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce-labor-management/3-ways-to-engage-the-next-generation-of-rns.html
Developing
a student-led health and wellbeing clinic in an underserved community:
collaborative learning, health outcomes and cost savings
Stuhlmiller
C, Tolchard B
BMC
Nursing 2015, 14 :32 (14 May 2015)
http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/s12912-015-0083-9.pdf
Motivations of nursing students regarding their educational preparation
for mental health nursing in Australia and the United Kingdom: a survey
evaluation
Edward K,
Warelow P, Hemingway S, Hercelinskyj G, Welch A, McAndrew S, Stephenson J
BMC
Nursing 2015, 14 :29 (10 May 2015)
http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/s12912-015-0084-8.pdf
Learning transitions–a
descriptive study of nurses’ experiences during advanced level nursing
education
Graue M,
Rasmussen B, Iversen A, Dunning T
BMC
Nursing 2015, 14 :30 (12 May 2015)
http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/s12912-015-0080-z.pdf
Assessing
the impact of academic-practice partnerships on nursing staff
Pearson M,
Wyte-Lake T, Bowman C, Needleman J, Dobalian A
BMC
Nursing 2015, 14 :28 (9 May 2015)
http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/s12912-015-0085-7.pdf
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
26 May 2015
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