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to the College of Nurses – News Update.
No. 259 8 July 2015
From NZ media this week
Student Nurse Awarded
National Scholarship
EIT
nursing student Kathy Kupenga was stunned to open an email telling her she was
to receive the prestigious Te Apa Māreikura scholarship, one of only two made
nationwide by the Ministry of Health.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1507/S00041/student-nurse-awarded-national-scholarship.htm
Nursing Council boss
awaits approval for more registered nurses to prescribe
The
nurses’ regulatory authority expects a paper from Cabinet by December detailing
a possible new regulation allowing more primary healthcare nurses prescribing –
but the Ministry of Health is tight-lipped on it.
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news/2015/july-2015/07/nursing-council-boss-awaits-approval-for-more-registered-nurses-to-prescribe.aspx
Hutt Valley District
Health Board nurses lag behind other staff for flu shots
Nurses
need to taste their own medicine as numbers getting flu jabs lag behind other
medical staff.
Figures
provided by the Hutt Valley District Health Board to Fairfax reveal Hutt
nurses had the lowest vaccination rate with just 51 per cent taking on the
needle compared to administration, management and hospital support staff who
sat on top at 75 per cent.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/69863809/hutt-valley-district-health-board-nurses-lag-behind-other-staff-for-flu-shots
DHBs and PHOs
New approach aims to reduce Emergency Department
wait times
Wairarapa DHB is piloting a
new system that aims to reduce the amount of time patients spend waiting to see
a doctor.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1507/S00023/new-approach-aims-to-reduce-emergency-department-wait-times.htm
Drugs, alcohol and smoking
Alcohol
during pregnancy: the alarming stats
Large-scale
study on drinking habits of pregnant women
• Shows "alarmingly high rate of alcohol consumption"
• Single women who smoke most susceptible to drinking during pregnancy
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=11476953
Expert warns Maori at risk
After a history of oppression it is no wonder
many Maori struggle with alcohol-related issues, says a leader in Maori health.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=11476319
Annemarie Quill: Women and
the dark side of wine
A woman turns to her husband and says, "I
don't ever want to be kept alive, hooked up to a machine and dependent on
fluids."
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11475844
Society's serious alcohol problem
A Whangarei GP says she sees at least one
person a day who has a quite a significant issue with alcohol.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=11475546
Mental health
Stigma persists when key to mental healing is
inclusion
New Zealanders hold the mental health of many
of their fellow Kiwis in their hands. Mental illness is still shunned by many
in the community; old attitudes to mental health die hard - fear,
misunderstanding and discrimination are still common.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11476700
Obesity
Junk food advertising
ban best way to fight childhood obesity
Junk
food advertising is "powerful, pervasive and predatory" – and must be
regulated, says a new Medical Journal article.
Children
needed protection from the sophisticated marketing of food and drinks that were
making them fat, said Stefanie Vandevijvere and Boyd Swinburn from the Auckland
University school of population health.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/69901032/junk-food-advertising-ban-best-way-to-fight-childhood-obesity
Global food
restrictions needed to fight obesity, says study
Drastic
restrictions on food marketing, ingredients and prices are needed to fight the
flab, a new global study says.
A
study, by researchers at the University of Auckland, and published in
the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation on Wednesday, examines
rising global obesity and has put the blame squarely on our food supply.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/69859687/global-food-restrictions-needed-to-fight-obesity-says-study.html
Public health
Consultation on next steps
for bowel screening programme
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says the
Government will be consulting with the health sector to inform the next steps
towards the potential roll out of a national bowel screening programme.
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2015/july-2015/06/Consultation-on-next-steps-for-bowel-screening-programme-.aspx
Social health
Concern over lack of funding for NGOs
Wanganui's non-profit health and social
organisations are struggling for money, according to a health board member,
with two groups closing and another cutting its service by 40 per cent.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11475576
Money the sad fact about doctor visits
Sophie Marshall-Makaea says she feels like a
terrible mum for saying money is a factor on whether she takes her daughter to
the doctors, but it is the sad reality.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503438&objectid=11476348
From International
media this week
Government ‘to relax rules
for taking nurse test’
The health ministry will likely reduce the number of years of
experience required for assistant nurses (see below) to take correspondence
courses in preparation for the national examination for certified nurses from
the current minimum of 10 years to about five years, ministry sources said.
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002267428
Nurses
partner with pregnant women in East Texas
An area program that pairs nurses with pregnant
women through their children’s second birthday is showing how much more can be
done for kids when the grown-ups team up.
http://www.news-journal.com/news/2015/jul/05/nurses-partner-pregnant-women-east-texas/
Men topple nursing walls in
Nevada and nationwide
Health care
field becoming more popular, especially for those changing careers
http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/jul/05/men-breaking-down-walls-nursing/
New program to get nurses in rural areas
Rural and remote communities are set to get more nurses under a new
federal government program to bolster frontline health services.
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/07/03/new-program-get-nurses-rural-areas
Work and management
15 body language gaffes for
leaders to avoid
Body language is an important component of people's
personalities that is often overlooked, most likely because it is not something
we often think about or are aware of. However, your body language could be
sending people the wrong signals, impeding your ability to influence and lead.
http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/15-body-language-gaffes-for-leaders-to-avoid.html
From the Ministry of Health
Implementing Medicines New Zealand 2015 to 2020
Medicines play a
significant role in helping New Zealanders get well, stay well and live well.
We have already made positive changes in this area, but there are substantial
challenges ahead of us.
We need to buy, use and
manage medicines wisely. We need to meet the needs of our ageing population and
meet the needs of the increasing numbers of people with multiple chronic
conditions. And we need to meet these needs in a way that is more efficient,
more coordinated and achieves the most from our limited health dollars.
http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/implementing-medicines-new-zealand-2015-2020
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
8 July 2015
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