Welcome
to the College of Nurses – News Update.
No. 266 26 August 2015
From NZ media this week
Tributes flow for NZ first Māori Nurse,
Putiputi O’Brien
Hundreds gathered at Ruaihona Marae in the Bay
of Plenty to farewell Putiputi O'Brien who died this week at 93 years of age.
Her commitment to Māori health and Māori nurses led her to become the patron of
the National Council of Māori Nurses.
https://www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/tributes-flow-nz-first-maori-nurse-putiputi-obrien
STALLED NURSE ENDOSCOPY TRAINING TO MAKE
FRESH START
A second attempt to get nurse endoscopy
training underway – to help boost the colonoscopy workforce prior to
introducing national bowel cancer screening – is set to start in
2016. An attempt at fast tracking nurse endoscopist training was announced
in mid-2014 by then Health Minister Tony Ryall. Training was due to start early
2015 but was stalled and recently a second start date was set for 2016.
http://nursingreview.co.nz/news-feed/2015/stalled-nurse-endoscopy-training-to-make-fresh-start/#.VdVxMvmqqkp
Graduate nurses finding jobs sooner
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says more
graduate nurses are finding jobs sooner according to the latest figures from
the nationwide system which places graduates into the workforce.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/graduate-nurses-finding-jobs-sooner/5/229852
Still no good news for new grad nurses
A release from Health
Minister Jonathan Coleman today, congratulating himself that more new graduate
nurses are finding jobs sooner has student nurses and other NZNO members rolling
their eyes.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1508/S00093/still-no-good-news-for-new-grad-nurses.htm
20,000 nurses accept
new pay deal
Thousands
of nurses, midwives and health care assistants will receive a 4 per cent pay
rise over two years under an agreement with district health boards (DHBs).
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/71439124/20000-nurses-accept-new-pay-deal
Healthy
lifestyle initiative helping more diabetics
Health
Minister Jonathan Coleman says a growing number of New Zealanders with type 2
diabetes or pre-diabetes are receiving support and advice through the Green
Prescriptions initiative.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/healthy-lifestyle-initiative-helping-more-diabetics/5/229408
Aged care
'Public health malpractice' - professor urges NZ healthcare
reform
A Massey University professor says the way we
treat healthcare for the elderly in New Zealand borders on malpractice.
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/-public-health-malpractice-professor-urges-nz-healthcare-reform-q06565
Mental health
More focus needed in rural suicide prevention.
Regions across New Zealand
are participating in Lifeline Aotearoa’s suicide prevention courses and
Lifeline is hoping more people in the rural community will sign on.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1508/S00080/more-focus-needed-in-rural-suicide-prevention.htm
Suicide First Aid, important as CPR.
Suicide prevention is
everyone’s business and nothing says this clearer than the provisional coronial
data for 2014/2015. With 569 suicides it’s fair to say that New Zealand has a
lot of work to do
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1508/S00079/suicide-first-aid-important-as-cpr.htm
Pharmacy
Access to medicines continues to improve
Health Minister Jonathan
Coleman says New Zealander's access to medicines continued to improve in
2014/15.
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2015/august-2015/19/Access-to-medicines-continues-to-improve.aspx
Pharmaceutical companies don’t want affordable
medicine
Tens of thousands of nurses
around the country are hoping against hope that Trade Minister, Tim Groser does
the right thing and walks away from TPP negotiations.
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2015/august-2015/19/Pharmaceutical-companies-don%E2%80%99t-want-affordable-medicine.aspx
Public health
Experts warn of
school-based oral health crisis by 2025
An ageing
workforce could lead to the demise of school-based community oral health care
services for children and adolescents living in rural areas by 2025, a recent survey
has revealed.
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2015/august-2015/20/-Experts-warn-of-school-based-oral-health-crisis-by-2025.aspx
From International
media this week
New partnering scholarship
launched to inspire and develop potential oncology nurses
As experienced oncology nurses know, a cancer diagnosis is
only the first step on a long and challenging road ahead—for patients and
providers alike. For both, a wide range of procedures
becomes part and parcel
of every day.
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150819/New-partnering-scholarship-launched-to-inspire-and-develop-potential-oncology-nurses.aspx
The New Age of Nursing
Recent grads look beyond
acute care to improve health systems
In
the next decade, as senior nurses leave the field, a new generation will take
their place. The transition won’t be easy, as registered nurses fresh out of
school must meet the massive demand of baby boomers and newly insured patients.
But UC Davis Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing alumna Nicole Smith believes
new nurses can transform the health care industry by disrupting the status quo.
http://www.comstocksmag.com/web-only/new-age-nursing
Key professions losing staff due to lack of support
for student mothers
Key professions such as nursing, teaching and social work are
losing thousands of potential recruits as student mothers drop out of higher
education due to a lack of support from universities, research suggests.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150819083654.htm
Four Measures that Are Key to Retaining Nurses
By
providing independence, matching nursing skills to the patient mix, and
reducing overtime, hospitals can help to ensure their nurses stay on the job.
Nursing
is a tough job. Nurses juggle it all — sick patients, worried families and
stressed doctors. They log long hours, often going to the hospital when it is
still dark outside and leaving when it is dark again. It is not unusual for
nurses to be floated to hospital departments where they feel that they haven't
received adequate training and are expected to take on the workload of a
20-year veteran.
http://www.hhnmag.com/Daily/2015/August/data-staffing-shared-governance-retain-nurse-staff-blog-kerfoot
Articles of interest
Tips for working with patients with diabetes
From her earliest years, Linda Siminerio, PhD,
RN, CDE, has been driven by a desire to gain and impart knowledge about
diabetes. Siminerio’s journey began as a child, watching her father
struggle with the disease, and continued through her work as a nurse and as one
of the country’s first diabetes educators.
https://news.nurse.com/2015/08/19/tips-for-working-with-patients-with-diabetes-2/
From the Ministry of Health
Evaluation of the Implementation of Choice in
Community Living: Phase One 2013
This report is a summary of
findings from the first 12 months of the Choice in Community Living (CiCL)
demonstration project. The evaluation has aimed to help key stakeholders
involved in its development and implementation by providing information about
how activities are working and identifying issues for further
consideration.
The evaluation was
conducted by Evalue Research in June and July 2013 with staff from the support
agencies, NASC and with 10 disabled people/whānau who have considered CiCL as
an option.
http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/evaluation-implementation-choice-community-living-phase-one-2013
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
25 August 2015
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