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No. 270 30 Sept 2015
From NZ media this week
Network recruits first permanent Nurse Practitioner
In a first-ever recruitment
appointment NZLocums has placed a Nurse Practitioner into a permanent role in a
New Zealand rural general practice.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1509/S00125/network-recruits-first-permanent-nurse-practitioner.htm
Dunedin nurse stole
hundreds of drugs for own use
A
nurse has been found guilty of pocketing hundreds of prescription drugs while
working at Dunedin Hospital.
Julie
Powell, who now lives in the United Kingdom, was found guilty of professional
misconduct after misappropriating prescription medication for her own use.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/72340221/dunedin-nurse-stole-hundreds-of-drugs-for-own-use
Cultural
Competence, Partnership and Health Equity: Professional Obligations Towards
Māori Health Improvement
The Medical
Council today called on doctors to work in partnership with Māori and address
the issues of inequity they face in the health system.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1509/S00113/professional-obligations-towards-maori-health-improvement.htm
Research tackles Maori and Pacifika heart
inequalities
New research will explore
why Maori, Pasifika and people living in areas of high deprivation are more
likely to die from a major heart event.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1509/S00138/research-tackles-maori-and-pacifika-heart-inequalities.htm
Smear test every five years, not three - proposal
New Zealand women would need a cervical smear
test every five years instead of the current recommendation for three-yearly
appointments, under a proposed change.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=11520795&ref=rss
DHBs and PHOs
Auckland
DHBs using more eReferrals
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says
Auckland’s three DHBs are increasingly using eReferrals, enabling faster more
accurate transfer of patient information.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/auckland-dhbs-using-more-ereferrals/5/232543
Hospitals with high death rates face scrutiny
Whangarei, Whakatane
and Gisborne say factors other than good care skew figures.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11517946
Social health
State may try to stop
some families having more children
Some
families who have come to the attention of authorities may be stopped from
having more children by the Government.
Social
Development Minister Anne Tolley told TVNZ's Q+A said she expected the
panel looking at restructuring Child, Youth and Family would recommend
getting faster contraceptive advice to
some families.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/72451962/state-may-try-to-stop-some-families-having-more-children
State won't force
contraception on women, but will be more 'proactive' with problem mums
The
state would not force unfit mothers to have their tubes tied, but it would be
"far more proactive" in getting them access to contraception.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/72492781/state-wont-force-contraception-on-women-but-will-be-more-proactive-with-problem-mums
From International
media this week
Strategies for Reducing Nurse Turnover
A healthcare economist's
prescription for retaining RNs includes creating mentorship positions for older
nurses and investing in employee development programs.
http://healthleadersmedia.com/print/HR-320850/Strategies-for-Reducing-Nurse-Turnover
Report: NPs, PAs won't solve primary care shortage
The industry still needs policies to solve the
primary care shortage since more nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician
assistants (PAs) are choosing subspecialty careers, according to new research from the
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).
http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/report-nps-pas-wont-solve-primary-care-shortage/2013-08-19?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
3 reasons nurses report to work sick
'Presenteeism'
is driven by stiff attendance policies and lack of coverage, workplace
flexibility
http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/3-reasons-nurses-report-work-sick/2015-09-24?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
New Blog Series Explores Nursing Conflict
Resolution Skills
Conflict Resolution Skills
Empower Nurses to Show Leadership to Achieve Positive Patient Outcomes
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-blog-series-explores-nursing-conflict-resolution-skills-300147037.html
Conflict in the Workplace: Nurse Bullying
This is part one of a
four-part series. Conflict is an inevitable part of your professional life.
This multi-part series will explore the roots of conflict and suggest methods
for effectively managing difficult situations.
http://www.americansentinel.edu/blog/2015/09/21/conflict-in-the-workplace-bullying/
10 ways nurses can improve diagnoses, reduce errors
Nurses play a key role in the diagnostic
process in that they ensure communication and care coordination among
diagnostic team members, monitor patients and may identify potential diagnostic
inconsistencies or errors.
http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/10-ways-nurses-can-improve-diagnoses-reduce-errors.html
Nursing in history
Design students help
with museum's exhibition on WW1 nurses
Students
from the Otago Polytechnic's School of Design have pitched in to help Otago
Museum create a striking exhibition which reveals more about Otago nurses
caring for wounded soldiers in France during World War 1.
Since
late last year several groups of third year bachelor of design, communication,
students from the polytechnic have poured their time and creativity into the
project.
ttp://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/356913/design-students-help-museums-exhibition-ww1-nurses
Articles of interest
Generation
Y New Zealand Registered Nurses’ views about nursing work: a survey of
motivation and maintenance factors (pages 49–61)
Isabel
Jamieson, Ray Kirk, Sarah Wright and Cathy Andrew
The aim of this article was to report on the
analysis of qualitative, open text data, received from a national on-line
survey of what factors Generation Y New Zealand Registered Nurses wish to
change about nursing and consideration of the potential policy and practice
impacts of these requests on their retention.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nop2.16/epdf
New publications
Promoting Health in
Aotearoa
NZ Edited by Louise Signal and Mihi Ratima
KEY
POINTS • First NZ text on health promotion • Essential for health policy makers
and practitioners
The
health of the planet – and all of us who live on it – is under dire threat from
factors such as climate change, obesity and new infectious diseases.
Progressive health promotion is an approach that can counterbalance these
threats with practice, policy and advocacy for health, well-being and equity.
Promoting Health in Aotearoa New Zealand provides a rich scan of the health
promotion landscape in New Zealand. It explores ways in which Māori, and other,
perspectives have been melded with Western ideas to produce distinctly New
Zealand approaches. In doing so it addresses the need for locally written
material for use in teaching and practice, and provides direction for all those
wanting to solve complex public health problems. The integration of an indigenous
analysis throughout this text makes it a unique contribution that will be of
great value to scholars, practitioners and all of those working in health
promotion in New Zealand, Australia and beyond. – Professor Emeritus Sir Mason
Durie, Massey University, New Zealand … a valuable contribution to promoting
health and wellbeing in Aotearoa NZ and the Pacific region. – Dr Colin
Tukuitonga, Director-General, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, New
Caledonia … a must read for all health promoters, policy-makers and those
seeking new solutions to public health problems. – Professor Fran Baum,
Director, Southgate Institute, Flinders University
http://www.otago.ac.nz/press/otago116074.pdf
From the Ministry of Health
Final Evaluation Report –
Workforce Innovation Simulation Project: Multidisciplinary operating room
simulations (MORSim)
This report is an
evaluation of The University of Auckland’s multidisciplinary operating theatre
simulation programme. Health Workforce New Zealand contributed to funding the
programme over three years.
The evaluation of the
programme by The University of Auckland was positive and feedback from
participants was overwhelmingly positive. The evaluation key findings found:
participants rated the
course highly in educational value. Almost all found the simulations realistic
and that they behaved as they would have in real procedures
there was no significant
difference in the safety attitudes of staff in the operating theatres from
which participants were drawn, but there was a significant difference in their
communication behaviours following the simulations. The latter finding
corresponds with studies where a 14 percent reduction in patient harm has been
found
after the course 63 percent
of participants reported positive changes in clinical practice.
The University of Auckland
plan to continue with similar programmes as the focus of future work.
http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/final-evaluation-report-workforce-innovation-simulation-project-multidisciplinary-operating-room
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