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to the College of Nurses Aotearoa News Update.
No. 278 25 November 2015
From NZ media this week
Programme ensure nurses spend time with patients
Nurses are spending more
time with patients as a result of a new programme.
Taranaki District Health
Board is one of 13 DHBs around the country using the Productive Ward -
Releasing Time To Care programme (RTC) which enables staff to change the way
they work so they have more time to spend with patients, Taranaki DHB Hospital
Services Manager for Surgical Services Lee McManus said
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/74183356/programme-ensure-nurses-spend-time-with-patients
Nurse wins three-year
ACC legal battle
A
Hastings nurse who was brutally beaten by a psychiatric patient has won a
three-year battle with the Accident Compensation Corporation.
http://bit.ly/1SZYesW
Doctors called on to
prevent bullying in New Zealand hospitals
Doctors
have been told they can no longer ignore bullying in our hospitals, where it is
treated like a "rite of passage".
MidCentral
District Health Board chief medical officer Dr Ken Clarke told senior doctors
at a conference in Wellington on Friday that bullying, sexual harassment and
inappropriate behaviour occurred through all levels of hospitals and was
considered "part of the game".
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/74218984/doctors-called-on-to-prevent-bullying-in-new-zealand-hospitals
Progress on researching unmet health need
A research project to
measure unmet health need among adults in New Zealand is making significant
progress, says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried
Medical Specialists (ASMS).
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1511/S00074/progress-on-researching-unmet-health-need.htm
Privacy fears over filming at hospitals
Filming by patients and family members at
hospitals could infringe privacy or become a weapon for harrassment of staff,
health professionals fear.
http://bit.ly/1X5IlqD
DHBs and PHOs
Canterbury District
Health Board into deficit despite $16 million boost
The
Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) is already $500,000 in debt for the
current financial year, despite receiving a "cash boost" of $16
million from the Government.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/74194041/canterbury-district-health-board-into-deficit-despite-16-million-boost
Auditor-General’s report published: Delivering
scheduled services to patients – Progress in responding to the
Auditor-General’s recommendation
In 2011, we published a report that looked at the progress that the Ministry
of Health and district health boards (DHBs) had made towards achieving the
objectives of a strategy released in 2000 to reduce waiting times for public
hospital elective services. In December 2013, we published our first follow-up report. Today, we have published a second follow-up report, which should be read alongside our 2013 report.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1511/S00080/auditor-generals-report-published.htm
Record number of
patient complaints over public healthcare
Kiwis
are complaining about health care more than ever, with services in Wairarapa
receiving the harshest criticism from patients.
The
Health and Disability Commissioner has revealed the first half of this year was
a record for patient discontent, with 380 complaints about everything from
botched surgery to rudeness.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/74312248/record-number-of-patient-complaints-over-public-healthcare
More gynaecological
services coming to a GP near you
Changes
to gynaecological services in the Hutt Valley will see more GPs offering
procedures that have largely been the preserve of gynaecologists.
The
Hutt Valley, Capital & Coast and Wairarapa district health boards have been
part of a government initiative to deliver more health services closer to home
for patients, with a range of services usually provided at hospitals slowly
becoming more common at doctors' practices.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/74258419/more-gynaecological-services-coming-to-a-gp-near-you
Drugs, alcohol and smoking
Drunk patients 'health
emergency'
Study
shows one in 8 cases in hospital EDs at peak periods in NZ and Australia are
alcohol-related
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11550089
Mental health
The anxiety epidemic
Unprecedented numbers of young New Zealanders are being diagnosed
with anxiety disorders. So what’s it like to suffer from anxiety - and what
could be the cause of it?
http://thewireless.co.nz/articles/the-anxiety-epidemic
Obesity
Kiwi kids face lighter future by 2018
Our ballooning childhood
obesity crisis could improve in as little as two to three years, the Prime
Minister's Chief Science Adviser says.
Sir Peter Gluckman spoke in
Wellington on Wednesday about the Government's childhood obesity plan, at an
event hosted by Social Policy Evaluation and Research Unit.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/74158048/kiwi-kids-face-lighter-future-by-2018
Patient safety
Mute medical colleges
failing those with unmet health needs, surgeon says
The
medical profession is failing to advocate for thousands of people with unmet
health needs, a Christchurch surgeon says.
Canterbury
Charity Hospital chairman Dr Philip Bagshaw made the comments in a speech at
the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) annual conference on
Friday.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/74228617/mute-medical-colleges-failing-those-with-unmet-health-needs-surgeon-says
Public health
COPD to become third
leading cause of death by 2030
Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is set to become the third leading cause
of death worldwide in the next 15 years[1], and New Zealand currently has the second highest
hospitalisation rate for the disease in the OECD[2].
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1511/S00066/copd-to-become-third-leading-cause-of-death-by-2030.htm
Superbug found in
chicken 'dangerous'
Doctors
are alarmed at the unprecedented discovery of a superbug found in chickens that
has now jumped across to infect people around New Zealand.
A
new superbug has been found in chicken from three of New Zealand's four
major poultry suppliers.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/74173066/superbug-found-in-chicken-dangerous
From International media this week
ANF releases American Nurse documentary study guide
The American Nurses Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the American Nurses Association,
recently released “The American Nurse: Healing America – A Reflection
Guide – The Power of You – The RN for Registered Nurses (Staff RNs and
APRNs) and Nurse Leaders.”
https://news.nurse.com/2015/11/18/anf-releases-american-nurse-documentary-study-guide/
Nursing–theatre
collaboration brings real emotion to end-of-life simulations at UAH
It's your first day as a brand-new nurse, and
it isn't going well. Your patient, an elderly woman with a terminal illness on
the hospice unit, is struggling to take a breath as her worried family members
look on. A few hours into your shift, when she ceases breathing for long
periods of time, you recognize it as a sign of impending death. And before
long, she's gone. Now her husband and daughter are looking to you to figure out
what just happened - and what they're supposed to do next.
http://www.uah.edu/news/campus/nursing-theatre-collaboration-brings-real-emotion-to-end-of-life-simulations-at-uah
The value of purposeful rounding
Purposeful rounding is a proactive, systematic,
nurse-driven, evidence-based intervention that helps us anticipate and address
patient needs. When applied to nursing, rounding often is described as “hourly”
or “purposeful.” We prefer the latter term, because on some units or at certain
times of day, rounding doesn’t take place at hourly intervals.
http://www.americannursetoday.com/value-purposeful-rounding/
A culture of caring is a culture of curing
Nursing has a powerful positive impact on
patients’ lives. Because of its intimate nature, as exemplified by the essence
of nursing, nurses can make the most significant contribution to patients’
experiences, safety, and healing.
http://www.americannursetoday.com/culture-caring-culture-curing/
From the Ministry of Health
Interim Evaluation of
the Sore Throat Management Component of the New Zealand Rheumatic Fever
Prevention Programme
This
interim evaluation assessed the sore throat management component of the
Rheumatic Fever Prevention Programme from the baseline years (2009 to 2011) up
to June 2015. A final overall technical report of the interim evaluation and a
shorter summary version is available in the downloads column of this page.
http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/interim-evaluation-sore-throat-management-component-new-zealand-rheumatic-fever-prevention-programme
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24 November 2015
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