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to the College of Nurses Aotearoa News Update.
No. 300 18 May 2016
From
NZ media this week
Awards to celebrate Southern DHB nurses for
International Nurses Day
As nurses around the world celebrate
International Nurses Day on Thursday (12th of May 2016), Southern DHB will be
saying "Thank You" for the huge contribution nurses make every day to
health outcomes and communities.
Read more here
Lakes DHB announce nursing and midwifery awards
The winners of
this year's Nursing and Midwifery Awards in the Lakes District Health Board
area were announced yesterday at Rotorua Hospital.
Director of
Nursing and Midwifery Gary Lees said there were some diverse and high quality
nominations for this year's awards and it was really exciting to see the
stories of nurses and midwives doing wonderful work in community, primary and
hospital settings.
Read more here
Eit dean and nursing
stalwart retires
Dr
Susan Jacobs may be retiring, but a lifelong commitment to learning means she
won’t be severing her longstanding connection with EIT for some time yet.
Read more here
DHBs
and PHOs
Waikato DHB work to
regain training status by the end of the year
The
Waikato District Health Board has set out to regain its training
status and has set an ambitious end-of-year goal to do so.
The
DHB was given a year to meet all seven standards required by
the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians
and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG), but failed and was stripped
of its training accreditation in October 2015.
Read more here
Drugs,
alcohol, smoking, addictions
Trial to investigate how e-cigs affect smoking
Some have touted e-cigarettes as a
game-changing innovation that will dramatically help reduce smoking. Others
argue that they will do just the opposite - putting at risk decades of tobacco
control achievements.
Read more here
Bill to detain addicts 'needs more funding'
Addiction experts have told MPs a planned law change allowing
drug addicts and alcoholics to be detained for up to eight weeks for treatment
will not work without more funding.
Read more here
Ethical
issues
Should we edit out genetic disease?
As genomic medicine advances, the possibility
of manipulating our genetic makeup, and that of our future children, is rapidly
becoming a reality. But, even if we could edit out genetic disease, does that
mean we should?
Read more here
Health
research
Health research to get a $97m boost
The government has announced what it calls the largest-ever
funding increase for health research in New Zealand.
Read more here
New strategy to shape future direction of health
research in NZ
The government today
announced that it is seeking public input on the development of what will be
New Zealand’s first health research strategy.
Read more here
Patient
safety
Consumer reps to advise DHB on patient care
There are
five new consumer representatives at the Whanganui District Health Board.
The group,
named Te Pukaea - the trumpet carrying the message or voice of the people - is
to provide advice on the DHB's Patient Safety and Quality Strategy and the care
provided to patients and
their families.
Read more here
Pharmacy
In-coma drug trials: plea for review
New Zealand's health watchdog has been
challenged to fulfil his promise to hold a public debate about experimenting on
unconscious patients without their prior consent.
Read more here
Social
health
Neurodevelopment
disorders among youth offenders 'sky high'
The
prevalence rates of neurodevelopment disorders amongst youth offenders are ‘sky
high’, Principal Youth Court Judge Andrew Becroft told the 2016
Neurodisabilities Forum in Wellington today.
Read more here
Telemedicine
Telehealth service helps 14,000 Kiwis a week
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says the new
national telehealth service is providing high quality individual healthcare
support to almost 14,000 people who call, text, and email each week.
Read more here
Waikato DHB launches
first NZ virtual health service
Waikato
DHB has launched a new service that lets patients talk to their hospital doctor
over their smart phone from home rather than having to travel to an outpatient
appointment.
Read more here
From International media this week
Massachusetts nurses say staffing shortage leads to
patient suffering
The Massachusetts Nurses
Association has been lobbying for the passage of a bill that would put limits
on nurses’ patient assignments for the past 17 years.
Read more here
Majority of Tongan nurses not meeting professional standards
The Chief of Nursing in Tonga says 70 percent of
nurses are yet to reach the national professional standard.
'Amelia Tu'ipulotu told Radio Tonga a survey showed
an urgent need to improve nursing standards.
Read more here
Nurses need better hospital designs: study
Poorly designed hospitals that don't have enough
areas for breaks, meeting or storage are wearing down nurses and hurting staff
retention, a study has revealed.
Read more here or Read the study:
Articles
of interest
Job
satisfaction in nursing: a concept analysis study
This study aims to undertake a concept analysis of job
satisfaction in the nursing profession.
Read more here
Appreciation
of the research supervisory relationship by postgraduate nursing students
The quality of the relationship between postgraduate students
and their supervisors often determines the progress of the students.
Read more here
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
17 May 2016.
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