Made by the College of Nurses Aotearoa (NZ) Inc. on
behalf of Nurses
August 2008
► Clinical Workforce to Support Registered Nurses (Draft: 10 July 2008)
The draft recommendations do not reflect the need to have a future focused response to future health workforce requirements but look to a past workforce configuration as the solution to an unidentified problem.
July 2008
► Response to District Health Boards NZ Professional Development Programme Project
PDRP assists building partnerships and shared understandings of nurses’ contribution to health care. Agreeing a national PDRP framework will ensure the portability of both knowledge and skills for Registered Nurses as and when they choose to move between areas of practice.
May 2008
► Re: Discussion Paper Services for Terminations of Pregnancy
The issues raised are long over-due for examination and review. Here our comments on various sections of the paper
February 2008
► Submission on the Future of Tobacco Displays in New Zealand
Evidence shows that tobacco displays increase initiation into smoking by children, and do not support former smokers who want to stay quit. A ban will help ensure that retail tobacco displays do not undermine the smokefree work of nurses and others.
January 2008
► Review of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act (2003)
Submission
The College believes that overall the Act protects the health and safety of members of the public by providing mechanisms to ensure health practitioners are competent and fit to practise their professions. However we agree with NZNO that there has been an overzealous interpretation of the Act by some RAs relating to their obligation to ensure competence which has resulted in increased stress and workload for practitioners.
June 2007
► Response to Collaborative Prescribing
The rationale for nurse prescribing at any level is improved access to services regardless of location and the availability of scarce medical resources. In this respect the College of Nurses Aotearoa (NZ) supports improving the ability of all registered nurses to prescribe, such as through a collaborative prescribing relationship.
May 2007
► Towards a New Zealand Medicines Strategy
The comments made in this submission are reflective of the overall views of members of Nurse Practitioner of New Zealand. All NPs have a role in influencing appropriate and timely prescribing and administration of medicines and are in a position to impact on patient self management, education and adherence with taking medicines.
April 2007
► Family Violence Death Reviews: Discussion Paper
The College recognises that family violence is a major problem currently facing New Zealanders. It has far-reaching effects on the health and wellbeing of its victims, especially women and children, and on the functionality of families and whanau and is of particular concern for Maori and Pacific whanau.
April 2007
► Human Tissue Bill
The College of Nurses Aotearoa supports the general thrust of the Human Tissue Bill. We believe that the successful passage of this bill will benefit all the people of New Zealand through tighter regulation of the various activities related to the use of human tissue.
February 2007
► Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill
The College of Nurses (Aotearoa) strongly urges the Government Administration Select Committee to implement the College's proposed changes to the Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill. These changes would significantly improve both nurse practitioners and registered nurses ability to contribute to improved population health outcomes. At the same time such changes will ensure that the Bill is aligned with the rapidly evolving models of care delivery and workforce flexibility needed for increasing levels of need in health service delivery .
December 2006
► Funding Master of Nursing (Clinical) Programs
Developing the specialist skills of nurses has been identified in many documents as critical to the sector’s ability to deliver safe and effective health care and disability services
December 2006
► Palliative: Cancer Control Strategy. Nurse Education Strategy
The College of Nurses Aotearoa wishes to provide some brief comment on this document.
December 2006
► Medicines (Standing Orders) Regulations 2002
A responce from the Nurse Practitioners Advisory Committee od New Zealand (NPAC-NZ)
November 2006
► College of Nurses Submission on Clinical Training Agentcy (CTA) Postgrad Nursing Training Draft Specification Consultation
The CTA is to be commended for working towards ensuring transparency and accountability in funding processes at a time when the financial imperative under which all DHBs function could influence the prioritisation process in regard to postgraduate nursing education funding.
November 2006
► College of Nurses Submission on PHO Funding Formula Review
We believe that adequate resourcing of the Primary Health Care (NZPHCS) sector is vital to effectively implementing the New Zealand Primary Health Care Strategy, and the realisation of improved health outcomes. Given that improved health gain is reliant on evidence based effective interventions delivered by a competent workforce we draw attention to the need for funding formulae to incentivise the development of team based health care as the only means to achieve this.
October 2006
► Colleg of Nurses Submission on the Priciples of the Treaty of Waitangi Deletion Bill
This Bill has set out to eliminate all references to the expressions "the principles of the Treaty", "the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi", and the "Treaty of Waitangi and its principles" from all New Zealand Statutes including all preambles, interpretations, schedules, regulations and other provisos included in or arising from each and every Statute.
September 2006
► College of Nurses Aotearoa Submission on DHBNZ Nursing Workforce Strategy
The development of comprehensive and effective workforce strategies should be based on good information, evidenced-based policy and research and the collective wisdom of a range of stakeholders. While this discussion document is the first effort of the strategy group to engage the sector, the scope or limitation of the discussion document as it stands largely reflects a DHB employer bias, not the wider sector, with a very low risk approach to innovation.
July 2006
► Human Tissue (Organ Donation) Amendment Bill
The College of Nurses Aotearoa submits that there is a need for all New Zealanders to be able to register their wishes about organ donation, be it for or against, and have this decision legally binding so that it cannot be overridden by family or whanau.
June 2006
► Submission on the Non-Regulated Workforce in the Health & Disability Sector: A Discussion Paper
The College of Nurses Aotearoa (NZ) commend the DHBNZ for taking the initiative to address issues related to the development of the unregulated workforce, and appreciate the opportunity to comment on this discussion document.
May 2006
► Review of the Regulation of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Medicines in New Zealand
A decision was made by the New Zealand Government (Medicines Act 1981) that enabled drug companies to place advertisements about prescription drugs. New Zealand nurses share concerns about the ongoing DTCA of prescribed medicines.
April 2006
► Submission on the Inquiry into Obesity and Type Two Diabetes in New Zealand
The majority of front line health professionals (doctors and nurses) subscribe to the overly simplistic notion that obesity results from a simple imbalance between energy in and energy out and is therefore the result of lifestyle negligence on the part of the individual. As such, responses are often punitive rather than constructive.
