Welcome to the College of Nurses – News Update.
No. 89
– 25 January 2012
From NZ media this week
Help on way for obese children
Obesity has a new enemy in Taranaki.
The Taranaki District Health Board and Sport Taranaki have
combined to create a pilot programme to combat the more than 2000 overweight
children in the province.
http://bit.ly/xnsTf2
CYF shuts down trust's free lunches for pupils
A Maori trust that has been feeding hungry
children for four years has been forced to stop by Government bureaucrats,
because the lunches were not part of its contract.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10780696
Changes to
Government health targets
The Government's six national health targets are
being updated in the key preventive health areas of immunisation and
cardiovascular disease (CVD), and for cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/changes-government-health-targets
Emphasis on health targets flawed
The new health targets announced today will
assist in controlling chronic and preventable diseases, but the Government
needs to broaden its focus.
http://bit.ly/xQEENc
Meningococcal vaccine campaign breakthrough
international research that drew on New
Zealand's ground-breaking meningococcal B vaccine campaign is being hailed as a
possible breakthrough in the fight against the deadly disease.
http://bit.ly/AEnYRT
International media
Nursing still a growing field (USA)
But big changes are coming soon in Florida hospitals
http://bit.ly/zsPdjE
Aussie cancer patients to get health care online (Aus)
A new telehealth program will
enable cancer patients to regularly consult their doctor even if they are
hundreds of kilometres away.
http://bit.ly/wofpKu
Nurse-led MS
services are a 'win-win', MPs told
Neurology experts have praised a nurse-led
multiple sclerosis service to an influential MPs committee, and called for
stronger clinical leadership in the Department of Health.
http://www.nursingtimes.net/5040441.article?referrer=e1
Nurse Retention Survey:
Various Factors Influence Three Age Groups
A large-scale study published January 2012 in the Journal of Advanced Nursing
has shown that nurses of different ages deem various work factors as an
important basis for staying in the profession, a finding that organisations can
build upon to attract workforce for the long term.
http://bit.ly/yDrzkx
Most
Nurses in Primary Health Care Enjoy the Work
Despite the fact
that most primary healthcare nurses find the profession rewarding, many say
they will still be looking for new employment in the coming year. A recent
study shows that most primary healthcare nurses intend to stay in the sector
but feel that finding the right employer, workplace and conditions is
essential.
http://bit.ly/wh8kUr
Doctors and nurses
seek royal medical colleges' support to fight NHS reforms
Britain's royal
medical colleges will come under intense pressure this week to join the growing
clamour from doctors, nurses and MPs for the Government to drop its NHS
reforms.
http://ind.pn/zFv7PJ
Nurses should
not take all the blame for poor nutrition
All health professionals should share
responsibility for patient nutrition, rather than the blame falling solely on
nursing, according to a leading patient safety nurse.
http://www.nursingtimes.net/5040500.article?referrer=e1
'Attachment to
healing' influences nursing staff rentention
Staff retention of hospital nurses is
influenced by age, although no single factor can be pinpointed, according to a
study.
http://www.nursingtimes.net/5040352.article?referrer=e1
Public health
issues
Ban smoking across Auckland: health chiefs
Health bosses want the Auckland Council to
ban smoking in all public outdoor areas in the city in a bid to stop children
picking up the habit. The proposed ban would include the city centre, parks,
playgrounds, sports grounds…
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10779688
Action to beat
fever
A STRATEGY to
eradicate rheumatic fever is being launched in Gisborne on Monday
http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/article/?id=26231
Articles of
interest
Type 2 diabetes: Growing to epic proportions
Nursing Management
January 2012
Volume 43 Number 1
Pages 20 – 25
Diabetes can be characterized as a prevailing,
incapacitating, and deadly disease. According to the 2011 National Diabetes
Fact Sheet, 25.8 million children and adults in the United States have
diabetes-8.3% of the population-with 7 million people undiagnosed. Data further
reveal that 1.9 million new cases of diabetes were diagnosed in people age 20
and older in 2010.
http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=1288920
Nurses' perceptions of nurse-led
healthy lifestyle clinics
Bob Marshall, Sue Floyd, Rachel Forrest
Journal of primary healthcare
InTRODUCTIOn: nineteen nurse-Led
Healthy Lifestyle Clinics (nLHLCs) were implemented and targeted Maori, Pacific
and people living in high deprivation areas. The general focus of the clinics
was on lifestyle issues and much of the nursing was educative and preventative
care. The aim of this project was to assess nurses’ experiences and opinions of
their participation in the clinics.
http://bit.ly/AySUen
What
nursing shortage? Surge of young RNs closes deficit, report says
A sharp uptick in the number of young registered nurses entering
the profession means that concerns about a U.S. nursing shortage may be a thing of the past, according to a new report in Health
Affairs.Between 2002 and 2009, the number of young registered nurses (between
23 and 26 years old) entering the field grew [...]
http://bit.ly/skfpOc
Is E-mail Communication a Feasible Method to Interview Young
People With Mental Health Problems?
TOPIC: E-mail interviewing—not to be confused with “online surveying”—shows
promise for researchers working with adolescent mental health populations as a
data collection method.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1744-6171.2010.00257.x/full
New publications
Research for Evidence-Based Practice in Healthcare, 2nd
Edition
This is an essential, accessible introduction to the
practicalities of research and evidence-based practice aimed at all
pre-registration nursing and health care students. It places research and
evidence in the context of clinical practice, introduces the main
methodological approaches in qualitative and quantitative research and
describes the processes of research appraisal, dissemination and
implementation.
The new edition of Research for Evidence-Based Practice in Healthcare
has been updated to include information for a broader health care audience, it
engages students with the research and evidence agenda, demonstrates the
relevance of research and evidence to nursing practice, and provides them with
the skills needed to explore these areas in greater detail.
Special features:
· A
practical guide to research methods and evidence-based practice
· New
edition of a successful student textbook
· Includes a
glossary of common research terms,
· Provides
case studies, key points, further reading, and activities throughout
·
Accompanying website with links to further reading
ISBN:
978-1-4443-3112-7
Paperback
304 pages
October
2010, Wiley-Blackwell
AUD $39.95 / NZD $47.99
http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1444331124.html
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 24 January 2011
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