Welcome to the
College of Nurses – News Update.
No. 188 Wednesday 5 February 2014
From NZ media this week
Voluntary Bonding Scheme Registrations open
Registrations of interest for the 2014 Voluntary Bonding
Scheme have formally opened today announced Health Minister Tony Ryall.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/voluntary-bonding-scheme-registrations-open/5/180503
Local nurse in Govt scheme
One of 48 nursing scholarships granted by the
Ministry of Health is being given to a graduate working in Wanganui.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11195878
Elective surgery gets boost
Under increasing pressure from a growing backlog on surgical
waiting lists, Health Minister Tony Ryall has announced an extra $10 million to
fund more elective surgeries.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/9663456/Elective-surgery-gets-boost
Health agency hamstrung on legal high advice
A government agency set up
to promote national health awareness is not allowed to provide advice on the
use of legal highs because it is hamstrung by the law.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9663491/Health-agency-hamstrung-on-legal-high-advice
Elderly woman's concerns 'not listened to
properly' before death - coroner
The concerns of an elderly woman who died of
blood poisoning in Wellington Hospital were not properly listened to by medical
staff, a coroner has ruled.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11193849
Elderly woman's broken hip left untreated for
days
Rest home staff who left an elderly woman's
broken hip untreated for several days have been ordered to apologise and will
be reviewed by the Nursing Council.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11196143
Maori men hit with prostate cancer care
Maori men are dying at a greater rate of prostate cancer than
their Pakeha counterparts because their GPs are less likely to refer them onto
specialist treatment.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/9673834/Maori-men-hit-with-prostate-cancer-care
St John price hikes worrying
A price hike for travel in an ambulance in non-emergency
situations has been labelled disgusting and hugely unfair on aged-care
facilities in southern rural areas.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/9673659/St-John-price-hikes-worrying
Clinic on high
alert
Reports of violent
clashes at mental health facility after patients smuggle in legal highs
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11195486
Lawyers join
fight for clinic
Top legal firm Chen Palmer has been engaged to fight the
closure of a community diabetes service after the local health board pulled its
funding.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11195474
Parts of hospital 'an infection risk'
A litany of hygiene concerns has been identified at
Wellington Hospital - including waiting-room chairs declared an infection risk
- with the children's ward among the worst areas.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/9678345/Parts-of-hospital-an-infection-risk
Bone cancer more deadly in NZ
Young adults suffering cancerous bone tumours in New Zealand
are less likely to survive the disease than their peers overseas, a study has
found.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/9678167/Bone-cancer-more-deadly-in-NZ
Claims about prison healthcare cost 'without
factual basis'
"It is disappointing that Sensible
Sentencing has chosen to start off 2014, with yet another claim which has no
basis in fact" said Rethinking Crime and Punishment spokesperson, Kim
Workman, a former Deputy Director General of Maori Health, in the Ministry of
Health. He was referring to claims made by Ruth Money, that the amount spent on
prisoner healthcare was "obscene".
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/claims-about-prison-healthcare-cost-without-factual-basis/5/180144
Middlemore Hospital hit by norovirus outbreak
Auckland's
Middlemore Hospital is on alert after an outbreak of the stomach bug norovirus.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11196082
Colgate teams up with
Plunket and the New Zealand Dental Association to alleviate New Zealand’s
cavity count
Early
childhood caries is one of the most common and costly diseases of childhood,
according to the Report of the Health Committee, and Colgate, Plunket and the
New Zealand Dental Association (NZDA) are working together to establish healthy
oral hygiene habits in Kiwi kids from a young age.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1402/S00001/colgate-teams-up-with-plunket.htm
Study to evaluate best school clinic treatments
A major research project evaluating the
effectiveness of school clinics to help prevent acute rheumatic fever in
children is underway in three district health boards.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/study-evaluate-best-school-clinic-treatments/5/180516
Social health
Homeless problem 'worse than believed'
Figures from an Otago University study into the homeless is
only "scratching the surface" and the situation is a lot worse than
people believe.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9659887/Homeless-problem-worse-than-believed
Poverty casue of high infant mortality
Wanganui's
high rate of infant deaths between the ages of 28 days and one year can be
attributed to poverty in our city, a paediatrician says.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11193485
International media
City Hospitals Make Comfort a Priority for
Teens
City hospitals are trying
to find ways to make going to the doctor a more comfortable experience for
teens. NY1's Erin Billups filed the following report.
http://www.ny1.com/content/lifestyles/health/202598/city-hospitals-make-comfort-a-priority-for-teens
Nurses throw support behind medical marijuana bill
Pennsylvania State Nurses Association today
became the first medical professional group to register support for legislation
that would allow the use of medical marijuana.
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/harrisburg_politics/Nurses-throw-support-behind-medical-marijuana-bill.html#dpBvieGc0tIzDPV4.99
Social media
New US Surgeon General’s Report – Ideas for
new tobacco health warnings on packs or are different messages required?
The recently released US Surgeon General’s report
gives “sufficient” evidence of causality for 13 additional health conditions
(e.g., colorectal cancer, diabetes, and stroke from secondhand smoke). In this
blog post we ask if such information should be added to health warning labels
on tobacco packaging in NZ, or whether other messages could more effectively
deter youth uptake and stimulate quitting?
https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/2014/01/30/new-us-surgeon-generals-report-ideas-for-new-tobacco-health-warnings-on-packs-or-are-different-messages-required/
Health and wellness
Stress symptoms: Effects on your body and
behavior
Stress
symptoms may be affecting your health, even though you might not realize it.
You may think illness is to blame for that nagging headache, your frequent
insomnia or your decreased productivity at work. But stress may actually be the
culprit.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/stress-symptoms/ART-20050987/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=managing-epression&pubDate=01/29/2014&xid=nl_MayoClinicManagingDepression_20140129
Articles of interest
From the Ministry of
Health
Suicide Facts: Deaths and intentional
self-harm hospitalisations 2011
The publication focuses on suicide deaths and self-harm
hospitalisations in 2011 and also contains time trend analyses of suicide
deaths from 1948 and intentional self-harm hospitalisations from 1996.
http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/suicide-facts-deaths-and-intentional-self-harm-hospitalisations-2011
Professional development
1st Global Conference on Emergency Nursing
and Trauma Care
18-21 September 2014
Crowne Plaza, Dublin, Ireland
Come and join the 1st Global Conference on Emergency Nursing and
Trauma Care to share the latest research, knowledge, ideas, innovations and current
developments within nursing and healthcare in both the developed and developing
world.
The conference is for anyone involved in the delivery,
development and organisation of emergency nursing, trauma care, paramedical and
medical sciences. It will address the following themes for which abstracts for
oral and poster presentations and symposia are invited by
17 March 2014:
http://www.globaledconference.com/index.html
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