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College of Nurses – News Update.
No. 200 Wednesday 30 April 2014
From NZ media this week
Nurse cleared over
charge of hitting patient
A nurse has been cleared of a charge of hitting a patient in her care
who has cerebral palsy.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11243724
Indian docs to plug
A&E gaps
The National Health Service is to recruit scores of trainee doctors from
India and waive normal competency tests to try to plug staff shortages in
A&E departments.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=11244919
Government to ban
all legals highs within two weeks
The Government will ban all synthetic drugs within two weeks until they
can be proven to be low-risk, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne has
revealed.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11245159
Cancer deaths fall but smokers face rise
The death rate from cancer has fallen over the past 25 years, but lung
cancer will overtake breast cancer as the biggest killer among women within the
next few years, said leading experts.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=11243881
Govt refuses to set minimum price on alcohol
Justice Minister Judith Collins says Government will not set a minimum
price on alcohol because it would penalise moderate drinkers, despite a report
showing that the policy would provide $62 million in social benefits a year.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11243722
Alcohol
price policy seen as at expense of health
An alcohol awareness group says the Government's rejection of a minimum
price policy shows support for big alcohol companies at the expense of public
health.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/242548/alcohol-price-policy-seen-as-at-expense-of-health
Lower
drinking age increases teen crash risk
New research shows the risk of teenagers being killed or injured in an
alcohol-related crash has jumped since the drinking age was lowered.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/242537/lower-drinking-age-increases-teen-crash-risk
Applications
open for Rural Women NZ & Access Homehealth scholarship
Health
professionals with an interest in the rural sector are invited to apply for
this year’s the Rural Women NZ & Access Homehealth scholarship, with a
closing date of 1 July.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1404/S00082/applications-open-for-rwnz-access-homehealth-scholarship.htm
Rest home audits boost transparency
Rest home audit reports published fully online are both a good and bad
thing, says Age Concern Wanganui manager Tracy Lynn.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11245399
Flood of addicts needing help expected
Hawke's Bay psychiatric and addiction services are being urged to
prepare for an influx of people dealing with intense synthetic cannabis
withdrawals.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11246035
Warning
legal high addicts will clog system
Moves to ban legal highs are being welcomed, amid warnings a wave of
former addicts will burden health services as they come off the drugs.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/9986713/Warning-legal-high-addicts-will-clog-system
Caring
for the elderly behind bars
Inside
Rimutaka's care for elderly and disabled
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/upper-hutt-leader/9947029/Caring-for-the-elderly-behind-bars
International media
Lawmakers closer to approving telemedicine, more powers for nurses
TALLAHASSEE | The Florida House appears poised Friday to pass a massive
health-care bill that would ensure three disputed trauma centers remain open
and give long-sought powers to nurse practitioners.
http://members.jacksonville.com/news/health-and-fitness/2014-04-24/story/lawmakers-closer-approving-telemedicine-more-powers-nurses
17 New York nursing
home workers charged
BUFFALO,
N.Y. (AP) — Eight nurses and nine nurse's aides were charged Friday with endangering
the welfare of a nursing home patient after a hidden camera revealed they
hadn't given him medicine or checked on him at times their paperwork said they
did, the attorney general's office said.
http://www.westport-news.com/news/crime/article/17-New-York-nursing-home-workers-charged-5430397.php
Nurses push for
better hospital safety after stabbings
Weekend stabbings of two registered nurses at two separate Los Angeles
hospitals heighten the need for stronger safety measures in California
hospitals, nurses say.
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2014/04/23/nurses-push-for-better-hospital-safety-after.html
More registered nurses step into non-traditional roles
Nurses leave
hospitals to focus on population health initiatives
http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/more-registered-nurses-step-non-traditional-roles/2014-04-28
Bill Giving
Nurses Ability To Practice Without Docs Headed To Gov.‘s Desk
Advanced Practice Registered Nurses will be allowed to practice
independent of a doctor under legislation the House sent to Gov. Dannel P.
Malloy’s desk Monday for a signature.
http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/bill_giving_nurses_ability_to_practice_without_docs_headed_to_gov.s_desk
Work and management
Professional Boundaries in
Nursing
As health professionals we all work under a set of ethical guidelines laid
down for us through our professional body, such as the Nursing and Midwifery
Board of Australia, and through the unstated expectations of the public. While
boundaries are in place to protect both health professionals and patients, they
are not always as clear-cut as they may first seem.
http://bit.ly/1k9cwUE
Articles of interest
Comparing nursing handover and
documentation: forming one set of patient information
Aim
The aim of this study was
to explore the potential for one set of patient information for nursing
handover and documentation.
Background
Communication of patient
information requires two processes in nursing: a verbal summary of the
patients' care and another report within the nursing notes, creating
duplication.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/inr.12072/abstract
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 29 April 2014
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