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News bulletin 4 June
on 4 June
Welcome to the College of Nurses – News Update.
No. 205 Wednesday 4
Jun 2014
From NZ media this week
Nurses to work together with churches and
communities to improve Pacific health
Three full time nurses will soon be working with west
Auckland and North Shore churches and community trusts to improve the health
and wellbeing of our Pacific communities.
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2014/may-2014/30/nurses-to-work-together-with-churches-and-communities-to-improve-pacific-health.aspx
Community-driven plan to improve Pacific health
A new community-driven plan
aims to help significantly improve the health of the Pacific population in
Auckland.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1405/S00153/community-driven-plan-to-improve-pacific-health.htm
Nurse's snooping 'flagrant' breach
A nurse who snooped through multiple patient files has
"destroyed" the family of one of her victims, a disciplinary hearing
has heard.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10101671/Nurses-snooping-flagrant-breach
Nurse suspended for hanging up on patients
A registered nurse working for Healthline, who regularly
cut off callers seeking advice and surfed the internet during calls, has been
found guilty of professional misconduct and suspended.
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news/2014/may-2014/28/nurse-suspended-for-hanging-up-on-patients.aspx
Ryall grilled over health funding
Health
Minister Tony Ryall has faced a grilling at Parliament over funding for health
announced in the Budget.
It
occurred at a wide-ranging Health select committee session on Wednesday focused
on health spending generally
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/245698/ryall-grilled-over-health-funding
Health Excellence seminar series to be
streamed live
Accelerating performance improvement by learning from
the nation’s leading healthcare professionals is the vision of a seminar series
being streamed live for the first time.
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2014/may-2014/30/health-excellence-seminar-series-to-be-streamed-live.aspx
International media
National
Nurses United Slams Health IT as 'Unproven' Technology
National Nurses United has announced
a campaign that
aims to highlight the dangers of using "unproven" medical technology,Healthcare IT News reports.
http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2014/5/27/national-nurses-united-slams-health-it-as-unproven-technology
Study: School nurses save districts money
LIBERTY, Ill. (WGEM) -Cash strapped school districts are
often forced to make tough budget decisions. A new study shows that the school
nurse position is often one of the first things to go.
http://www.wgem.com/story/25638051/2014/05/29/school-nurse-save-districts-money
Mass. Considering Allowing
Nurse Practitioners To Practice Primary Care
There’s a doctor shortage in Massachusetts. The
traditional ‘family doctors’—the primary care physicians people go to for
annual checkups or when they get injured or sick—there just aren’t enough of
them. It’s actually a national problem. And with so few doctors, some states
are looking to nurses for help.
http://wgbhnews.org/post/mass-considering-allowing-nurse-practitioners-practice-primary-care
Implications of mandatory flu vaccinations for
health-care workers
Vaccination rates among health care workers are less than 50%,
well below the level necessary for herd immunity. Employers planning to
implement mandatory influenza vaccination policies for health-care workers need
to understand the implications, according to experts. In Canada,
condition-of-service policies must comply with employment law, provincial human
rights codes and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Condition-of-service policies that apply to unionized employees must be
consistent with collective labour agreements, and vaccination policies should
allow exemptions for religious beliefs and practices.
http://bit.ly/1tCsiN2
Nurses can't find jobs
Up to three thousand
graduate nurses haven't managed to get jobs in hospitals and unions are blaming
a rise in the number of foreign nurses being brought into the country on 457
working visas.
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2014/s4011254.htm
DHB specific
Safety award for Mercy Hospital
Mercy Hospital, in Dunedin, has received a national
occupational safety award for eliminating toxic smoke plumes in operating
theatres.
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/304109/safety-award-mercy-hospital
Hospital departure lounge frees up beds
Patients being released from care will soon be putting their
feet up in comfort with the opening of a specialised waiting area.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10092811/Hospital-departure-lounge-frees-up-beds
New DHB boss to face hard issues
Whoever the incoming chief executive of Waikato District
Health Board turns out to be - their first day will be less about being shown
the toilets and more about dealing with the stink left by a damning report from
the Ministry of Health.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/10101773/New-DHB-boss-to-face-hard-issues
DHB quiet on Ministry criticisms
There was a great big grey elephant sitting in the boardroom
inside the Hockin Building at Waikato Hospital yesterday afternoon.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/10095305/DHB-quiet-on-Ministry-criticisms
Gore Hospital's funding level frozen says CEO
Rural hospitals funded by the Southern District Health Board
will not receive any extra funding in the next financial year, the head of Gore
Health says.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/10095235/Gore-Hospitals-funding-level-frozen-says-CEO
New $3m surgical robot arrives in Tauranga
A
$3 million surgical robot has finally arrived at Grace Hospital.
The
hospital announced the arrival of the da Vinci Si robot today after nearly two
years fighting for funding to make it possible.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11263394
Glowing review funded by board
The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) is under fire
after revelations it paid $186,000 for a glowing review claimed to be
"independent".
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10111603/Glowing-review-funded-by-board
Hospital rebuild crisis warning
Christchurch Hospital is gearing up for a multimillion-dollar
redevelopment it admits will heighten risks for patients and be a ‘‘clinical
team’s"worst nightmare’’.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10105819/Hospital-rebuild-crisis-warning
Keep acute surgery 24/7
Round-the-clock acute surgical services should be retained at
Wairau Hospital, a long-awaited report released yesterday recommends.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/10102845/Keep-acute-surgery-24-7
Mental health
Millions
for kids' mental health study
Briscoes chief Rod Duke helps Cure Kids search for ‘chair’ to
delve into child and teenage disorders.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11265873
Pharmacy
E-scripts first
stage in record sharing
Plan to share patients’
medical data between healthcare providers makes successful start with
electronic prescription service
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11264891
Patient safety
No advice to patient on painkillers
The Otago Southland coroner has recommended his finding
into the death of an Invercargill woman be read by Southern District Health
Board (SDHB) staff, saying the woman was not advised about the effect of strong
painkillers prescribed to her after surgery.
http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/southland/304087/no-advice-patient-painkillers
Public health
Kiwis gain greater access
to immunisation
New
Zealanders will gain greater access to new and existing vaccines when the new
National Immunisation Schedule takes effect on July 1, 2014.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1405/S00161/kiwis-gain-greater-access-to-immunisation.htm
Social health
Minimum pricing of alcohol: what does the
evidence say?
As a strategy to reduce harm from alcohol, there
is growing interest internationally around the setting of minimum prices on
alcohol. In this blog we review a paper just published in the Lancet on this
approach. We also consider the potential implications for New Zealand around
combining minimum pricing with increases in alcohol excise tax.
https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/2014/05/27/minimum-pricing-of-alcohol-what-does-the-evidence-say/
Drugs and alcohol
Spike in synthetic high patients
There has been an increase in the number of people showing up
at Wairau and Nelson hospital emergency departments showing withdrawal symptoms
from synthetic highs since a ban on the drugs was introduced earlier this
month.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/10096809/Spike-in-synthetic-high-patients
Warning as new legal highs hit shelves
A poisons expert has warned of risks to users' health from
new legal highs that have appeared to replace synthetic cannabis.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10111561/Warning-as-new-legal-highs-hit-shelves
Obesity
Obesity epidemic reaching crisis levels
New Zealand's obesity epidemic has reached
crisis levels, health and nutrition experts says.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=11263969
'It's pretty grim' - 30% of world is fat, no
country immune
Almost a third of the world is now fat, and no
country has been able to curb obesity rates in the last three decades,
according to a new global analysis.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=11263914
Obesity fight sees lollies banned at hospital
There is to be no spoonful
of sugar with the medicine at Waikato Hospital.
Sweets will be banned from
its vending machines around the campus from July 1.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10101772/Obesity-fight-sees-lollies-banned-at-hospital
Need surgery? Time to cut your calories
Strict low-calorie diets are standard procedure leading up to
weight-loss surgery but they could become an option for all overweight surgical
patients as hospitals struggle to deal with an increasing number of fat
patients.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/wellbeing/10108179/Need-surgery-Time-to-cut-your-calories
Work and management
How to
Advocate for Your Patient
One of the most important and sacred duties of
the nurse is advocating for their patient. Whether you speak up for them
because they don't have the education to know medical jargon or you speak up
because they are unable to do so for themselves, advocating is the crucial
pivot on which patient safety lies.
http://bit.ly/1p1N4p6
Social media
Family Practice Nurse Practitioners Make HIT
a Learning Priority
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) are in
demand. From Q1 2012 to Q1 2013, job postings for nurse practitioners
(NPs) rose 15 percent, while nurse management postings increased 8 percent.
Family medicine NPs topped the list for most nurse practitioner job
postings in the first quarter of 2013, according to the HealtheCareers
Network and
the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
http://bit.ly/1pN12uL
Health and wellness
Back pain at work: Preventing pain and injury
Heavy
lifting, repetitive movements and sitting at a desk all day can take a toll on
your back. Get the facts about back pain at work and how to prevent it.
http://mayocl.in/1nsR44E
The effects of
mindfulness training program on reducing stress and promoting well being among
nurses in critical care units
This
study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief mindfulness‑based
training program in reducing stress and promoting well‑being
among critical care nurses.
This
study was conducted in a tertiary referral centre in Malaysia.
http://www.ajan.com.au/Vol31/Issue3/31-3.pdf
Articles of interest
Overseas qualified nurses in Australia: reflecting on the issue
The
migration of international nurses is a growing phenomenon and will continue in
response to global nursing shortages. Historically, nursing has been depicted
as a ‘portable’ profession, or one which enables individuals to move across
inter/national borders. This ‘portability’ of nursing is supporting skilled
nurse migration around the world. However, nursing practices learned by Overseas Qualified Nurses (OQN) in their home countries may differ to
the role and expectations of the new country in relation to scope of practice,
professional and legal environment, accountability, professional autonomy,
health care technology and inter‑professional
relationships.
http://www.ajan.com.au/Vol31/Issue3/31-3.pdf
Publications and Reports online
AHIMA launches data breach management
toolkit
The American Health Information Management
Association has released an online resource that could help organizations
comply with HIPAA data breach notification rules. The Breach Management Toolkit
covers five elements that organizations should put in a breach notification
letter, including a description of compromised data, steps the organization is
taking to help affected people protect themselves from potential harm as a
result of the breach and a plan to prevent future breaches.
http://healthitsecurity.com/2014/05/09/ahima-offers-data-breach-toolkit-to-healthcare-providers/
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NICE outlines safe staffing plans for nursing in wards NICE has set out plans to help ensure safe and efficient nurse staffing levels on hospital wards that provide overnight care for adult patients. Following the poor levels of care witnessed at Mid-Staffordshire hospital, the Francis Inquiry and the Berwick report outlined ways in which the NHS can improve care. |
http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/safestaffing/SafeStaffingGuidelines.jsp
From the Ministry of Health
Immunisation Handbook 2014
The purpose of the
Immunisation Handbook 2014 is to provide clinical guidelines for health
professionals on the safest and most effective use of vaccines in their
practice.
Note: The E-book version of
the Handbook will be available for download from this page from 6 June 2014.
http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/immunisation-handbook-2014
Transition Planning Guidelines for Infant,
Child and Adolescent Mental Health / Alcohol and Other Drugs Services 2014
This guideline is for
district health boards (DHBs) funded infant, child and adolescent mental health
(ICAMH), and youth-focused alcohol and other drug (AOD) services. It assists
them to develop and implement planning processes for young people who are
transitioning from their services.
It has been developed to
promote consistent practice across ICAMH/AOD services nationally and to guide
services to support young people to transition between services and in-and-out
of services based upon their level of need at that time.
http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/transition-planning-guidelines-infant-child-and-adolescent-mental-health-alcohol-and-other-drugs
Like Minds, Like Mine National Plan 2014-2019
Like Minds, Like Mine is a
programme to increase social inclusion and reduce stigma and discrimination for
people with experience of mental illness.
http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/minds-mine-national-plan-2014-2019
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