Welcome to the College of Nurses – News Update.
No. 210 Wednesday 9 Jul
2014
From NZ media this week
Canterbury has its first Diabetes Nurse
Specialist qualified to prescribe
With 20 years’ experience
under her belt, Diabetes Nurse Specialist Lupesiliva ‘Lupe’ Tu’ulua is now able
to prescribe for her patients.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1407/S00028/first-diabetes-nurse-specialist-qualified-to-prescribe.htm
Network applauds change to controlled drugs
prescribing
Change
to legislation which enables nurse practitioners to become authorised
prescribers removes another barrier to delivering better quality health care to
patients, says New Zealand Rural General Practice Network deputy chair and
Temuka nurse practitioner Sharon Hansen.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/network-applauds-change-controlled-drugs-prescribing/5/195045
Nurses troubled by cost cutting at Southern
DHB
NZ Nurses Organisation (NZNO) members at
Southern DHB are sceptical about CEO Carole Heatly’s statement that she will do
everything in her power to cut costs at the DHB without affecting patient
services.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/nurses-troubled-cost-cutting-southern-dhb/5/195363
Nurses fear impact of cost-cutting on
patients
The nurses' union is sceptical of claims Southern District
Health Board cost-cutting will not affect patient care.
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/308397/nurses-fear-impact-cost-cutting-patients
E-health partnership at Waitemata Health
(video)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/video.cfm?c_id=204&gal_cid=204&gallery_id=144008
Entirely online wound care course offered
Registered nurses who live and work in remote areas will now
have the same access to receiving nationally recognised wound care training,
thanks in part to Waikato DHB nurse practitioner Julie Betts.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/entirely-online-wound-care-course-offered/5/195398
Free GP no guarantee of access to health care
Free
doctor's visits for children under 13 is not a surefire way to get people
accessing healthcare, a Whanganui District Health Board (WDHB) member says.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11287919
Pilot programme
targets child health
A new programme to prevent children
missing out on important health services has been welcomed by Health minister
Tony Ryall.
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2014/july-2014/08/pilot-programme-targets-child-health.aspx
School-Based Health Service
providing better access to care
The recent expansion of the
School-Based Health Service (SBHS) to decile three secondary schools is further
reducing barriers that prevent students from accessing healthcare services.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1407/S00029/school-based-health-service-providing-better-access-to-care.htm
International media
Supply won’t meet growing demand for primary
care
Nurse practitioners Michele Knappe, left, and
Julie Zimmer go over a patient’s chart at Ingalls Family Care Center in
Flossmoor, Ill. Illinois lawmakers this spring rebuffed a variety of proposals
that would have given more authority to nurses ahead of a surge of patients
newly insured under President Obama’s health law.(Photo: M. Spencer Green,
AP)
http://news.gnom.es/news/supply-wont-meet-growing-demand-for-primary-care
Health
care crisis looms as nurses become overworked
The stress of registered nurses is a growing
problem and could potentially become a major dilemma for health care systems,
according to a new study.
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/nuts-and-bolts/2014/06/health-care-crisis-looms-as-nurses-become.html
Fixed Nurse-Patient Ratios Are Needed In More
Than Just The ICU
If you have ever had a loved one in a hospital
intensive care unit, you know. In that sterile scary room, the nurse can be the
most important person.
http://wgbhnews.org/post/fixed-nurse-patient-ratios-are-needed-more-just-icu
Home Nurse
Visits May Improve Survival of Moms, Babies
MONDAY, July 7, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Home visits from
nurses during pregnancy and a child's first two years help improve survival
odds for both mothers and children, according to new research.
http://consumer.healthday.com/kids-health-information-23/child-development-news-124/home-nurse-visits-may-improve-survival-of-moms-babies-689510.html
Nurse Firing Highlights Hazards of Social
Media in Hospitals
One of the most dramatic scenes so far from the second season
of ABC’s New
York Med had nothing to do with
gunshot wounds or heart transplants. It came when emergency room nurse Katie
Duke was fired for posting a photo to Instagram.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/nurse-firing-highlights-hazards-social-media-hospitals/story?id=24454611
Aged care
Out,
proud and ready to retire
The first generation of openly out and proud
gay and lesbian people are reaching retirement age and a new "silver
rainbow kit" has been put together to prepare carers.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10243396/Out-proud-and-ready-to-retire
Blood
test 'major step forward' in Alzheimer's
A blood test to predict if someone will develop
Alzheimer's within a year has been created, in a breakthrough that raises hopes
that the disease could become preventable.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10246169/Blood-test-major-step-forward-in-Alzheimers
Mental health
Computer game to beat depression
Canterbury has the highest number of teenagers per capita who
are using a computer game to help combat depression and stress.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10241611/Computer-game-to-beat-depression
Schools sign up for mental health service
A team of Christchurch health professionals is helping a
growing number of Canterbury schools support children and young people with
mental health issues.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/schools/10238747/Schools-sign-up-for-mental-health-service
Public health
Deadly influenza strain back with a vengeance
Flu is on the rise with the cooling weather, leaving
hospitals struggling to cope with a surge in patients.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/10241955/Deadly-influenza-strain-back-with-a-vengeance
Doctors:
Climate change has become a health issue
A group of doctors are pushing for environmentally friendly
answers to health problems, which will help society, not just individual
patients.
http://www.3news.co.nz/Doctors-Climate-change-has-become-a-health-issue/tabid/1160/articleID/351612/Default.aspx
Social media
Bedside Manners Commentatry
Just wanted to post this commentary that I
wrote for the Journal of Interprofessional Care on our play Bedside
Manners. Hope you find it of interest. –
http://suzannecgordon.com/bedside-manners-commentatry/
Health and wellness
Short rest periods between shifts linked to
shift work disorder
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nurses who often return to work
with less than 11 hours between shifts are at higher risk of sleep problems and
severe fatigue than others, according to a new study.
http://news.yahoo.com/short-rest-periods-between-shifts-linked-shift-disorder-161124083.html
Reports online
Investigating the contribution of
physician assistants to primary care in England: a mixed-methods study
”PAs
were found to be acceptable, effective and efficient in complementing the work
of GPs.
PAs
can provide a flexible addition to the primary care workforce. They offer
another labour pool to consider in health professional workforce and education
planning at local, regional and national levels. However, in order to maximise
the contribution of PAs in primary care settings, consideration needs to be
given to the appropriate level of regulation and the potential for authority to
prescribe medicines.” Source: National
Institute for Health Research
http://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/118501/FullReport-hsdr02160.pdf
New publications
Fundamentals
of Health Promotion for Nurses 2e
Jane Wills
This user-friendly textbook (now published in the Fundamentals Series) covers
the foundations for health promotion practice.
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New
chapters on Long Term Conditions, Evidence-Based Practice, as well as
expanded chapters on smoking, alcohol and obesity
978-1-11851577-8 | August 2014
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http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118515773.html?dmmsmid=86237&dmmspid=13380267&dmmsuid=2276520
Fundamentals of Nursing Models, Theories and Practice 2e
Hugh
McKenna, Majda Pajnkihar & Fiona Murphy
This is a concise introduction to the development, application and evaluation
of nursing theories, providing a useful resource for both undergraduate and
Master’s students.
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Includes
key concept summaries and reflective exercises to aid the study of this key
element of nursing courses.
978-0-470-65776-8 | May 2014
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http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-EHEP003130.html?dmmsmid=86237&dmmspid=13380267&dmmsuid=2276522
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