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to the College of Nurses – News Update.
No. 239 February 11
2015
From NZ media this week
Another safety milestone celebrated at Dunedin
Hospital Intensive Care Unit
Staff at Dunedin Hospital
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) celebrated another safety milestone today. Last
October, Dunedin ICU reached 1000 days without a single case of bloodstream
infection known as central line-associated bacteraemia, or CLAB. Today they
made it to 1111 days – three years.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1502/S00006/safety-milestone-at-dunedin-hospital-intensive-care-unit.htm
CAREER ADVICE DOWNGRADES NURSING'S JOB PROSPECTS
Nursing has dropped a notch from being a
"good" job prospect to a "fair" one in the latest Occupation
Outlook report released by the Ministry of Business, Innovation
and Employment.
http://www.nursingreview.co.nz/news-feed/2015/career-advice-downgrades-nursings-job-prospects/#.VNBrz2iUeCo
Innovations attract midwives to the Coast
Innovative support packages
being offered to self-employed Lead Maternity Care (LMC) midwives are
attracting new midwives to the Coast.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1502/S00020/innovations-attract-midwives-to-the-coast.htm
New
hospital patient IT system for South Island
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says a new
hospital patient information system will be rolled out across South Island DHBs
to streamline services.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/new-hospital-patient-it-system-south-island/5/213404
Headline: Help now
available for serious risk to babies
A new organisation has
launched today, which aims to raise awareness of serious birth defects from
common epilepsy medications.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1502/S00019/help-now-available-for-serious-risk-to-babies.htm
NMDHB
release theatre videosNelson
Marlborough District Health Board has released two videos showing what the
operating theatres look like and the process for patients who have elective
(planned) surgery.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/nmdhb-release-theatre-videos/5/213245
Loyal nurses face
'gut-wrenching' redundancy
Four
nurses lost their jobs when maternity services closed at Rhoda Read in
Morrinsville, Waikato, despite efforts to redeploy staff.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/65806551/loyal-nurses-face-gutwrenching-redundancy
Ambulance paramedics
gain nursing experience at Kenepuru clinic
Wellington Free Ambulance paramedics have had a chance to see
how the other half lives, thanks to work experience sessions with the staff at
Kenepuru Hospital’s Accident & Medical (A&M) clinic.
http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=75160
From International media
Pressure on nurses 'not recognised'
The challenges facing
district nurses across Northern Ireland are not being recognised, a union has
claimed.
http://www.u.tv/News/Pressure-on-nurses-not-recognised/7875cd15-b6e4-40cf-be9f-c04fed050be5
Nurses
call for guidelines on assisted suicide
Nurses call for a
principled framework to guide implementation of the Supreme Court's decision on
assisted suicide
http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/details.asp?c=86345
Health crisis as thousands of nurses head for
retirement (Kenya)
A health crisis is quickly unfolding as more than half of
the nurses in the public sector
head for retirement while most of the new
entrants are applying to go overseas.
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/health/article/2000151059/health-crisis-as-thousands-of-nurses-head-for-retirement
Hospitals Fail To Protect Nursing Staff From
Becoming Patients
When Tove Schuster raced to help a fellow nurse lift a
patient at Crozer-Chester Medical Center near Philadelphia in March 2010, she
didn't realize she was about to become a troubling statistic.
http://www.npr.org/2015/02/04/382639199/hospitals-fail-to-protect-nursing-staff-from-becoming-patients
Nurses have higher rates of workplace injury than construction workers
Three seniors in the nursing program at the
SUNY College at Brockport follow professor Jennifer Chesebro through
a long nondescript room with eight occupied hospital beds along the
walls.
http://wrvo.org/post/nurses-have-higher-rates-workplace-injury-construction-workers
Patient ‘Passports’ Make
Sure People With Complex Cases Are Heard
Passport Programs at More Hospitals Help Patients Communicate With
Doctors, Overcome Feeling Powerless
http://www.wsj.com/articles/patient-passports-make-sure-people-with-complex-cases-are-heard-1422918741
NHS agency nurses spending 'soars'
NHS spending on agency nurses has soared in the
past two years, says the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-31135809
RCN: District nurses' morale at all-time low in
Northern Ireland
District nurses in Northern Ireland are
under-staffed, under-resourced and often abused while treating patients in the
community, according to a union.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-31153133
Measles outbreak in US sets off immunisation debate
Even politicians are
sweating in the United States with measles spreading and Ebola still on
people’s minds, writes Peter Huck
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=11397976
Public health
Diphtheria case in Auckland
A single case of diphtheria has been confirmed
in Auckland, the first case of the potentially deadly respiratory disease in
New Zealand in six years.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/265415/diphtheria-case-in-auckland
Mozzie bite warning for travellers
Spike in number of tourists returning from Pacific with
mosquito-borne illnesses sparks call for precautions.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11399204
Articles of interest
An investigation of factors that impact patients’
subjective experience of nurse-led clinics: a qualitative systematic review (pages 19–33)
Samantha
Jakimowicz, Christine Stirling and Maree Duddle
To systematically review the qualitative evidence
on factors that affect the experience of patients attending nurse-led clinics
and compare with key elements of person-centred care.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jocn.12676/abstract
Leadership and teamwork in medical emergencies: performance
of nursing students and registered nurses in simulated patient scenarios (pages
90–100)
Ruth
Endacott, Fiona E Bogossian, Simon J Cooper, Helen Forbes, Victoria J Kain,
Susan C. Young, Joanne E Porter and the First2Act Team
To examine nursing students' and registered nurses' teamwork
skills whilst managing simulated deteriorating patients.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jocn.12611/abstract
Shift work to balance everyday life - a
salutogenic nursing perspective in home help service in Sweden
Agosti M, Andersson I, Ejlertsson G, Janlöv A
BMC Nursing 2015, 14
:2 (13 January 2015)
Nurses in Sweden have a high absence due to
illness and many retire before the age of sixty. Factors at work as well as in
private life may contribute to health problems. To maintain a healthy workforce
there is a need for actions on work-life balance in a salutogenic perspective.
The aim of this study was to explore perceptions of resources in everyday life
to balance work and private life among nurses in home help service.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6955/14/2/abstract
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Professional development
Smokefree Nurses
Symposium
Smokefree
Nurses are calling for expert nurse speakers, working at the forefront of
nursing practice, education and research to share their knowledge and
experience to help other nurses enhance their practice.
Wednesday
18 March | 9.00AM – 4.30pm. For more information visit http://smokefree.org.nz/workshops-and-conferences
DANA ‘Many Faces of Addiction’ Forum 2015 – Call for
abstracts
The DANA Organising Committee for the ‘Many Faces of
Addiction’ Forum 2015 invites you to submit an abstract for an
oral or poster presentation. The Forum will be held at Novotel Sydney
Central, 13 – 14 August 2015.
The DANA Forum theme, ‘Many Faces of Addiction’, reflects the
diverse nature of addiction and the many people that it affects. As nurses, we
are conscious that the impact of drug and alcohol misuse can be viewed from
many different perspectives and understanding each perspective is important to
determine best practice. Approaches to the treatment of addiction are evolving
and in order to effectively respond to these changes, nurses and other health
care workers need to be aware of contemporary substance use and associated
issues.
To find out more, visit www.danaconference.com.au.
#DANAForum2015
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