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to the College of Nurses – News Update.
No. 254 3 June 2015
From NZ media this week
End of an Era for Long-Serving Duty Nurse Manager
The day Jude Olsen told his grandmother Maria
Roberts that he wanted to be a nurse, it bowled her over with surprise quickly
followed by immense pride.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1505/S00134/end-of-an-era-for-long-serving-duty-nurse-manager.htm
Whitireia Faculty of Health dean appointed to
expert advisory group
Whitireia Faculty of Health
Dean Dr Kathryn Holloway has been appointed to the Expert Advisory Group
assisting the Ministry of Health in the development of a draft refresh of the
New Zealand Health Strategy.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1505/S00125/whitireia-dean-appointed-to-expert-advisory-group.htm
Masked role-playing to help SIT nursing students
Southern Institute of Technology nurse educator Johanna
Rhodes greets her third year nursing students and walks into the back room.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/68960178/masked-roleplaying-to-help-sit-nursing-students
Queen's Birthday
Honours: Mollie Kainuku
Mollie
Kainuku, patron of Diabetes New Zealand Wairarapa and a specialist diabetes
nurse, received a Queen's Service Medal yesterday for her work with diabetics
in Wairarapa
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wairarapa-times-age/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503414&objectid=11457820
Govt health
cost-cutting scheme to be closed by end of the month
A
beleaguered Government health cost-cutting scheme will be wound up by the end
of the month and replaced by District Health Board-owned company ready to take
over shared-service contracts across New Zealand.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/69046629/govt-health-costcutting-scheme-to-be-closed-by-end-of-the-month
Pasifika rate of hospital stays on rise
Study says cost of GP care among factors behind rise in
preventable admissions
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11456358
Cost not only deterrent for doctor visits
A Western Bay of Plenty health leader fears at-risk children
will still miss out on medical care - despite all 25 general practices in the
Bay offering free visits to under-13s from July.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11454231
Calls for
Parliamentary inquiry into use of surgical mesh
Two
women suffering the consequences of having surgical mesh implanted in their
bodies have pleaded for MPs to hold an inquiry into its use.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/68907049/calls-for-parliamentary-inquiry-into-use-of-surgical-mesh
From International media this week
Doctoring, Without the Doctor
WOOD LAKE, Neb. — There are just a handful of psychiatrists
in all of western Nebraska, a vast expanse of farmland and cattle ranches. So
when Murlene Osburn, a cattle rancher turned psychiatric nurse, finished her
graduate degree, she thought starting a practice in this tiny village of
tumbleweeds and farm equipment dealerships would be easy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/26/health/rural-nebraska-offers-stark-view-of-nursing-autonomy-debate.html?_r=0
Nursing staff
'mistakenly believe apology leaves them liable for error'
Senior nurses have been warned that when trying to implement
the new legal duty of candour they may face resistance from some staff who fear
having to offer an apology to patients when harm has occurred.
http://www.nursingtimes.net/5085221.article?WT.tsrc=email&WT.mc_id=Newsletter1
We Need More Nurses
SEVERAL emergency-room nurses were crying in
frustration after their shift ended at a large metropolitan hospital when
Molly, who was new to the hospital, walked in. The nurses were scared because
their department was so understaffed that they believed their patients — and
their nursing licenses — were in danger, and because they knew that when
tensions ran high and nurses were spread thin, patients could snap and turn
violent.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/28/opinion/we-need-more-nurses.html?_r=0
Proposals: Scrap Hospital Regulatory Process, Give Some Nurses More
Power to Prescribe Drugs
The House and Senate have long been divided about
a proposal to expand health coverage for hundreds of thousands of low-income
Floridians.
http://flaglerlive.com/79195/special-session-health-bills/
WA nurses to get new police powers with frontline
mental health teams
CLINICIANS will form frontline mental
health teams, be given special police powers and join officers on the beat
under a bold new plan that could be introduced within months.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/wa-nurses-to-get-new-police-powers-with-frontline-mental-health-teams/story-e6frg6n6-1227376901399
NURSE-LED, TEAM-FOCUSED HEALTHCARE INSPIRES
PROVIDERS IN NEW JERSEY
Healthcare providers and insurers across New Jersey are
looking for ways to become more efficient and effective in the way they deliver
care to patients – particularly those with chronic diseases who make the most
visits to hospitals.
http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/15/05/25/nurse-led-team-focused-healthcare-inspires-providers-in-nj/
Mental health
Government announces plans for social bonds for
mental health services
Private investors will soon be given the opportunity to
invest in mental health services, Government confirmed this morning.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11457938
No cherry-picking in mental health bonds - Coleman
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says private investors in
the mental health sector will not be able to cherry-pick clients or "fudge
results" in order to get a return on their investment.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11458103
Private investment in
mental health 'disaster in the making'
Private
investment in the mental health sector will focus on jobs for those with mental
illness, but Labour says the Government's use of social bonds in the area is
"a disaster in the making".
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/69021252/private-investment-in-mental-health-disaster-in-the-making
Social bonds:
dangerous experiment or better services?
Advocates
say issuing social bonds for mental health services risks being an unfortunate
experiment undertaken with society's most vulnerable.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/275194/social-bonds-dangerous-experiment-or-better-services
Social health
New Zealand's shocking child abuse statistics
A child is admitted to a New Zealand hospital every second
day with injuries arising from either assault, neglect or maltreatment,
research says.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/68936884/new-zealands-shocking-child-abuse-statistics
Articles of interest
You've been assigned a nursing student—Now
what?
Do you remember your first days of clinical when
you were a nursing student? Remember the anxiety? Can you recall the new
smells, being on a hospital unit for the first time, and not knowing where to
find the restroom? Do you remember the first time you made a difference in a
patient's care and you realized that nursing was definitely your calling? How
about that one nurse who helped you put the pieces together and made you think,
“I can do this!”
http://journals.lww.com/nursingmadeincrediblyeasy/Fulltext/2015/05000/You_ve_been_assigned_a_nursing_student_Now_what_.3.aspx
Nurse practitioner
clinical decision-making and evidence-based practice
Evidence-based practice is key to improving patient outcomes but can be
challenging for busy nurse practitioners to implement. This article describes
the process of critically appraising evidence for use in clinical practice and
offers strategies for implementing evidence-based innovations and disseminating
the findings.
http://journals.lww.com/tnpj/Fulltext/2015/05000/Nurse_practitioner_clinical_decision_making_and.10.aspx
Surgery
without smoke
A
private surgical hospital is on a mission to have electrosurgical smoke plume
acknowledged as a significant hazard in operating theatres around the country.
PETER BATEMAN reports.
http://www.safeguard.co.nz/databases/modus/sgfree/sgmagfree/JRNL-148-SG-36?tid=413235926&si=1878974479
Virtual nursing grand rounds: Improving practice
overseas
NURSING GRAND ROUNDS (NGRs) are educational presentations
designed for sharing nursing knowledge by focusing on a particular patient case
or a group of similar cases.1 During NGRs,
nurses can
gain new knowledge, learn new skills, and improve their practice.1,2NGRs promote professional
development using the best-available evidence to solve nursing practice problems,
identify real and potential barriers to effective care, and provide a forum for
nurses to share clinical expertise and best practices to improve patient
outcomes.1,2
http://journals.lww.com/nursing/Fulltext/2015/05000/Virtual_nursing_grand_rounds__Improving_practice.6.aspx
Infection prevention
and control lessons learned from the management of the first suspected Ebola
virus disease case admitted to a New Zealand hospital
Ruth Barratt
This
report describes the infection prevention and control involvement in the care
of the first suspected Ebola virus disease (EVD) case to be admitted to a New
Zealand hospital. Prior planning and detailed preparations enabled a smooth
admission process and ongoing patient treatment. Prepared infection prevention
and control procedures ensured the public and healthcare workers were not put
at risk of acquiring EVD. Further refinement of personal protective equipment
is required.
http://www.publish.csiro.au/index.cfm?act=view_file&file_id=HI15006.pdf
From the Ministry of Health
Health Literacy Review: A guide
Individuals and whānau face
a series of demands on their health literacy when navigating their way through
the health system. These demands impact on consumers’ ability to access health
information, care and services.
Internationally, support is
growing for a stronger focus on how health systems, health care providers and
practitioners can support people to access care, manage and maintain their own
health and wellbeing.
A health literate
organisation makes health literacy a priority and integral to quality service
improvement. It makes health literacy part of all aspects of its service
planning, design, delivery, and performance evaluation.
This guide and the Health literacy reviews section have been developed with input from
DHBs, to support health organisations undertake a health literacy review. It
draws on international best practise for health literate organisations (the 6
Dimensions) tailored for the New Zealand health setting.
http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/health-literacy-review-guide
A Framework for Health Literacy
A framework for health
literacy: a health system response
Because of the way health
systems are organised, individuals and whānau can often face a series of
demands on their health literacy (see Health literacy demands below). This is
their capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services
in order to make informed health decisions.
A health-literate health
system reduces these demands on people and builds health
literacy skills of its workforce, and the individuals and whānau who use its
services. It provides high-quality services that are easy to access and
navigate and gives clear and relevant health messages so that everyone living
in New Zealand can effectively manage their own health, keep well and live
well.
http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/framework-health-literacy
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2 June 2015
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