Welcome
to the College of Nurses – News Update.
No. 255 10 June 2015
From NZ media this week
A
Taranaki "Maori nurse leader" in the making
When Roxanne
McDonald dropped out of school at 15 she had few prospects and little ambition.
But 14 years
later she has finally found her calling and is now being described as a future
nursing leader with four scholarships to help her with her nursing studies.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/69098879/A-Taranaki-Maori-nurse-leader-in-the-making
Whitireia hosts Canadian nursing students and
tutors
The Whitireia Faculty of Health has been
hosting nine students and two tutors from the nursing programme at Camosun
College in British Columbia, Canada.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/whitireia-hosts-canadian-nursing-students-and-tutors/5/223062
From International media this week
German
nursing sector hesitant to recruit abroad
Almost all parts of Germany have a shortage of
qualified nursing staff. But healthcare providers are reluctant to recruit
skilled workers from abroad, according to a recent study by the Bertelsmann
Foundation.
http://bit.ly/1IbxCAj
Royal College of Nursing appoints new leader
The Royal College of Nursing has appointed
Janet Davies, its current director of nursing and service delivery, to be its
next chief executive and general secretary.
http://www.nursingtimes.net/5085481.article?WT.tsrc=email&WT.mc_id=Newsletter1
Nurses Can't Afford to Ignore Healthcare Costs
Concern for
the hospital's bottom line has traditionally been outside the realm of RNs, but
understanding healthcare costs gives them an advantage in improving patient
care and insight into leadership challenges.
http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/NRS-316981/Nurses-Cant-Afford-to-Ignore-Healthcare-Costs
On
Needing More Nurses
On
May 28, Alexandra R0bbins wrote an Oped for the New York Times entitled “We
Need More Nurses.” Robbins has written a book exploring and promoting the
work that nurses do entitled The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles
With the Heroes of the Hospital. Her welcome plea for better/safer nurse
staffing comes after a long line of researchers, journalists, and, of course,
tens of thousands of nurses have begged local, regional, and national
politicians to enact safe staffing laws. - See more at: http://bit.ly/1RJZUqb
The
nursing shortage and the doctor shortage are two very different things
Nursing is bracing for what’s being called a “silver tsunami” —
a graying Baby Boomer workforce entering retirement. On top of that, many other
nurses are leaving the field out of frustration. Why? They don’t feel they’re
making enough of a difference for their patients.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/06/05/the-nursing-shortage-and-the-doctor-shortage-are-two-very-different-things/
UK falls short of 24,000 nurses due to cuts and
immigration rules
Britain’s
healthcare industry is suffering a nursing shortage of 24,000 staff this year,
driven by a decline in student places, tougher
immigration rules and spending cuts.
Despite
a strong rise in EU immigration, 7,000 fewer nurses came to the UK in 2014-15
compared with 2003-04, according to Christie & Co, a consultancy. Spanish
nurses were the most likely to come here in 2015, followed by nurses from
Portugal and Italy.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/beb7831a-0b77-11e5-8937-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3cS6HNQcO
Nurses set to fill in for
on-call doctors in Ayrshire, with trial starting at Ayr Hospital
MEDICAL insiders have shared concerns
over plans to move the Ayrshire Doctors on Call service to a "nurse-led"
programme, with nurses asked to fill in for GPs.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/nurses-set-fill-on-call-doctors-5830016
World's health problems on the
increase - report
We live in a sick world. Just 4 per cent of people had no
health problems in 2013, according to a global medical check-up published today
in a leading journal.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11461872
Tasmania's graduate nurses struggling to find work,
Nursing and Midwifery Federation survey finds
Tasmania's
Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is deeply concerned about a new report
showing 60 per cent of the state's nursing graduates cannot get jobs.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-08/more-than-half-tasmania27s-graduate-nurses-can-not-find-work3/6529366
DHBs and PHOs
Southern District
Health Board could be replaced by commissioner
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman is
considering replacing the financially-struggling Southern District Health Board
with a commissioner.
A May 28 letter by Coleman to health
board chairman Joe Butterfield says Coleman has become increasingly concerned
with the health board's deteriorating financial performance.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/69208168/southern-district-health-board-could-be-replaced-by-commissioner
Southern DHB’s deficit – is it time to clear the
slate?
The New Zealand Nurses
Organisation (NZNO) cautiously welcomes the announcement that a commissioner
may be appointed to run Southern District Health Board.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1506/S00042/southern-dhbs-deficit-is-it-time-to-clear-the-slate.htm
Government to track
numbers of surgical patients being turned away from hospitals
The
Government has made moves to track patients who are missing out on surgery,
after years of controversy over the level of "unmet need" in the
public health system.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/69222706/government-to-track-numbers-of-surgical-patients-being-turned-away-from-hospitals
Good progress measuring specialist referrals
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says good
progress is being made towards accurately measuring patient flow from GPs to
hospital based specialists and the outcome of those referrals.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/good-progress-measuring-specialist-referrals/5/223371
NZs health system $1 billion
worse off than six years ago; $220 per kiwi
The Council of Trade Unions has completed a
detailed analysis of the 2015 Health Budget and estimates that our public health
system will be $1 billion worse off than it was six years ago.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1506/S00041/nzs-health-system-1-billion-worse-off-than-six-years-ago.htm
Taranaki loses trio of community health providers
The removal of mental health funding from Taranaki gives the
impression people in the provinces don't matter, a leading health advocate
says.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/69184911/taranaki-loses-trio-of-community-health-providers
Ethical issues
Euthanasia debate back
on the political agenda
The
right-to-die debate is poised to be thrust back on the political agenda as
support mounts for a parliamentary inquiry.
More
than a decade after Parliament was divided by a vote on voluntary euthanasia,
there is cross-party support that the public deserves a fresh debate through a
select committee inquiry.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/69148392/euthanasia-debate-back-on-the-political-agenda
Lecretia Seales did not have right to die, High
Court rules
Lecretia Seales learned on
her death bed that she had been denied her dying wish.
Her grieving husband, Matt
Vickers, has revealed her deep hurt and disappointment when he told her on
Tuesday evening that Justice David Collins had decided it was against the law
for her to be allowed a doctor's help to die at a time of her own choosing.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/69112451/lecretia-seales-did-not-have-right-to-die-high-court-rules
Govt will back
euthanasia inquiry but won't create new laws, says John Key
The
Government will not put euthanasia on its work programme but will support an
inquiry into the issue, the Prime Minister says.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/69210987/govt-will-back-euthanasia-inquiry-but-wont-create-new-laws-says-john-key
PM says no to debate on broadening access medicinal
marijuana
Prime
Minister John Key says he would not support a parliamentary debate on
broadening access to medicinal marijuana because there are alternatives
available.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/69212610/pm-says-no-to-debate-on-broadening-access-medicinal-marijuana
Medicinal cannabis
application approved for teenager in coma
A
teenager in an induced coma in Wellington Hospital is the first to have
received a cannabidiol product signed off by a Government minister.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/69243877/medicinal-cannabis-application-approved-for-teenager-in-coma
Mental health
Social impact bonds a “solution” looking for a
problem
The New Zealand Nurses
Organisation (NZNO) Mental Health Nurses Section fears the Government’s new
social impact bonds is a way to privatise mental health services and abandon
its responsibility to fund public health and social services for our most
vulnerable New Zealanders.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1506/S00012/social-impact-bonds-a-solution-looking-for-a-problem.htm
New wellbeing programme for
farmers launched
Farmstrong, a
new initiative to promote wellbeing for all farmers and growers across New
Zealand is being launched today.
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2015/june-2015/03/New-wellbeing-programme-for-farmers-launched.aspx
Public health
Thousands of Kiwi kids suffer
preventable injuries - report
A whopping 8000 New Zealand children are admitted to hospital
with preventable injuries every year, a new report shows.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11461768
Social health
Call for action after toddler's death
The death of an Auckland toddler in a cold,
damp Housing New Zealand house has led to renewed calls for the introduction of
a Warrant of Fitness for all homes.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11459950
Northland Health Officials Support Coroner’s Report
Northland Health officials
have come out in support of Coroner Brant Shortland’s report which notes that
the cold, damp house a two-year-old was living in contributed to her death.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1506/S00047/northland-health-officials-support-coroners-report.htm
New $5 million study
to boost children's health by improving housing
A
$5 million study by a team of Wellington researchers aims to boost children's
health by improving New Zealand's housing.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/69058217/new-5-million-study-to-boost-childrens-health-by-improving-housing
Articles of interest
Medical
marijuana
Medical
marijuana is now available in several states. People seek it to treat pain,
nausea and some disease symptoms that don't respond to other treatments.
http://mayocl.in/1cwSxCt
Online resources
Apprentices,
trainees and nursing students (PDF 4.7 MB)
On a busy
ward, surgery or community-based workplace you might see several young new
starters working in a health care support worker role. As well as nursing
students, who go to university to do a nursing degree and also undertake a work
placement, you may work with trainees, apprentices and cadets and feel a little
confused about their roles and responsibilities, and what support they need.
This publication has been designed to give RCN learning representatives an
overview of the new young learner roles and give guidance on what good practice
looks like in relation to supporting young learners. It also highlights how you
and your fellow union representatives can work in partnership with employers to
ensure that every young person who joins your organisation has a great start to
their nursing career.
http://www.rcn.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/618623/004-839.pdf
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
9 June 2015
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are most useful or what you would like added - please email admin@nurse.org.nz
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