Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand articles from April 2009

Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand archives from April 2009

Saluting the role of rural health nurses.(Editorial)
April 1, 2009... Writing this editorial has given me an opportunity to reflect on my rural nursing experiences, to understand how I journeyed to where I am today, and why I am still here. I firmly believe the roads we choose to travel in our nursing careers are...

Programme for cancer survivors.(LETTERS: TELL US WHAT YOU THINK)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2009... We would like to thank Phil Kerslake for last month's editorial on surviving cancer (p2). He raised an important issue for New Zealand health care regarding the increasing numbers of cancer survivors, and their need for ongoing care. ...

'Coming clean' about disability.(LETTERS: TELL US WHAT YOU THINK)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2009... The article "Empowering those' with disabilities" by Pauline Yorke, published in the February issue of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand (p18), prompted me to wonder how many "well" and functioning nurses themselves have disabilities. I was...

Attitudes the greatest barrier.(LETTERS: TELL US WHAT YOU THINK)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2009... Thank you Pauline Yorke for the enlightening article "Empowering those with disabilities", published in February (p18). As a nurse with an impairment (I have no legs), I found this article informative and one that has, hopefully,...

Breaching the breastfeeding code.(LETTERS: TELL US WHAT YOU THINK)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2009... I cannot begin to tell you how disappointed T was to see a Nestle advert for artificial baby milk "Nan" in the inside front cover in the March edition of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand. I imagine many lactation consultants, baby friendly...

Disappointment at seeing ad for formula.(LETTERS: TELL US WHAT YOU THINK)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2009... I am writing to express my disappointment at seeing Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand advertising infant formula in its March issue. This is not only a breach of the International Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes where no breast milk...

A slap in the face for nurses.(LETTERS: TELL US WHAT YOU THINK)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2009... I am usually a great advocate of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand and the work of the co-editors. But, in advertising a Nestle product in your last issue, I believe you are in breach of the World Health Organisation code. "Scientific, factual and...

Prudence RN.(LETTERS: TELL US WHAT YOU THINK)(Cartoon)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It was in theatre that Prudence learnt to sleep standing up.

Ethical advertising needed.(LETTERS: TELL US WHAT YOU THINK)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2009... I would like to add my name to the list of people conveying their concern re your decision to accept advertising from artificial baby milk (formula) companies. Overseas professional literature is rampant with it so I guess it was only a matter...

Ad causes dismay.(LETTERS: TELL US WHAT YOU THINK)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2009... I was shocked and dismayed to find an advertisement for infant formula in last month's journal. This shows a gross lack of understanding about infant and maternal health. If any more ads contravening the International Code of Marketing of...

Pride in aged-care nursing.(LETTERS: TELL US WHAT YOU THINK)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2009... I am proud I work in aged-care and have worked in the same facility in Oamaru for the past 20 years, first as a registered nurse (RN), then unit manager. Every time I see an article in the newspaper, or hear another mention on television...

Concern at fee increase.(LETTERS: TELL US WHAT YOU THINK)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2009... The national committee of the NZNO Gerontology Section is concerned about this month's NZNO membership fee increase. This was not discussed at last year's NZNO conference. We wonder if this increase was tabled and discussed with members and...

Reduced fee changes discriminate.(LETTERS: TELL US WHAT YOU THINK)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2009... Last month I received a letter from the NZNO membership support service, regarding the change in criteria for reduced subscription fees. I am a longstanding NZNO member, and have paid a reduced fee for several years. I am writing to...

Ads 'feather the nests' of others.(LETTERS: TELL US WHAT YOU THINK)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2009... At our recent gerontology section meeting in Northand we discussed the increased advertising in Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand. Some 16 pages were dedicated to job vacancies and opportunities in last month's issue. Initially this might seem...

Anthroposophical nursing empowers.(LETTERS: TELL US WHAT YOU THINK)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2009... I was so delighted to see an article on anthroposophical nursing (p24) in the February issue of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand. I had totally lost hope in nursing as a career choice until I found this course and finished my anthroposophical...

Enrolled nursing on the comeback.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
April 1, 2009... Delight and disappointment have greeted Minister of Hearth Tony Ryall's announcement on expanding the role and training of enrolled nurses (EN). NZNO chief executive Geoff Annals is delighted. "It has been a long, hard and, at times,...

Nurses to elect two members of nursing council.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
April 1, 2009... From September, nurses will be able to elect two Nursing Council members. Last month Minister of Hearth Tony Ryall announced the elections. The Council is moving swiftly to meet the September timeframe, which chief executive Carolyn Reed says...

Developing a rural nursing workforce strategy.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
April 1, 2009... Privacy and maintaining confidentiality in small communities, autonomous practice and "scope creep" are issues to have emerged from the biggest survey of rural, nurses conducted in New Zealand. The survey, conducted through Kai Tiaki Nursing...

Funding won't ensure safe care.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
April 1, 2009... The Government's five percent funding increase for aged care--a three percent inflation adjustment and two percent to help nursing retention --announced by Health Minister Tony Ryall last month, will not be enough to solve chronic staffing...

Nurses' input wanted.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... The Ministry of Health intends offering a national subscription for the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) to all district health boards and primary health organisations. It has contracted PricewaterhouseCoopers--health sector consulting division,...

Making safe staffing visible.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Demonstration sites, where the recommendations of the Committee of Inquiry (CoI) into Safe Staffing and Healthy Workplaces (SSHW) are put into action, are likely to be established at three district health boards (DHBs) within the near future....

Clinical leadership needed.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Greater clinical leadership will be introduced into the public health system, if the recommendations of a ministerial task group on clinical leadership are enacted. A report commissioned by Health Minister Tony Ryall and called "In Good...

Free health care for Africa.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
April 1, 2009... New Zealand nurses, particularly operating theatre and scrub nurses, are urgently needed to serve on the Africa Mercy for its assignment to Benin in West Africa this year. Africa Mercy is part of the Mercy Ships International Christian...

Educating nurses about HIV/AIDS.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... The first online course for registered nurses about HIV/AIDS begins at the end of this month. The course is being facilitated by principal lecturer from Orago Polytechnic's school of nursing, Collette Blockley, who has spent the last seven...

Celebrating nurses.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
April 1, 2009... Health Minister Tony Ryall will give the main address at NZNO's national office celebration of International Nurses' Day next month, expanding on the theme of "Nurses leading care innovations" The afternoon on May 11 will also feature two...

NZNO staff changes.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(New Zealand Nurses Organisation)(Huia Welton appointed )(Jo Taylor and Jo Martin resigned )(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Former NZNO organiser for the Wellington region, Huia Welton, has been appointed as NZNO's campaigns and media adviser. Welton has been filling the role part-time for a number of months and took over the role full-time in February. ...

Website to focus on members.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(New Zealand Nurses Organisation )(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... NZNO launched its newly designed website earlier this month. This was in response to a board of directors" priority to create a website that was easier to use, more visually appealing and with varying levels of access, as appropriate--for...

Cardiovascular guidelines.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... The New Zealand Cardiovascular Guidelines Handbook has been updated and was sent to general practices to distribute to GPs and nurses earlier this month. The handbook was updated by a representative revision team, including diabetes clinical...

Award for innovative parish nurse.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... A nurse who has made a difference to more than 5000 people in the community has won first prize in the inaugural 3M Tegaderm professional development grant. Parish community nurse Peleiupu Tautua, who works with Procare Network Auckland,...

Recognising innovation: it's often the simplest, most low 'tech' nursing innovation that can have the biggest impact on improving patient care.(NEWS FOCUS)
April 1, 2009... Nurses are innovators--partly through economic necessity, partly through their desire to improve patient care outcomes. In choosing the theme "Nurses leading care innovations" for International Nurses' Day (IND) next month (May 12), the...

Nurses narrow the health gaps among Taranaki Maori: a nurse-led service in Taranaki is seeking to make a difference to Maori health status in the region. The results so far are encouraging.(PROFILE)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ten years ago, two Taranaki nurses and sisters were inspired by a vision of establishing a free mobile Maori nursing service that would improve access for Maori and meet patients' needs across the lifespan. With the...

Standing orders extend rural nursing practice and patient access; there are few reports about the use of standing orders in New Zealand. A study in Opotiki sheds light on how standing orders can be used safely and increase patients' access to services.(PRACTICE)(Report)
April 1, 2009... There is no published literature about the use of standing orders in general practice in New Zealand and, even internationally, standing order use in primary care is poorly reported. This article reports a prospective study of the use of...

The delights and dilemmas of rural nursing: nursing in isolated rural communities poses practical, personal and professional challenges.(PROFILE)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] South Westland is rugged country--farms hewn from bush, dangerous alpine environments, capricious weather and relative isolation--the bridge over Haast Pass was opened in the early '60s. The communities that have...

The challenges of caring for rural communities: New Zealand's rural population deserves the same quality of health care as all other New Zealanders. But there are unique challenges in providing care to rural communities.(NEWS FOCUS)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Rural health care in New Zealand is dependent on a "fragile" model of care, according to the New Zealand Institute of Rural Health. This model of care is heavily dependent on general practitioners (GPs), who are a...

Innovative approaches to extending the role of the rural practice nurse: two general practices on the West Coast, one owned by the district health board, the other privately owned, have taken two very different approaches to expanding the role of the practice nurse.(PROFILE)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Buller Medical Centre (BMC) in Westport has seen around 160 GPs, many from overseas, come and go in the last 12 years. Owned by the West Coast District Health Board (DHB) since 1997, its nurses were under intense...

Help for a rural community: a group of nursing students are determined to transform a neglected reserve into a place of health and healing.(NEWS FOCUS)
April 1, 2009... All first-year nursing students at Waiariki Institute of Technology must do a three-week community placement. This is no ordinary placement, however, as we are required to complete an holistic health needs assessment of the community based on...

International Nurses' Day--12 May.(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Caring for nurses and midwives--NZNO is the only New Zealand nursing organisation affiliated to the International Council of Nurses. It proudly supports its more than 43,000 members with a full range of services, and empowers its members to...

Nursing comprehensively in a rural community: returning to nurse in the community she grew up in has provided unique challenges, opportunities and satisfactions for one rural nurse.(Viewpoint essay)
April 1, 2009... Nursing in rural New Zealand provides a unique opportunity to embrace the real meaning of comprehensive nursing. The scope of my practice is significantly influenced by the rural and remote nature of West Otago where I work at West Otago Health...

Forming a collaborative college: primary health care nurses should have a more powerful voice, once the College of Primary Health Care Nurses has been established.(PROFESSIONAL FOCUS)
April 1, 2009... In January, NZNO's board of directors facilitated a meeting of college and section representatives with an interest in primary health care (PHC) nursing (see Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, February, p10). This resulted in a clear mandate to the...

Managing change--a balancing act: long-serving health care assistants at Capital and Coast District Health Board have not fared well in changes associated with the move to the new regional hospital.(INDUSTRIAL FOCUS)
April 1, 2009... Change is inevitable, particularly in the dynamic world of health. In many collective agreements, the consultation process around change is outlined and usually adhered to. In the 2007 NZNO/District Health Board (DHB) Multi-Employer Collective...

Accepted asthma treatment challenge.(SECTION/COLLEGE NEWS)
April 1, 2009... There is often one particular stand-out presentation at any conference. In the case of the recent South Island Respiratory Educators' Forum in Christchurch, a presentation by professor of respiratory medicine at Otago University, Robin Taylor,...

One-day seminar for cancer nurses.(SECTION/COLLEGE NEWS)
April 1, 2009... Targeting cancer nurses" is the theme of a one-day seminar held in conjunction with the New Zealand Society for Oncology (NZSO) in June. The event is being hosted by the Palmerston North Cancer Nurses' Special Interest Group and will conclude...

Journeying through a woman's life.(SECTION/COLLEGE NEWS)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... The 'women's health section's seventh national conference in Wanaka in February was vibrant and informative, attended by more than 100 delegates. Over two days, the delegates went on a journey through a woman's life from her sexual health...

'Choices' helps reduce health inequalities.(TE RUNANGA)(Choices/Kahungunu Health Services )
April 1, 2009... What began as a vision of one determined woman 14 years ago has surely been realised today. Choices/Kahungunu Health Services in Hawke's Bay has grown enormously since it began as an independent midwifery practice in 1995 (see profile Koi Tiaki...

The good and the bad in aged care.(SECTOR REPORTS)
April 1, 2009... Negotiations at Howick Baptist, an Auckland aged-care facility, have been completed. A top rate of $17 an hour for caregivers with Aged Care Education (ACE), dementia and other advanced training has been achieved. Those without such training...

Cuts to jobs and hours proposed.(SECTOR REPORTS)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Cuts to jobs and hours are being proposed at the Matamata Country Lodge, part of the Ran Main Group. Care giving, administration, kitchen and laundry staff are affected by the proposed cuts. The lodge provides three levels of residential care:...

DHB complains about report on staffing.(SECTOR REPORTS)(District Health Board )
April 1, 2009... Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand's co-editors received a letter last month from the acting chief executive of Wairarapa District Health Board (DHB), Joy Cooper, expressing concern with a report I had written, Continuing staff shortages in the...

Dyson drops in on West Coast delegates.(SECTOR REPORTS)(Ruth Dyson )(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Labours health spokesperson Ruth Dyson dropped in on an NZNO delegate training day on bullying and harassment prevention in Greymouth last month. Labour MPs were meeting on the West Coast. The delegates talked with...

No progress at Rosebank.(SECTOR REPORTS)(Rosebank Rest-home and Hospital )(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Two 24-hour strikes by caregivers at Rosebank Rest-home and Hospital in Ashburton--the first on March 13 and the next on April 4--have failed to persuade owner Stuart Leck to return to the negotiating table. NZNO organiser Steve Howard...

PHC seminars begin.(SECTOR REPORTS)(primary health care )(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... With the successful establishment of NZNO's primary health care (PHC) national delegates' committee last year, NZNO has decided the time is right to run its first specialist activist seminars for PHC members. The two-day seminars are being held...

Supporting members through the first steps of an investigation.(SECTOR REPORTS)
April 1, 2009... Supporting members through the initial steps of an investigation following an incident is part of an organiser's job. The first step is to get the member to submit an indemnity claim for possible professional liability. This goes to NZNO's...

Health Select Committee to consider Te Rau Kokiri.(SECTOR REPORTS)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... The Health Select Committee has asked the Ministry of Health for a briefing on Te Rau Kokiri, the Maori and iwi health provider multi-employer collective bargaining agreement (MECA). Last year NZNO and representatives of Maori and iwi health...

Events 2009 www.kaitiakiads.co.nz.(Calendar)
April 1, 2009... EVENTS 2009 www.kaitiakiads.co.nz 2009 14-17 May NZ Ophthalmic Nurses Group Meeting 2009 Nelson www.sixhats.co.nzlranzco09 2009 29-30 May Heartbeat 2009, Essentials of Care, Governance and Sydney ...

Reunions.(Brief article)(Calendar)
April 1, 2009... REUNIONS 2009 27 June Tauranga Hospital Ex Ward 6 Staff Tauranga vidki wiltonl@hotmail.com or lizgabd@bopdhb.govtco 2009 28-30 Aug Princess Margaret Hospital Celebrating 50 years Christchurch since opening...