Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand articles from August 2007

Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand archives from August 2007

What's the difference between health promotion and health education?(EDITORIAL)
August 1, 2007... Much of my international research and writing has championed the cause of health promotion and identified the place and function of it within nursing practice, education and policy. One of the main reasons for my relocating from the United...

Annals' article strikes a chord.(LETTER)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2007... I would Like to send a big "thank you" to NZNO chief executive Geoff Annals for his down-to-earth article on enrolled nurses (ENs) in the June issue of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand ("Debunking the myth of unsafe enrolled nurse practice", p29)....

Loss of ENS detrimental to nursing.(LETTERS)(Enrolled nurses)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2007... The clinical nurse managers' section committee applauds NZNO chief executive Geoff Annals for his article "Debunking the myths of unsafe enrolled nurse practice", published in your June issue, p29. Enrolled nurses (ENs) have been abused by...

Don't use ENS as scapegoats.(LETTERS)(enrolled nurses)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2007... I would Like to acknowledge the excellent article by NZNO chief executive Geoff Annals "Debunking the myth of unsafe enrolled nurse practice" (June 2007, p29). As a registered nurse of 17 years, I have and continue to be mentored and supported...

Abuse of ED nurses in Christchurch.(LETTERS)(emergency department)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2007... July 14 was a very sad day for nursing in New Zealand. The Press in Christchurch stooped to an all-time Low by publishing an advertisement asking "For identification of those responsible for the treatment of Dean Carroll as per Christchurch...

Practice nurses and GPS work as a team.(LETTERS)(General Practitioners)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2007... The article "A call to 'Liberate" practice nurses" Left me fuming (Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, June 2007, p6). I am employed by GPs and, contrary to Ministry of Health chief nursing adviser Mark Jones' opinion, it is a good thing. We work as...

Mark Jones should apologise to nurses.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2007... I was greatly offended after reading the article "A call to 'liberate' practice nurses", in the June Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand (p6). I continue to be bemused by the thought there are those who think because they have a "voice", they can...

Practice nurse does not need liberating.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2007... It was with interest and concern I read "A call to 'liberate' practice nurses" in the June Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand (p6). There were a number of excellent articles in the June edition that I have shared and discussed with colleagues, but I...

Delighted to return to nursing.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2007... I am writing in response to the letter "Nurse delighted to leave profession" in the June issue of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand (p4). I am a "nurse delighted to be returning to the profession". I have recently been on maternity leave and have...

Diagrams cause concern.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2007... I read with interest the article on intra-muscular injection techniques by Sue Floyd and Alannah Meyerin last month's publication (p20-22). There was a great deal of interesting information in it. Although rarely of late, I have, for several...

Rural nurses need specific education.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2007... Our article "Can generalist nurses be specialists?" published in the May Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand (p21) has prompted considerable feedback. This indicates the concerns and aspirations of the southern rural secondary care nurses' group...

Public health nurses inspire student.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2007... I am a second-year nursing student, privileged to have spent three weeks working with public health nurses. The editorial "Why is it so difficult to work collaboratively?" by Erin Beatson, published in June (p2), compels me to write. It is a...

Tribute to nursing colleague.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2007... Our friend and nursing colleague Gaylene Welch was knocked down by a car while shopping in May. She died three days later of a head injury. One of the items she was carrying was a packet of daffodil bulbs, ready to post. For three days, she had...

Hospital-in-the-Home seminar.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2007... Baxter Healthcare and MidCentral District Health Board will be running a Hospital-in-the-Home (HITH) seminar in Palmerston North on November 8. The goal is to foster the growth of HITH services in both the public and private health sectors...

Following the stories of Maori nurses.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2007... I was very excited to see last month's Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand celebrating the achievements of our Maori nurses. It is no secret that Maori health rates high in terms of need, and that one part in addressing this effectively is increasing...

The president comments ...(comments about the regional convection)
August 1, 2007... This year I have attended all nine regional conventions, beginning in June in Tai Tokerau and ending in Midlands/Tairawhiti last month. It has been great to hear the discussions and meet members. Around 400 attended the conventions. The...

Taskforce on second-level nursing.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
August 1, 2007... A taskforce to took at second-level nursing is likely to be announced this month. Health Minister Pete Hodgson has said unofficially that he wants such a taskforce established under the auspices of District Health Boards (DHB) New Zealand's...

Voting on MECA.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(Multi-Employer Collective Agreement)
August 1, 2007... A proposed settlement of the national NZNO/ District Health Board Multi-Employer Collective Agreement (MECA) for public sector nurses and midwives has been reached. While some details of the settlement have stilt to be finalised, NZNO's team...

Safe staffing unit director appointed.(NEWS)(Vicky Brewer)(District Health Boards)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... The director of nursing at Christchurch's Princess Margaret Hospital, Vicky Brewer, has been appointed director of the Safe Staffing/Healthy Workplaces Unit within District Health Boards New Zealand. She will take up her position to set up the...

Medicines legislation needs urgent revision.(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... NZNO wants the Government to move swiftly to update current legislation governing the prescription and distribution of medicines. The Australia New Zealand Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill is now on hold after the Government failed to...

Lack of staff, lack of beds lead to ED crisis.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(emergency departments)
August 1, 2007... Inadequate numbers of clinical staff and overwhelming numbers of patients presenting at emergency departments (EDs) throughout the country are leading to unsafe working conditions and low morale for nurses. Many hospitals have hit gridlock or...

NZNO to support Fiji nurses.(New Zealand Nurses Organisations)(Fiji Nursing Association)
August 1, 2007... As this issue of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand went to press, almost all the 1400 members of the Fiji Nursing Association (FNA) had been on strike for 14 days, leaving most clinics and health centres closed and hospitals providing emergency...

Reducing family violence.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Guidelines encouraging health professionals to Question people about their experience of domestic violence are now being rolled out nationally. The expanded Violence Intervention Programme VIP), launched earlier this month by Health...

Initiatives to improve breastfeeding rates.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(Human Rights Act)
August 1, 2007... Former nurse and midwife and now labour MP for Rotorua, Steve Chadwick has developed a private member's bill to end discrimination against breastfeeding mothers. Her Infant Feeding Bill, which has been put in the ballot box for members' bills,...

NP competencies now out for consultation.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(susannet@nzno.org.nz.)(nurse practitioner)(plans of Nursing Council of New Zealand)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... The long-awaited revised Nurse Practitioner (NP) competencies are now out for consultation, with feedback to be given to Nursing Council. Final recommendations on the competencies will go to the Council's September meeting. Seven more NP...

Safe staffing major theme from conventions.(Brief article)(Conference notes)
August 1, 2007... NZNO's nine regional conventions, held around the country in June and July, were attended by dose to 400 members. The need for workplaces to challenge unsafe staffing was one of the major themes to emerge from the conventions. Participants...

Compromise reached on PHC document.(New Zealand Nurses Organisation's Primary Health Care Nurses' Council and the College of Nurses)
August 1, 2007... NZNO's Primary Health Care (PHC) Nurses' Council and the College of Nurses have revised two key recommendations and dropped a third in their draft document, Investing in Health 2007, following feedback from nurses working in the PHC sector. ...

Flexible hours bill returns to parliament.(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... NZNO has welcomed the return to Parliament of Green MP Sue Kedgley's Flexible Working Hours Bill, which, it says, will be an important tool for addressing safe staffing issues in New Zealand's hospitals. The Bill was returned to Parliament with...

NZNO Maori activist appointed as organizer.(New Zealand Nurses Organisations)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... NZNO Maori activist and Wanganui community health worker Manny Down has been appointed an NZNO organiser, to be based in Palmerston North. Down was a member of the negotiating team for the primary health care multi-employer collective agreement...

Cancer workforce study.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(national education and training framework)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... A study of the cancer and palliative care nursing workforce to establish a national education and training framework is one of the outcomes of a stocktake of the country's cancer workforce. The stocktake, undertaken by the Ministry of Health,...

Otago nurses celebrate 100 years.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... More than 70 NZNO members and retired nurses from throughout Otago/Southland celebrated 100 years since the founding of the Dunedin Trained Nurses' Association at a celebratory dinner at the end of June. The celebration was officially opened by...

Kai Tiaki to go online.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand)
August 1, 2007... From next month, Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, from February 2003 to the present, will be available online from the members' only section of the NZNO website. This is due to the NZNO library having access to a new selection of electronic...

NZNO to determine strategic goals at conference.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(New Zealand Nurses Organisation)
August 1, 2007... "Celebrating NZNO--priorities, opportunities, actions" is the theme of next month's NZNO conference and AGM in Auckland. The focus this year will be finding the balance between industrial and professional issues, and moving forward on some...

Empowering a community to care for itself: through strong community involvement. Otara Health Incorporated is delivering health promotion programmes to populations considered "unreachable".(PROFILE)(Organization overview)
August 1, 2007... Creating good health for Otara people through community voices and community action is the aim and philosophy of Otara Health Inc (OHI) in Manukau City. The not-for-profit organisation, founded ten years ago in response to the unique needs...

Should nurses model healthy behaviour? If nurses are to be credible health promoters, they must have good communication skills and demonstrate they are at least trying to lead healthy lifestyles themselves.(VIEWPOINT)
August 1, 2007... Does a builder have the best house, a mechanic the best car? Not according to popular belief. Should we then expect health professionals to have the best health, or at least to be striving to attain it? When I ask first-year primary health...

Helping clients move towards health change: encouraging individual clients to make lifestyle changes is not easy. Using the "stages of change" model can be a useful tool for nurses.(VIEWPOINT)
August 1, 2007... I was taken aback recently while preparing a lecture for my students on nurses and health promotion/education with individuals. The author whose work I was perusing suggested that, when nurses worked with clients, they were merely participating...

Doing things her way--the Pacific way: establishing o successful health business providing services to Pacific people and others on Auckland's North Shore has been an exercise in determination and commitment for Niuean nurse Dahlia Naepi.(PROFILE)
August 1, 2007... Thinking outside the square. Stepping out of her comfort zone. The love and support of family. Seeking good advice. Rowing her own boat. Valuing education. Doing it her way--the Pacific way. These are all recurring motifs in Dahlia Naepi's...

Helping nurses understand coeliac disease: coeliac disease affects a significant number of New Zealanders. It is important nurses understand the disease and the importance of a gluten-free diet.(EDUCATION)
August 1, 2007... Coeliac disease (CD) is an autoimmune condition in which there is a permanent intestinal intolerance to dietary gluten. In CD, the cells of the small bowel are damaged (see Figure 1).This causes a flattening and inflammation of the villi...

How an isolated community took control of a TB outbreak: a nurse explains how community participation in health care helped an isolated Dene (aboriginal) community in Canada take control of a TB outbreak and the health of the community. She shares the relevance of this Canadian experience to New Zealand health care.(NURSING OVERSEAS)(tuberculosis)
August 1, 2007... Colville Lake is a community of around 130 people riving on the edge of a lake of the same name. It is probably one of the most traditional communities in Canada's Northwest Territories (NWT.) Located within the traditional homeland of First...

Employers must support nurses who have competence issues: the competence review process, as required under law, has the potential to force some nurses out of the nursing workforce. Such an outcome is far from the original aims of the legislation.(LEGAL FOCUS)
August 1, 2007... The Health Practitioners Competence Assurance (HPCA) Act 2003 has changed nurses' employment and professional environment. The Act has made explicit the link between competence and safety to practise, through the introduction of...

Overcoming nursing short-sightedness: change in health care delivery is afoot in both New Zealand and Australia--are we ready for it?(PROFESSIONAL FOCUS)
August 1, 2007... Getting together for conferences is an important part of the health career journey--at these events, new ideas are promoted, discussed and exchanged. Conferences are a bit like a lofty scramble--there is such a variety of messages to choose...

New Pacific nursing section.(SECTION/COLLEGE NEWS)
August 1, 2007... Pacific Island nurses now have their own voice within NZNO, following the appointment of a steering committee last month for a new Pacific nursing section. Following its official launch and inaugural AGM, expected to be in May next year in...

A voice for rural secondary care nurses.(SECTION/COLLEGE NEWS)(Southern Rural Secondary Care Nurses' Group )
August 1, 2007... The Southern Rural Secondary Care Nurses' Group (SRSCNG) was formed earlier this year by a group of senior nurses in the Central Otago region, led by Central Otago Health Services' director of nursing Jan Fearnley. Their aim was to champion the...

ENs should be reinstated in all settings, say Annals.(SECTION/COLLEGE NEWS)(enrolled nurses, Geoff Annals)
August 1, 2007... Rather than restricting the second-level nurse, let alone extinguishing them entirely, nursing must broaden the second-level scope of practice and develop their pre- and post-registration education. This was NZNO chief executive Geoff...

Wellington EN section seek new committee members.(SECTION/COLLEGE NEWS)(Wellington Region Enrolled Nurse )(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... The Wellington Region Enrolled Nurse (EN) section, which includes Wellington, Hurt Valley, Podrua, Kapiti Coast and Wairarapa, came out of recess about five years ago. Since then we have experienced real benefit from being able to unite with...

Fair play?--You decide: this month, NZNO public sector members will vote on a proposed settlement of the nurses' and midwives' collective agreement, worked out with a new bargaining approach. Does it meets NZNO's fair play principles?(INDUSTRIAL FOCUS)(New Zealand Nurses Organisation)
August 1, 2007... A proposed settlement of the NZNO/District Health Board Multi-Employer Collective Agreement (MECA) has been reached. As Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand went to press, both negotiating teams had taken the proposed settlement, developed through...

Making primary health care accessible for Maori.(TE RUNANGA)
August 1, 2007... He Korowai Oranga is the Ministry of Health's Maori health development strategy. Launched in 2002, the 10-year plan offers guidance on ways to improve Maori health statistics and health inequalities. The plan looks excellent on paper, but...

Positive meeting between students and nursing school heads.(STUDENT UNIT)
August 1, 2007... Twenty-one representatives from Nurse Educators in the Tertiary Sector met with 11 delegates from the National Student Unit (NSU) and Tauira Aronui last month, one of the largest annual gatherings yet between the groups. In an initial...

Settlements secure significant pay increases.(SECTOR REPORTS)(Gore Health Ltd.)
August 1, 2007... NZNO members at Gore Health Ltd will get pay increases of three percent each year for the next three years, following ratification of a new collective agreement last month. The three-year deal also sees annual leave increased to 4.4 weeks;...

Hospice negotiations begin this month.(SECTOR REPORTS)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Negotiations for a national hospice multi-employer collective agreement (MECA), building on the core document negotiated last year, are scheduled to begin later this month. The current agreement, covering 15 hospices, expired on July 31. A...

Government/CTU forum 'worthwhile'.(SECTOR REPORTS)(Council of Trade Unions )(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... More than 120 union members attended a Government/Council of Trade Unions forum in Dunedin late last month. It was the 16th such forum held over the last few years. Prime Minister Helen Clark was to attend but was forced to cancel because of...

Petition presented at Parliament.(SECTOR REPORTS)(privatisation of district nursing service opposed)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Paraparaumu multiple sclerosis sufferer Phillip Segedin, district nurses and NZNO staff and supporters gathered on the steps of Parliament last month to present a more than 6000-signature petition to Health Minister Pete Hodgson. The petition...

Support boosted locked-out workers' resolve.(SECTOR REPORTS)(800 Service and Food Workers' Union)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... NZNO members and staff actively supported the 800 Service and Food Workers' Union (SFWU) workers locked out by Australian contractor Spotless Services last month. The nine-day lockout ended when the Employment Court ruled it was illegal. ...

Aged-care providers seek judicial review.(SECTOR REPORTS)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... Residential aged-care providers are seeking a judicial review of the district health boards' provider contract which requires them to pass on extra government funding to workers. Providers claim they have not got enough funding to do what is...

How can NZNO commit to partnership and define its commitment?(BOARD OF DIRECTORS)(New Zealand Nurses Organisation)
August 1, 2007... Partnership, what it means, and how NZNO commits to partnership and defines that commitment, were art debated at length at the board's June meeting. Te Runanga o Aotearoa NZNO kaiwhakahaere Brenda Close disagreed with the notion that if...