Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand articles from February 2003

Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand archives from February 2003

Sharing a passion for gerontology nursing.(editorial)
February 1, 2003... JANUARY 1962 shaped my life forever--it was the day I began my nursing training. The matron asked me at the interview why I wanted to be a nurse. "To help people" I replied. After 40 years of helping people, it is timely to review the...

Direct communication among women must be encouraged.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2003... IT WAS with interest I read (some of) the results from a recent piece of research looking at linguistic features used by a small group of nurses published in Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, December 2002/January 2003, p14-16. I believe any...

Nurses and pharmacists must work together for patients.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2003... THERE ARE many differences between the nursing and pharmacy professions, some of which were highlighted in the article by Susan Shaw in the November Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand (p 16-18). Shaw objected to comments written on the drug...

Many health professionals involved in medications.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2003... I WISH to comment on a number of points raised by Susan Shaw, in her article "Nursing and pharmacy--a clash of professional values" (Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, November 2002, p16-18). In the article she states "the use of medications to...

Nurses urged to join rehabiliation specialty.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2003... I RECENTLY attended the annual conference of Australasian Rehabilitation Nurses Association (ARNA) in Sydney, and was impressed with the quality and depth of the presentations. I want to recruit members to ARNA in an attempt to enrol enough...

Workshop on tripartite approach held.(news and events)
February 1, 2003... A WORKSHOP with representatives from the Council of Trade Unions (CTU), District Health Boards New Zealand (DHBNZ) and the Ministry of Health was held last month to do intitial work on how to implement a nationwide tripartite approach in the...

Council of Trade Unions wants meeting on Iraq.(news and events)
February 1, 2003... THE COUNCIL OF Trade Unions (CTU) has asked to meet United States' Ambassador to New Zealand Charles Swindells to discuss the implications of any US military action in Iraq. In a letter to the Ambassador, on behalf of the CTU's 34 affiliated...

Summit on health workforce to be held next month.(news and events)
February 1, 2003... AROUND 120 invitees will attend the Health Workforce Advisory Committee's (HWAC) summit in Wellington on March 26 and 27. The summit is to assist HWAC formulate recommendations to the Minister of Health Annette King on directions and priorities...

Guide to implications of GATS launched.(news and events)
February 1, 2003... A GUIDE to the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), written by Auckland University Professor Jane Kelsey, was launched in Wellington last month. GATS is an international treaty aimed at liberalising...

NZNO regional conventions to tackle pay equity.(news and events)
February 1, 2003... EQUITY IN the Workplace is the theme for NZNO's ten regional conventions, being held in March, April and May. The annual conventions aim to provide a forum for delegates and representatives to be involved in discussions about key issues for...

Caregiver study days to explore the art of caring.(news and events)
February 1, 2003... STUDY DAYS for caregivers during next month's National Caregivers' Week are now being held in Christchurch, Wellington and Dunedin, along with a national conference in Auckland. The study days are supported by NZNO's Gerontology Nurses' Section...

Members to vote for new board member.(news and events)
February 1, 2003... SEVEN CANDIDATES are standing for the newly established position of second section/college representative on NZNO's board of directors, agreed at last year's conference. The position is designed to raise the profile of NZNO's professional work...

Celebrating the highest academic achievement.(news and events)
February 1, 2003... FOUR STUDENTS from Victoria University's Graduate School of Nursing and Midwifery celebrate receiving their PhDs last December. From left, NZNO president Jane O'Malley, Irihapeti Ramsden, Janet Pearson and Margaret Connor. O'Malley's PhD...

Workshop to progress nurse practitioner role.(news and events)
February 1, 2003... A TWO-DAY workshop to progress implementation of the nurse practitioner (NP) role is being held in Palmerston North at the end of this month. Hosted by the College of Nurses, Aotearoa, the forum is a follow-on from a similar event in 1999...

NZNO staff changes.(news and events)
February 1, 2003... LONG-TIME NZNO accounts supervisor Jackie Corbett left the organisation last month after 12 years working for NZNA/NZNO. Over this period, she has worked under four national directors/chief executives and gained a unique insight into...

Education funding changes mooted.(news and events)
February 1, 2003... AN ADVISORY group on post-entry clinical nurse training (PECT) has made a number of recommendations to the Ministry of Health on future funding of such programmes. One of its main recommendations is that within three years, the Clinical...

Ear nurse specialists' work recognized.(news and events)
February 1, 2003... TWO EAR nurse specialists (ENS), who were the only nurses asked to display a poster at an international conference of paediatric otorhinolaryngology (ORL) doctors, have had their efforts marked by the Auckland Hearing Association, Barbara...

Kai Tiaki nursing New Zealand themes for the year ahead.(news and events)
February 1, 2003... March: primary health care, primary health organisations April: International Nurses' Day--Fighting AIDS stigma, caring for all. May: men's health/men in nursing; coronary Care June: education: profiling nurse academies; bridging...

Select Committee hearing scheduled.(news and events)
February 1, 2003... NZNO REPRESENTATIVES were to appear before the Health Select Committee earlier this month to speak to the organisation's submission on the Health Professionals Competence Assurance (HPCA) Bill. NZNO, along with a range of other health...

Tribute to former Wellington Hospital principal nurse.(news and events)
February 1, 2003... NURSES, FRIENDS and family from all over the country turned out to honour Wellington Hospital's former principal nurse, Gloria Grattan, at her funeral in Wellington last month. Grattan died on December 31 after a short illness, aged 74. ...

Honouring a Southland nursing pioneer.(news and events)
February 1, 2003... A PIONEER in nursing education in Southland, Ann Kerse, died recently in Dunedin, aged 85. She had been chief nursing officer in Southland in the 1970s and, during that time, oversaw the change from apprentice-type hospital-based courses for...

Theme for International Nurses' Day.(news and events)
February 1, 2003... "NURSES ALWAYS there for families: Fighting AIDs stigma, caring for all" is the theme for this year's International Nurses' Day (IND) on May 12. Introducing the theme, International Council of Nurses' (1CN) president Christine Hancock...

New ICN membership system.(news and events)
February 1, 2003... THE SWEDISH Association of Health Professionals (SHAP) is the first nursing organisation to take advantage of the International Council of Nurses' (ICN) new membership system. Under the traditional membership model, only one national...

Uncovering the art of gerontology nursing: a master's thesis aims to change the image of gerontology nursing from that of a poor relation and to offer solutions to ongoing nurse recruitment and retention problems in the area.(research)
February 1, 2003... WHEN 31 YEAR-OLD student nurse Anne Schumacher of Wellington did her first placement in a continuing care hospital, she hated it. All she could see was the relentless hard work and apparently degrading tasks nurses and caregivers were called to...

Is caring for the elderly a valued role? The face of elderly care is changing as welfare and religious-run institutions are bought out by private companies wanting a commercial return. What does this mean for quality of care?(profile)
February 1, 2003... TERRI POTROZ is a straight-talking realist. Perhaps it's due to her rural Taranaki upbringing. Or her rule as a mother of five children. Or her experience as a public health nurse in south Taranaki working with a large Maori population. Or...

Valuing older people and their carers: an internationally renowned nursing researcher says older people and their carers need to be valued equally if quality care is to be achieved.(profile)
February 1, 2003... THE FIRST professor of gerontological nursing in the United Kingdom (UK), Mike Nolan, will be the keynote speaker at the NZNO-organised national caregivers conference ha Auckland on March 19 and 20. Nolan is a renowned researcher into the needs...

The demands of nursing a parent: many nurses will be called on to nurse their own parents but the work can be emotionally and physically demanding, and stressful on family relationships.(viewpoint)
February 1, 2003... MANY NURSES, at some point in their lives, will be called on to home nurse their own elderly parent. Most often this is an unpaid service and may be willingly (or grudgingly) given to allow a parent to remain in their home or family situation....

Caring takes heavy toll.
February 1, 2003... WHEN HER father's health failed, Pamela *, a registered nurse, decided to travel the 160 km to her parent's home and stay there four days each week to nurse him and support her mother. This meant much time apart from her own husband and...

Coping with the death of a staff member: dealing with personal issues facing staff can be demanding, even traumatic. Few nurse managers have the skills needed and no training is offered.(viewpoint)
February 1, 2003... NURSES ARE expected to be able to deal with death, right from their earliest student days. When we enter the workforce, death is something we see and deal with often. Justifying death when the person is "sick" or "old" is comparatively...

A new voice for nursing students: the new chair of the National Student Unit is outspoken and determined.(profile)
February 1, 2003... DANNY MORRISON is no stereotypical nursing student. He's Maori, with Te Arawa his iwi and Ngati Whakaue his hapu. He's in his late 40s, with a grown family. He has some unconventional ideas about kaupapa Maori mental health services. His...

Gerontology section paves the research pathway: a joint academic/clinical research project investigating the characteristics of person-centred care is breaking new ground among NZNO sections.(professional focus)
February 1, 2003... WHAT AN exciting start to 2003! The findings of a research project jointly undertaken by NZNO's gerontology section and Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) are to be presented at the International Council of Nurses' conference in Marrakech,...

NZNO's pay strategy on track: work is well underway on NZNO's national pay strategy for nurses and midwives. But much work still needs to be done.(industrial focus)
February 1, 2003... FIRST, LET'S celebrate our successes: three completed regional multi-employer collective agreements (MECA); a Canterbury agreement that will expire in the middle of the year, at the same time as the South Island MECA. These achievements bring...

Industrial advisers set priorities.(industrial focus)
February 1, 2003... THE INDUSTRIAL adviser role has been established to support NZNO's industrial staff. However, the benefits of the role are intended to flow through to all NZNO members. One urgent priority is to ensure members understand the new Health and...

International speakers lined up for joint emergency services conference.(section news)
February 1, 2003... THE COLLEGE of Emergency Nurses NZNO and the New Zealand Flight Nurses Association are currently planning their first combined conference, to be held in Christchurch on May 22-25. The conference theme is "Working together and doing it better",...

Prison reform activist to speak at practice nurse conference.(section news)
February 1, 2003... WELL-KNOWN prison reform activist and former prison manager Celia Lashlie is to address the national practice nurse conference in Nelson in May. The conference theme is "Our future practice--outlook--options--opportunities" and between 150 and...

Cancer nurses to gather in Dunedin.(section news)
February 1, 2003... ONCOLOGY AND haematology nurses are gathering in Dunedin next month for their national conference, with the "Celebrating the delivery of cancer care, research and education". About 150 nurses are expected. Keynote speakers include United...

Profiling NZHO's section/college chairs.(section news)
February 1, 2003... Cancer Nurses Section Chairperson: Cindy Holmes, RGON, BN Position: Charge nurse manager, oncology, Auckland Hospital. Goals: To promote excellence in cancer nursing, foster networking, maintain standards and run regional...

Resources for gerontology nurses: the NZNO library has recently acquired a number of new resources on a range of topics. We present a brief synopsis of some of these items which, along with other material, are available for lending to NZNO members. Loan periods are for four weeks.(books)
February 1, 2003... Nursing Older People: Issues and Innovations. By Rhonda Nay and Sally Garratt. This book focuses on the challenges nurses have identified as being essential in providing expert and appropriate aged care. Rather than simply offering...

Board approves action plan for primary health care nursing.(board of directors)
February 1, 2003... THE BOARD of directors voted to re-establish an NZNO Primary Health Care (PHC) Nursing Expert Advisory Panel until a College of PHC Nurses is established. It also supported an NZNO primary health care nursing conference on August 8 and 9. ...

Lack of Maori representation a cause of displeasure.(board of directors)
February 1, 2003... THE BOARD considered a number of recommendations from Te Runanga O Aotearoa NZNO's executive hui held in late November. Te Runanga recommended that Te Runanga member Anne McNicol support the "development and uplifting of the spirit" of the...

NZNO structures to be reviewed.(board of directors)
February 1, 2003... BOARD MEMBERS Catherine Logan, Carrol Mitchell and Julie Liversey have been appointed to a working party to review NZNO's structures. The review was called for at last year's annual conference. Chief executive Geoff Annals and professional...

Partnership document approved.(board of directors)
February 1, 2003... THE BOARD approved the Process for Documentation and the Foundations .for Partnership document, developed last year by the Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee (NMAC). It will be reviewed in two years. Talking about the document, NMAC...

Concern over consultation.(board of directors)
February 1, 2003... THE BOARD asked chief executive Geoff Annals or president Jane O'Malley to write to the Commonwealth Nurses' Federation (CNF) expressing concern over the CNF's lack of adequate consultation over three workshops it is planning to hold in...

Conference proceeds dispersed.(board of directors)
February 1, 2003... PROCEEDS FROM NZNO's highly successful patient safety conference held in November will be dispersed among NZNO, the Nursing Education and Research Foundation (NERF) and NZNO's safe staffing campaign. The board voted that $10,000 he returned to...

Intimate relationship leads to suspension.(nursing council)
February 1, 2003... A REGISTERED psychiatric nurse who had an intimate relationship with a client of the service where she worked, has been found guilty of professional misconduct. In a decision in August last year, the Nursing Council found the nurse guilty of...

Censure for exploiting professional relationship.(nursing council)
February 1, 2003... EXPLOITING THE professional relationship with a mental health client of the service the nurse worked for has resulted in censure for the nurse. In an October 2002 decision, the Nursing Council found a comprehensive nurse guilty of professional...

The good, the bad and the ugly in Northland: Whangarei.(regional reports)
February 1, 2003... AT THE Northland District Health Board (DHB) we have the good the bad and the ugly. The good: 33 percent of staff nurses are paid at the rate of $42,422 or higher; the bad: the mental health unit has 30 inpatient beds and 33 patients, and...

Hamilton.(regional reports)
February 1, 2003... IT'S GOOD to be back after several weeks away, and I hope everyone s had a safe and enjoyable Christmas and New Year. Thanks to relieving organiser Jocelyn Pratt and delegates, who have covered for me in my absence. I have appreciated it and so...

Dunedin.(regional reports)
February 1, 2003... THE MAIN activity, as usual, at the beginning of any year, is finishing the work held over from the year before. It was very disappointing to find on my return to work, the Otago District Health Board had not actioned work I had completed...

Christchurch.(regional reports)
February 1, 2003... Joy Coughlan CARE AND Independence: Members working in these sites have reluctantly voted to accept the employer's offer of a settlement. This was a very disappointing settlement in terms of money offered, but exciting in terms of securing...

Working party established.
February 1, 2003... A LARGE working party has bee established at Capital and Coast Health to develop the most suitable model of nursing and midwifery care. Part of the drive for this is the building of the new Wellington Hospital. The working party includes nurses...

Events.(Calendar)
February 1, 2003... Events Conferences & Venues 2003 2003 Feb 18 Primary Immune Deficiency Conditions (PID). The Winkelstein Seminars. Email: kidsnz@nznet.gen.nz or ...