Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand articles from June 2009

Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand archives from June 2009

Clearing up a misunderstanding.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2009... I need to respond to Jeni Peterson's Letter, "Falling into snobbery traps", (Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, May 2009, p3) in order to correct the misunderstanding that has occurred. In stating that the title nurse should be reserved for the...

Time consuming portfolio preparation.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2009... As a clinical charge nurse, I am aware it is important to be a positive role model and that I need to cross all my "t"s and dot all my "i"s. I have just completed the Lengthy process of recompiling and submitting my portfolio to Nursing Council...

Formula ad 'inappropriate'.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2009... I am writing on behalf of the Hawke's Bay Breastfeeding Group regarding the Nestle advertisement on the inside cover page of the March edition of your magazine. We wish to support correspondence to date and add our concerns. Our group,...

Compassion and caring still essential.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2009... I am writing in response to the story "Growing interest in nursing" in the March issue of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand (p9). The head of the University of Auckland's nursing school, Heather Baker, is quoted as saying "We simply choose the best...

Where to for RN scope of practice?(NEWS AND EVENTS)(registered nurses)
June 1, 2009... The Nursing Council has put forward four options on how to regulate registered nurses (RN) practising in expanded rotes. Its consultation document on the RN scope of practice, released last month, outlines four options for expanded rotes:...

Clinical practice units opened.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A state-of-the-art clinical practice unit (CPU) for nursing and midwifery students at Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT) was opened recently, the first of its kind in the South Island. The CPU...

Photo competition to mark NZNO's centenary.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(Conference notes)
June 1, 2009... How do you see your practice? What image would best capture the essence of your relationship with your patients? What is unique about your particular area of expertise? Nurses are invited to answer these questions in photographic form, for a...

Nursing research index updated.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... Since August last year, more than 600 new pieces of research have been added to the Index of New Zealand Nursing Research. This brings the total number of research records to around 1350. The updated database, which is available free...

NZNO to launch research publication.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(New Zealand Nurses Organisation)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... NZNO intends launching an annual refereed publication of New Zealand nursing research in March next year and contributions from researchers are now being sought. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research will be a subscription-based, peer-reviewed,...

Funding inequities continue.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... Nurses comprise more than 50 percent of the hearth workforce yet receive a very poor proportion of Clinical Training Agency (CTA) funding. In a hard-hitting submission on the CTA's postgraduate nursing draft revised specification, NZNO points...

Three candidates for NZNO president.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(New Zealand Nurses Organisation)(Cheryl Hanham, Brenda Close, and Nano Tunnicliff)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... There are three candidates for NZNO's presidential election this year. Current vice-chair Cheryl Hanham works in neonatal intensive care at Christchurch Women's Hospital She is NZNO's representative on the Council of Trade Unions' National...

CTU women's conference building leaders.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(Council of Trade Unions)(Conference news)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... "Union Women: Organising our World--Local to Global" is the theme of the Council of Trade Unions' biennial women's conference, to be held in Wellington on July 10 and 11. NZNO will be sending a delegation of at least ten, comprised of delegates...

Vote 'yes' in next month's referendum.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
June 1, 2009... NZNO is urging its members to vote "yes" in the upcoming citizen's referendum against the repeal of Section 59 of the Crimes' Act. The repeal removed the defence of reasonable force, in some circumstances, for any parent who was criminally...

Road show marks International Nurses' Day.(NEWS AND EVENTS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... Compassion is health care's core business. When health professionals reintroduce compassion into their daily Eves and clinical practice, care improves, patient outcomes are better and work satisfaction increases. This was the message of...

New nursing logo launched.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
June 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There are few New Zealanders whose Eves have not been touched by the care and reassurance that nurses provide, every hour of the day, every day of the year, said Health Minister Tony Ryall at a celebration of...

ENs--is the debate nearly over? Is the future of the second-level nurse in our health workforce now secure?(NEWS FOCUS)(enrolled nurses)
June 1, 2009... The last ten years have been turbulent for enrolled nursing and enrolled nurses (ENs). Debate has raged about the role--the need for it, its title, and, all the white, ENs have lost their jobs, been replaced by unregulated health care...

Examining the benefits of professional clinical supervision: professional clinical supervision has many benefits for nurses. These include providing time to reflect on practice, promoting professional accountability and providing some stress relief.(VIEWPOINT)
June 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Nursing, by its very nature, exposes all nurses to various challenges and potential stressors in their working lives. Over the years, the profession has focused on stress management, better communication within...

The SOAP format enhances communication: the SOAP format provides a clear and concise way of documenting patient information.(PRACTICE)(subjective, objective, assessment/analysis, plan)
June 1, 2009... The SOAP (subjective, objective, assessment/analysis, plan) format was derived from the problem-oriented medical record (POMR) proposed by Lawrence Weed in 1968. (1) It was developed in 1969 and presented as a guide to medical professionals for...

Reducing the impact of preoperative fasting on patients: nurses have an important part to play in ensuring preoperative patients do not fast longer than is necessary, thus avoiding unnecessary harm and distress.(PRACTICE)(Report)
June 1, 2009... Patients frequently fast much longer than necessary before surgery. In this article I want to stimulate discussion about nurses' practice around preoperative fasting. What is the impact of prolonged fasting on adult patients and why is best...

Tragedy a source of inspiration: a family tragedy provided the inspiration one woman needed to fulfill her childhood dream of becoming a nurse.(VIEWPOINT)(Viewpoint essay)
June 1, 2009... As a child I always wanted to be a nurse. There was never any question about it. But when, at the tender age of 16, my application for nursing declined, I was knocked for a sixer. By the time the next year rotted around and it was time to apply...

Bringing the family nurse practitioner role from Wisconsin to Martinborough: there are enormous differences between the United States and New Zealand health systems, and in how nurse practitioners are educated.(PROFILE)(Personal account)
June 1, 2009... Making the leap from working as a family nurse practitioner (FNP) in Oshkosh, I Wisconsin, in the United States (US), to initiating a similar role in Martinborough New Zealand required a great deal of courage and imagination. But in 2007 I had...

From teaching to nursing with joy: a nurse educator writes of her return to nursing practice to gain clinical currency and credibility, and of how she now combines teaching and nursing, to mutual benefit.(EXEMPLAR)(Column)
June 1, 2009... Being a nurse educator is an all-consuming job. I love teaching, working with nursing students and the whole academic life that goes with teaching. I have been working as a nursing educator in New Zealand since 1990. When I was in clinical...

Referendum poses risk to child discipline law: two Plunket employees argue that a "yes" vote in the upcoming referendum on the child discipline law will be a a vote for positive parenting and children's safety.(VIEWPOINT)
June 1, 2009... In 2007, Section 59 of the Crimes Act was repeated, after significant revision, with the support of 113 out of 121 MPs. The stated intent of the Crimes (substituted section 59) Amendment Act 2007 was to "amend the principal Act to make better...

Overseas nurses suggest improvements to registration process: two experienced Dutch nurses, who failed Nursing Council's language requirements at least twice, write an open letter to Nursing Council, offering some suggestions on how to improve the registration process for overseas nurses.(VIEWPOINT)
June 1, 2009... In October 2007, my wife Marian and I arrived in New Zealand from the Netherlands, feeling optimistic. With a working permit and job offers in our pockets, we looked forward to living in this beautiful country and making a contribution to...

Keep on practising! It's not just students who face the many challenges of learning. Experienced nurses and tutors must balance many demands and remain positive role models for emerging practitioners.(PROFESSIONAL FOCUS)
June 1, 2009... We've all been battered by the truism "Practice makes perfect" at some stage of our lives. We probably heard it as we tried to stay afloat white learning to swim, or as we'd threaten to deflate, if success was elusive. Then would come the...

Protect yourself: NZNO's indemnity insurance protects all members, whether regulated or not, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It's well worth having.(LEGAL FOCUS)
June 1, 2009... One of the reasons members frequently mention for joining NZNO is the indemnity insurance policy. NZNO arranges the policy on behalf of all members for their professional practice. Over the Last ten or so years, there has been a substantial...

Why are we waiting? Another budget has come and gone and residential aged-care workers are still waiting for just wages.(INDUSTRIAL FOCUS)
June 1, 2009... Thousands of chronically and acutely ill elderly people are cared for in residential aged-care facilities in New Zealand every day; Everyone, from the Minister of Health down, claims to be vitally concerned about the quality of residential...

Infection Control challenges.(SECTION/COLLEGE NEWS)(Conference news)
June 1, 2009... Representatives of the National Division of Infection Control Nurses' (NDICN) national committee met in Wellington in February for the first of four face-to-face meetings this year. It was with great sadness we learned of the death of...

Restructuring NZNO's colleges and sections.(SECTION/COLLEGE NEWS)
June 1, 2009... NZNO is predicting significant changes will be made to the development and structure of national sections and colleges over the next few years. Over the Last year, a number of options about how colleges and sections should be structured...

Working group to look at pay party for Maori provider staff.(SECTOR REPORTS)(Survey)
June 1, 2009... NZNO is in full Lobbying mode in response to the Health Select Committee's recommendation of a working group to explore how to fund pay parity for the staff of Maori and iwi health providers. In tale April, NZNO members and Maori and iwi...

New deal at MercyAscot secures range of improvements.(SECTOR REPORTS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... Staff at MercyAscot in Auckland have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a settlement offer which delivers a base pay increase of 3.5 percent in the first year to all staff, with variable increases across occupational groups for the following...

Otago DHB wins health and safety awards.(SECTOR REPORTS)
June 1, 2009... Otago District Health Board (DHB) has won two prestigious health and safety awards. The DHB won the Accident Compensation Corporation (acc)-sponsored best Leadership of an industry sector or region at the New Zealand Workplace Health and Safety...

Primary health delegates get active.(SECTOR REPORTS)
June 1, 2009... The opportunity to undergo delegate education was taken up by 17 NZNO Christchurch primary hearth care (PHC) delegate/activists in April. This group was one of the first in the country to begin NZNO's PHC-specific delegate training. Throughout...

Reunions.(EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT)(Calendar)
June 1, 2009... REUNIONS 2009 27 June Tauranga Tauranga Hospital Ex Ward 6 Staff vicki_wilton1@hotmail.com 2009 8 Aug Wellington Wgtn Hospital Class of Aug 1976 ...

Events.(EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT)(Calendar)
June 1, 2009... EVENTS 2009 22-25 Sept Ann Sci Meeting of the Aust Wellington and NZ Burns Association www.confer.co.nz/anzba09 2009 30 Sept-2 Oct Australiasian Nurse Educators Conference Christchurch ...