Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand articles from March 2006

Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand archives from March 2006

Building bridges in wound management.(tissue repair and regeneration trends )(Editorial)
March 1, 2006... Building bridges is the theme for the New Zealand Wound Care Society's conference in Wellington on April 6-8 (see p14). The importance of the theme is reflected in the challenges clinicians confront in caring for, or preventing, wounds. New...

New nursing era may prove detrimental.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
March 1, 2006... Congratulations to Chris Cottingham for his article "Cottingham's Law: Report from the working party on nursing expertise" published in last month's Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand. It is refreshing to be able to smile while reading an article...

How to solve the nursing shortages.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
March 1, 2006... Concern about the shortage of nurses in New Zealand is growing. As we know, many nurses leave New Zealand to work overseas because of uncompetitive salaries at home, and workloads, which are exacerbated by staff shortages. As far as I know,...

Poor service from recruitment agencies.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
March 1, 2006... As a registered nurse recently relocated to the Middle East and recruited by a well known New Zealand nursing and health care recruitment agency, I feel it is important to enlighten others contemplating a similar venture of the hidden dangers...

The president comments ...(primary health care nurses compensation)
March 1, 2006... Temperatures are rising in primary health care (PHC) as negotiations for a national multi-employer collective agreement (MECA) move to another level Dealing with 3000 members working at 650 worksites is a huge task for NZNO staff and delegates,...

Pay parity needed to deliver government's strategy.(Survey)
March 1, 2006... The Government's ability to deliver its Primary Health Care (PHC) Strategy depends on the PHC nursing workforce. Unless pay parity is achieved, the already significant recruitment problems will worsen and the Government simply won't be able to...

Support for new graduates in primary health care launched.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
March 1, 2006... Eleven primary health care (PHC) nurses in MidCentral District Health Board's (MDHB) area are taking part in the DHB's inaugural first-year-of-practice (FYOP) programme for PHC nurses. The programme is the culmination of two years' development...

Seven key factors contribute to safe and healthy workplaces.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
March 1, 2006... The report and recommendations of the Committee of Inquiry (CoI) into Safe Staffing and Healthy Workplaces will be completed close to International Nurses' Day (IND). The theme for IND is Safe Staffing Saves Lives. "This highlights the fact...

Employment equity for nurses.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
March 1, 2006... NZNO's industrial adviser Glenda Alexander and policy analyst Angela Wallace are developing an action plan on how NZNO will integrate pay and employment equity issues into its overall union work. NZNO, along with other state sector unions, has...

Cost of practising certificates to rise this year.(nurses accreditation)
March 1, 2006... The cost of annual practising certificates (APC) will rise this year because of the expansion of the Nursing Council's role under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance (HPCA) Act. Chief executive Marion Clark said the Council had worked...

Explaining the NP role.(nurse practitioners)(Conference news)
March 1, 2006... Ensuring health and disability sector providers, non-health government departments and non-governmental organisations understand the role of nurse practitioners (NPs) and their potential impact on health outcomes and accessibility to health...

New mobile palliative care service for Maori.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
March 1, 2006... A mobile Maori nursing service specialising in oncology and palliative care for Maori clients was launched in the Western Bay of Plenty last month. The free service, provided by Kaitiaki Services and believed to be the first of its kind in New...

Te Amo Health helps people take charge of their own health.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
March 1, 2006... Establishing an independent nursing service in Motueka is the realisation of a dream for registered nurse Anne Hampton. Te Amo Health was officially opened last month, with blessings from kaumatua, kuia, whanau, health professional friends and...

Full intakes at nursing schools.
March 1, 2006... Nursing schools around the country are reporting increased numbers of full-time students enrolling in their first-year degree programmes, more enrolments from school leavers and good quality applications. Ninety-six full-time first-year...

Innovative nurses.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
March 1, 2006... Nurses are making a strong showing among the 25 finalists for this year's Health Innovation Awards. Examples include: * The Advanced Wound Care Project, a joint initiative between Auckland's Health West Primary Health Organisation and Wound...

Raising the status of young women trade untionists.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
March 1, 2006... Identifying the barriers that prevent young women from getting involved in trade unions, and developing strategies and mechanisms to overcome these barriers were the aims of a conference for young women trade unionists in Bangkok last month....

An artist in nursing remembered.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
March 1, 2006... Evelyn Beatrice ("Bee") Salmon, MBE, a loved and respected nurse, died peacefully in Waikanae at the end of January. Bee was born in Dargaville in 2921 and was raised from early childhood by her grandparents in Rangawahia. She became one of New...

NZNO seeks to resolve dual registration issue.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
March 1, 2006... NZNO wants a meeting with the Nursing Council to resolve the issue of some of its midwife members holding dual nursing and midwifery registrations and being denied a nursing annual practising certificate (APC). The issue was highlighted in...

Rural nurses meet.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
March 1, 2006... The New Zealand Rural General Practice Network is holding its largest conference ever this year, in Christchurch from March 30-April 2. The three-and-a-half day event, which features clinical workshops, topical issues and latest...

Organising staff changes.(nurse Jenny Dorrian resigns New Zealand Nurses Organisation)
March 1, 2006... Hamilton-based organiser and nurse Jenny Dorrian leaves NZNO late this month to return to a new position of trauma nurse co-ordinator at Waikato Hospital. A long-time NZNO delegate at Waikato Hospital, Dorrian joined the staff of NZNO in 2001....

Aboriginal nurse wins National award.(NEWS AND AWARDS)
March 1, 2006... A leading Aborginal nurse, Sally Goold, has been named the 2006 Senior Australian of the Year. The inaugural chairperson and executive director of the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses, she is believed to be the first...

Plan for Maori Mental Health Workforce.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
March 1, 2006... Maori will make up 20 per cent of the national mental health and primary health care workforces by 2011, under a new workforce development plan. Kia Puawai Te Ararau, the Maori Mental Health Workforce Development Strategic Plan 2005-2010 was...

Helping Pacific peoples quit.(smoking cessation television campaign )(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... The first television campaign targeting high smoking rates among Pacific peoples was launched late last month. Almost a third of Pacific peoples living in New Zealand smoke cigarettes. The Quit Group's Pacific Services adviser Linda...

Good nursing valued.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
March 1, 2006... Long-time rheumatology nurse at Rotorua's QE Health (QEH), Mary Lean (right), was presented with the Queen's Service Medal (QSM) for public health by Governor General Dame Silvia Cart-wright this month. Lean, who is the senior rheumatology...

Tackling obesity and influenza.(NEWS AND EVENTS)
March 1, 2006... A major inquiry into the causes and impact of obesity and type 2 diabetes has been launched by Parliament's Health Select Committee. The committee will took at the effectiveness of current approaches and whether additional measures are...

Recovering from surgery at home--challenges for older people: most older people going home after surgery cope well and can access the help they need. But there are gaps in services that nurses could fill.(RESEARCH)
March 1, 2006... Older people having surgery and then going home to recuperate would benefit from better discharge planning, improved home support and more follow-up contact from health professionals, particularly nurses. These are some of the conclusions...

Easing the pressure of wound care: working as a nurse practitioner in wound care for a regional district health board is an award-winning and rewarding job.(PROFILE)
March 1, 2006... It's hard to deny the evidence that nurse practitioner (NP) Pip Rutherford is making a big difference in her speciality of wound care. Endorsed as an NP in December 2004 and employed as an NP by Hawke's Bay District Health Board (DHB) in July...

Bridging gaps in wornd care: next month's conference of the New Zealand Wound Care Society has attracted an impressive range of national and international presenters.(NEWS FOCUS)
March 1, 2006... Around 300 people, mostly nurses, are expected at next month's conference of the New Zealand Wound Care Society (NZWGS) to be held at Te Papa in Wellington. An impressive line-up of national and international speakers will address the...

Treating wounds with oxygen: treating wounds with oxygen has a long history. But hyperbaric oxygen treatment is still an under-used resource in wound care, particularly in the care of chronic wounds.
March 1, 2006... Hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) has come a long way since a British clergyman built the first chamber in 1662. (1) In 1939 diving injuries began to be treated with hyperbaric oxygen, medicine started to use it in 1955, and in the 1970s the...

The nursing role in oxygen treatment: working at a hyperbaric oxygen clinic offers the only nurse a variety of satisfactions and challenges.(PRACTICE)
March 1, 2006... My job as hyperbaric and wound care nurse at the Oxygen Therapy Clinic is varied and thus, very interesting. The "wound care" aspect of my role consists of wound care assessments, which include taking photos and measurements, and also taking...

Lobbying MP is imortant work; a practice nurse tells why she decided to lobby two local MPs about pay parity for primary health care nurses, shares what she learnt from the experience and urges other nurses to get involved in such lobbying.(VIEWPOINT)
March 1, 2006... When I recently received an email from NZNO organiser Huia Welton seeking nurses to attend meetings with two Wellington MPs to lobby them regarding pay parity for primary health care (PHC) nurses, I thought it sounded like something I would be...

Surgical serves communities and enhances the skills of rural nurses; as well as reducing waiting lists in many isolated areas, the mobile surgical bus is assisting rural nurses to enhance their skills and improve their work satisfaction.(WORKPLACE PROFILE)
March 1, 2006... Four years ago this month, a unique mobile operating theatre, housed in a 39-tonne, 20m-long and 2.5m-wide bus, began touring the length and breadth of New Zealand, bringing day surgical procedures to many hundreds of people in rural...

What are the attractions of surgical nursing? Surgical nurse Catriona Kaczon has worked on the same ward at Hutt Hospital for the last six years and still begins a new shift excited by what challenges may lie ahead.(PROFILE)(Cover story)
March 1, 2006... 'Being a surgical nurse, you get to help fix things and see people regain their quality of life. People come in for their elective surgery and, all going well, this can restore their health and fitness to what it once was. This is immensely...

Valuing the expertise of enrolled nurses: as nursing shortages continue to worsen both in New Zealand and worldwide, it is hard to understand why some employers are phasing out or restricting the practice of enrolled nurses.(PROFESSIONAL FOCUS)
March 1, 2006... The shortage of hearth professionals, including nurses, is an issue of international concern. The reasons behind this shortage are many. The career choices young people now have are extensive, resulting in fewer people choosing to enter...

Valuing caregivers and hospice nurses: caregivers' wages remain appallingly low. The upcoming Caregivers' Week offers another opportunity to highlight this injustice and to put pressure on the Government to take action.(INDUSTRIAL FOCUS)
March 1, 2006... March is an important month for aged-care sector workers. The third week of March each year is Caregivers' Week, originally an initiative of the NZNO's Gerontology Section. The section wanted to acknowledge the value of caregivers' work and the...

Chairs and treasurers meet.(New Zealand Nurses Organisation meeting)(Conference news)
March 1, 2006... Budget planning, developing professional leadership and media training were the main agenda items at last month's meeting of college and section chairs and treasurers. The annual education day offers chairs and treasurers the opportunity...

What does the perioperative college offer surgical nurses?(SECTION/COLLEGE NEWS)
March 1, 2006... The Perioperative Nurses' College NZNO represents members who specialise in perioperative nursing nationally and internationally. It provides nursing leadership, strategic direction, professional and education standards, and a support network....

Nurses for children and young people seek collaboration.(SECTION/COLLEGE NEWS)
March 1, 2006... Amending and approving our strategic plan and budget were two of the main activities at the meeting of the Nurses for Children and Young People of Aotearoa national committee in Wellington last month. Included in the strategic plan is promoting...

Diabetes research grant available.(SECTION/COLLEGE NEWS)
March 1, 2006... Members of NZNO's Diabetes Nurse Specialists Section are invited to apply for the annual Eli Lilly Diabetes Nursing Research Grant. The $10,000 grant, which aims to foster new diabetes education techniques, has been awarded since 2004. Previous...

Conference addressed a wide range of women's health issues.(SECTION/COLLEGE NEWS)
March 1, 2006... Sex in the Big City was the title of the inaugural women's health conference organised by the new NZNO Women's Health Section, Held over three days last November in Auckland, the conference attracted 170 delegates, who were welcomed by our...

Abstracts sought for gerontology conference.(SECTION/COLLEGE NEWS)
March 1, 2006... Abstracts of papers demonstrating excellence in gerontology are being invited for the fifth National Gerontology conference, to be hew in Wellington from August 25-26. Abstracts of 200 words should be emailed by March 31 to Lyneta Russell on...

Preparations for next MECA begin.(SECTOR REPORTS)(multi-employer collective agreement )(Conference news)
March 1, 2006... A range of issues are occupying the minds and time of NZNO staff working in the district health board (DHB) sector. A meeting of the national committee of DHB delegates was scheduled for the middle of this month, with effective...

Aged-care site visits underway in Central.(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Central region organisers are busy in the aged-care sector, visiting all sites which belong to a chain of aged-care facilities. These include Presbyterian Support Central; Presbyterian Support East Coast (soon to be Qualcare); Guardian;...

Shield Health considers cutting hours.(Salvation Army homes taken up by Shield Health)
March 1, 2006... The company which now operates 11 former Salvation Army homes throughout the country is preparing to reduce registered and enrolled nurse (EN) hours. Shield Health, owned by a large Australian corporate, trading as Eldercare in New Zealand,...

Four percent pay deal at aged-care site.(contract negotiation)
March 1, 2006... Members at Christchurch Anglican aged-care sites--Churchill, Fitzgerald House and Bishopspark--have voted to accept a four percent pay increase. There was also a significant increase in the weekend allowance. The term of the agreement is to...

Plunket deal ratified and bargaining fee agreed.(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... The Plunket pay offer has been ratified by a big majority. Ratification meetings throughout the country last month and early this month overwhelmingly endorsed the offer, which brings Plunket pay rates in line with district health board (DHB)...

Te Runanga signs strategic plan.
March 1, 2006... Ko Putahi me Hikuranga nga maunga Ko Waiororo me Taumarere nga awa Ko Kohewhata me Matawaia nga marae Kei Kaikohe ahau e noho ana Ko Kataroina toku ingoa As a fairly new member of Te Runanga o Aotearoa NZNO national executive komiti, I am...

Observing the PAUA project at work.(Positive Action in Unity and Aroha)(cultural safety among nurse practitioners)
March 1, 2006... Our journey of identifying as a bicultural organisation, fighting against the devaluing of nurses, midwives and health workers, and addressing and advising on professional matters, is visible in many aspects of NZNO--the determination of the...

Nurse struck off for altering a prescription: Karen Blanche Gauthier, RN.(NURSING COUNCIL)
March 1, 2006... A registered nurse found guilty of altering a prescription for herself has been struck off the register and the Nursing Council has declined to set a time when Karen Blanche Gauthier might apply for reinstatement. In its October 2005 decision,...

Nurse suspended from practice: Raylene Anne Chadwick, RN.(NURSING COUNCIL)
March 1, 2006... Registered nurse, Raylene Anne Chadwick, has been suspended from practice for six months after the Nursing Council found her guilty of professional misconduct. In its November 2005 decision, the Council also ordered Chadwick to pay $13,725.00...

NZNO offices.(Directory)
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Events 2006.(Calendar)
March 1, 2006... EVENTS 2006 2006 Mar 30 Wellington Enrolled Nurse Section Wellington Study Day, 8.30am 4.30pm contact: Kathy Ingram 04 568 8707 or...