Australian Nursing Journal articles from July 2006

Australian Nursing Journal archives from July 2006

Nursing needs a voice at the national government level.(Editorial)
July 1, 2006... Last month I had the opportunity to attend the 57th World Health Assembly in Geneva as one of the delegation from the International Council of Nurses. It was encouraging to see so many of the countries attending include nurses in their...

Un-Australian laws.(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2006... I am concerned about the content of some of the comments on the ANF website regarding the IR Laws. It's clear that those few who feel there are positive angles to the changes do not understand the full extent of the legislation. I suggest they...

The world's your oyster.(mail)(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2006

On a happier note.(mail)(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2006

Unrealistic expectations.(mail)(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2006

Plan for the future.(mail)(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2006

Correction.(mail)(Correction notice)
July 1, 2006... In :'ust horsing around' a letter in (ANJ June 2006) the Riding for the Disabled, Victoria phone number was misprinted. It should be ph: 03 9532 0411.

Network.
July 1, 2006... Royal District Nursing Service, Former Staff Association All former staff of RDNS, nursing or administrative, are welcome to enjoy a lunch in August catching up with friends and sharing past experiences. For details please contact Pat...

Queensland RNs vote in favour of 20% wage rise.(Retain nurses )
July 1, 2006... Queensland nurses voted overwhelmingly in favour of a wage rise and better conditions last month which will bring them in line with nurses in other states. A 20% pay rise and improved conditions including an increase in paid maternity and...

Government urged to seek solutions to aged care problems.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... The National Aged Care Alliance (the Alliance), a group representing peak national organisations in aged care, is urging the Howard Government to provide a properly resourced and integrated health care system for the aged. A meeting of the...

Personal care workers to administer drugs.
July 1, 2006... Nurses are already feeling the pinch of the Bracks' Government and Nurses Board of Victoria (NBV) changes introduced last month that allow personal care workers to administer medications in high dependency residential aged care facilities. ...

Money for move.(Victorian State Government has pledged to spend about $20 million on moving young people with disabilities)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... The Victorian State Government has pledged to spend about $20 million on moving young people with disabilities out of unsuitable aged care facilities and into more appropriate accommodation. There are over 220 people under 50 years of age...

Remote adults go hungry.(National Rural Health Alliance survey)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... A recent National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA) survey shows 18.000 adults in remote Australia reported running out of food because of a lack of money in 20042005. As a proportion of the remote population this is 60% more people than in 2001....

VIC gets $25 million.(Victoria injection of State)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Public hospitals in Victoria will get a $25 million injection of State funding to purchase medical equipment, and patient monitoring and diagnostic devices. Health minister Bronwyn Pike said, 'This funding will enable hospitals to take...

Tele-health in bush.(tele-health system)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Telstra and the CSIRO are planning to provide better access to emergency specialist care to people living outside big cities. The tele-health system is being developed and licensed to provide connections between clinical specialists based at...

Genital herpes on rise.(Disease/Disorder overview)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... An Australia wide study has found one in eight people (approx 12%) has genital herpes (HSV-2) and that women have a higher risk of infection than men due to their anatomy and physiology. The Sexually Transmitted Infections Research Centre study...

Hospital harm rises.(Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report shows the number of patients harmed in hospitals)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... An Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report shows the number of patients harmed in hospitals due to medical error and other mishaps is rising. Jenny Hargreaves from AIHW said despite growth in reported adverse events it was...

Bird flu report.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Results from a three-day simulated test of Australia's ability to tackle an outbreak of bird flu have been released from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Fifteen major recommendations, including disease control,...

Natural therapies.(news)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Western Australia acting director of health Dr Neale Fong has backed a proposal for some natural health therapies to be covered by Medicare. The move would allow rebates for massage, naturopathy, and Chinese medicine. It would increase...

Alternating drugs.(news)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... A study has found that alternating acetaminophen with ibuprofen every four hours for three days is more effective than monotherapy in reducing fever in infants and children. Researchers from Israel found children given the alternating drug...

Nurses not to blame.(NAT)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006

Government backsdown on cancellation of training.(NT)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006

Agreement secured for more nurses.(Australian Nursing Federation)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006

Nurses get active in Your Rights at Work campaign.(TAS)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006

Nursing home fails to meet standards.(TAS)
July 1, 2006

Howard gets a strong message from NSW nurses.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... NSW nurses have expressed deep concerns about the Howard Government's new industrial relations laws. Many nurses at meetings with the NSW Nurses Association (NSWNA, ANF NSW) during the Nurses Roadshow in June said they had voted Liberal all...

Super hospital is unworkable.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Overcrowding of emergency departments and long waiting lists for elective surgery are likely to worsen if the West Australian State Government's latest hospital restructure goes ahead, WA ANF secretary Mark Olson warned. WA Health minister...

Nurses still under pressure.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Despite an increase in allocations to health funding in the ACT June budget, the ANF is concerned the implementation of the funding will potentially add to the pressure on nurses. Colleen Duff ANF ACT branch secretary said, 'The increase in...

Help needed for East Timor Nurses: The ANF is running an appeal to assist nurses in East Timor.(world)
July 1, 2006

India tops AIDS stats.(Disease/Disorder overview)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006

Beer ads exploit girls.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... An international campaign has been launched against the exploitation of young women in South East Asia in promotional work for multinational beer companies. Canadian research found 20% of women in promotional campaigns in Cambodia are HIV...

Bird flu deaths cause alarm.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Indonesia has had 20 deaths from bird flu this year more than in any other country. The World Health Organization (WHO) says the possibility of human to human transmission cannot be disregarded. It says the cluster in Northern Sumatra, where...

NZ action on low wages.(New Zealand)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... In wide reaching industrial action New Zealand care workers posted their payslips to Prime Minister Helen Clark to protest their low wages. The care workers recently received a small increase but the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions said it...

Patient care in a technological age.(Electronically wired world)
July 1, 2006... In this electronically wired world of the 21st century, the health care system has tapped into technology available at the touch of a button. Scientific discoveries, high-tech equipment, electronic medical records, Smartcards, and long distance...

Solutions, techniques and pressure in wound cleansing.
July 1, 2006... Information Source This Clinical Update is a Joanna Briggs Institute, Best Practice information sheet, which updates and supersedes the JBI information sheet of the same title published in 2003 and has been derived from a systematic review...

Pay and conditions more at risk than ever before.
July 1, 2006... Over the past few months, through our journals and website, the ANF has been campaigning against the Howard Government's industrial relations changes, warning nurses that existing employment conditions and career structures are at risk. ...

Nursing and Midwifery education using mobile technologies.
July 1, 2006... Mobile technologies, particularly personal digital assistants (PDAs) are being found to improve nursing and medical education by providing timely access to resources at the point of care. In 2005, a project was undertaken with second year...

Automated record keeping gives time back to busy clinicians.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Automated record keeping in the perioperative environment has been in use for approximately five years in Australia but compared with other medical technologies, it is only just being embraced. With problems in the health system regarding...

Technology's impact on haemodialysis.(Disease/Disorder overview)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Haemodialysis units across Australia and much of the western world have been helped enormously by improvements in machine technology in recent years. These improvements have helped nurses to provide more accurate assessment of patient's ideal...

Dementia-like symptoms.(Disease/Disorder overview)
July 1, 2006... A French study has found the anticholinergic class of drugs, used in treating elderly patients, causes dementia-like symptoms. Anticholinergics block the actions of the nerve transmitter, acetylcholine and are used as sedatives, painkillers...

Needle-free injections.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Drugs may one day be administered to patients through nanotechnology rather than injected. University of Queensland Professor Mark Kendall has won a three year $300,000 State Government grant to research how needles could be replaced by tiny...

Music--the new analgesia.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Listening to music can reduce chronic pain by up to 21% and depression by up to 25%, according to USA researchers. Sixty patients--with painful conditions, including osteoarthritis, disc problems and rheumatoid arthritis--were split into three...

Skin suit protects the aged.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... CSIRO researchers in Geelong are trialing 'second-skin' suits to help protect the elderly against cuts and bruises. Machine washable suits of 95% merino wool and 5% Lycra will be assessed in a six-month clinical trial of 400 people. The suits...

World leaders in after hours phone support.(General Practitioners Assist (Tasmania))
July 1, 2006... GP Assist (Tasmania) (GPAT), a service offering after hours workforce support to rural general practitioners (GPs) throughout the state of Tasmania, is at the forefront of new models of after hours care internationally. It provides nurse triage...

RDNS nurses use a world's best practice system.(Royal District Nursing Service)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... The move from a paper-based client record keeping system to a mobile, real-time, computer system has transformed work practices for nurses at Melbourne's Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS). The 1000 RDNS nurses in the field use a...

Management of information through technology.(Information technology)
July 1, 2006... There can be little argument that clinical practice has and will continue to benefit from the application of information technology. Technology has opened up many avenues for connectivity and more expedient work practices for the practitioner....

A baton change for health reform.(Australian Health Care Reform Alliance)
July 1, 2006... The commitment of the ANF to the process of health reform has recently been given fresh opportunity with an invitation to join the new executive of the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance (AHCRA). The AHCRA, founded with passion by...

Nurses combine IT and nursing skills to improve discharge communication.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006

Calendar.(Calendar)
July 1, 2006

As a union movement, we are more than the sum of our parts.
July 1, 2006

Carry on nursing ...(Ged)
July 1, 2006... Golly. Who needs nuclear energy! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]