Australian Nursing Journal articles from November 2002

Australian Nursing Journal archives from November 2002

An open letter to the nurses of Australia: nurses are daily witnesses to the fragility of human life. (Editorial).
November 1, 2002... To the many nurses around Australia who have cared for, or who are now caring for, the people who were injured in the bombings in Kuta, Bali - thank you - especially the nurses in Darwin, who were the first to receive the injured and who worked...

Engaging clinical nurses in the research process. (Letters to the Editor).
November 1, 2002... The research process is a systematic way of investigating clinical questions that are asked in practice each day. So why is there a divide between alert and inquiring clinical nurses and the process by which they could answer some of these...

Ged Cowin is good therapy. (Letters to the Editor).
November 1, 2002... This morning I received my copy of the ANJ - I always look forward to it. I turned straight to the back page to read what Ged had to say and you guessed it, I was rolling all over the floor laughing in less than 10 seconds flat. It is...

Where's the team gone? (Letters to the Editor).
November 1, 2002... Nursing today remains wound up in the same issues we have had since Florence went to those wars. I have a great deal of respect for Florence and her values and while being a little unsure about the clean air, environment and water I am very...

Nurses really are great people. (Letters to the Editor).
November 1, 2002... I am a RN Div 1 of 31 years and have rarely been on the other end of my profession's expertise. I think that as nurses we go about our daily work knowing that we make a difference, but I'm not sure we appreciate just how great that difference...

Looking for a course. (Letters to the Editor).
November 1, 2002... I am an EN and work in a busy public hospital day surgery unit. I would very much like to attend a day surgery nursing course, or complete one by distance education. Up to now I have been unable to find a course available for ENs and would...

Incredible nurses rise to Bali challenge. (News).
November 1, 2002... Hospitals across Australia went on full alert on 12 October, as the full extent of the Bali bomb blast tragedy became apparent to a shocked nation. The Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) became the major receiving centre for dozens of critically...

Action Plan calls for more community midwives. (News).
November 1, 2002... The ANF and Australian College of Midwives (ACMI) have endorsed the National Maternity Action Plan (NMAP) which calls an expansion of community midwifery services in urban and regional Australia The plan, launched at the end of September by...

Nurse wins businesswoman award. (News).
November 1, 2002... Former nurse Helen Kurincic, executive director of the Anglican Aged Care Services Group, has won Victoria's 2002 Businesswoman of the Year award. As well as being devoted to social justice Ms Kurincic has also achieved the best results to...

Concern over smallpox vaccine plan. (News).
November 1, 2002... Frontline health workers will be the initial recipients of up to 50,000 doses of smallpox vaccine, according to the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer, Professor Richard Smallwood. While saying that the risk to Australia of terrorists...

Worksite for schools competition. (Briefs).
November 1, 2002... The ACTU website, Worksite for schools, is running a new national competition for students - What's the best thing unions could do for young people today? Students can win up to $200 by writing in 300 words or less what they think the best...

Faces of hope. (Briefs).
November 1, 2002... Express your support for the rights of refugees by contributing a photograph of yourself, to a unique display. Amnesty International Australia's Faces of hope project will be a visual appeal to the Australian public and a petition to the...

No shame job. (Briefs).
November 1, 2002... The Federal Department of Education, Science and Training has launched a new health careers book for indigenous students. No shame job, written by indigenous medical student Kiarna Adams, encourages young people to take up careers in the health...

Premiums up, policies down. (Briefs).
November 1, 2002... Medibank Private, Australia's biggest health insurance fund, announced plans to scrap about 90% of its policies in September, as part of its attempt to remedy last year's $175 million losses. The fund plans to eliminate 1300 policies, leaving...

Need someone to talk to? (Briefs).
November 1, 2002... The Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia's (CRANA's) Bush Crisis Line is a 24-hour confidential telephone support and debriefing service for remote health practitioners and their families. The line is staffed by qualified psychologists...

Rural health uncovered. (Briefs).
November 1, 2002... A new book examines the process of rural health care provision in Australia. The new rural health, edited by South Australian academics David Wilkinson and Ian Blue, includes contributions from the directors of the seven new university...

Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarships. (Briefs).
November 1, 2002... Applications are open for the Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarships Scheme, which aims to increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people working in Australian health care. The scheme is open to those enrolled, or who intend...

SANE calls for hair care boycott. (Briefs).
November 1, 2002... A hair product manufacturer apologised to people with mental illness in October after using the words 'schizophrenic' and 'headcase' in earlier advertising campaigns. The campaigns prompted the charity SANE - running its own campaign against...

Peak nursing bodies call for urgent action on nursing crisis. (News).
November 1, 2002... Australia's peak nursing bodies have called on Federal Education Minister Brendan Nelson to immediately fund 800 additional undergraduate nursing places over the next two years. This funding is one of the key recommendations of the recently...

Manual targets remote and rural violence. (News).
November 1, 2002... The ANF congratulated the National Health and Medical Research Council on the release of their remote and rural violence manual in October, because of the recognition of the problem. When its right in front of you: Assisting health care...

$16 million for WA recruitment. (News).
November 1, 2002... A $1 million advertising campaign to recruit more nurses for Western Australian public hospitals was launched in October. The 'You are the one' campaign - modelled on the successful campaign running in Victoria will include newspaper and...

Survey to examine silent epidemic. (News).
November 1, 2002... A major survey of Tasmanian nurses will determine the extent of abuse and violence towards nurses and other medical staff. Scoping workplace aggression in nursing, undertaken by University of Tasmania School of Nursing researchers, and...

Recruitment to tackle mental health crisis. (News).
November 1, 2002... The Victorian Government is undertaking a campaign to recruit at least 300 psychiatric nurses into the State's stressed mental health services. The $170,000 campaign comprises newspaper advertisements and a video -200 copies of which are...

Health Minister attacks Federal inaction. (News).
November 1, 2002... South Australian Health Minister Lea Stevens attacked the Federal Government for inaction on the nurses' shortage at the launch of a new SA recruitment strategy in September. Calling on Prime Minister John Howard to spend a day in one of...

Tackling strokes. (Briefs).
November 1, 2002... The NSW Government will spend $12.8 million to fund a network of up to 18 specialist stroke units in NSW hospitals within six to 12 months. The units, which according to NSW Health Minister Craig Knowles 'will transform the way we treat stroke...

Misconduct allegations. (Briefs).
November 1, 2002... Five nurses accused by co-workers of misconduct and providing unsatisfactory levels of care were suspended from the St John of God Hospitals 'Confused And Disturbed Elderly' unit in Goulburn, NSW, in early October. The matter was referred to...

Hepatitis C reaches new height. (Briefs).
November 1, 2002... Hepatitis C virus infections in Australia are at record levels, a new National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research study says. Estimates and projections of the hepatitis C virus in Australia 2002 found 16,000 new cases of hepatitis...

Money for aged care study. (Briefs).
November 1, 2002... It is not too late to apply for a Commonwealth Aged Care Nursing Scholarship. Undergraduate scholarships, each valued at up to $10,000 per applicant per year, are available for the 2003/2004 academic year. ENs or care workers already working in...

Smoking higher among female nurses. (World News).
November 1, 2002... Smoking is more common among female nurses in Scotland than among other women from similar social backgrounds, according to new UK research. Dr Jacqueline Dutchak, based at the Royal College of Surgeons, surveyed 1000 female nurses and...

Men most likely to leave nursing. (World News).
November 1, 2002... Recent graduates of US nursing schools are leaving the profession more quickly than their predecessors, with men leaving at almost twice the rate of their female counterparts, a University of Pennsylvania study says. The study-which looked...

PNG nurses say respect awards. (Briefs).
November 1, 2002... The Papua New Guinea Nurse's Association (PNGNA) has urged the PNG Government not to violate the Nurse's 2000 Award to achieve this year's budget objectives. PNGNA General Secretary Murray Paiva said the profession needed a code of good faith...

Jailed for HIV infections. (Briefs).
November 1, 2002... The former director of a central Cairo hospital and 28 doctors and nurses were sentenced on 24 September to a year in jail for negligence after kidney dialysis patients were infected with HIV. The defendants had been charged over the infection...

ICN launches resource. (Briefs).
November 1, 2002... The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has launched the ICN registry of credentialing research (ICN-RCR), a web-based resource to help disseminate research findings in the field of credentialing. The ICN-RCR catalogues the nature of research...

Soapre to teach the British way. (Briefs).
November 1, 2002... Nurses from the Philippines about to start work in northern England are to be shown episodes of the UK soap opera, Coronation Street, to familiarise them with local customs and accents. According to a Macclesfield hospital spokesperson,...

Survey highlights poor HCV knowledge. (Research Update).
November 1, 2002... Health care workers' misperceptions about the risk of contracting the hepatitis C virus (HCV) are affecting their willingness to care for patients with HCV. This is one of the findings of research published in the latest Australian Journal...

Local warming improves cannulation. (Research Update).
November 1, 2002... Local warming of the lower arm facilitates the insertion of peripheral venous cannulae, and reduces both time and the number of attempts required, according to joint US and Austrian research. Researchers compared the insertion of cannulne...

Cat owners at risk from their pets. (Research Update).
November 1, 2002... Cat owners are at risk of contracting an array of diseases-ranging from trivial skin infections to life threatening conditions-from their cats, according to two US doctors writing in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Their article looks at...

Improving heel skin blood perfusion. (Research Update).
November 1, 2002... Alternating pressure with pressure relief cycles improves the blood perfusion in average heel skin, US research suggests. Using a laser Doppler, researchers measured skin blood perfusion in the heels of 20 healthy subjects while they lay...

The family: an important nursing resource for holistic client care. (Clinical Update).
November 1, 2002... Introduction As nursing continues to evolve, there is increasing pressure for nurses to become more technical in their practice. As important as this aspect of care is, nurses also have a pivotal role to play in human interactions,...

Time to change the image of nursing.
November 1, 2002... Our duty of care, the long awaited Federal Government report into nursing education released last month has confirmed the concerns of nursing organisations. Although the 16-month review identified many of the problems nurses have known for...

Program aids ECG analysis. (Critical Care and Nursing Education).
November 1, 2002... Electrocardiographic (EGG) rhythm interpretation is an important advanced clinical nursing skill and an integral component of all critical care educational programs. Competence in EGG rhythm interpretation requires not just visual...

Advanced cardiac life support becomes basic. (Critical Care and Nursing Education).
November 1, 2002... In response to recognition that early defibrillation is a vital component in cardiac arrest survival, the Australian Resuscitation Council released amendments to life support policies in February 2002 recognising the availability of...

Challenging the myths of heart attack survival. (Critical Care and Nursing Education).
November 1, 2002... The suggestion that younger women who get to hospital after a heart attack do worse than men hospitalised with the same condition, is based on flawed results, according to Professor Simon Stewart, University of South Australia's Chair in...

Reducing anxiety in patients and families discharged from ICU. (Critical Care and Nursing Education).
November 1, 2002... The intensive care unit (ICU) environment is very stressful for patients and their relatives. Those admitted to this area are often confronted with their own mortality, while their family considers the possibility of loss and grief. During this...

Chickenpox: a vaccine preventable disease. (Critical Care and Nursing Education).
November 1, 2002... Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella zoster virus. It is transmitted person to person through respiratory contact with infected airborne droplets or through direct contact with lesions. In most cases mild illness of...

Australian Nursing Federation Federal Office summary of results.
November 1, 2002... Australian Nursing Federation Federal Office summary of results STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2002 2002 2001 ...

Calendar.
November 1, 2002... Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Health Services) by distance education in 2002 Nursing Services Management in Health, Financing Nursing and Health Services, Human Resources Management in Nursing Faculty of Nursing, The University of...

Positive preceptors promote successful practice. (The Federal President Reports).
November 1, 2002... I run a course designed to help nurses become good preceptors. I usually have between 15 or 20 nurses in each course and we spend the whole day discussing what preceptorship is and the relationship between preceptor and preceptee. One of...