https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/gen-y-nurses-happy-to-be-nurses-but-for-how/ This feed displays the lastest stories from Nursing Review. Copyright 2006-2013 APN Educational Media Nursing Review https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/first-pdrp-fast-tracked-in-response-to-decade-of-discontent/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/first-pdrp-fast-tracked-in-response-to-decade-of-discontent/ Twenty-five years on, JOCELYN PEACH looks back at the discontent, health reforms, and courageous leadership that prompted the speedy development of the first PDRP (professional development and recognition programme) and the legacy of that 1988 action. Tue, 03 Sep 2013 12:31:49 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/horowhenua-np-making-a-difference-in-rest-homes/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/horowhenua-np-making-a-difference-in-rest-homes/ The first NP employed by the residential aged care sector led to far fewer hospital admissions and reduced GP workloads, says an evaluation report. But in a sector always plagued by funding issues, the report also raises questions over the sustainability of the current funding model. FIONA CASSIE reports. Wed, 04 Sep 2013 09:12:29 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/don-t-read-what-you-don-t-need/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/don-t-read-what-you-don-t-need/ Patient privacy breaches have been hitting the headlines. The infamous ‘eel’ x-ray in Auckland led to staff dismissals, and spying on cricket star Jesse Ryder’s clinical notes resulted in four clinicians facing disciplinary action. Nurse-turned-lawyer ROBIN KAY looks at the legal and ethical issues for nurses around accessing patient records... Mon, 02 Sep 2013 14:48:42 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/for-the-record/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/for-the-record/ A round-up of national and international nursing news Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:42:48 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/briefs/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/briefs/ Denise Kivell, the director of nursing for Counties-Manukau District Health Board, has been elected the new chair of Nurse Executives New Zealand (NENZ). Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:50:48 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/nurses-blossoming-through-leadership-programme/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/nurses-blossoming-through-leadership-programme/ Margareth Broodkorn shares some inspiring stories of how the Ngā Manukura ō Āpōpō programme is building a new generation of much-needed Māori nursing and midwifery leaders. Tue, 03 Sep 2013 12:31:51 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/health-literacy-everyone-s-business/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/health-literacy-everyone-s-business/ Today’s patients and families have a myriad of health information just a click, a phone call, or an appointment away. The challenge is understanding and processing all that information to meet their health needs. KATHY HOLLOWAY calls on nurses to step up their health literacy skills. Tue, 03 Sep 2013 12:31:51 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/baby-hopes-and-vitamins/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/baby-hopes-and-vitamins/ Does taking vitamin supplements help women with fertility problems? Tue, 03 Sep 2013 12:31:50 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/postgraduate-funding-for-2014-unknown/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/postgraduate-funding-for-2014-unknown/ An announcement is expected soon about the funding and priorities for nurse postgraduate study in 2014 – and possibly, change is afoot. Tue, 03 Sep 2013 12:31:49 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/taranaki-s-modern-apprenticeship/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/taranaki-s-modern-apprenticeship/ 18 months on, FIONA CASSIE checks up on Taranaki’s radical new ‘hands-on’ nursing degrees to see how the ‘modern apprenticeship’ is bedding in. Tue, 03 Sep 2013 12:31:48 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/i-lived-through-it-teaching-through-telling-tales/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/i-lived-through-it-teaching-through-telling-tales/ Wintec nurse educator JACKIE McHAFFIE shares a tale or two about the role of storytelling in teaching nursing. Tue, 03 Sep 2013 12:31:47 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/what-is-a-mental-health-nurse-again/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/what-is-a-mental-health-nurse-again/ New standards for mental health nursing were launched at this year’s inaugural Australasian Mental Health and Addiction Nursing Conference in Auckland. The standards set out what it is to be a mental health nurse, and in 2014, the College of Mental Health Nurses hopes to take the long awaited step... Mon, 02 Sep 2013 17:29:31 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/role-play-winning-teaching-formula/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/role-play-winning-teaching-formula/ Turning science into stories and mini-dramas has won Unitec nursing school science lecturer Sue White a Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award for 2013. FIONA CASSIE talks to her about science, storytelling, and helping nursing students discover the scientist within. Mon, 02 Sep 2013 14:48:42 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/you-trained-to-be-a-nurse-what-gives-you-the-right-to-lead/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/you-trained-to-be-a-nurse-what-gives-you-the-right-to-lead/ Director of nursing SONIA GAMBLEN asks whether being a good nurse qualifies you to become a manager and leader, and she reflects on what characteristics and skills that nurse leaders need to foster or acquire. Mon, 02 Sep 2013 14:48:41 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/career-paths-the-short-sweet-and-roundabout/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/career-paths-the-short-sweet-and-roundabout/ We look to nurses as learners, educators, and leaders in this edition. Read on about teaching fledgling nurses in the classroom and on the ward, fostering leadership skills, nurses sharing their career tales, and milestones past and future in the recognition of competence and professional development. Mon, 02 Sep 2013 14:48:41 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/q-and-a-dr-daryle-deering/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/q-and-a-dr-daryle-deering/ JOB TITLE: Senior lecturer, National Addiction Centre, University of Otago, Christchurch & President, New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses Te Ao Māramatanga Mon, 02 Sep 2013 14:48:08 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-new-graduate-nurse/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-new-graduate-nurse/ NAME | Rochelle Paice JOB TITLE | New Graduate RN | LOCATION | Acute Orthopaedics, North Shore Hospital, Waitemata DHB Mon, 02 Sep 2013 14:48:40 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-community-hepatitis-nurse/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-community-hepatitis-nurse/ NAME | Kerry Kennedy  JOB TITLE | Community Hepatitis Nurse for The Hepatitis Foundation of  New Zealand   LOCATION | Based from home; covering South Auckland from Meremere to Mangere. Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:24:38 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/q-and-a-dr-deborah-rowe/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/q-and-a-dr-deborah-rowe/ Job Title | Senior staff nurse neonatal intensive care and nurse consultant for Auckland District Health board and lecturer at the University of Auckland’s School of Nursing. Also chair of the Nursing Council of New Zealand. Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:24:35 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/ed-s-letter/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2013/ed-s-letter/ Nurses and journalists – chalk and cheese? Mon, 02 Sep 2013 14:17:11 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/supporting-new-blood-for-aged-care/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/supporting-new-blood-for-aged-care/ Aged care has one of the fastest ageing workforces. Getting new blood into the workforce is an obvious need and a pilot underway of providing extra support for new graduates entering residential aged care is one step being taken. FIONA CASSIE finds out more. Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:30:40 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/pioneering-midcentral-makes-u-turn-and-launches-enhancedcare/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/pioneering-midcentral-makes-u-turn-and-launches-enhancedcare/ One of the country’s long-term conditions care pioneers has been bubbling with innovation but lagging behind in patients signed up to its basic care package. Fri, 28 Jun 2013 12:29:04 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/care-plus-done-dusted-and-replaced-in-masterton/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/care-plus-done-dusted-and-replaced-in-masterton/ Too narrow and too prescriptive is Helen Kjestrup’s verdict on Care Plus. So the clinical services manager for Masterton Medical Centre grabbed the chance offered by bulk-funding to say goodbye to the more onerous restrictions of Care Plus. Fri, 28 Jun 2013 12:28:35 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/the-care-plus-equation-does-it-add-up-to-much/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/the-care-plus-equation-does-it-add-up-to-much/ Care Plus entered nursing’s vocabulary a decade ago. Has it helped nursing tackle the burden of chronic conditions and better support for people to manage their health? Or has it added up to not much? FIONA CASSIE does the sums… Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:24:36 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/influenza-vaccine-and-health-professionals/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/influenza-vaccine-and-health-professionals/ Last year 46 per cent of district health board nurses got vaccinated against the flu – less than the 48 per cent average for all DHB heath workers. This article explores the debate around the value, ethics, and efficacy of health professionals getting the annual flu vaccination and looks at... Fri, 28 Jun 2013 09:00:36 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/morale-leadership-and-football-boots/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/morale-leadership-and-football-boots/ FIONA CASSIE talks to new NZNO chief executive Memo Musa 20 days into the job about his new role, new constitutions, and nursing leadership … plus a little bit about football and gardening. Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:31:29 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/job-swap-to-fast-track-aged-care-nursing-career/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/job-swap-to-fast-track-aged-care-nursing-career/ With a workforce crisis looming in aged care nursing, Christchurch is headhunting and helping the new generation of aged care nurses to fast track their careers. Fiona Cassie finds out more about the Gerontology Acceleration Programme (GAP). Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:30:41 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/briefs/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/briefs/ NEWS Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:05:15 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/nurses-perceived-not-to-care/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/nurses-perceived-not-to-care/ JO ANN WALTON reflects on the state of nursing in the wake of the United Kingdom’s damning Francis Inquiry and the need to reiterate respect, kindness, and dignity as nursing core values. Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:31:31 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/push-to-reduce-falls/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/push-to-reduce-falls/ In the last two years, 170 patients fell while in public hospital care and broke their hips, and 22 of those people died earlier than expected. FIONA CASSIE talks to Sandy Blake about the new national drive to reduce falls and her pilot of a bedside electronic falls risk assessment... Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:31:31 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/engagement-and-success-for-pasifika-nursing-students/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/engagement-and-success-for-pasifika-nursing-students/ NGAIRA NGAIRA HARKER reflects on the importance of supporting Pasifika nursing students. Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:31:29 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/tweeting-start-to-the-new-new-year/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/tweeting-start-to-the-new-new-year/ KATHY HOLLOWAY suggests celebrating Matariki – the Māori New Year – with a resolution to explore the Twittersphere. Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:31:28 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/keeping-kids-safer/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/keeping-kids-safer/ What nursing-led intervention has been proven to help protect vulnerable Kiwi children? Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:30:41 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/rest-home-in-the-home/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/rest-home-in-the-home/ Canterbury quakes saw Christchurch lose more than 650 residential care beds. One response was TotalCare – a collaborative approach led by community-based Nurse Maude to offer residential care in the home. Nursing Review reports on Sheree East’s recent presentation on the scheme to the Home Health Association conference. Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:30:41 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/diabetes-revisiting-back-to-basics-education-helps-poor-self-management/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/diabetes-revisiting-back-to-basics-education-helps-poor-self-management/ A Christchurch randomised-control trial found people struggling with managing their diabetes made significant improvements after a one-day education session. FIONA CASSIE talks to Lisa Whitehead about the research team’s findings and their ‘hunch’ that combining cognitive behaviour therapy with education could be even more effective. Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:30:39 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/diabetes-patchy-but-progressing/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/diabetes-patchy-but-progressing/ Nursing Review checks out the momentum on the new Diabetes Care Improvement Packages and finds report cards ranging from ‘excellent’ to ‘could do better’. Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:28:45 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/health-on-the-hoof-truckie-stops/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/health-on-the-hoof-truckie-stops/ Truckies are being waved down and pulled off the road in the Bay of Plenty for the good of their health. Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:24:58 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/getting-the-heart-tick/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/getting-the-heart-tick/ After lagging at the bottom, Western Bay of Plenty PHO is now perched at the top of the ‘more heart checks’ performance table. FIONA CASSIE talks to RN and general practice coordinator Donna McArley on getting the heart tick and moving on to managing those highlighted as being at risk. Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:24:57 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/letter-to-editor/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/letter-to-editor/ Green nail polish? Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:05:22 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/nursing-feedback-sought-early-july-on-controversial-merger-proposal/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/nursing-feedback-sought-early-july-on-controversial-merger-proposal/ The Nursing Council has “reservations” about a proposed merger proposal and is releasing a consultation document in early July seeking nursing and other stakeholder feedback. By FIONA CASSIE Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:05:15 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/new-pho-agreement-seen-as-lost-opportunity/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/new-pho-agreement-seen-as-lost-opportunity/ The lack of nurses around the table in negotiating the new PHO agreement – coming into force July 1 – doesn’t make sense, said Cathy O’Malley, the deputy director-general of health leading the negotiations. Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:05:14 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/nursing-hours-of-practice-how-long-is-too-long/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/nursing-hours-of-practice-how-long-is-too-long/ Christchurch nurse MICHAEL McILHONE reflects on just what is a typical nursing working day and asks when working long hours becomes counterproductive both personally and professionally. Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:31:37 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/ed-s-letter/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/ed-s-letter/ Winter ‘flu season looms Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:24:34 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/a-proud-cross-to-bear/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2013/a-proud-cross-to-bear/ Gisborne nurse Janet Askew loves her garden, being a grandma, and working in some of the world’s worst trouble spots. A decade of working in war-torn Sudan to natural disaster-hit Indonesia recently won her Red Cross’s highest international nursing award ­– the Florence Nightingale Medal. Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:31:30 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/protecting-our-children-is-everyone-s-business/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/protecting-our-children-is-everyone-s-business/ Following the recent release of the green paper on vulnerable children, nurse practitioner ANGELA BATES and PROFESSOR JENNY CARRYER look at the role of nursing in child protection. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:58:38 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/being-cool-about-the-cold-chain/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/being-cool-about-the-cold-chain/ A cleaner accidentally pulling the plug on your vaccine fridge over the weekend could see thousands of dollars of vaccine lost. FIONA CASSIE finds some cold chain tips from Karen Green of the Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC). Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:58:38 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/nanopatch-could-remove-needle-phobia-and-cold-chain-problems/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/nanopatch-could-remove-needle-phobia-and-cold-chain-problems/ A needle-free vaccine delivery system may be a step closer after major investment into an Australian researcher’s pioneering work Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:58:32 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/cold-chain-monitoring-goes-digital/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/cold-chain-monitoring-goes-digital/ The random audit process to see how well New Zealand is at keeping the cold chain has now gone digital. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:58:30 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/quake-shakes-cold-chain/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/quake-shakes-cold-chain/ Diane Bos and fellow Christchurch immunisation coordinators recently addressed the National Immunisation Conference on lessons learnt from the Christchurch quake for the vaccine cold chain. FIONA CASSIE talks to Bos. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:58:30 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/waikato-study-of-paediatric-healthcare-workers-immunisation-rates/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/waikato-study-of-paediatric-healthcare-workers-immunisation-rates/ A recent survey of Waikato Hospital staff working with paediatric patients also found that nurses had the lowest ‘flu immunisation rate, The University of Auckland’s Waikato Clinical School researchers reported at the recent National Immunisation Conf Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:47:34 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/nurses-shirking-duty-or-informed-choice/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/nurses-shirking-duty-or-informed-choice/ A recent UK Nursing Times editorial argues it is little wonder that patients don’t follow treatment regimens when nurses are so divided over the ‘flu vaccine. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:47:33 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/less-is-best-for-kids-woundcare/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/less-is-best-for-kids-woundcare/ Caring for the child comes first for child wound care specialist Sharon Cassidy. FIONA CASSIE profiles the Christchurch-based nurse who works with burns, pressure ulcers, abscesses, and the super-sensitive skin of ‘butterfly’ children. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:47:32 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/are-nurses-willing-to-take-their-own-medicine/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/are-nurses-willing-to-take-their-own-medicine/ Nurses have one of the lowest flu immunisation rates amongst healthcare workers. FIONA CASSIE reports on a Canterbury District Health project to lift its staff immunisation rate, some Waikato research, and recent international views on this occasionally Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:47:32 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/a-spoonful-of-sugar-helps-the-needle-go-in/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/a-spoonful-of-sugar-helps-the-needle-go-in/ Do sweet solutions help relieve pain for children having immunisations? Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:47:32 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/in-rain-hail-sleet-and-snow/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/in-rain-hail-sleet-and-snow/ Major snow hitting twice this winter made getting to work a dicey adventure for many Christchurch and Dunedin nurses. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:30:37 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/consensus-on-new-graduate-places-and-career-planning/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/consensus-on-new-graduate-places-and-career-planning/ National nursing organisations are backing a consensus statement that all new graduates have access to a government-subsidised new graduate programme in their first year. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:30:36 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/oz-nursing-workforce-growing-faster-than-jobs/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/oz-nursing-workforce-growing-faster-than-jobs/ The number of nurses ready and able to work in Australia grew 14 per cent after 2005, but the number of nurses working grew only 13 per cent, Australian Nursing Review reports. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:30:38 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/briefs-september-2011/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/briefs-september-2011/ Briefs September 2011 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:30:43 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/successful-physician-assistant-pilot-ends/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/successful-physician-assistant-pilot-ends/ The 12-month pilot of using US-trained physician assistants has ended with both PAs intending to return to the US, but more could follow them in a wider pilot. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:30:57 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/np-education-programme-2/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/np-education-programme-2/ A streamlined proposal for a registrar-style NP education programme has been released by the Nurse Practitioner Advisory Committee. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:31:01 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/reaching-consensus-a-stretch-at-packed-workforce-forum/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/reaching-consensus-a-stretch-at-packed-workforce-forum/ More than 200 health leaders packed out a recent workforce forum looking at interdisciplinary collaboration, flexible scopes and other workforce initiatives. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:47:30 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/hands-on-health-innovation-wins-prize/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/hands-on-health-innovation-wins-prize/ A chance to get a grip on what working in health is all about has won a Hawke’s Bay District Health Board career initiative another major prize. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:47:31 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/dhb-nursing-workforce-not-older-but-wiser/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/dhb-nursing-workforce-not-older-but-wiser/ The nursing workforce is more experienced, on average no older, but growing steadily according to the latest district health board workforce snapshot. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:30:36 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/meca-at-crunch-time/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2011/meca-at-crunch-time/ Pay talks for district health board nurses reached crunch time, with boards putting their final offer on the table as Nursing Review went to press. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:30:36 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/hidden-treasures/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/hidden-treasures/ JUDY YARWOOD rediscovers a nearly 20-year-old primary healthcare report in her quake-trashed study and ponders why so many issues still remain the same. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:06:17 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/get-checked-to-be-checked-off/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/get-checked-to-be-checked-off/ The decade-old diabetes initiative Get Checked was more than a tick-box exercise for many and nurses want a voice in what replaces it. FIONA CASSIE finds out more. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:06:16 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/keeping-it-real-simulation-in-education/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/keeping-it-real-simulation-in-education/ Mannequins can now convulse, blink, pee, sweat and respond to intravenous drugs. FIONA CASSIE finds out more about simulation – both low-tech and high-fidelity. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:06:16 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/to-fall-or-not-to-fall/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/to-fall-or-not-to-fall/ Can you predict who will fall in a hospital ward? Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:06:15 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/the-bleeding-edge-of-knowledge/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/the-bleeding-edge-of-knowledge/ The ‘bleeding edge’ of knowledge is knowledge so fresh that the ‘wounds’ of development still haven’t healed. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:06:15 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/diabetes-self-management-trial-challenging/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/diabetes-self-management-trial-challenging/ LISA WHITEHEAD reports on a Christchurch-based randomised control trial into improving diabetes self-management. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:06:14 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/nurses-study-indicates-a-tipple-a-day-ok/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/nurses-study-indicates-a-tipple-a-day-ok/ Nurses who drank alcohol regularly but moderately in their midlife were healthier than women who did not drink at all or drank less moderately, a longitudinal survey indicates. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:06:14 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/new-council-members-elected-in-low-turnout-election/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/new-council-members-elected-in-low-turnout-election/ A former Nursing Council manager, a nursing professor and a Starship nurse advisor are the newly elected members of the Nursing Council. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:06:12 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/work-on-new-blueprint-for-mental-health-under-way-2/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/work-on-new-blueprint-for-mental-health-under-way-2/ The Blueprint for Mental Health Services which has ensured ring-fenced funding for mental health for the past decade, is under review and nurses are keen participants. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:06:13 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/mh-nurse-shortages-prompt-bed-closures/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/mh-nurse-shortages-prompt-bed-closures/ Bed numbers have been temporarily reduced at Auckland District Health Board’s acute mental health unit in the wake of ongoing concerns about staffing levels. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:05:57 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/eyebright-awards-celebrate-plunket-projects/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/eyebright-awards-celebrate-plunket-projects/ A pilot scheme to build relationships between teenage mums and Plunket nurses before the birth of their babies was a winner in the 2011 Eyebright Awards. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:05:56 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/briefs-october/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/briefs-october/ Briefs October Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:05:55 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/work-on-new-blueprint-for-mental-health-under-way/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/work-on-new-blueprint-for-mental-health-under-way/ The Blueprint for Mental Health Services which has ensured ring-fenced funding for mental health for the past decade, is under review and nurses are keen participants. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:05:56 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/oz-exodus-continues-but-kiwi-workforce-still-growing/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/october-2011/oz-exodus-continues-but-kiwi-workforce-still-growing/ The number of Kiwi nurses seeking work in Australia continues to grow but the nursing workforce this side of the Tasman is also growing steadily, the latest Nursing Council statistics show. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:05:55 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/How-far-have-we-really-come-in-New-Zealand-nursing/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/How-far-have-we-really-come-in-New-Zealand-nursing/ American Academy of Nursing “living legend” Professor Donna Diers was guest speaker at a recent College of Nurses and Waiariki Institute of Technology function. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:40:55 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/the-homely-touch/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/the-homely-touch/ Seeing the elderly in their own homes was a key to the success of an early intervention pilot for a specialist gerontology nurse role in primary care. Nursing Review finds out more about the piloted role and its future. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:34:12 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/aged-care-supporting-np-interns/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/aged-care-supporting-np-interns/ FIONA CASSIE interviews two nurses appointed to the country’s first NP intern positions in the residential aged-care sector at providers Bupa and Selwyn. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:34:12 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/earlybirds-mentor-fledgling-nps/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/earlybirds-mentor-fledgling-nps/ Once a week, a group of Auckland gerontology nurse specialists and NPs gather together to share and learn. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:34:11 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/one-stop-online-shop-for-nursing-procedures/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/one-stop-online-shop-for-nursing-procedures/ MICHAEL BLAND and JOHN CLAYTON outline a project to provide up-to-date nursing procedures online to all nurses in the Midland region. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:34:11 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/dementia-patients-face-triple-jeopardy/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/dementia-patients-face-triple-jeopardy/ Nurses need to get dementia care right across all sectors, not just residential aged care, believes Scottish nursing professor June Andrews. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:16:42 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/a-cut-above-the-rest/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/a-cut-above-the-rest/ The country’s first registered nurse first surgical assistant graduates not only have a hands-on role at the operating table but also before and after their patient is wheeled into theatre. Nursing Review finds out more. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:16:41 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/medal-winner-returns-to-duty/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/medal-winner-returns-to-duty/ Just days after receiving the world’s highest nursing honour, the Florence Nightingale medal, Kiwi nurse Andrew Cameron flew off to start his next Red Cross mission. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:16:40 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/split-talks-under-way-for-dhb-nurses/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/split-talks-under-way-for-dhb-nurses/ A district health board pay deal – rejected by the largest nursing union, the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) – is still being considered by Public Service Association nurses. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:16:40 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/beds-or-people-the-missing-ingredient-in-aged-care/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/beds-or-people-the-missing-ingredient-in-aged-care/ Nurses’ union the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO), and the New Zealand Aged Care Association (NZACA) are readying to meet in a head-to-head debate on aged care as the election looms. The two “foes” see the debate as the chance to put aged-care Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:14:58 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/winning-health-and-safety-nurses/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/winning-health-and-safety-nurses/ Three nurses were recognised with top awards in the inaugural Occupational Health Nurses Association awards last month. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:14:56 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/new-patient-role-possible-for-pharmacists/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/new-patient-role-possible-for-pharmacists/ Nurses are open to community pharmacists stepping up their involvement in primary healthcare as long as there are robust processes, said College of Primary Health Care Nurses chair Rosemary Minto. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:14:57 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/briefs-november/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/briefs-november/ Briefs November Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:14:56 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/ngaei-tahu-nurse-wins-top-scholarship/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/ngaei-tahu-nurse-wins-top-scholarship/ A Christchurch nurse was selected as one of the four top Māori health scholars for 2011 from among more than 570 contenders this year. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:14:40 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/nursing-council-notice-of-recent/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/nursing-council-notice-of-recent/ Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal decisions Nursing Council notice of recent Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal decisions Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:14:40 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/2011-election-manifestos/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/2011-election-manifestos/ So what do nurses want from this election? Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:14:39 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/sadness-at-degree-s-shelving/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2011/sadness-at-degree-s-shelving/ The country’s first wänanga nursing degree is being shelved indefinitely after its first six graduates sit state finals this month. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:13:54 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/so-you-are-a-nurse-specialist-what-does-that-mean-again/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/so-you-are-a-nurse-specialist-what-does-that-mean-again/ Kathy Holloway’s timely PhD research has helped shape New Zealand’s first national process for endorsing specialty standards. Fiona Cassie reports. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:20:29 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/wellywood-comes-to-wakefield/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/wellywood-comes-to-wakefield/ Weta Workshop wizardry and a pig from the Wairarapa helped create some life-like organs for a laparoscopic course. NICKI BABBAGE of Wakefield Hospital tells the story of how it came about. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:20:17 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/smartphones-ehealth-and-nursing/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/smartphones-ehealth-and-nursing/ Kathy Holloway helps you navigate the world of apps, Apple and Androids. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:19:37 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/slow-start-to-culture-change/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/slow-start-to-culture-change/ A call to ringfence temporary positions for new graduate nurses has made some inroads for 2012, but a culture change is still needed, says Chief Nurse Jane O’Malley. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:19:22 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/nearly-two-thirds-of-graduates-employed-by-state-finals/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/nearly-two-thirds-of-graduates-employed-by-state-finals/ Early feedback indicates a similar to slightly better job market for new graduate nurses, with 64 per cent having jobs before sitting their state final exams. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:19:14 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/post-quake-ebb-and-flow/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/post-quake-ebb-and-flow/ Some earthquake-related turnover will see Canterbury District Health Board take on a record number of new graduates in 2012, including a number of out-of-town applicants. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:19:03 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/canterbury-nurses-celebrate-success-after-tough-year/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/canterbury-nurses-celebrate-success-after-tough-year/ At the end of a tough year that saw International Nurses Day pass uncelebrated, Canterbury nurses finally came together to celebrate nursing. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:18:55 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/briefs/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/briefs/ Victorian nurses’ industrial action Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:18:45 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/health-promotion/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/health-promotion/ Not just health education needed Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:18:07 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/sa-nurse-educator-shares-challenges/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/sa-nurse-educator-shares-challenges/ Nurse Migration From Africa and around the world was one of the future workforce issues highlighted by South African nurse educator Janetta Roos in her keynote presentation to the Australasian Nurse Educator Conference. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:17:49 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/wairarapa-offers-special/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/wairarapa-offers-special/ kete to families Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:17:23 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/medicines-bill-prompts-prescribing-consultation-in-new-year/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/medicines-bill-prompts-prescribing-consultation-in-new-year/ The introduction of the Medicines Amendment Bill 2011 is prompting a consultation document to be released on extended nurse prescribing in the new year. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:17:13 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/quake-tested-graduates-shine/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/quake-tested-graduates-shine/ “I saw people my age die that day and nothing in my training prepared me for that.” Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:16:44 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/new-year-brings-new-look-nursing-review/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2011/new-year-brings-new-look-nursing-review/ Nursing Review, after more than a decade of being the independent voice of nursing, is to emerge in 2012 with a new look and focus. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:15:55 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/workplace-computer-access/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/workplace-computer-access/ Lack of time and access to computers in the workplace remain the major barriers to nurses using the internet to support their practice, a survey has found. Wed, 01 May 2013 09:13:44 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/avoiding-waiting-room-woes/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/avoiding-waiting-room-woes/ No doctors’ appointments ‘til Friday. Why not see the nurse instead? MidCentral is upskilling practice nurses to assess and treat patients who front up to acute care walk-in clinics with minor ailments and illnesses. FIONA CASSIE finds out more Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:47:44 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/letter-from-the-editor/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/letter-from-the-editor/ Closing the gaps Tue, 21 May 2013 15:03:32 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/for-the-record/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/for-the-record/ A round-up of national and international nursing news Thu, 09 May 2013 16:25:47 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/Nursing-researchers-score-higher/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/Nursing-researchers-score-higher/ Nursing researchers score higher Thu, 09 May 2013 16:25:40 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/New-leadership-structure-criticised-and-defended-by-FIONA-CASSIE/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/New-leadership-structure-criticised-and-defended-by-FIONA-CASSIE/ New leadership structure criticised and defended by FIONA CASSIE Thu, 09 May 2013 16:25:01 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/Mixed-response-to-UK-call-for-student-nurses-to-first-work-as-HCAS/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/Mixed-response-to-UK-call-for-student-nurses-to-first-work-as-HCAS/ Mixed response to UK call for student nurses to first work as HCAS Thu, 09 May 2013 16:24:51 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/Bibliography-celebrates-Cultural-safety-coming-of-age/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/Bibliography-celebrates-Cultural-safety-coming-of-age/ Bibliography celebrates Cultural safety 'coming of age' Thu, 09 May 2013 16:24:43 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/At-least-15-of-graduates-still-job-hunting/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/At-least-15-of-graduates-still-job-hunting/ At least 15% of graduates still job hunting by FIONA CASSIE Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:41:48 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/preop-clinic-making-its-mark/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/preop-clinic-making-its-mark/ Clinical nurse specialist Shelley McMahon reflects on the ongoing development of Northland’s Nurse-Led Preoperative Assessment Clinic. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:38:33 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/too-few-m-ori-nursing-students-action-needed/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/too-few-m-ori-nursing-students-action-needed/ Reena Kainamu, member of the Māori Caucus of Te Ao Māaramatanga New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses (NZCMHN), shares the concerns about the under-representation of Māori students in nursing programmes and Māori nurses in the workforce. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:35:03 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/nightingale-the-first-informatics-nurse/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/nightingale-the-first-informatics-nurse/ Technology will never replace the art of nursing … but it can make the job a darned sight easier. FIONA CASSIE talks to Michelle Honey, the chair of the Nursing Informatics group, about nurses using information technology to improve health care. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:28:58 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/turning-frustration-into-action/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/turning-frustration-into-action/ NICOLA RUSSELL vents some frustration that in 2013 general practice is still largely “business as usual” despite the optimistic rhetoric of the 2001 Primary Health Care Strategy. She also calls for input into an upcoming College of Nurses workshop for nurses keen to explore developing primary health care nursing services. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:24:51 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/webinar-attending-conferences-the-virtual-way/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/webinar-attending-conferences-the-virtual-way/ KATHY HOLLOWAY explains how to attend a conference without leaving the house Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:17:54 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee/ Is ‘prescribing’ a post-surgery long black good for the bowels as well as morale? Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:13:30 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/A-day-in-the-life-Of-a-public-hospital-cns-rn-first-surgical-assistant/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/A-day-in-the-life-Of-a-public-hospital-cns-rn-first-surgical-assistant/ We look at a day in the life of Sue Glover  Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:03:37 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/international-nurses-day-heroes/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/international-nurses-day-heroes/ To celebrate International Nurses Day this year Nursing Review invited district health boards across the country to contribute stories on nursing ‘heroes’ in their region. We got stories back on just some of the unsung, innovative, compassionate, high achievers and dedicated nurses that make up the New Zealand nursing workforce. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:09:17 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/taking-a-special-approach/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/taking-a-special-approach/ Diabetes nursing managed to ‘jump the gun’ to RN prescribing with a successful demonstration site. Next off the starting blocks is expected to be respiratory nursing. FIONA CASSIE looks at some specialist areas and their likely prescribing ambitions. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:57:10 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/reaching-the-millennium-health-goals/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/reaching-the-millennium-health-goals/ International Nurses Day Tue, 21 May 2013 14:00:02 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/ready-to-take-the-medicine/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/ready-to-take-the-medicine/ Some call it the biggest revolution for New Zealand nursing since training left hospitals. A decade since the first Kiwi nurse practitioner was authorised to prescribe, the Nursing Council is proposing the long-awaited widening of prescribing to registered nurses. Prescribing is the buzz. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:14:16 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/fishing-truck-driving-and-prescribing-adie-style/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/fishing-truck-driving-and-prescribing-adie-style/ Far North nurse practitioner Adrianne Murray is the pragmatic but passionate face of nurse prescribing. FIONA CASSIE talks to the country’s second ever-prescribing NP about doing the groundwork to be a prescriber. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:36:51 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/professional-indemnity-insurance-are-you-covered/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/professional-indemnity-insurance-are-you-covered/ By Taima Campbell, co-chair (Maori Caucus) of College of Nurses Aotearoa and former Auckland DHB director of nursing Fri, 17 May 2013 16:52:21 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/q-and-a-with-carolyn-reed/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/q-and-a-with-carolyn-reed/ Job Title: Chief Executive/Registrar, Nursing Council of New Zealand. Fri, 17 May 2013 16:52:10 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/a-night-in-the-life-of-a-patient-at-risk-par-nurse/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/a-night-in-the-life-of-a-patient-at-risk-par-nurse/ NAME: Sarah Imray JOB TITLE: Registered nurse for PAR (Patient at Risk)* Team LOCATION: Wellington Regional Hospital Fri, 17 May 2013 16:51:55 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/successful-joint-effort-by-multi-disciplinary-team/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/successful-joint-effort-by-multi-disciplinary-team/ A joint care clinic launched last year at Palmerston North Hospital for patients scheduled for hip and knee joint replacement surgery has proved so successful that it has been extended to include shoulder joint patients, as well. Fri, 17 May 2013 16:51:33 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/international-nurses-day/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/international-nurses-day/ While this year’s International Nurses Day is focused on the relationship between evidence and action, thousands of nurses around the world celebrate in very different ways. Fri, 17 May 2013 16:51:44 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/the-operating-theatre-where-shoes-are-left-at-the-door/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/the-operating-theatre-where-shoes-are-left-at-the-door/ Wellington nurse NICKI BABBAGE writes about her fortnight’s experience with low-tech theatre nursing in an isolated town in the Papua New Guinea highlands. Fri, 17 May 2013 16:51:23 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/ban-behind-bars/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/ban-behind-bars/ Prison nurse LOUISE CHA reports on the challenge of helping an estimated 80 per cent of prisoners quit when smoking was officially banned in prisons last winter. Fri, 17 May 2013 16:50:59 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/taima-campbell-time-for-a-change/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/taima-campbell-time-for-a-change/ FIONA CASSIE talks to former Auckland District Health executive director of nursing Taima Campbell about her decade at the helm, Māori workforce development and her plans for the future. Fri, 17 May 2013 16:50:49 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/rapid-rounds-and-nurse-facilitated-discharge-innovations-free-up-patient-bed-days/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/rapid-rounds-and-nurse-facilitated-discharge-innovations-free-up-patient-bed-days/ Rapid Rounds Fri, 17 May 2013 16:50:30 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/reducing-rest-home-admissions-in-ed/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/reducing-rest-home-admissions-in-ed/ The Capital and Coast District Health Board (CCDHB) District Nursing Hospital Admission Prevention Project can now add to its list of achievements a reduction in rest home patients needing to be admitted to Wellington ED. Fri, 17 May 2013 16:50:20 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/new-innovative-process-for-netp-clinical-coach-role/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/new-innovative-process-for-netp-clinical-coach-role/ We employ clinical coaches as part of our Nurse Entry to Practice (NETP) programme that was first established back in 2004. Fri, 17 May 2013 16:50:09 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/map-of-medicine-development-at-midcentral-dhb/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/map-of-medicine-development-at-midcentral-dhb/ Map of Medicine is an electronic collection of evidence-based care “maps” connecting all the knowledge and services around a clinical condition. Fri, 17 May 2013 16:41:41 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/refugee-health-co-ordinator-role/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/refugee-health-co-ordinator-role/ The refugee journey is almost always fraught with fear, loss, and trauma. Further definition states that a refugee is ‘a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster’. Fri, 17 May 2013 16:41:23 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/two-innovative-prescribing-initiatives-to-reduce-medication-incidents/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/two-innovative-prescribing-initiatives-to-reduce-medication-incidents/ Creative approach to improving medication safety Fri, 17 May 2013 16:41:11 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/celebrating-leadership/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/celebrating-leadership/ JO WALTON dares nurses to become everyday leaders, regardless of their role. Fri, 17 May 2013 16:40:58 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/telehealth-research-empowering-patients-and-freeing-up-nurses/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/telehealth-research-empowering-patients-and-freeing-up-nurses/ Can telehealth monitors in the home help nurses and doctors care for more patients with chronic conditions? Preliminary results from the country’s second telehealth research project – ‘ASSET’ – indicate the answer is probably “yes”. FIONA CASSIE reports. Fri, 17 May 2013 16:40:46 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/how-busy-is-your-ward/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/how-busy-is-your-ward/ We report on a new electronic ‘tick-box’ tool that instantly signals hospital wide if your busy ward needs help. Fri, 17 May 2013 16:40:33 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/heart-still-misses-a-beat/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/heart-still-misses-a-beat/ Can omega-3 fish oil help reduce irregular heart rhythms? Fri, 17 May 2013 16:39:18 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/youth-np-still-surfing-the-wave/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/youth-np-still-surfing-the-wave/ LOU ROEBUCK, a youth primary health NP, reflects on five years of surviving funding struggles to deliver youth one-stop-shops. Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:48 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/nps-stamping-their-mark-on-rural-primary-health/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/nps-stamping-their-mark-on-rural-primary-health/ One of the early visions for nurse practitioners was improving rural New Zealanders’ access to healthcare as country GPs became scarce. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:31:45 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/a-decade-to-reach-a-century-celebrating-the-101st-nurse-practitioner/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/a-decade-to-reach-a-century-celebrating-the-101st-nurse-practitioner/ It has taken a decade of hard work, lobbying, frustration and personal sacrifice to build a critical mass of 100 NPs. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:31:31 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/in-pursuit-of-evidence-your-role-in-making-research-count-in-everyday-practice/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/in-pursuit-of-evidence-your-role-in-making-research-count-in-everyday-practice/ There’s a rather wonderful and instructive irony in the celebration of International Nurses Day – the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth – with the theme for 2012 of ‘Closing the gap: From evidence to action’1. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:31:19 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/letter-from-the-editor/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/letter-from-the-editor/ Florence’s evidence ethos lives on Fri, 17 May 2013 10:31:04 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/news-briefs/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/news-briefs/ More nurses in schools Fri, 17 May 2013 10:30:51 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/patch-protection-a-barrier-to-physician-assistants/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/patch-protection-a-barrier-to-physician-assistants/ Patch protection a barrier to physician assistants by Fiona Cassie Fri, 17 May 2013 10:30:41 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/brickbats-and-bouquets-for-medicines-bill/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/may-2012/brickbats-and-bouquets-for-medicines-bill/ Nursing organisations are giving a firm thumbs-down to the new delegated prescriber role proposed in the Medicines Amendment Bill. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:27:29 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/how-are-we-today/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/how-are-we-today/ JO ANN WALTON ponders self-management, partnership and how well nurses shape up as partners Fri, 17 May 2013 16:19:57 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/the-nurse-practitioner-will-see-you-now/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/the-nurse-practitioner-will-see-you-now/ JILL WILKINSON and ANGELA BATES profile a nurse practitioner-led health centre looking after many of central Wellington’s homeless and high needs population. Fri, 17 May 2013 16:19:42 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/Q-A-with-Geoff-Annals/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/Q-A-with-Geoff-Annals/ Job Title, Chief Executive, New Zealand Nurses Organisation Fri, 17 May 2013 10:27:10 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-family-planning-nurse/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-family-planning-nurse/ NAME: Sue Schroder, JOB TITLE: Family Planning Nurse, LOCATION: Gisborne Fri, 17 May 2013 10:26:59 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/nurses-can-t-be-all-things-to-all-people/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/nurses-can-t-be-all-things-to-all-people/ Lyvia Marsden brings 50 years of nursing to the ‘non-nursing’ whānau ora model she developed for North Shore’s Te Puna Hauora. FIONA CASSIE talks to the president of the National Council of Māori Nurses and other Te Puna nurses about their approach to chronic conditions and whānau ora. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:26:02 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/breathing-new-life-into-patients/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/breathing-new-life-into-patients/ Respiratory nurse practitioner Diana Hart helps the morbidly obese breathe easily again at night. FIONA CASSIE learns more about her successful bi-level ventilation clinics. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:23:37 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/building-your-diabetes-and-respiratory-nursing-skills/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/building-your-diabetes-and-respiratory-nursing-skills/ HELEN SNELL and MARINA LAMBERT showcase the national nursing diabetes and respiratory frameworks and what they can offer nurses. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:23:21 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/new-addiction-np-craves-job/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/new-addiction-np-craves-job/ The country has its first nurse practitioner in addiction, Louise Leonard. All she needs now is an NP job. FIONA CASSIE reports. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:22:26 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/nurses-vs-big-tobacco-bearing-witness-to-the-human-toll-of-the-tobacco-industry/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/nurses-vs-big-tobacco-bearing-witness-to-the-human-toll-of-the-tobacco-industry/ Professor Ruth Malone is a shareholder looking forward to the day her company stocks are worthless. FIONA CASSIE learns more about the leading US tobacco industry researcher, nurse activist, ex-smoker, and tobacco company shareholder. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:22:02 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/np-making-a-heartfelt-difference/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/np-making-a-heartfelt-difference/ Anxious patients with chest pain who used to wait up to 100 days for review at Counties Manukau District Health Board are now being seen in less than 20 days. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:21:51 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/getting-people-back-on-track-the-whae-nau-ora-approach-to-chronic-conditions/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/getting-people-back-on-track-the-whae-nau-ora-approach-to-chronic-conditions/ If your car is your home, it’s tough getting diabetes under control. FIONA CASSIE looks at a whānau ora approach to chronic conditions at one of the country’s first whānau ora centres. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:21:37 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/diabetes-checked-out-but-not-checked-off/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/diabetes-checked-out-but-not-checked-off/ From July 1, free Get Checked diabetes annual reviews are no longer. Funding for the maligned scheme gave a kickstart to many nurse-led diabetes clinics in primary care. What happens next? Fri, 17 May 2013 10:20:39 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/nursing-s-steadying-influence/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/nursing-s-steadying-influence/ How does nurse-led care compare with cardiologist care of stable AF patients? Fri, 17 May 2013 10:20:27 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/small-camera-big-role/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/small-camera-big-role/ After more than two decades of nursing, enrolled nurse Kay Bone has recently stepped up into a new time-saving role for West Coast capsule endoscopy patients and has been endorsed at an “accomplished” level of practice. FIONA CASSIE finds out more. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:20:15 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/the-research-circle/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/the-research-circle/ Principal researcher VALERIE NORTON and novice research nurse LEANNE WALDEN reflect on how their respective roles in a palliative care research study flowed on to influence their nursing and research practice. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:20:03 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/reading-reflection-and-application-in-reality/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/reading-reflection-and-application-in-reality/ SHARED DECISION MAKING - Where self-management and clinical expertise meet? Fri, 17 May 2013 10:19:53 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/matariki-resolutions-for-the-e-citizen/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/matariki-resolutions-for-the-e-citizen/ KATHY HOLLOWAY helps you find secure and memorable passwords to keep you safe online. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:19:43 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/green-thumb-wins-en-award/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/green-thumb-wins-en-award/ Creating a veggie patch to encourage dementia facility residents to get gardening was a winner for enrolled nurse Pauline Anderson. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:19:33 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/pharmac-diabetes-products-decision-soon/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/pharmac-diabetes-products-decision-soon/ A decision on controversial proposals by Pharmac to move to a single supplier of diabetes testing systems is expected this month. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:19:21 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/np-champions-to-replace-npac/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/np-champions-to-replace-npac/ Nurse practitioner champions and the National Nursing Organisations group are proposed to take over the work of the Nurse Practitioners Advisory Committee (NPAC-NZ) that has been wound up after a decade’s work. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:19:11 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/payouts-to-bonding-scheme-off-to-slow-start/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/payouts-to-bonding-scheme-off-to-slow-start/ To date, only 31 per cent of nurses and 22 per cent of doctors signed up three years ago to the "popular" voluntary bonding scheme have stepped forward to claim payouts. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:18:34 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/new-nurses-guide-to-not-losing-face-through-facebook/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/new-nurses-guide-to-not-losing-face-through-facebook/ The first social media guide to help Kiwi nurses avoid stepping over the professional line in their online life has been released. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:18:24 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/pressure-on-primary-health-care-student-placements-2/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/pressure-on-primary-health-care-student-placements-2/ Increasing interest from nursing students in primary health careers is putting pressure on clinical placements in primary health, a research project has found. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:18:43 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/news-briefs/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/news-briefs/ Nurse researchers seek more dementia carers Fri, 17 May 2013 10:18:14 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/pressure-on-primary-health-care-student-placements/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/pressure-on-primary-health-care-student-placements/ The first “league table” ranking nursing schools’ performance in supporting Māori nursing students shows wide disparity in student success rates. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:18:02 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/letter-from-the-editor/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/july-2012/letter-from-the-editor/ The burden of long-term conditions is substantial. An estimated two out of three New Zealanders have at least one long-term condition – that is, an ongoing or recurring health issue significantly impacting on their lives and those that care for them. Fri, 17 May 2013 10:17:50 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/q-a-with-gary-lees/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/q-a-with-gary-lees/ We profile a leading nurse, covering their background – training and work history – and also provide their personal insights into having a rewarding career. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:40:47 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/staffing-pressure-and-ethical-clashes-behind-moral-distress/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/staffing-pressure-and-ethical-clashes-behind-moral-distress/ Research indicating nearly half of nurses have considered quitting their job because of moral distress hit a chord recently. FIONA CASSIE talks to researcher Martin Wood about moral distress and why we can’t keep ignoring its toll. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:07:49 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/smoking-a-choice-or-a-tobacco-industry-designed-addiction/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/smoking-a-choice-or-a-tobacco-industry-designed-addiction/ TAIMA CAMPBELL ‘plain packages’ the need to tell the truth about the tobacco industry. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:08:06 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/no-greater-calling/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/no-greater-calling/ Sharon Myoji Schnare, a United States-based family and women’s health nurse practitioner addressed the recent primary health care nurses' conference* about the brave new world opening up to nursing. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:07:37 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/shape-up-call-for-primary-health-care/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/shape-up-call-for-primary-health-care/ New Zealand Nurses Organisation policy advisor Jill Clendon took a look at the New Zealand general practice model of primary health care and found it lacking at the recent primary health care nurses conference. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:07:27 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/q-and-a-with-jenny-carryer/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/q-and-a-with-jenny-carryer/ Job Title: Professor, also Executive Director of the College of Nurses Aotearoa (NZ) Wed, 15 May 2013 15:07:16 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/a-day-in-the-life/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/a-day-in-the-life/ A day in the life...of a community mental health nurse case manager Wed, 15 May 2013 15:07:03 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/showing-a-clean-pair-of-heels/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/showing-a-clean-pair-of-heels/ Can elevating the heels help prevent pressure injuries? Wed, 15 May 2013 15:06:52 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/something-old-and-something-new/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/something-old-and-something-new/ FIONA CASSIE talks to Victoria’s doyenne of wound care, Jan Rice*, about new wound science, old-fashioned wound cleaning, and eating to heal. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:06:40 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/the-wounds-that-time-won-t-heal/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/the-wounds-that-time-won-t-heal/ FIONA CASSIE talks to New Zealand Wound Care Society president Wayne Naylor about his wound care career, fungating wounds, and a palliative approach to wound care. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:06:30 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/moves-afoot-in-australia/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/moves-afoot-in-australia/ Failure to meet pressure injury standards may hit Australian hospitals in the pocket from next year. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:06:09 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/pan-pacific-guideline-working-off-the-same-page/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/pan-pacific-guideline-working-off-the-same-page/ Pan Pacific Guideline: working off the same page Wed, 15 May 2013 15:05:58 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/sensitivity-over-nurse-sensitive-indicators/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/sensitivity-over-nurse-sensitive-indicators/ Pressure injuries are one barometer for the quality of nursing care. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:05:45 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/pressure-injuries-an-ugly-sore-on-the-health-system/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/pressure-injuries-an-ugly-sore-on-the-health-system/ They rarely grab the headlines but thousands of New Zealanders each year get preventable pressure injuries – and some die. FIONA CASSIE looks at new guidelines, the new name, and new efforts to heal this health system scar. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:05:32 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/third-world-stats-shock-nurse-into-action/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/third-world-stats-shock-nurse-into-action/ Wielding a big needle once a month doesn’t make Sandra Ball many friends with her young rheumatic fever patients. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:05:21 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/south-auckland-pioneering-new-model/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/south-auckland-pioneering-new-model/ It was in South Auckland that school-based sore throat clinics were first trialled in New Zealand. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:04:59 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/re-educating-nurses-and-gps/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/re-educating-nurses-and-gps/ Its not just parents and kids that need to know “sore throats matter” but also the doctors and nurses the families front up to. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:04:30 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/dishing-the-dirt-on-hand-hygiene/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/dishing-the-dirt-on-hand-hygiene/ Keeping your hands clean? Maybe not. National statistics show Kiwi nurses are missing one in three occasions they should be reaching for the hand gel. FIONA CASSIE looks at the Hand Hygiene New Zealand programme. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:04:18 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/the-sore-throat-that-can-break-hearts/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/the-sore-throat-that-can-break-hearts/ Just a sore throat … too many families now know some sore throats last a lifetime. FIONA CASSIE talks with some of the passionate pioneers of school throat-swabbing campaigns as the national Rheumatic Fever Prevention programme rolls out. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:04:10 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/reading-reflection-and-application-in-reality/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/reading-reflection-and-application-in-reality/ HEALTH LITERACY: patient-centred communication is still the answer Wed, 15 May 2013 15:03:58 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/leaving-cookie-crumbs-in-cyberspace/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/leaving-cookie-crumbs-in-cyberspace/ Are you an unknowing Hansel or Gretel, leaving a trail of ‘breadcrumbs’ behind you as you wend your way through the internet? KATHY HOLLOWAY explains cookies. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:03:48 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/nzqa-review-changes-overseas-trained-nursing-pathways/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/nzqa-review-changes-overseas-trained-nursing-pathways/ Nursing schools and the Nursing Council continue to agree to disagree over the reasons behind a review of two bridging degree programmes for overseas nurses but all say they are now ready to move on. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:03:38 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/news-briefs/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/news-briefs/ New Code of Conduct Wed, 15 May 2013 15:03:29 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/ucol-to-launch-new-diploma-for-overseas-trained-nurses/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/ucol-to-launch-new-diploma-for-overseas-trained-nurses/ UCOL plans to fill the gap from dropping its RN-BN pathway by launching a new graduate diploma that provides a registration pathway for overseas-trained, degree-qualified nurses. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:03:17 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/loss-of-students-hits-waiariki-bottom-line/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/loss-of-students-hits-waiariki-bottom-line/ Losing 200 prospective overseas nurse students next year will cost Waiariki’s nursing school close to $2 million in lost income. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:03:05 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/auckland-boards-slower-off-mark-with-safe-staffing-tools/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/auckland-boards-slower-off-mark-with-safe-staffing-tools/ Better patient workload prediction and improved rostering of staff to match can help meet the challenging demands of the modern health care system, says Jane O’Malley, Ministry of Health Chief Nurse. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:02:39 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/safe-staffing-tools-may-help-unsafe-workload-survey-concerns/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/safe-staffing-tools-may-help-unsafe-workload-survey-concerns/ Safe staffing tools could help ameliorate unsafe workload concerns raised recently in the second union survey of Auckland health workers to link unsafe staffing with underfunding. Wed, 15 May 2013 15:02:27 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/spoonful-of-medicine-for-prescribing-bill/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/september-2012/spoonful-of-medicine-for-prescribing-bill/ Nursing opposition to the proposed delegated prescriber role has been tempered by amendments proposed by the Health Select Committee to the Medicines Amendment Bill. Wed, 15 May 2013 14:52:52 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/waves-crash-through-funding-crisis/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/waves-crash-through-funding-crisis/ Youth health NP LOU ROEBUCK and Professor JENNY CARRYER, patron of youth one-stop shop, WAVES, ask why a popular health service helping thousands of young people can’t get funding. Wed, 15 May 2013 10:48:44 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/a-day-in-the-life/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/a-day-in-the-life/ A day in the life... of a PRIVATE HOSPITAL PERIOPERATIVE NP Wed, 15 May 2013 10:49:43 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/q-and-a-with-dame-margaret-bazley/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/q-and-a-with-dame-margaret-bazley/ The former chief nurse on how nursing helped underpin her top civil service career. She also shares her leadership philosophy and her love of rugby and gardening. Wed, 15 May 2013 10:48:18 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/thrown-in-at-the-deep-end-learning-leadership-the-hard-way/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/thrown-in-at-the-deep-end-learning-leadership-the-hard-way/ Sonia Gamblen talked to 13 clinical nurse managers about the often ad hoc and haphazard path from bedside nurse to ward leader. Her research findings prompted a call for improved leadership and management training for nurses and her own local solution. Wed, 15 May 2013 10:47:52 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/prompts-improve-flu-jab-uptake/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/prompts-improve-flu-jab-uptake/ Can use of reminder prompts to both the patient and the provider increase influenza vaccination rates amongst the elderly? Wed, 15 May 2013 10:47:35 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/resilience-and-relocation-following-the-canterbury-quakes/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/resilience-and-relocation-following-the-canterbury-quakes/ How the elderly fared in the Christchurch quakes was the focus for several presentations at the recent Baby Boomers & Beyond symposium held in the shaky city. FIONA CASSIE reports on two of those presentations by PhD student Michael Annear and a Canterbury DHB nurse leader, Becky Hickmott. Wed, 15 May 2013 10:47:09 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/how-to-keep-nurses-nursing-when-the-economy-recovers/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/how-to-keep-nurses-nursing-when-the-economy-recovers/ Economic uncertainty has seen the nursing workforce swell in recent years. An economic upturn could see the workforce deflate just as rapidly. Wed, 15 May 2013 10:45:32 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/iconnecting-on-clinical-placements/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/iconnecting-on-clinical-placements/ BEV MacKAY and JANE ANDERSON report on an action research project exploring using iPads to enhance teaching support for NorthTec nursing students on clinical placements. Wed, 15 May 2013 10:38:53 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/trade-deal-trade-off-sees-loss-of-cheap-drugs/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/trade-deal-trade-off-sees-loss-of-cheap-drugs/ Understand the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) FIONA CASSIE finds out more from public health campaigner Deborah Gleeson on why she believes nurses should know more. Wed, 15 May 2013 10:38:32 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/the-past-two-decades-have-drawn-on-factory-theory/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/the-past-two-decades-have-drawn-on-factory-theory/ The past two decades have drawn on factory theory to measure and improve nurse productivity. FIONA CASSIE talks to Nicola North about the need to take a ‘big picture’ systems approach to ensure the mistakes of the 1990s are not repeated. Wed, 15 May 2013 10:38:06 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/getting-to-the-hub-of-the-matter/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/getting-to-the-hub-of-the-matter/ Regional training hubs − what are they, and what role will they play in new graduate and postgraduate nurse education? Wed, 15 May 2013 10:37:41 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/Change-management-A-classic-theory-revisited/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/Change-management-A-classic-theory-revisited/ Reading, Reflection, and application in Reality. By Shelley Jones. A professional development activity proudly brought to you by Nusring Review Wed, 15 May 2013 10:37:05 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/Doing-the-right-thing/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/Doing-the-right-thing/ How should nurses behave? The Nursing Council recently released its 21st century guide to what patients should and shouldn’t expect from their nurse. FIONA CASSIE looks at what’s new in a new Code of Conduct underpinned by traditional values Wed, 15 May 2013 10:36:47 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/Globally-savvy-e-nurses-needed-click-here/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/Globally-savvy-e-nurses-needed-click-here/ Electronic health records are just the tip of the e-health iceberg, and there is pressure on New Zealand nurses to understand the trends, reports KATHY HOLLOWAY. Wed, 15 May 2013 10:36:23 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/international-lessons-on-nurse-education/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/international-lessons-on-nurse-education/ KATHY HOLLOWAY and BRONWYN HEDGECOCK report back on some of the themes and findings presented at the Fourth International Nurse Education Conference (NETNEP 2012) held recently in Baltimore, USA. Wed, 15 May 2013 10:36:02 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/New-scheme-trialled-for-new-grads-in-aged-care/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/New-scheme-trialled-for-new-grads-in-aged-care/ Extra support is to be offered to 24 new graduates entering the aged care workforce in 2013 in the trial of a new style graduate programme. Wed, 15 May 2013 10:35:46 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/all-nps-to-prescribe/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/all-nps-to-prescribe/ All non-prescribing nurse practitioners may have to upskill to be prescribers within two years to align with new legislation. Wed, 15 May 2013 10:35:30 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/white-paper-nurses-and-resources-missing-in-action/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/white-paper-nurses-and-resources-missing-in-action/ Nursing leaders are concerned at the failure to mention nursing or to address poverty and resource issues in the Government’s new Children’s Action Plan. Wed, 15 May 2013 10:35:09 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/survey-shows-np-unemployment/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/survey-shows-np-unemployment/ A nurse practitioner survey found five of the country’s NPs are still hunting for NP positions. Wed, 15 May 2013 10:34:52 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/pa-trial-opposed-nps-not-officially-part-of-trial/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/pa-trial-opposed-nps-not-officially-part-of-trial/ US-trained physician assistants will be at work in five medical centres from Huntley to Gore by the end of the year, Health Workforce New Zealand has confirmed. Wed, 15 May 2013 10:34:38 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/frustration-at-employing-pas-while-np-services-struggle/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/frustration-at-employing-pas-while-np-services-struggle/ Nurse practitioners’ frustration at “millions” being found for physician assistant pilots when NP practices serving high-needs communities are closing or near broke was vented at their recent annual conference. Wed, 15 May 2013 10:33:51 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/crashing-wave/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/november-2012/crashing-wave/ Respect, trust, partnership and integrity: these four values underpin nursing’s new Code of Conduct, which we profile in our Learning & Leading edition. Wed, 15 May 2013 10:33:34 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/nga-manukura-pilot-to-commence/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/nga-manukura-pilot-to-commence/ A pilot project to meet a demand for more Maori registered nurses trained as workplace assessors will be underway shortly in two regions. Wed, 01 May 2013 09:11:44 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/pioneer-prescriber-looks-back/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/pioneer-prescriber-looks-back/ Paula Renouf became the country’s first nurse prescriber in June 2003. Nursing Review caught up with her on travelling sabbatical in the United States’ Pacific North West and asked her to reflect back on the decade that’s followed. Thu, 09 May 2013 13:00:45 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/advising-on-otc-medicines/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/april-2013/advising-on-otc-medicines/ One issue that prescribing reform will hopefully improve is the current grey area over when a nurse is ‘advising’ or ‘prescribing’ an over-the-counter (OTC) medicine like paracetamol. Thu, 09 May 2013 12:46:07 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/Q-A-with-Shelley-Frost/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/Q-A-with-Shelley-Frost/ We profile a leading nurse, covering their background – training and work history – and also provide their personal insights into having a rewarding career. Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:22:14 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/being-safe-not-sorry-training-to-protect/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/being-safe-not-sorry-training-to-protect/ The White Paper for Vulnerable Children was a major new policy plank for 2012 and training all ‘front line professionals’ in detecting child abuse and neglect is one of its key aims. FIONA CASSIE finds out more about why child protection training is important for nurses. Tue, 07 May 2013 16:09:23 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/2012/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/2012/ Nurses review the year that was ... Mon, 06 May 2013 13:44:59 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-plunket-nurse/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-plunket-nurse/ NAME: Maria Browne; JOB TITLE: Plunket Nurse; LOCATION: East Christchurch Mon, 06 May 2013 13:44:45 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/q-and-a-with-jo-goodhew/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/q-and-a-with-jo-goodhew/ Job Title: Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector, Senior Citizens, Women’s Affairs and Associate Minister of Health Mon, 06 May 2013 13:44:31 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/using-that-old-line/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/using-that-old-line/ How do you decide when you need to replace a peripheral IV line? Mon, 06 May 2013 13:44:11 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/to-boldly-go-some-thoughts-on-buying-a-general-practice/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/to-boldly-go-some-thoughts-on-buying-a-general-practice/ KIM CARTER two years ago boldly went where few nurses have gone before. She shares tips and encouragement for nurses considering following in her pioneer footsteps and buying a general practice. Mon, 06 May 2013 13:43:59 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/stopping-the-dominos-toppling/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/stopping-the-dominos-toppling/ Timely phone calls after discharge can help the frail elderly stay well and stay home. FIONA CASSIE reports on Dr Claire Heppenstall’s PhD research into the frail elderly recently presented to the College of Nurses symposium. Mon, 06 May 2013 13:43:46 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/nz-voice-at-icn/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/nz-voice-at-icn/ FIONA CASSIE catches up with International Council of Nurses director Marion Guy about her role on the 113-year-old federation of nursing organisation’s board and efforts to make ICN more sustainable. Mon, 06 May 2013 13:43:35 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/gen-y-nurses-happy-to-be-nurses-but-for-how/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/gen-y-nurses-happy-to-be-nurses-but-for-how/ Most young nurses are passionate about their career choice ­ for now, at least. As many feel little long-term loyalty to a profession that leaves them feeling tired, stressed, and underappreciated, FIONA CASSIE talks to researcher Dr Isabel Jamieson about the workforce implications of her survey of more than 350... Mon, 06 May 2013 13:43:13 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/ed-s-reluctant-frequent-fliers/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/ed-s-reluctant-frequent-fliers/ So-called ‘frequent fliers’ to emergency departments are often very unwell with complex health needs and feel they have little other option, a nurse research team has found. FIONA CASSIE talks to leader researcher Dr Kathy Nelson about some of her initial findings. Mon, 06 May 2013 13:43:25 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/reading-reflection-and-application-in-reality/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/reading-reflection-and-application-in-reality/ Talking about safe practice Mon, 06 May 2013 13:43:02 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/finding-the-answers-online/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/finding-the-answers-online/ Dr KATHY HOLLOWAY asks what the connection between evidence-based practice and health literacy is. Mon, 06 May 2013 13:42:52 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/award-for-tracking-ambulance-patients/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/award-for-tracking-ambulance-patients/ NEWS Mon, 06 May 2013 13:42:37 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/diabetes-e-learning-site-launched-for-phc-nurses/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/diabetes-e-learning-site-launched-for-phc-nurses/ NEWS Mon, 06 May 2013 13:42:22 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/phc-nurse-gets-mh-stamp-of-approval/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/phc-nurse-gets-mh-stamp-of-approval/ NEWS Mon, 06 May 2013 13:40:39 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/shared-secretariat-push-still-divides/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/shared-secretariat-push-still-divides/ NEWS Mon, 06 May 2013 13:40:29 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/tide-change-for-waves/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/tide-change-for-waves/ NEWS Mon, 06 May 2013 13:40:17 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/briefs/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/briefs/ NEWS Mon, 06 May 2013 13:39:42 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/lessons-from-the-disaster-zone-twice-over/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/lessons-from-the-disaster-zone-twice-over/ Dr Frances Hughes doesn’t court disasters but they have a habit of finding her. The former chief nurse was in New Jersey on a Fulbright scholarship studying post-disaster lessons when Hurricane Sandy hit. FIONA CASSIE reports on her latest literal lesson. Mon, 06 May 2013 13:30:03 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/letter-from-the-editor/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/december-2012/letter-from-the-editor/ Communication – one of the 6Cs Mon, 06 May 2013 13:21:55 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/workforce-planning-looks-to-the-future/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/workforce-planning-looks-to-the-future/ BRENDA WRAIGHT of Health Workforce New Zealand and chief nurse JANE O’MALLEY share their overview of nursing workforce strategies past and into the future. Wed, 01 May 2013 13:29:47 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/the-french-paradox-revisited-le-plonk-or-le-stairs/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/the-french-paradox-revisited-le-plonk-or-le-stairs/ JUDY YARWOOD muses over the French ‘healthy’ lifestyle. Wed, 01 May 2013 13:25:34 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/q-and-a-with-jane-o-malley/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/q-and-a-with-jane-o-malley/ We profile a leading nurse, covering their background – training and work history, and also give their personal insights into having a rewarding career. Wed, 01 May 2013 13:20:20 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/a-day-in-the-life-of-an-occupational-health-nurse/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/a-day-in-the-life-of-an-occupational-health-nurse/ We profile a leading nurse, covering their background – training and work history, and also give their personal insights into having a rewarding career. Wed, 01 May 2013 13:15:01 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/stress-proofing-yourself/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/stress-proofing-yourself/ Annette Milligan, a nurse entrepreneur who has run stress management courses and seminars for 24 years, shares some of her top stress-proofing tips. Wed, 01 May 2013 13:11:49 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/love-the-body-you-re-in/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/love-the-body-you-re-in/ Nursing Review talks to Professor Jenny Carryer – who has an enduring research and personal interest in the topics — about eating, exercise, body-size, and health. Wed, 01 May 2013 13:10:19 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/walk-the-talk-helping-students-step-up-as-exercise-role-models/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/walk-the-talk-helping-students-step-up-as-exercise-role-models/ FIONA CASSIE talks to Faye Cobden-Grainge about a Manukau Institute of Technology pilot study getting nursing students to ‘walk the talk’ of health promotion. Wed, 01 May 2013 13:07:03 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/treat-your-feet/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/treat-your-feet/ People often start to appreciate their feet once something goes wrong. Nursing Review talks to AUT podiatry professor Keith Rome about foot health and how good footwear maintains it. Wed, 01 May 2013 12:41:20 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/sugar-snacking-and-shiftwork/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/sugar-snacking-and-shiftwork/ A pilot study into erratic eating in shiftworking nurses and doctors raises questions about the health risks of shiftwork. FIONA CASSIE talks to researcher Anne Jaquiery. Wed, 01 May 2013 12:36:58 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/nurses-and-smoking-where-does-duty-of-care-end/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/nurses-and-smoking-where-does-duty-of-care-end/ About one in seven nurses smoke. Should they know better? Quitting is easier said than done. FIONA CASSIE talks to smokefree nurse advocates and nurse smokers about the battle to quit. Wed, 01 May 2013 12:28:37 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/to-transfuse-or-not-to-transfuse/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/to-transfuse-or-not-to-transfuse/ What impact does restricting access to blood transfusions have on post-hip surgery patients? Wed, 01 May 2013 12:26:42 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/i-just-go-where-they-ask-me/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/i-just-go-where-they-ask-me/ FIONA CASSIE talks to recent Florence Nightingale medal winner Andrew Cameron about the momentous and mundane of being a Red Cross nurse. Wed, 01 May 2013 12:24:53 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/patients-as-best-teachers-2/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/patients-as-best-teachers-2/ Listening to patients and their whanau is a learning experience nurses can’t afford to ignore. Nursing Review talks to Taima Campbell about her keynote address to last year’s Australian Nurse Educators Conference. Wed, 01 May 2013 12:16:49 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/personality-plus-testing-nurses-instinctive-style/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/personality-plus-testing-nurses-instinctive-style/ What is your ‘instinctive style’? A trial of a personality test by one of the country’s largest general practice group indicates nurses gravitate to roles that reflect their ‘innate strengths’. Wed, 01 May 2013 11:58:20 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/patients-as-best-teachers/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/patients-as-best-teachers/ Listening to patients and their whanau is a learning experience nurses can’t afford to ignore. Nursing Review talks to Taima Campbell about her keynote address to last year’s Australian Nurse Educators Conference. Wed, 01 May 2013 11:55:19 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/back-to-the-future-a-modern-apprenticeship/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/back-to-the-future-a-modern-apprenticeship/ Taranaki’s radical new nursing degree sees first year students into hands-on practice from just week two of training. Nursing Review finds out more. Wed, 01 May 2013 11:52:52 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/making-your-mark/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/making-your-mark/ So you want to make friends and influence people? Nurse leader JO ANN WALTON shares her top tips for making your voice count. Wed, 01 May 2013 11:50:16 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/reading-reflection-and-application-in-reality/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/reading-reflection-and-application-in-reality/ In Balance: The Fit Between Work and Other Life Commitments. Wed, 01 May 2013 11:44:58 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/wi-fi-with-your-latte-is-public-surfing-safe/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/wi-fi-with-your-latte-is-public-surfing-safe/ Is sending a quick work email from your local café or library safe? KATHY HOLLOWAY guides you through internet security at public ‘hotspots’. Wed, 01 May 2013 11:40:32 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/letter-from-the-editor/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/letter-from-the-editor/ Letter from the editor Wed, 01 May 2013 10:52:06 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/prescribing-pilot-report-gives-thumbs-up/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/prescribing-pilot-report-gives-thumbs-up/ A pilot of prescribing by diabetes nurse specialists was safe, effective, and popular with patients according to a newly-released evaluation report Wed, 01 May 2013 10:39:12 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/fiji-working-hour-changes-concerning/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/fiji-working-hour-changes-concerning/ A Fiji pilot to replace a 40 hour week with three 12-hour shifts is concerning Fijian nurses who fear nursing care will be compromised, says former nurse leader Kuini Lutua. Wed, 01 May 2013 10:19:36 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/falls-dominate-serious-and-sentinel-events/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/falls-dominate-serious-and-sentinel-events/ Falls continue to dominate the latest serious and sentinel events report for New Zealand’s public hospitals. Wed, 01 May 2013 10:17:34 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/electronic-patient-records-move/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/electronic-patient-records-move/ The push for Canterbury patient records to be shared electronically was stepped up after last year’s February quake and the service is now close to being launched. Wed, 01 May 2013 10:07:13 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/cancer-programme-for-maori/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/cancer-programme-for-maori/ A new cancer education and support programme for Maori was launched recently. Wed, 01 May 2013 10:05:31 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/long-hours-linked-to-increased-drinking/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/long-hours-linked-to-increased-drinking/ Working long and irregular hours increases the risk of harmful drinking, according to recently released research from the Australasian nurse and midwives e-cohort study. Wed, 01 May 2013 10:03:54 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/health-workers-take-to-the-dunes/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/health-workers-take-to-the-dunes/ Staff at Northland’s Kauri Coast Care Home joined eight other Bupa sites in signing up to the pilot B-Fit programme that kicked off last winter. Wed, 01 May 2013 09:58:32 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/online-e-cohort-nurses-survey-funds-run-out/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/online-e-cohort-nurses-survey-funds-run-out/ A lack of funding has seen the longitudinal e-cohort survey of New Zealand and Australian nurses come to a halt after only five years. Wed, 01 May 2013 09:23:20 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/mental-health-nurses-committed-to-the-cause/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/mental-health-nurses-committed-to-the-cause/ About half of new mental health nurses intend to keep working in the mental health and addiction for at least another ten years, according to a recent survey. Wed, 01 May 2013 09:21:44 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/farewell-to-radius-st-ives/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/farewell-to-radius-st-ives/ February 22 marked not only the first anniversary of Christchurch’s most devastating quake but also a farewell party for the red-zoned Radius St Ives rest home, which is being forced to close. Wed, 01 May 2013 09:19:53 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/avoid-food-list-released/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/march-2012/avoid-food-list-released/ A list of foods for obese people to avoid or limit to occasional treats drew wide interest when published in the New Zealand Medical Journal recently. Wed, 01 May 2013 09:16:36 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/pilgrim-s-lessons-for-21st-century-challenges/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/pilgrim-s-lessons-for-21st-century-challenges/ College of Nurses co-chair JUDY YARWOOD shares some touchstones or life lessons for today discovered by a friend while following an ancient pilgrim’s trail. Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:29:02 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/eating-getting-it-right-most-of-the-time/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/eating-getting-it-right-most-of-the-time/ Eating healthily ain’t rocket science. And it isn’t about fad diets either. But it does take organisation. Nurse-turned-life coach Jan Aitken shares tips for becoming a healthier eater. Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:26:57 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-flight-nurse/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-flight-nurse/ We look at a day in the life of Janet Barker Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:24:05 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/more-on-exercise-tabata/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/more-on-exercise-tabata/ Tabata or HIIT programmes Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:20:14 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/pick-up-the-heartbeat-not-the-remote/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/pick-up-the-heartbeat-not-the-remote/ Want to get fitter and stronger but short on energy and time? FIONA CASSIE talks to nurse-turned-personal trainer Jo Stark about squeezing exercise into your life minute by minute. Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:18:12 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/more-about-insomnia/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/more-about-insomnia/ More about insomnia Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:09:48 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/insomnia-is-it-worth-losing-sleep-over/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/insomnia-is-it-worth-losing-sleep-over/ Had a good night’s sleep recently? No? You are not alone – about one in four Kiwis have chronic insomnia at some point in their lives. Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:06:25 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/not-working-might-be-fun/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/not-working-might-be-fun/ The alarm goes off at 5am, and not long after, Margaret Woodcock is taking the brisk 20-minute walk to the train station to catch the 6am train to work. Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:04:05 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/taking-each-year-as-it-comes/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/taking-each-year-as-it-comes/ Reluctant to miss out on her OE, Carolyn Sengelow headed off to London to nurse nearly 40 years after starting her nursing training. Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:00:15 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/is-60-the-new-50/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/is-60-the-new-50/ You’re as old as you feel. Whether nurses feel wiser or worn, more and more are nursing into their 60s and beyond. Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:57:39 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/bed-baths-to-beat-bacteria/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/bed-baths-to-beat-bacteria/ Does bathing patients with antiseptic cloths reduce bloodstream infections? Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:54:04 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/two-years-on-and-not-forgotten/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/two-years-on-and-not-forgotten/ It is two years since the first quake victim was carried into Christchurch Hospital’s emergency department – a young girl scooped up by a stranger from the rubble. FIONA CASSIE talks to ED nurse researcher Sandy Richardson about her personal research project collecting more than 90 stories from staff working... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:35:00 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/a-nurses-dozen/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/a-nurses-dozen/ When Geoff Annals stepped into the NZNO chief executive’s job in 2001 – a year of strikes and strife – it was a fill-in post for three months. Leaving nearly 12 years later he talks to FIONA CASSIE about some of the good, the bad, and the cyclical in nursing... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:19:45 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/what-next-for-nursing-hwnz/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/what-next-for-nursing-hwnz/ Nursing and Health Workforce New Zealand agree on the urgency of nursing issues and are gingerly moving forward after meeting in the wake of nursing’s severe criticism of HWNZ’s performance to date. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:17:41 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/more-from-des-gorman-chauvinism-prescribing-nurse-practitioners-and-physician-assistants/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/more-from-des-gorman-chauvinism-prescribing-nurse-practitioners-and-physician-assistants/ Des Gorman rejects nursing criticism that HWNZ’s innovations have been poorly planned and taken a fragmented approach. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:14:27 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/counting-nurses-in-his-sleep/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/counting-nurses-in-his-sleep/ Des Gorman, chair of Health Workforce New Zealand (HWNZ), says that he’s losing sleep worrying about the looming nursing shortfall. FIONA CASSIE talks to him about his disappointment at last year’s nursing criticism of HWNZ’s performance and why nursing will be a top priority in 2013. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:00:08 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/floating-in-the-cloud/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/floating-in-the-cloud/ KATHY HOLLOWAY answers the question: just what is cloud computing again? Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:55:42 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/for-the-record/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/for-the-record/ A round-up of national and international nursing news Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:23:31 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/letter-from-the-editor/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/letter-from-the-editor/ Now we can all get some sleep… Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:15:45 +1200 https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/Study-Tracks-retention-loss/ https://www.nursingreview.co.nz/issue/february-2013/Study-Tracks-retention-loss/ Just over half of overseas-trained nurses are still nursing in New Zealand six years after registering here, a longitudinal cohort study has found. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:00:46 +1200