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Articles: Nursing Standard, January 2022 [RCN Journal]
- Moving on: Giving notice without burning bridges
- The pathway to shared decision-making
- How to help patients get a better night’s sleep in hospital
- Expert care for women in menopause
- Making trauma-informed care part of everyday care
- ECT: what is it used to treat and is it effective?
- Adjusting to seasonal affective disorder
- When diabetes distress or denial doesn’t subside
- What you might not know about Parkinson’s
- Helping carers cope with the uncertainty of dementia
- Brain tumours: Treatment challenges and how to support patients who receive a diagnosis
Articles: 12 hour shift
- The effects of three consecutive 12-hour shifts on cognition, sleepiness, and domains of nursing performance in day and night shift nurses: A quasi-experimental study
- Sleep health and predicted cognitive effectiveness of nurses working 12-hour shifts: an observational study
- Exploring the impact of 12-hour shifts on nurse fatigue in intensive care units
- Does Shift Length Matter?
- Night shift work and the risk of metabolic syndrome: Findings from an 8-year hospital cohort
- The acute effects of working time patterns on fatigue and sleep quality using daily measurements of 6195 observations among 223 shift workers
- Asleep on the job: Can night shift napping provide greater safety for both staff and patients?
- Patterns of working hour characteristics and risk of sickness absence among shift-working hospital employees: a data-mining cohort study
Events
- Health and Care Services for Older People
- New Zealand Nursing Leaders’ Summit
National news
- Support sought for cancer patient programme
- Covid 19: What past pandemics like the 1918 ‘Spanish flu’ teach NZ about being prepared
International news
- Can ‘sleep leadership’ help banish burnout?
- In this Ontario hospital, it’s mostly the unvaccinated who are overwhelming the ICU
- Why are my lymph nodes swollen and sore after a Pfizer or Moderna COVID booster vaccine?
- What is the best face mask to wear to stop the spread of COVID-19?
Articles: Nursing Standard, January 2022 [RCN Journal]
1. Moving on: Giving notice without burning bridges
Daniel Allen
Nursing Standard (2022, Jan.) 37(1), 8-10. doi: 10.7748/ns.37.1.8.s6
The pandemic has prompted many nurses to rethink their career plans. Here’s how to leave a role professionally. Do you want to resign? If so, you are not alone. According to tech giant Microsoft, 40% of the global workforce across all industries has thought about quitting this year.
2. The pathway to shared decision-making
Nick Evans
Nursing Standard. (2022, Jan) 37(1), 19-21. doi: 10.7748/ns.37.1.19.s12
Practical steps you can take to make this key NHS goal part of everyday patient care. Shared decision-making is becoming increasingly important in health and care.
3. How to help patients get a better night’s sleep in hospital
Nick Evans
Nursing Standard. (2022, Jan) 37(1), 22-24. doi: 10.7748/ns.37.1.22.s13
Sleep is vital for good health and recovery, but wards are often not the most restful places. Getting a good night’s sleep in hospital is notoriously difficult. Patients are in beds they are not used to, wards are too warm (or too cold), staff are working, and machines beep all night long.
4. Expert care for women in menopause
Nikki Noble, Advanced nurse practitioner in menopause, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in Wales
Nursing Standard. (2022, Jan) 37(1), 25-26. doi: 10.7748/ns.37.1.25.s14
Advice for nurses on moving into advanced practice in a specialty that can transform the quality of patients’ lives. The average age for a woman to reach menopause in the UK is 51, but about 1 in 100 women experience menopause before age 40.
5. Making trauma-informed care part of everyday care
Helen Quinn
Nursing Standard. (2022, Jan) 37(1), 35-37. doi: 10.7748/ns.37.1.35.s16
One in three adults has experienced trauma in their lifetime, which can affect all aspects of health. Trauma-informed care is ‘everybody’s business’, according to the Scottish government.
6. ECT: what is it used to treat and is it effective?
Nick Evans
Nursing Standard. (2022, Jan.) 37(1), 42-45. doi: 10.7748/ns.37.1.42.s19
An audit of UK electroconvulsive therapy services has highlighted questions and controversy about its use. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) remains a controversial treatment. While practices are much changed from the 1950s and 60s, when it was used without anaesthetic and often without consent, there are still those who believe it should have no role in 21st century healthcare.
7. Adjusting to seasonal affective disorder
Lynne Pearce
Nursing Standard. (2022, Jan) 37(1), 39-40. doi: 10.7748/ns.37.1.39.s17
Also known as winter depression, the condition can affect nurses working in frequently changing shift patterns. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that comes and goes in a seasonal pattern, according to the NHS.
8. When diabetes distress or denial doesn’t subside
Erin Dean
Nursing Standard. (2022, Jan) 37(1), 51-53. doi: 10.7748/ns.37.1.51.s20
For some people, diagnosis and the ensuing lifestyle changes can be overwhelming. Almost 4 million people in the UK are living with diabetes – and about 100,000 more receive a diagnosis each year, according to Diabetes UK.
9. What you might not know about Parkinson’s
Jennifer Trueland
Nursing Standard. (2022, Jan) 37(1), 67-70. doi: 10.7748/ns.37.1.67.s21
The world’s fastest-growing neurological condition is not just a disease of older people. Parkinson’s is the fastest-growing neurological condition in the world and about 145,000 people in the UK are living with it.
10. Helping carers cope with the uncertainty of dementia
Lynne Pearce
Nursing Standard. (2022, Jan) 37(1), 71-72. doi: 10.7748/ns.37.1.71.s22
Admiral Nurse Mary-Jo Anson provides invaluable primary care support to families living with someone experiencing dementia. For Admiral Nurse Mary-Jo Anson, the unpredictability of dementia ensures her role is always interesting. ‘Nobody presents in the same way; you walk into a different situation every time you visit a family,’ she says. ‘I’ve never felt my job is repetitive.’
11. Brain tumours: Treatment challenges and how to support patients who receive a diagnosis
Lynne Pearce
Nursing Standard. (2022, Jan) 37(1), 73-76. doi: 10.7748/ns.37.1.73.s23
Brain tumours are difficult to diagnose and, although they are not as common as some other kinds of cancer, survival rates are low. Although brain tumours are rare, survival rates are low, resulting in the most life-years lost of any cancer, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
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Articles: 12 hour shifts
12. The effects of three consecutive 12-hour shifts on cognition, sleepiness, and domains of nursing performance in day and night shift nurses: A quasi-experimental study
Lois James, Nathaniel Elkins-Brown, Marian Wilson, Stephen M. James, Elizabeth Dotson, Charles D. Edwards, Laura Wintersteen-Arleth, Kevin Stevens & Patricia Butterfield
International Journal of Nursing Studies. (2021, Nov.) Vol. 123, Article 104041.
Healthcare systems have widely adopted consecutive 12 h day and night shifts for nurses, but the effects of these shifts on cognition, sleepiness, and nursing performance remains understudied. To determine the extent of changes in cognition and sleepiness in nurses working three consecutive 12 h shifts, quantify the respective impacts of these changes on different aspects of nursing performance, and investigate individual differences in all measures.
13. Sleep health and predicted cognitive effectiveness of nurses working 12-hour shifts: an observational study
Lois James, Stephen M. James, Marian Wilson, Nathaniel Brown, Elizabeth J. Dotson, Charles Dan Edwards & Patricia Butterfield
International Journal of Nursing Studies. (2020, Dec.) Vol. 112, Article 10366.
The study goal was to physiologically measure sleep patterns and predicted cognitive decline of nurses working both 12hr day and night shifts to address the growing concern about sleep restriction among healthcare workers.
14. Exploring the impact of 12-hour shifts on nurse fatigue in intensive care units
Fiona Yu, Deborah Somerville & Anna King
Applied Nursing Research. (2019, Dec.) Vol. 50, Article 151191.
To assess 12-h shift Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses' fatigue and identify the associated demographic factors. Literature reveals inconsistencies as to whether 12-h shifts decrease or increase nurse fatigue levels.
15. Does Shift Length Matter?
Alabama Nurse (Nov 2021-Jan 2022). 48 (4), 10.
Evidence suggests that there is a correlation between the length of shift worked and an increased rate of burnout. It is necessary for healthcare institutions and nurses to evaluate the potential cause for burnout and make the appropriate changes.
16. Night shift work and the risk of metabolic syndrome: Findings from an 8-year hospital cohort
Wan-Ju Cheng ,Chiu-Shong Liu,Kai-Chieh Hu,Yu-Fang Cheng,Kati Karhula & Mikko Härmä
PLoS One. (2021, Dec.) 16(12), e0261349. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0261349
Studies concerning the risk of metabolic syndrome associated with night work have shown inconsistent findings, due to imprecise working time data and cross-sectional design. We used register-based daily working time data to examine the risk of incident metabolic syndrome associated with night shift work.
17. The acute effects of working time patterns on fatigue and sleep quality using daily measurements of 6195 observations among 223 shift workers
Hardy van de Ven, Gerben Hulsegge, Thijmen Zoomer, Elsbeth de Korte, Alex Burdorf, Karen Oude Hengel
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health. (2021). 47(6), 446-455.
This study aimed to estimate acute effects of roster characteristics on fatigue and sleep quality and investigated whether these effects differed by individual characteristics.
18. Asleep on the job: Can night shift napping provide greater safety for both staff and patients?
Jennifer Gamble & Paula Foran
ACORN. (Autumn 2021).34(1), E_23,E_24,E_25,E_26.
Fatigue presents as an all-pervasive challenge to anyone who is engaged in shift work. While this affects all nurses, those who work on night duty have been shown to have the greatest risk of fatigue and cognitive impairment thus potentially posing a higher safety risk to themselves, the patients under their care and the wider community as nurses make their way home driving while drowsy.
19. Patterns of working hour characteristics and risk of sickness absence among shift-working hospital employees: a data-mining cohort study
Tom Rosenström, Mikko Härmä, Mika Kivimäki, Jenni Ervasti, Marianna Virtanen, Tarja Hakola, Aki Koskinen, Annina Ropponen
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health. (2021) 47(5), 395-403.
Data mining can complement traditional hypothesis-based approaches in characterizing unhealthy work exposures. We used it to derive a hypothesis-free characterization of working hour patterns in shift work and their associations with sickness absence (SA).
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Events
20. Health and Care Services for Older People
Towards a dynamic health and care sector for New Zealand’s ageing population
Date: 28 Feb - 1 Mar 2022
Venue: Ellerslie Events Centre, Auckland
21. New Zealand Nursing Leaders' Summit
Nurses leading change
Date: 28 Feb - 1 Mar 2022
Venue: Ellerslie Events Centre, Auckland
Key Topics include:
- The role of nursing leaders in championing improvements to health equity
- How nursing leadership can raise the level of nursing practice
- Nursing’s role in leading health system reform and transformation
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National news
22. Support sought for cancer patient programme
ODT - 20 January 2022
A fundraising campaign has been launched to ensure a highly regarded exercise programme for cancer patients is able to continue. Since 2009, hundreds of predominantly breast cancer patients have used the ExPinkt exercise training programme, provided through the University of Otago School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences gymnasium.
23. Covid 19: What past pandemics like the 1918 'Spanish flu' teach NZ about being prepared
ODT - 20 January 2022
As New Zealand faces a new health crisis, memories and stories of pandemics and epidemics of the past remain vivid in the minds of many. Julia Gabel explores the lessons from history - especially how past mistakes have affected Māori.
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International news
24. Can 'sleep leadership' help banish burnout?
Kate Morgan
BBC News - 19 January 2022
In the era of overwork, sleep is precious. What if your company pushed you to work less and snooze more? It may not be a dream.
25. In this Ontario hospital, it's mostly the unvaccinated who are overwhelming the ICU
CBC News - 15 January 2022
Bluewater Health, in Sarnia, Ont., has seen a dramatic rise in COVID-19 admissions. After landing in the hospital on Christmas Day, Randy Samms has spent hours considering how close he came to dying from COVID-19. Now he looks forward to an occasion he has long avoided: The day he'll get vaccinated
26. Why are my lymph nodes swollen and sore after a Pfizer or Moderna COVID booster vaccine?
By science reporter Belinda Smith
ABC Science - 17 January 2022
Swollen or painful lymph nodes are the most commonly reported adverse event following a COVID booster. It's a normal response caused by immune cells that are activated by the vaccine.
27. What is the best face mask to wear to stop the spread of COVID-19?
By Sarah Motherwell and Isobel Roe
ABC News - 13 January 2022
Face masks have been an essential tool throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in stopping the spread of the virus. But as the Omicron variant continues to infect millions of people at an unprecedented rate, there are calls to reconsider what type of mask is suitable.
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