Articles – Covid
- Clinical characteristics with inflammation profiling of long COVID and association with 1-year recovery following hospitalisation in the UK: a prospective observational study
- Community healthcare workers’ experiences during and after COVID-19 lockdown: A qualitative study from Aotearoa New Zealand
- Improving Perioperative Communication During the COVID?19 Pandemic
Articles – Pressure Injury Prevention
- Pressure injury prevention in Aotearoa New Zealand aged care facilities: A case study.
- Preventing and managing pressure ulcers in patients receiving palliative care
- Importance of nutrition in preventing and treating pressure ulcers
Articles – Clinical Nurse Specialists
- Improving the care and health of populations through optimal use of clinical nurse specialists
- The role and key activities of Clinical Nurse Specialists and Advanced Nurse Practitioners in supporting healthcare provision for people with intellectual disability: An integrative review
- Do working practices of cancer nurse specialists improve clinical outcomes? Retrospective cohort analysis from the English National Lung Cancer Audit
- A clearer pathway – The future of the gynaecological oncology specialist nurse role
- The Pain Nurse Practitioner and Pain Nurse’s Role and Views on Opioid Management in Australia: A National Questionnaire Survey
Articles – Surge Models
- Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic: Development of a critical care nursing surge model to meet patient needs and maximise competencies
- Royal Flying Doctor Service Coronavirus Disease 2019 Activity and Surge Modeling in Australia
Articles – Nursing Shortages/Missed Care
- Meeting the Challenges of Staffing
- Nursing faculty shortage in Canada: A scoping review of contributing factors
- Nurse managers’ views on why nurses leave their jobs: A qualitative study
- Explaining the experience of nurses on missed nursing care: A qualitative descriptive study in Iran
- Missed nursing care in Australia: Exploring the contributing factors
- Sociodemographic and work environment correlates of missed nursing care at highly specialized hospitals in Mexico: A cross-sectional study
Events
- Long COVID: Journeying together through the fog
- 2022 Emergency Care Conference
National News
- Nursing Council – IQN Consultation
- Staffing crisis causing aged care sector to collapse, provider says
- Comment: The government has given up on Covid
- New Zealand’s ethnic diversity will continue to increase
International News
- What are the odds of catching COVID-19 twice? Here’s what we know about reinfection
- We should wear sunscreen year-round: if that’s too hard, try an SPF moisturiser
- More companies look to ventilation systems to control the spread of Covid-19 and other viruses
Articles – Covid
1. Clinical characteristics with inflammation profiling of long COVID and association with 1-year recovery following hospitalisation in the UK: a prospective observational study
The PHOSP-COVID Collaborative Group †
Open Access, April 23, 2022 . The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
doi :https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(22)00127-8
No effective pharmacological or non-pharmacological interventions exist for patients with long COVID. We aimed to describe recovery 1 year after hospital discharge for COVID-19, identify factors associated with patient-perceived recovery, and identify potential therapeutic targets by describing the underlying inflammatory profiles of the previously described recovery clusters at 5 months after hospital discharge.
2. Community healthcare workers' experiences during and after COVID-19 lockdown: A qualitative study from Aotearoa New Zealand
Eleanor Holroyd., Nicholas J. Long., Nayantara Sheoran Appleton., Sharyn Graham Davies., Antje Deckert Dr. iur., Edmond Fehoko., Megan Laws., Nelly Martin-Anatias., Nikita Simpson., Rogena Sterling, Susanna Trnka & Laumua Tunufa’i .
Health and Social Care in the Community. First published: 28 January 2022
https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13720
3. Improving Perioperative Communication During the COVID?19 Pandemic
Eileen Sussman
AORN Journal (2022, Apr). 115(4), 300-307.
When caring for patients diagnosed with COVID19 or whose infection status was unknown, perioperative personnel at one facility discovered communication gaps associated with the environmental cleaning process and hand?over reports. A project team comprising perioperative nurses created five tools to provide critical information to help diverse team members share the same mental model.
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Articles – Pressure Injury Prevention
4. Pressure injury prevention in Aotearoa New Zealand aged care facilities: A case study.
Grinlinton, A., Merrick, E., Napier, S., & Neville, S.
Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand. (2022). 38(1), 16-24. https://doi.org.10.36951/27034542.2022.03
Despite high prevalence of pressure injuries, there is a lack of evidence on their prevention in aged residential care settings in Aotearoa New Zealand. This single case study aimed to identify factors affecting pressure injury prevention in aged residential care.
5. Preventing and managing pressure ulcers in patients receiving palliative care
Lynn Cornish
Nursing Older People. doi: 10.7748/nop.2021.e1299
Pressure ulcers are more common in patients being cared for in palliative care settings than in the general population. When the appropriate nursing expertise and resources are available, prevention, improvement and healing of pressure ulcers are achievable.
6. Importance of nutrition in preventing and treating pressure ulcers
Carolyn Taylor
Nursing Older People. 29, 6, 33-39. doi: 10.7748/nop.2017.e910
The aims of this article are to help readers understand risk factors for malnutrition and how dietary intake can be manipulated to improve patients’ nutritional state. It also aims to highlight how improving nutritional intake helps to prevent pressure ulcers.
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Articles – Clinical Nurse Specialists
7. Improving the care and health of populations through optimal use of clinical nurse specialists
Mary Fran Tracy., Sarah Oerther., Cynthia Arslanian-Engoren., Shirley Girouard., Pamela Minarik., Patricia Patrician., Kathleen Vollman., Nena Sanders., Maureen McCausland., Deborah Antai-Otong & AkkeNeel Talsma
Nursing Outlook. (2020, Jul). 68(4), 523-527.
Patients with complex and chronic illnesses and those who have significant needs related to care coordination and transitions of care are dependent on access to healthcare providers who are skilled at meeting the distinct needs of these populations and are current in the latest evidence-based practices and guidelines. It is the position of the American Academy of Nursing that addressing public and private sector regulatory, legislative, and policy concerns related to CNSs is essential to achieving optimal population health outcomes across the nation.
8. The role and key activities of Clinical Nurse Specialists and Advanced Nurse Practitioners in supporting healthcare provision for people with intellectual disability: An integrative review
Owen Doody., Therese Hennessy & Ann-Marie Bright
International Journal of Nursing Studies. (2022, May). Vol. 129, Article 104207
As lead roles within the nursing profession Clinical Nurse Specialists and Advanced Nurse Practitioners have a key role in supporting person-centred care and health outcomes. However, little is known about the effects of these roles on care provision for people with intellectual disability.
9. Do working practices of cancer nurse specialists improve clinical outcomes? Retrospective cohort analysis from the English National Lung Cancer Audit
Iain Stewart., Alison Leary., Aamir Khakwani., Diana Borthwick., Angela Tod., Richard Hubbard., Paul Beckett & Laila J. Tata
International Journal of Nursing Studies, (2021, Jun). Vol. 118, Article 103718.
Cancer nurse specialists are advanced practitioners who offer continuity of care and expert support for people diagnosed with specific cancer. To assess whether working practices of advanced practice specialist nurses are associated with clinical outcomes for people with lung cancer.
10. A clearer pathway—The future of the gynaecological oncology specialist nurse role
Olivia Cook., Meredith McIntyre., Katrina Recoche & Susan Lee
Collegian. (2020, Aug). 27(4), 388-395.
Over recent years there has been a proliferation in specialist nurse roles that require expertise and advanced practice in a particular field of nursing. In Australia and New Zealand, specialist nursing care of women with gynaecological cancers is recommended, however the role remains largely undefined and unregulated.
11. The Pain Nurse Practitioner and Pain Nurse's Role and Views on Opioid Management in Australia: A National Questionnaire Survey
Olivia Sonneborn & Charne Miller
Pain Management Nursing. (2021, Dec). 22(6), 740-746.
The demand for access to Australian pain management services is growing. The dual crisis of opioid misuse and chronic pain, means pain nurses and nurse practitioners (NPs) have a unique opportunity to meet clinical demands and advance their scope of practice.
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Articles – Surge Models
12. Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic: Development of a critical care nursing surge model to meet patient needs and maximise competencies
Sandra B. Lauck., Vininder K. Bains., Dione Nordby., Emma Iacoe., Jacqueline Forman., Jopie Polderman & Lena Farina
Australian Critical Care, 2022-01-01, Volume 35, Issue 1, Pages 13-21
The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is creating unprecedented and unchartered demands on critical care units to meet patient needs and adapt the delivery of health service. We report on the accelerated development of a critical care nursing surge model responsive to escalating needs for intensive care capacity.
13. Royal Flying Doctor Service Coronavirus Disease 2019 Activity and Surge Modeling in Australia
Fergus W. Gardiner., Hannah Johns., Lara Bishop & Leonid Churilov
Air Medical Journal. (2020, Sept). 39(5), 404-409.
There is a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We aimed to describe the characteristics of patients transported by the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) for confirmed or suspected COVID-19 and to investigate the surge capacity of and operational implications for the RFDS in dealing with COVID-19.
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Articles – Nursing Shortages/Missed Care
14. Meeting the Challenges of Staffing
AORN Journal. (2022 Apr). 115(4), 361-363.
One of the most persistent challenges of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID?19) pandemic for ambulatory surgery center (ASC) leaders has been staffing. Staffing shortages may occur because of staff member retirement or resignation to pursue a new job, such as contract work.
15. Nursing faculty shortage in Canada: A scoping review of contributing factors
Sheila A. Boamah., Miranda Callen & Edward Cruz
Nursing Outlook (2021, Jul). 69(4), 574-588
The aim of this review is to identify and synthesize the existing literature on factors contributing to nurse faculty shortage in Canada and implications on nursing practice.
16. Nurse managers’ views on why nurses leave their jobs: A qualitative study
Tuğba Yeşılyurt Tetıka., Ülkü Baykal & Nilgün Göktepe
Collegian (2021, Dec). 28(6), 720-728.
This study aimed to determine the views of nurse managers on why nurses leave their jobs. The departure of nurses from nursing jobs adversely affects the quality and cost-effectiveness of patient care and leads to decreased motivation and job performance, adversely affecting institutional outcomes.
17. Explaining the experience of nurses on missed nursing care: A qualitative descriptive study in Iran
Maryam Janatolmakan & Alireza Khatony
Applied Nursing Research. (2022, Feb). Vol. 63, Article 151542.
Missed nursing care is a new concept that refers to the care that has been omitted or delayed. Due to the importance of the perceived experiences of nurses, this study was conducted to explain the experiences of Iranian nurses regarding the types of and reasons for missed nursing care.
18. Missed nursing care in Australia: Exploring the contributing factors
Sarah L Mills & Maree Duddle
Collegian. (2022, Feb). 29(1), 125-135.
Nurses are increasingly ending their shifts with outstanding tasks and missing vital aspects of patient care. Research has indicated that this could have a detrimental effect on both nurse and patient outcomes. This scoping review seeks to identify the contributing factors to missed nursing care in an Australian context.
19. Sociodemographic and work environment correlates of missed nursing care at highly specialized hospitals in Mexico: A cross-sectional study
Rosa A. Zárate-Grajales., Luis A. Benítez-Chavira., Edson Serván-Mori., Sandra Hernández-Corral., Julio C. Cadena-Estrada & Gustavo Nigenda
International Journal of Nursing Studies. (2022, Feb). Vol. 126, Article 104140.
Despite its direct relevance to quality of care, little is known about missed nursing care or its sociodemographic and work environment correlates at highly specialized hospitals in low- and middle-income countries. Objective: To analyze the frequency of missed nursing care among Mexican nursing professionals, and to assess its associated sociodemographic and labor-related predictors.
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Events
20. Long COVID: Journeying together through the fog
Long COVID is such an emerging issue for Aotearoa and globally. This symposium provides an excellent opportunity to hear the latest thinking from a range of perspectives
Date: Wednesday 25 May 2022
Time: 9.30am to 4.00pm
Venue: Zoom symposium
21. 2022 Emergency Care Conference
Topics presented relate to the latest practices in emergency care and is most relevant to those working in pre-hospital and acute care settings
Date: July 25th - 29th 2022
Venue: QT Queenstown, 30 Brunswick Street, Queenstown, Otago 9300
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National News
22. Nursing Council – IQN Consultation
In this consultation, we are proposing a range of changes to how we assess the competence of our IQN applicants, including some changes to our English Language Standard.
Oppurtunity for feedback closes 16th May 2022.
23. Staffing crisis causing aged care sector to collapse, provider says
Radio New Zealand – 2 May 2022
The aged care sector is starting to collapse due to a near-catastrophic staffing crisis, a North Island provider says.
24. Comment: The government has given up on Covid
29 April 2022
By Marc Daalder for Newsroom
At every stage of the Omicron outbreak, the government has weakened or removed restrictions. Isolation rules were eased as cases spiked, the traffic light system was gutted while they peaked, mandates were repealed as hospitalisations rose to record levels and the country moved to Orange while a dozen virus cases were dying each day.
25. New Zealand's ethnic diversity will continue to increase
BERL – 4 April 2022
Statistics New Zealand's projections herald significant changes
New Zealand is a nation that is becoming more ethnically diverse. By 2043, New Zealand is projected to be home to just over six million people, with just over a quarter of our population being Asian, 21 percent Māori, and 11 percent Pacific, as seen below.
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International News
26. What are the odds of catching COVID-19 twice? Here's what we know about reinfection
ABC News – 3 May 2022
COVID-19 reinfections have increased significantly in many parts of the world since the arrival of Omicron. New subvariants, coupled with waning immunity, could mean more Australians get COVID a second time in coming months.
27. We should wear sunscreen year-round: if that’s too hard, try an SPF moisturiser
The Guardian – 23 April 2022
It may not be that hot yet but UV rays don’t care. These hardworking day creams double as sunblock.
28. More companies look to ventilation systems to control the spread of Covid-19 and other viruses
CNN – 22 April 2022
Americans are abandoning their masks. They're done with physical distancing. And, let's face it, some people are just never going to get vaccinated. A growing coalition of epidemiologists and aerosol scientists say that improved ventilation could be a powerful tool against the coronavirus — if businesses are willing to invest the money.
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