Articles – Surgical Mesh 1. Adverse events after first, single, mesh and non-mesh surgical procedures for stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in Scotland, 1997-2016: a population-based cohort study Morling, Joanne R; McAllister, David A; Agur, Wael; Fischbacher, Colin M;...

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Electronic Cigarette Technical Expert Advisory Group The Government intends to introduce an electronic cigarette regulatory scheme. The Ministry of Health is seeking nominations for members of the Technical Expert Advisory Group, Electronic Cigarette Product Safety. Download the Technical...

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Articles – E-Cigarettes 1. E-Cigarettes: The New Threat to Public Health Oncology Nurse-APN/PA, Mar 2017; 10(2): 16-17. 2p Abstract: E-cigarettes are a nicotine delivery system that allows users, or vapers, to achieve the same level of nicotine in their blood as smokers of conventional...

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Latest Books NZNO staff and members can borrow these books for a period of 4 weeks. 1/ QV 704 MAC Acute pain management: A practical guide Macintyre, Pamela E & Schug, Stephan A Fourth edition, 2015 Offers a guide for nurses and allied health personnel to the techniques of acute pain,...

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12 May 2017 - Hot Off the Press ‘Listening with my heart’ – poems of Aotearoa New Zealand nurses  Selected verse by nurses in Aotearoa New Zealand. Expresses a variety of views of nurses and nursing through experience of people, place and circumstance. This poetry book is part of the NZNO...

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Articles – Informed Consent 1. Assisted fertility treatment and the quality of informed consent Hampton, Kerry; Newton, Jennifer; Mazza, Danielle Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal, Feb 2017; 24(7): 30-31 Abstract: Details of a recently completed a four-year fertility-awareness study,...

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Articles – Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 2016 1. Federalism and Australia's national health and health insurance system Podger, A Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, Volume 11 Issue 3 (2016) Abstract: While health reform in Australia has been marked by piecemeal,...

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Articles – Creative Nursing [Journal] 1. Deference to Expertise: Making Care Safer  Godlock, Gwendolyn Cherese, MS, CMSRN, CPHQ; Miltner, Rebecca Suzie, PhD, RN, CNL, NEA-BC; Sullivan, Dori Taylor, PhD, RN, NE-BC, CPHQ, FAAN. Creative Nursing; Minneapolis23.1 (2017): 7-12 Abstract: Since...

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Articles – Reflective Practice 1. Understanding reflective practice Wrigglesworth, Sue Nursing Standard; London.31.8 (Oct 19, 2016): 72. Abstract: The article provided practical advice to increase my knowledge and understanding of reflective practice. It challenged assumptions that nurses...

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How do you get Typhoid Fever? Typhoid is spread person-to-person via the faecal-oral route, or via food or water that has been contaminated. Untreated water supplies, shellfish gathered from areas where water is contaminated or food handled by a person carrying the infection are also...

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