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Nursing Review - April 2011 online
Nursing Review have announced their move into online publishing, with a new website, www.nursingreview.com.au. The comprehensive site presents the best original journalism in all their regular sections, as well as a ‘breaking news’ section updated weekly.
Mental health is one of the nation’s critical community issues. Almost half the total population experience a mental health disorder at some point in their lifetime and appropriate health services are underused. This edition of Nursing Review looks at some of the issues facing health professionals working in mental health and also some successful initiatives.
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Weekly Breaking News from Nursing Review April 5
Shifting the balance of power The health debate must be shifted away from “hot button issues” such as hospital beds to longer term issues and priorities – such as rural health.
Agency under scrutiny As nurses and doctors continue to face delays in renewing their registration, a Senate inquiry will investigate the competence and re-sourcing of AHPRA.
Paperwork ‘tested’ for real at ED At 12:51pm local time on February 22, Christchurch was rocked by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake. The city was devastated, many were dead, more were injured and medical teams faced a situation “as bad as it could get”.
United we (should) stand With the health care system of Australia moving out of large acute care hospitals and into the community, community nurses would benefit from forming a strong united face.
At crisis point Without improved communication between health professionals, mental health outcomes will remain less than perfect.
O'Farrell claims a mandate for change More nurses, an increase in hospital beds and hospital upgrades are among the election promises that led the Coalition to a landslide victory in NSW.
Birthplace design set to limit stress during labour Latest university research is showing a connection between the design of rooms where mothers give birth, their stress levels and the potential risk of such stress to newborns.
New project supports student nurses Increasing the amount of clinical placements is the aim of a new Queensland partnership.
Health reform in jeopardy The federal government is being called upon to make last minute changes to the legislative framework of the National Health Performance Authority.
New Acquired Brain Injury Training Resources coming in 2011
Commencing in February 2011 ADHC is providing Acquired Brain Injury Awareness training. This training is aimed at frontline staff, information, referral and intake staff, case managers, service managers and supervisors. E-learning training modules and a series of facilitated training workshops will be provided across NSW.
A summary of the content of the e-learning and the facilitated workshops resources is now available at: http://www.abistafftraining.info
To register your interest for the facilitated training workshops in 2011, please contact arbias Ltd at email: training@arbias.com.au
The Acquired Brain Injury e-learning modules and facilitated workshops will include:
Ageing Disability and Home Care & Acquired Brain Injury
Introduction to Acquired Brain Injury
Approaching working with people with Acquired Brain Injury: key messages
Working with people with Acquired Brain Injury: practical strategies
Acquired Brain Injury: My own learning, workplace learning and service network capacity building
In addition the e-learning modules will include:
Acquired Brain Injury - Awareness Module
Acquired Brain Injury - Case management Module
Video resources
Service pathways information
Resources for individuals and workplaces
Australian Health Review Volume 34(4)
Contents with links to Abstracts and PDFs
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Models of care editorial Deborah Roberts
A qualitative evaluation of a regional Early Psychosis Service 3 years after its commencement
Thomas Callaly, Carmel A. Ackerly, Mary E. Hyland, Seetal Dodd, Melissa O'Shea and Michael BerkThe First Steps Program: a case study of a new model of community child health service Margaret
I. Barnes, Jan Pratt, Kathleen Finlayson, Barbara Pitt and Cheryl KnightDeveloping consumer-directed care for people with a disability: 10 lessons for user participation in health and community care policy and program development
Goetz F. Ottmann and Carmel LaragyCapacity Audit Tool: identifying inpatient delays to maximise service improvement
Kathryn M. Zeitz and Katie Tucker- ISBAR for clear communication: one hospital's experience spreading the message
Monica A. Finnigan, Stuart D. Marshall and Brendan T. FlanaganHealth policy analysis: a tool to evaluate in policy documents the alignment between policy statements and intended outcomes
K. Katherine Cheung, Masoud Mirzaei and Stephen LeederInformal care and the self-management partnership: implications for Australian health policy and practice
Beverley M. Essue, Tanisha Jowsey, Yun-Hee Jeon, Masoud Mirzaei, Carmen L. Pearce-Brown, Clive Aspin and Tim P. UsherwoodAboriginal cultural awareness training: policy v. accountability – failure in reality
Barbara Westwood and Geoff WestwoodEfficient funding: a path to improving Aboriginal healthcare in Australia?
Jane E. Lloyd and Marilyn J. WiseEvidence-based decision-making: practical issues in the appraisal of evidence to inform policy and practice
Bronwyn J. CarterClimate change and Australia's healthcare system – risks, research and responses
Haylee J. Weaver, Grant A. Blashki, Anthony G. Capon and Anthony J. McMichaelPreventing the rebound: improving care transition in hospital discharge processes
Ian A. Scott'I don't know why they don't come': barriers to participation in cardiac rehabilitation
Michelle L. DiGiacomo, Sandra C. Thompson, Julie S. Smith, Kate P. Taylor, Lynette A. Dimer, Mohammed A. Ali, Marianne M. Wood, Timothy G. Leahy and Patricia M. DavidsonExploring beliefs of the four major ethnic groups in Melbourne regarding healthcare and treatment
Kai'En Leong, Tracey J. Weiland and Andrew W. DentCommunity desires for an online health information strategy
Jared M. Dart and Cindy GalloisResponse to pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in Australia – lessons from a State health department perspective
Tarun S. Weeramanthri, Andrew G. Robertson, Gary K. Dowse, Paul V. Effler, Muriel G. Leclercq, Jeremy D. Burtenshaw, Susan J. Oldham, David W. Smith, Kathryn J. Gatti and Helen M. GladstonesAn adolescent injury intervention: selecting targeted behaviours with implications for program design and evaluation
Lisa D. Buckley and Mary C. SheehanA strategy for real time improvement (RTI) in communication during the H1N1 emergency response
Isaac A. Seidl, Andrew J. Johnson, Peta Mantel and Peter AitkenAssessment of a peer review process among interns at an Australian hospital
Paul W. Mathews, Cathy Owen, Wayne Ramsey, Gerry Corrigan, Mark Bassett and Johannes WenzelRoles, attributes and career paths of medical administrators in public hospitals: survey of Victorian metropolitan Directors of Medical Services
Alison J. DwyerMedical managers in contemporary healthcare organisations: a consideration of the literature
Alison J. DwyerRisk management: where are hospital 'green' committees and officers?
Forbes McGain and Eugenie Kayak
News from the Australian Centre for Child Protection
News from the Australian Centre for Child Protection
Professor Marianne Berry on recent achievements and new directions for the Centre .
Student journalism prize established.
Workforce development update
Knowledge transfer: our upcoming presentations
Recent publications
Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing Online
Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing Online
Volune 28 Now available. Contents include:
- Reasons for entering and leaving nursing: an Australian regional study.
- An analysis of nurses’ views of harm reduction measures and other treatments for the problems associated with illicit drug use.
- Models of health service delivery in remote or isolated areas of Queensland: a multiple case study
- Registered nurses’ opinions about patient focused care
- Casualisation in the nursing workforce – the need to make it work
- Nursing double degrees: a higher education initiative in times of nursing shortages
- Nursing education: reducing reality shock for graduate Indigenous nurses – it’s all about time
- Nurse practitioners are well placed to lead in the effective management of delirium
- Scope of emergency nurse practitioner practice: where to beyond clinical practice guidelines
- Challenges for midwives: pregnant women and illicit drug use
What makes case management work for people experiencing homelessness? Evidence for practice
What makes case management work for people experiencing homelessness? Evidence for practice
Authored by Hellene Gronda for the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
This project, a review of the evidence about case management practice, was initiated to address the following research questions:
- How is case management undertaken in the homelessness sector and how does this compare with practice in allied service sectors?
- Which approaches to case management are most likely to lead to the best outcomes for homeless clients?
Communicating with Clients with LLN Needs (in the Community Services Sector) Feedback
The Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council are holding free national consultation forums (in every State and Territory) and online questionnaires to receive industry feedback on draft additions and changes to the Community Services Training Package (CHC08).
The draft changes are intended to assist:
- Volunteer tutors who provide adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) support
- Workers in community services who work directly with clients with low LLN skills
Registrations for the forums are now open and the online industry feedback material is now available on the project webpage.
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