{"title":"Editorial.","authors":"Lee Thomas","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As nurses and midwives it's our job to look after the healthcare needs of others. Caring is the fundamental core of what nursing and midwifery is all about and is what we do well for our patients, their families, and each other.</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 10","pages":"3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35685361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"GUIDANCE FOR PERIOPERATIVE NURSES TO PREVENT PERIOPERATIVE HYPOTHERMIA IN OBSTETRICS.","authors":"Judy Munday","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The prevention of perioperative hypothermia is a responsibility of all members of the perioperative team. Nurses are well placed to have a central role in implementing strategies to reduce perioperative heat loss, which is associated with a host of adverse outcomes (National Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Supportive Care 2008).</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 10","pages":"41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35690296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Celebrate through self care.","authors":"Monique Eccles","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>International Day of the Midwife and International Nurses Day, celebrated on 5 May and 12 May respectively, are when nurses and midwives are acknowledged for the job that they do and also thanked for the vital care they give to their patients, their patients' families and each other. Yet while nurses and midwives are good at taking care of others, sometimes they can fall short of taking care of themselves. When celebrating nurses and midwives during May it is important to take time to acknowledge your own achievements as a nurse and/or a midwife, but also review what you are doing to care for yourself. Applying a few strategies could help you live more fulfilling, productive and happier lives, professionally and personally.</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 10","pages":"16-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35685363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE PLIGHT OF THE PERIOPERATIVE NURSE PRACTITIONER IN AUSTRALIA.","authors":"Lisa Yang, Toni Hains","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>\"A nurse practitioner is a registered nurse educated to a post graduate Masters level and authorised to function autonomously and collaboratively in an advanced and extended clinical role' (Queensland Government 2011).</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 10","pages":"36-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35690291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SITUATION AWARENESS AND PATIENT SAFETY IN THE PERIOPERATIVE ENVIRONMENT.","authors":"Melanie Murray","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 2014-15 there were 10.2 million hospitalisations in Australia, and approximately 2.5 million of those admissions required surgery. As such, perioperative safety is crucial to patient outcomes (AIHW 2016).</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 10","pages":"38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35690292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PARENTAL PRESENCE DURING INDUCTION OF ANAESTHESIA -- AN EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE REVIEW.","authors":"Judith Smith","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parental presence during the induction of anaesthesia remains a controversial issue related to family centered care which is highlighted through discrepancies in observational studies, beliefs and current practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 10","pages":"40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35690295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"COLOURED PATIENT FOLDERS: THE LITTLE THINGS MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR THE BEDSIDE NURSE.","authors":"Jennifer Sloane","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Jointly initiated by Monash Children's and The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH), The Victorian Children's Tool for Observation and Response project known as VICTOR (www.victor.org.au) is a sector-led project funded by the Victorian Paediatric Clinical Network.</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 10","pages":"42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35690297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IMPLEMENTING A MENTORING PROGRAM IN THE OPERATING SUITE.","authors":"Patricia Nichholson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Due to the rapidly increasing demand for healthcare, driven by an ageing population and the rising cost of technology, Australia is facing the challenge of sustaining a health workforce to meet this demand. In the most recent Health Workforce Australia (HWA) Report (2014) a predicted shortfall in the supply and demand of critical care and emergency nurses was reported.</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 10","pages":"44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35690299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"HOW AN EVERYDAY NURSE CRACKED COMEDY.","authors":"Robert Fedele","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>British nurse Georgie Carroll moved to Australia seeking adventure and inadvertently discovered a hidden talent for making people laugh.</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 9","pages":"45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35684734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ARE CLOSING THE GAP TARGETS BEING MET?","authors":"Linda Deravin, Karen Francis, Judith Anderson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Long term strategies to improve the health and wellbeing of communities need to remain the central focus of government despite any changes in political power and political priorities.</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 9","pages":"38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35683198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}