{"title":"STOP THE CYCLE OF CONTAMINATION AND DEATH.","authors":"Catherine A Sharp, Mary-Louise McLaws","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pressure ulcers (PUs) are a serious adverse event for patients that could be prevented (Thomas, 2001). Immobility and the resulting unrelieved pressure (Sharp and McLaws, 2006; Gefen et al. 2008) on muscle tissue overlying bony prominences is thought to be a major risk factor for deep tissue injury (Gefen et al. 2008).</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 8","pages":"42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35678851","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":"NURSING AND MIDWIFERY STUDENTS TEACHING INFECTION CONTROL IN INDONESIA.","authors":"Michele Wurst, Katherine Boyd, Wendy Abigail","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Morbidity, mortality and quality of life are impacted on by healthcare-associated infections (HAI) which are preventable. According to the World Health Organization 2016), in developing countries, around 10% of patients will contract HAI.</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 8","pages":"36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35678960","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":"COMMUNICATION IS KEY.","authors":"Carmen Marlow","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nursing is a career with an ever changing landscape of opportunities and difficulties. We work hard to stay at the forefront of modern medicine and healthcare practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 8","pages":"26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35674122","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":"USING POSITIVE CLINICAL LEADERSHIP TO SUPPORT A CULTURE OF PRESSURE INJURY PREVENTION.","authors":"Sarah Sage, Hannah Tudor","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) is an 800 bed tertiary referral service within metropolitan Melbourne. While the hospital acquired pressure injury (HAPI) incidence rate is low (2.5%), there is still work to be done in this area.</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 8","pages":"39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35678847","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":"CATHETER ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS (CAUTIS): A RESEARCH UPDATE.","authors":"Oyebola Fasugba, Anne Gardner","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Infections associated with indwelling urinary catheters (IDCs) are one of the most frequently reported healthcare associated infections (Elvy and Colville 2009). Approximately 26% of patients in Australian hospitals receive a catheter while on admission (Gardner et al 2014).</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 8","pages":"43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35678852","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":"PACIFIC POWER. NURSING PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS THE BLUE CONTINENT.","authors":"Karen Keast","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Since it was first formed 35 years ago, the South Pacific Nurses Forum has been working to improve cross-cultural understanding and regional cooperation in nursing. Despite overwhelming health challenges in the Pacific, nurses and midwives are banding together to strive for universal access to quality healthcare, writes Karen Keast.</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 8","pages":"18-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35674120","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":"IGNITING THE POTENTIAL OF WOUND CARE CHAMPIONS.","authors":"Ai Wei Ng, Sarah Sage","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Melbourne Health is celebrating the 13th year of a wound care champion program that has transformed 85 ward nurses into a unique group of Wound Resource Nurses (WReNs) to meet the challenges and demands of implementing evidence based wound care practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 8","pages":"38-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35678845","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":"PERINEAL WOUND CARE: EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN AUSTRALIA.","authors":"Monica P Diaz, Mary Steen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In Australia, approximately 75% of women who have a vaginal birth will sustain some form of perineal trauma (AIHW 2013); and over half of perineal injuries will require suturing.</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 8","pages":"41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35678849","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":"EMPLOYER CAMPAIGN TO DEREGULATE WORKING HOURS.","authors":"Nick Blake","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Over the past five years the ANMF has been resisting a concerted campaign by aged care employers to remove important protections that give part time employees a level of predictability in their hours and days on which they are required to work.</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 8","pages":"15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35673453","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}