Vanessa L Sparke, David MacLaren, Jane Mills, Rowena Asugeni, Kenny Moutoa, Caryn West
{"title":"IMPROVING INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL PRACTICES IN A CULTURALLY, LINGUISTICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY DIVERSE ENVIRONMENT.","authors":"Vanessa L Sparke, David MacLaren, Jane Mills, Rowena Asugeni, Kenny Moutoa, Caryn West","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Atoifi Adventist Hospital (AAH) in the Solomon Islands serves a population of 80,000 people, many living in small remote villages. Atoifi is situated on the east side of the island of Malaita in the East Kwaio region. Kwaio is one of 12 language groups on Malaita and most people engage in the subsistence economy.</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":"35678850","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":"STANDARD PRECAUTIONS BUT NO STANDARD ADHERENCE.","authors":"Stéphane Bouchoucha, Kathleen Moore","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures are the foundation of best practice by healthcare workers for their own safety and that of their patients, yet low adherence rates place all parties at risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 8","pages":"38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35678961","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":"ETHICS, EVIDENCE AND THE ANTI-VACCINATION DEBATE.","authors":"Megan-Jane Johnstone","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>On 11 October 2016 the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) released a position statement on 'Nurses, midwives and vaccination' (www.nursingmidwiferyboard. gov.au/News/2016-10-11-position-statement-vaccination.aspx).</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 8","pages":"27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35674123","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":"SKIN INTEGRITY PORTFOLIO HOLDERS ARE GOLDEN.","authors":"Meagan Shannon","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>I have been the Skin Integrity Clinical Nurse Consultant (SICNC) at Peninsula Health for about eight years. In my role, I oversee wound care and pressure prevention measures.</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 7","pages":"10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35670087","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":"OFF THE BEATEN TRACK. THE RISE OF REMOTE AREA NURSING.","authors":"Robert Fedele","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Remote Area Nurses (RANs) work in far-flung pockets of Australia delivering healthcare to largely disadvantaged communities. Highly skilled, adaptable, and resilient, RANs collectively strive to improve health outcomes for people living remote. As the sector moves forward, ongoing challenges loom large, namely workforce shortage issues, boosting safety, and improving health service provision, writes Robert Fedele.</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 7","pages":"18-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35671065","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":"SAFETY AND SECURITY IS EVERYONE'S BUSINESS.","authors":"Julianne Bryce, Elizabeth Foley, Julie Reeves","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Workplace safety and security should be a given but as we all know this is not always the case.</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 7","pages":"16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35670089","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 VICTORIAN NEW HEALTH COMPLAINTS ACT 2016 -- WHAT ARE THE CHANGES?","authors":"Grant Davies","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Health Complaints Act 2016 (Vic) commenced on 1 February 2017, bringing into operation a new office of the Health Complaints Commissioner (HCC). This article outlines the changes nurses and midwives are likely to see under the new Act.</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 7","pages":"29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35670596","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":"ANMF PARTICIPATES IN INTERNATIONAL NURSING SYMPOSIUM ON SHIFT WORK.","authors":"Nick Blake","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nurses and other health workers have long understood the often deleterious impacts that shift work can have on sleep, wellbeing and performance at work.</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 7","pages":"11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35670088","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":"A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT.","authors":"Eleanor Horton, Anne Livingstone, Elizabeth Dodd","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Queensland government Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services has funded Community Resourcing to establish the Community Care Smart Assistive Technology Collaborative (CCSATC) online space.</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 7","pages":"35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35670522","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}