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www.ncah.com.au Issue 2 30 January 2012 We hope you enjoy perusing the range of opportunities included in Issue 2, 2012.

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The world's largest oil company, Saudi Aramco, is seeking experienced ICU, ED and paediatric nurses.

Based in Dhahran, you will be practising alongside highly trained staff from around the world in Saudi Aramco's 400 bed hospital.

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Paid airfares and travel allowances providing excellent holiday opportunities Minimum Requirements: Degree in Nursing Two years clinical nursing experience in area of specialty

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A fast developing but lesser known Middle Eastern country, Qatar has it all - top hotels, towering sand dunes, ancient rock carvings and distinctive architecture. We’re seeking expressions of interest from paediatric nurses to work in a new hospital opening at the end of 2012.

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Flight nurses positions Regional bases Come and enjoy this exciting role with one of the largest areomedical services in Australia, providing a range of emergency services and primary health care to the state of Western Australia.

Our operations are ever evolving and we are seeking Expressions of Interest from suitably skilled and motivated Registered Nurse / Midwives wanting to join our dynamic flight nurse teams at our regional bases within Western Australia.

The role of a Flight Nurse is fun, rewarding and challenging while valuing team work and independent practice. If you are registered with AHPRA as a registered nurse and midwife, have 3-5 years post grad experience in emergency or critical care and great communication skills RFDS Western Operations may have the role for you.

A comprehensive 2 week orientation, generous salary and salary packaging benefits, assistance with relocation and subsidised rental and utility costs along with district loadings and gratuities are some of the incentives offered to the successful candidates.

If you are seeking the opportunity to work in all our locations within WA, Derby, Jandakot, Meekatharra, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland and would like to know more about being a flight nurse contact Gabrielle West, Director of Nursing on (08) 9417 6300. The RFDS are open to a 6 month plus flight nurse contract for applicants seeking employment with the RFDS. Information on positions can be obtained from Rosemary Hunt, by phoning (08) 9417 6300 during office hours or send your e-mail request to nursing@rfdswestops.com.au.

Closing date for applications is Monday 6th February 2012.

Clinical Nurse Consultant or Occupational Therapist or Psychologist or Social Worker Senior (Court Liasion Officer) Acute Care and Specialised Services, Central Queensland Mental Health Service, Rockhampton, Central Queensland Health Service District.

Remuneration value up to $111 444 p.a., comprising salary between $91 153 - $97 676 p.a. (Nurse Grade 7) or Remuneration value up to $110 128 p.a., comprising salary between $89 703 - $96 523 p.a. (HP4), employer contribution to superannuation (up to 12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) (Applications will remain current for 12 months.)

Duties/Abilities: Enhance the quality and timeliness of mental health risk assessment and management across the Central Queensland Mental Health Service system, within the justice setting. Social Workers are advised that the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian Act 2000 requires Queensland Health to seek a ‘working with children check’ from the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian prior to appointment to this position.

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Application Kit: (07) 4920 7000 or www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus Closing Date: Monday,13 February 2012.

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Nurse Patient Interaction: How it facilitates the Healing Process

by Maria Analiza Cunanan In a fast acute care setting of most hospitals, efficient prodigious delivery of care has been the norm.

Most often, nurses lose the ability or even the chance to incorporate warmth, rapport and interactive participatory communication with the patient, and with patient’s family members.

This is mainly due to time management constraints, high acuity of patient load, and the intricate documentation required for any shift to progress. Moreover, the higher the acuity of patients, the more clinical skills are appropriated into the nurse’s practice. It is cost-effective, efficient, and exceptional; yet, nurses fail to understand that communication and proper nurse-patient interrelationship whether in a period of 8 hours, several days or weeks or even months is crucial to the patients’ healing process. The advantages are: 1. It provides reassurance to both patients and family members as to the timing of patients’ medications and what is happening within the shift.

2. It alerts the patients and keeps them informed of any imaging tests required and scheduled for the shift.

3. It provides the patient with a sense of participation in the recovery process and allows them to take control of their health.

4. It enables nurses to do more work; as patients are more informed they tend to ring the buzzer less.

5. Nurses have more control of their time management, less patient questions, less patient refusals and delays with medications, care and any tests needed during the shift.

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6. Patient: Nurse Interaction is a positive emotional transference. It keeps the nurse satisfied with a sense of accomplishment at the end of the shift. At the same manner, the patients are satisfied with their care and are well aware of the delivery of care.

7. Any deterioration or complication of the patient is easily discerned when communication lines are open.

It is most crucial that patients are aware of what procedures they have been through especially after surgery just to remind them of their diets, their drips, their drains and their calf compressors and to reiterate what they are NOT allowed to do post operatively. Hence, this communication incorporates patient education in an affirmative constructive pattern as part of nursing care.

Nurses must always establish a therapeutic relationship. It is part of their role as health care providers. It has always been lectured in universities and written in textbooks. However years of practice can blur or even overshadow this important aspect of the healing process with other highly technical skills. This article is just a minute reminder of the essentials.

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Shift work and job stress can result in obese nurses: Survey An American study has found job stress and shift work has more to do with obesity among nurses than first thought.

The University of Maryland’s School of Nursing surveyed 2103 female nurses and found nurses who work long hours were significantly more likely to be obese than their underweight or normal weight colleagues.

The study has prompted the Australian Nursing Federation to stress the importance of longer breaks between late shifts and early starts and urging nurses, working both shift and non-shift work, to remain fit and healthy.

A spokesperson for the ANF said while there was no known Australian study demonstrating

a link between shift work and obesity, shift work often interfered in nurses’ lives.

“We do know that shift work creates disruption in the lives of members, particularly when shifts are staggered or rosters constantly change,” he said.

“Longer breaks between a late shift and early starts are important.

“Adequate rest between shifts is also necessary and in some states there are staggered starts for nurses who have worked the late shift one night and then rotate onto an early (start) the next day.”

The spokesperson urged nurses to keep healthy but said it was often more challenging for shift workers to include regular exercise, maintain a healthy diet and achieve adequate amounts of rest.

In the study, published in the Journal of Nursing Administration, 57 per cent of nurses surveyed were obese.

It found nurses working long hours were more stressed and in roles requiring less physical exertion and movement.

Lead researcher Kihye Han, a postdoctoral fellow at the School, said the study results provide timely evidence-based information for nurse executives and administrators who may consider rethinking their nurse scheduling.

“Long work hours and shift work adversely affect quantity and quality of sleep, which often interferes with adherence to healthy behaviour and increases obesity,” she said.

Researchers suggest allowing nurses to nap in the workplace in a bid to stave off the effects of work-related sleep deprivation, which would reduce fatigue and boost energy for healthy lifestyle behaviours.

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Reporting to the Board of Management, the Director of Nursing is responsible for the overall management of the Nursing Home ensuring that all Government requirements are met, and that a pleasant homelike environment is maintained. This will include maintaining the highest levels of resident care, ensuring a harmonious positive staff/resident culture and fostering a commitment to quality and customer focused care in the provision of aged care services.

To be considered for this senior role you will need to be an AHPRA Registered Division 1 Nurse with managerial experience in and preferably qualifications in Aged Care. You will need to be able to

demonstrate knowledge of ACFI Funding Requirements and Commonwealth Accreditation Standards. Applicants who are enthusiastic and passionate about Aged Care and have strong leadership and management skills, including excellent communication skills, are particularly encouraged to apply.

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Allied health service targets rural and remote health

An innovative health care company is working to provide online allied health services to regional and rural and remote areas of Australia.

accompany professional consulting services … (such as) phone or web-cam, and allows for a totally client centred experience,” she said.

Healthkicks, which has been providing services to Cairns and Far North Queensland and other remote areas, has recently launched its online health care service in a bid to deliver quality allied health care to people in servicepoor areas.

Ms Coldebella said the company had a team of 15 allied health professionals, providing services in dietetics and nutrition, exercise physiology, health education and promotion, personal training and diabetes education, and was planning to employ another 10 allied health professionals within the next three months.

Healthkicks director Belinda Coldebella said the service was the first of its kind in Australia, and also covered Papua New Guinea, expats living in Australasia and Polynesia, with plans to extend its service to New Zealand in April.

Ms Coldebella, who has a background in clinical nutrition and public health, said the service had been designed for patients or clients to access, any time and from anywhere.

She said the service would not only target rural and remote areas but also larger populations of up to 130,000 that lacked allied health care support.

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Ms Coldebella said while it had taken several years to lay the foundations for the company in the face of numerous challenges, the end result was rewarding.

“I am proud of the fact that we can help hardworking GPs, nurses and specialists who dedicate their time to work in service-poor areas by providing the additional allied health care support they need, as building a strong health care team is paramount to patient outcomes,” she said.

“I love the fact that we are providing a service that will touch and change so many people in a positive way, people that would otherwise go without.”

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Community Nurse Generalist Web Search No: 601094 Level/Salary: ANF Level 2 $72,237 - $76,750 pa Community Health in Menzies is seeking a Community Nurse Generalist with significant recent post graduate nursing experience with demonstrated advanced nursing knowledge and skill to join their team. In this role, you will be responsible for identifying the health needs of the community, planning, implementing, evaluating and reviewing health programs in collaboration with the Community Nurse Manager, and providing community health nursing care consistent with a primary health care philosophy.

If you have well developed interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate across a diverse spectrum of the population, an understanding of the principles and practice of Primary Health care and the application to practice and experience in Quality Improvement activities, then we want to hear from you.

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Remote Area Nurses Personal Care Assistants Ngaanyatjarra Health Service (NHS) is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service providing primary and preventative health care to 11 communities in the Central Desert region of WA. We are seeking expressions of interest from Remote Area Nurses and Personal Care Assistants for contract and permanent positions.

Remote Area Nurses  Highly attractive remuneration including salary packaging  6 weeks annual leave plus 4 weeks availability leave, plus 8 days travel per annum for Permanent Staff  Financial support towards your Continuing Professional Development after 12 months  Comfortable, furnished, air conditioned accommodation free of charge  4WD vehicle provided for travel within the Ngaanyatjarra Lands for work purposes  Flights to and from Ngaanyatjarra Lands provided Requirements  General registration with the Board of Nursing and Midwifery of Australia  Recent acute experience  Primary health care experience  National Police Clearance and Working with Children documentation  Recent remote nursing experience will be highly regarded

Personal Care Assistants  Comfortable, furnished, air-conditioned accommodation free of charge  Flights to and from Ngaanyatjarra Lands provided Requirements  Qualifications and experience working with Aged Care  Experience in remote Indigenous settings is highly desirable  National Police Clearance documentation

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WA unveils hospital health care errors There were 96 sentinel events in Western Australian hospitals resulting in 56 deaths in the 2010/2011 year.

Two patients died as a result of incorrect medication, there were seven patient suicides in an inpatient unit, one maternal death associated with labour or delivery and 46 other adverse events resulting in patient death.

There were also notifications of two cases of retained instruments or other material after surgery requiring re-operation or further surgical procedure, two cases of procedures involving wrong patient or wrong body part resulting in major permanent loss of function, and one haemolytic blood transfusion reaction resulting from ABO incompatibility.

WA Health has released the information in its seventh annual sentinel event report, outlining rare, preventable health care incidents that lead to serious patient adverse outcomes, known as sentinels, in a bid to learn lessons from past errors and improve patient safety in the future.

WA Health began sentinel reporting in 2003, recording 22 sentinel deaths in 2004/2005, 45 in 2007/2008, 48 in 2008/2009 and 30 in 2009/2010.

WA Health director general Kim Snowball said the reporting of sentinel events reflected the commitment of hospitals and health services to identify and effectively manage clinical incidents to improve patient safety.

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Position Vacant – Pre Admission Clinic Nurse (Full time) This position offers an exciting opportunity for Registered Nurses interested in the role of Pre Admission Clinic Nurse.

Swan Hill District Health, ‘My Hospital’ Swan Hill District Health provides a wide range of clinical services including medical and surgical, aged care, community and primary health, emergency, renal dialysis, chemotherapy, pathology and radiography diagnostic services.

Work/life balance is what you get working at Swan Hill District Health. As well as lifestyle comes: • A professional, committed workforce and highly supportive community • Variety in work and a sense of achievement • Salary packaging options available

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For enquiries please contact Mrs. Helen Wilkins, Nurse Unit Manager, Operating Rooms, on (03) 5033 9267 or by email hwilkins@shdh.org.au Applications including the names of three referees should be forwarded to the Human Resources department, Swan Hill District Health, PO Box 483, Swan Hill 3585, Victoria or email: hrmanager@shdh.org.au.

COB 8 February 2012. Applications are also accepted online at: www.shdh.org.au.

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Nurses to trial new technology for monitoring patients The Royal District Nursing Service is developing a high-speed broadband application to remotely monitor the medicine intake of elderly people living independently.

RDNS will develop and trial the innovative home-based video conferencing facilities with 50 Victorian clients and key clinical nurses, working in conjunction with Latrobe University during the evaluation and assessment stages of the trial.

The telehealth trial is one of 12 projects to share in the Victorian Government’s $4 million Broadband-Enabled Innovation Program (BEIP), which will help promote the use of broadband in a bid to revolutionise access to healthcare for regional and rural patients.

First established in 1885, the RDNS has long been a leader in the use of mobile computer technology.

RDNS chief executive officer Steve Muggleton said the project was an important new opportunity for the organisation and its use of

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innovation and telehealth technology to serve its clients’ needs.

“Our aim is to gauge the suitability, appropriateness and limitations of using technology such as video conferencing to facilitate better medicines management,” he said.

“It has the potential to significantly improve the way we meet clients’ care requirements in the future.”

The RDNS is Australia’s largest provider of home nursing services and operates as an independent, not-for-profit charity, providing professional nursing and healthcare to up to 9000 people from 20 sites across Melbourne, parts of rural Victoria, New South Wales and in Auckland, New Zealand.

The organisation is also Australia’s largest employer of district nurses, with more than 1200 Registered Nurses on its staff of 1600, who travel about eight million kilometres a year to deliver some 1.5 million visits to around 35,000 people, mainly in their own homes.

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Nurse donates kidney to patient A nurse in the United States has taken caring for her patients to a whole new level by donating a kidney to a patient.

In a release, Ms Taber said she hoped her story would raise awareness of living donations.

“People have asked me why I would do this for a stranger, or what if I had a family member in need one day, or why would I risk my own life or health for someone I barely know,” she said.

Atlanta transplant nurse Allison Batson was working at Emory University Hospital’s transplant unit when she met Clay Taber, a 23-year-old who suffers from a rare autoimmune disease, known as Goodpasture’s syndrome, who was being treated for kidney failure.

“My answer is because I can. Sure, I have children who might possibly be in need one day, but here was this young man right in front of me who needs help – today, and I am in a position to help him – today.”

Without another family member compatible, Ms Batson offered Mr Taber her kidney, as they both had the same O-negative blood type.

In Australia last year, 23 people received a new chance at life after receiving a kidney transplant through the Australian Paired Kidney Exchange Program.

Ms Batson’s kidney was found to be a match and earlier this month, they underwent a living donor transplant.

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Physiotherapists urge government re-think on lung disease New Zealand physiotherapists are urging the government to inject more money into an internationally-recognised rehabilitation program for the country’s 200,000 sufferers of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

But new research shows less than one to two per cent of New Zealanders with the lung disease are attending rehabilitation due to a lack of direction and financial incentives at public policy level.

Physiotherapy New Zealand president Gill Stotter has accused the government of squandering millions of dollars on drugs and hospital care for the disease, which ranks as the fourth biggest killer in New Zealand, when pulmonary rehabilitation would have improved, less costly results.

The Asthma Foundation estimates COPD, which often goes undiagnosed, affects about 15 per cent of New Zealand’s adults aged 45 and over.

The Asthma Foundation recommends pulmonary rehabilitation, a six-week education and exercise program usually run at hospital respiratory departments, as an important step in managing the disease.

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More than 85 per cent of COPD is caused by tobacco smoking while cannabis use and dust exposure can also contribute to the disease, which is preventable but irreversible.

Ms Stotter said the government paid out more than $102 million in 2003 on direct health care costs for the disease, with most of the funds paying for hospital admissions.

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Police appeal over health worker murder mystery Gold Coast police are appealing for information from nurses and other health professionals as they work to solve the murder of hospital orderly and band singer Tony Williams.

Gold Coast CIB and the Homicide Squad are calling for information from colleagues and the general public in a bid to help solve the suspicious death of the 38-year-old father of two.

Mr Williams’ body was discovered in his Sunshine Boulevard unit in Mermaid Waters on Christmas Eve at around 2pm.

Regional Crime Coordinator Detective Acting Superintendent Brian Swan said public assistance in the investigation could prove invaluable in solving the murder case.

“We are appealing for any person who has any information at all in relation to Mr Williams and his death to come forward to police,” he said.

“Any information at all, however irrelevant it might seem, could be of assistance to the investigation.”

Det Acting Supt Swan said the investigation, which has included the use of police divers to search nearby waterways for evidence, was “progressing well”. “(We would like to) try and get some more information from the public in terms of…these investigations are always extremely difficult, we are looking at all avenues of inquiry and are certainly feeling that this is a person who is very much loved and popular and talented and we believe that someone out there may know something.”

Anyone with any information can contact their local police, Crime Stoppers or Police Link on 131 444.

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Dietitians stamp their authority as the nutrition experts Australia’s Accredited Practising Dietitians are establishing themselves as the nutrition experts through a public healthy pledge campaign.

The Dietitians Association of Australia is working to promote APDs as the ‘go to’ experts for people to find support and motivation to achieve and maintain a healthy weight.

With statistics showing 62 per cent of Australian adults and one in four children are obese, the organisation representing Australia’s 3700 APDs wants Australians to seek the professional help of an APD as the first, and not the last, resort.

DAA CEO Claire Hewat said when it comes to diet and nutrition it can often be difficult for people to sort fact from fiction.

“There is so much information available – on websites, in magazines and from people who have very little qualifications in nutrition,” she said.

“A key part of the AHWW (Australia’s Healthy Weight Week) campaign is to highlight APDs as the experts in nutrition.

“APDs are university-qualified in nutrition, and keep up-to-date with the latest science in this area.

“They are best-placed to support and motivate people to achieve and maintain a healthy weight.”

The campaign comes as a DAA survey of 18 to 24-year-old women found two thirds of respondents listed their New Year’s resolutions as aiming to lose weight, to eat better and exercise more.

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Australians, affecting fertility and long term health.

APDs are getting on board the health kick campaign, holding almost 50 community and workplace events registered to mark Australia’s Healthy Weight Week, running from January 22-29.

Ms Hewat said APDs are being encouraged to spread the word.

“The more APDs involved in AHWW, the stronger our voice – and the better we’ll be at helping Australians to eat better and feel better,” she said.

Ms Hewat said the organisation launched AHWW in 2008 to help address overweight and obesity levels in Australia.

“DAA is committed to improving the health of Australians – and overweight and obesity is a top priority,” she said.

“DAA has also been calling for a host of actions in this area, including tighter regulation of food marketing - especially to children, healthier food choices in food service settings, and improved and better access to APDs. “We’re taking a lead in this area, but we know we’ll only affect obesity rates by working collaboratively with other stakeholders.”

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Nursing job in remote Pilbara region lures nurse Occupational health nurse Lisa Haxton first fell in love with the remote Pilbara region in Western Australia while studying at university.

During a stint of rural practice with the Royal Flying Doctors Service’s On the Road program, Lisa found herself living and travelling to a variety of places in the region.

Now a registered nurse, Lisa has spent the past four months working in Karratha at the Medibank Health Solutions Workplace Health Clinic.

Karratha, which is located about 1535 kilometres north of Perth, was built in 1968 to service and accommodate workers mining iron ore in the Hamersley Ranges.

More than four decades on, Lisa works to provide professional occupational medicine services for some of the largest employers in the Pilbara region, including BHP, Rio Tinto and Chevron.

The Medibank clinic provides a broad range of medical and allied health services including acute injury treatment, injury rehabilitation, occupational physiotherapy treatment and injury prevention consultancy, alongside immigration medicals and travel health consultations and vaccinations.

“I really loved the lifestyle up here (during my time with the RFDS) and knew I wanted to live up here,” Lisa said.

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working in hospitals in Dar Es Salaam and out in the rural communities.

Originally from Scotland, Lisa has lived in Perth for 20 years and has family who also live in the area.

Lisa said it was a challenge travelling to Perth to carry out her initial training while settling into the new job.

The other challenge has been the isolation.

“I’m the only nurse up here (for Medibank), so if I have a nursing question, there is no-one physically on hand to help me straight away,” she said.

“However, Medibank are very supportive and nurses in our other offices around the state and country are always able to point me in the right direction.”

Lisa said she loves working in the area and has no plans to move.

“I get to meet a variety of people and definitely a few characters in my job, and the team I work with are fantastic,” she said.

“I can’t see myself ever moving back to the hectic city life.”

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