Books
- Caring matters most: The ethical significance of nursing
- Guided reflection: A narrative approach to advancing professional practice
- Professional practice models in nursing: Successful health system integration
- Rising from the rubble: A health system's extraordinary response to the Canterbury earthquakes
Articles – Child Health
- Patterns of discretionary food intake among Australian children and their association with socio-demographic, lifestyle, and adiposity measures
- Editorial: Impacts of digital technologies on child and adolescent health: recommendations for safer screen use in educational settings
- Emergent inequity of glycaemic metrics for Maori children with type 1 diabetes is negated by early use of continuous glucose monitoring
- Editorial: Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand position statement on chronic suppurative lung disease and bronchiectasis in children, adolescents and adults: what is new and relevant to Aotearoa New Zealand?
- Trends in obesity among 4-year-old children in New Zealand — pre- and post-COVID comparison
- An upstream approach to addressing the childhood obesity epidemic in New Zealand — a call to action
Articles – New Zealand Medical Journal
- Examining the approaches used to assess decision-making capacity in healthcare practice
- Te Matahouroa: a feasibility trial combining Rongoa Maori and Western medicine in a surgical outpatient setting
- The impact of intensive blood pressure management in the post-thrombolysis setting: a real-world observational study
Articles – Primary Healthcare [RCN Journal]
- Exploring the views and experiences of nurses who switched to general practice nursing from other roles
- Promoting the use of long-acting reversible contraceptives to reduce unplanned pregnancies
- Practice update on nursing care and pressure ulcers
Open access article – Antibiotic resistance
- Reducing the spread of antibiotic resistance in New Zealand, action is long overdue!
Events
- NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association Conference 2024
- ANZSPM 2024 Biennial Conference
- National Trauma Symposium 2024
News – National and International
- New privacy toolkit set to support business and organisations
- FLiRT was dominating COVID-19 cases, now we're onto the FLuQE subvariants
- The world's biggest AI models were trained using images of Australian kids, and their families had no idea
- Life at the heart of Japan's lonely deaths epidemic: "I would be lying if I said I wasn't worried".
Books
These books can be borrowed from the NZNO Library for a period of 4 weeks. We usually courier the books out to you, so please provide a physical address.
1.Caring matters most: The ethical significance of nursing
Lazenby, Mark
Published 2017
Through an exploration of the ethical nature of nursing, Caring Matters Most asserts that the act of nursing itself embodies goodness. Nurses can develop this goodness, or moral character, in themselves by cultivating five habits: trustworthiness, imagination, beauty, space, and presence
2.Guided Reflection: A narrative approach to advancing professional practice
Second edition, 2010
Edited by Christopher Johns
The book will appeal to practitioners and researchers involved in reflexive narrative research because the style adopted illustrates how theoretical perspectives can be woven in with the narratives.
3. Professional practice models in nursing: Successful health system integration
Duffy, Joanne R.
Published 2016
Distinguished by its focus on the “how to” of successful enculturation—a common obstacle for many nursing professionals—the text guides nurse leaders and educators in the process of integrating professional practice models into clinical workflow, advancing nursing practice, improving the quality of patient care, and facilitating Magnet® designation.
4. Rising from the rubble: A health system’s extra ordinary response to the Canterbury earthquakes
Ardagh, M. & Deely, J.
Published 2018
This book gives a compelling account of those who rallied to maintain and rebuild essential health services, maintaining continuity of care for the most vulnerable – from older people to those with kidney failure – as well as dealing with the significant ongoing impact on mental health. From the immediate emergency response after the earthquakes to sustaining health services over the following years in highly demanding circumstances, the stories of medical staff joining forces, collaborating and volunteering are infused with sadness, pride and even joy.
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Articles – Child Health
5. Patterns of discretionary food intake among Australian children and their association with socio–demographic, lifestyle, and adiposity measures
Nutrition & Dietetics, 01/11/2022. 79(5), p623-635
Australian children consume 35% of energy from discretionary food and beverages which increases their risk of non-communicable diseases like type 2 diabetes. Despite this concerning statistic, broad analysis of the profile of discretionary food intake has not been fully undertaken. This study asks: what is the discretionary food and beverage intake profile, contribution to nutrient intakes, and associations with demographic and health characteristics?
6. Editorial: Impacts of digital technologies on child and adolescent health: recommendations for safer screen use in educational settings
New Zealand Medical Journal. (2024, Jul). 137(1598). doi: 10.26635/6965.6565
Digital technologies have advanced more quickly than any other innovation in history, with access and mastery of digital tools now recognised as being essential for future prosperity. However, along with opportunities for learning, access to health information and other benefits, there is broad agreement among the scientific community that digital devices and internet access also present a risk of harm to young people.
7. Emergent inequity of glycaemic metrics for Maori children with type 1 diabetes is negated by early use of continuous glucose monitoring
New Zealand Medical Journal. (2024, Jul). 137(1598). doi: 10.26635/6965.6470
Systematic reviews of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) for type 1 diabetes (T1D) show that use of CGM leads to improvements in glycaemic metrics, with increased time in range (TIR), healthier HbA1c and reduced frequency of hypoglycaemia.
8. Editorial: Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand position statement on chronic suppurative lung disease and bronchiectasis in children, adolescents and adults: what is new and relevant to Aotearoa New Zealand?
New Zealand Medical Journal. (2024, Jun). 137(1597). doi: 10.26635/6965.E1597
The landscape of bronchiectasis management has evolved significantly since the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) Guidelines were last updated in 2015
9. Trends in obesity among 4-year-old children in New Zealand—pre- and post-COVID comparison
New Zealand Medical Journal. (2024, Jun). 137(1597). doi: 10.26635/6965.6388
Childhood obesity has considerable impacts on the physical and psychological wellbeing of children.
10. An upstream approach to addressing the childhood obesity epidemic in New Zealand—a call to action
New Zealand Medical Journal. (2024, Jun ) 137(1596). doi: 10.26635/6965.6384
We are currently in the midst of a serious epidemic. In the past four decades, obesity rates have tripled globally, leading to a surge in chronic diseases like heart disease, stroke and diabetes. Meanwhile, children in New Zealand are constantly exposed to energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods that are widely available and heavily promoted.
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Articles – New Zealand Medical Journal
11. Examining the approaches used to assess decision-making capacity in healthcare practice
New Zealand Medical Journal. (2024, Jul). 137(1598). doi: 10.26635/6965.6474
Decision-making capacity (DMC) denotes the capability to make a decision at a specific time. Healthcare professionals are responsible for conducting DMC assessments, but the outcome can have indefinite legal consequences for an individual.
12. Te Matahouroa: a feasibility trial combining Rongoā Maori and Western medicine in a surgical outpatient setting
New Zealand Medical Journal. (2024, Jun). 137(1597). Doi: 10.26635/6965.6417
Although there is a current worldwide trend to integrate traditional medicine into Western medical healthcare systems driven by the World Health Organization (2019), in Aotearoa New Zealand, Rongoā Maori (traditional Maori healing) is conducted mainly outside the Western medical system, with little collaboration occurring between the two.
13. The impact of intensive blood pressure management in the post-thrombolysis setting: a real-world observational study
New Zealand Medical Journal. (2024, Jun ) 137(1596). Doi: 10.26635/6965.6498
Stroke remains one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Treatment with thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) has improved outcomes but carries an increased risk of symptomatic intracerebral haemorrhage (sICH).
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Articles – Primary Healthcare [RCN Journal]
14. Exploring the views and experiences of nurses who switched to general practice nursing from other roles
Primary Healthcare, 04 June 2024 | Vol 34, Issue 3
Published online: 20 September 2023. doi: 10.7748/phc.2023.e1805
General practice nursing is experiencing significant recruitment and retention challenges. Efforts have been made to attract newly registered nurses to general practice but there is still a workforce deficit. There is also a lack of research and initiatives around the recruitment of nurses new to general practice but who have experience in other areas of nursing.
15. Promoting the use of long-acting reversible contraceptives to reduce unplanned pregnancies
Primary Healthcare. (2024, Apr). 34(2). doi: 10.7748/phc.2023.e1800
This article provides information to support general practice nurses in reducing unplanned pregnancies by promoting the use of LARCs. It explores the benefits and risks of LARCs, existing barriers to their uptake and the role of nurses in discussing contraception with patients in general practice settings.
16. Practice update on nursing care and pressure ulcers
Primary Health Care. (2024, Apr). 34(2), 12-13. doi: 10.7748/phc.34.2.12.s5
Recommendations propose standardised, evidence-based care pathways and revised wound categorisation. Pressure ulcers are localised damage to skin or underlying tissue, caused by pressure, or pressure in combination with shear.
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Open access article – Antibiotic resistance
17. Reducing the spread of antibiotic resistance in New Zealand, action is long overdue!
16 July 2024 – Public Health Communication Centre Aotearoa
The problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) covers resistance to all drugs used to treat microbial infections, including antibiotics, antifungals, and antivirals. This article focuses on the relentless evolution and spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria which is an increasing threat to our ability to effectively treat many bacterial infections.
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Events
18. NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association Conference 2024
Starts: Wednesday, 11 Sep 2024 8:00am
Ends: Friday, 13 Sep 2024 5:00pm
Venue: Hilton Hotel, 147 Quay Street, Auckland 1010
Discuss and debate relevant issues in the private hospitals sector with panel discussions and keynote addresses
19. ANZSPM 2024 Biennial Conference
30 Years of palliative Medicine: Constructing, Challenging, Transforming
Date: 5 - 8 September 2024
Venue: Adelaide, South Australia
20. National Trauma Symposium 2024
Towards Excellence
Date: Thursday 21 November 2024
Venue: Intercontinental Hotel, Wellington, New Zealand
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News – National
21. New privacy toolkit set to support business and organisations
Privacy Commissioner - 15 Jul 2024
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner has launched a free online toolkit today to help businesses and organisations do privacy well.
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News – International
22. FLiRT was dominating COVID-19 cases, now we're onto the FLuQE subvariants
ABC News – 3 July 2024
Not long ago, we were introduced to FLiRT, a group of subvariants that were contributing to a recent increase in cases and hospitalisations.
Now FLiRT has further mutated, and FLuQE has become the fastest growing member of the family.
23. The world's biggest AI models were trained using images of Australian kids, and their families had no idea
ABC News – 3 July 2024
Images of Australian children were found in a dataset called LAION-5B, which is used to train AI.
The images have since been removed from the dataset, but AI models are unable to forget the material they're trained on, so it's still possible for them to reproduce elements of those images, including faces, in their outputs.
24. Life at the heart of Japan’s lonely deaths epidemic: ‘I would be lying if I said I wasn’t worried’.
The Guardian – 1 July 2024
Some 68,000 people are expected to die alone and unnoticed in Japan this year, police say, as the population continues to age.
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