nursing post - issue 21

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1 November 2010 - Issue 21

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Metropolitan (City) PositionsBrisbane & Sydney (Nurses wanted urgently)We are seeking nurses from all specialities for vacancies in various Public and Private metropolitan hospitals. Currently there are many positions available in both Brisbane & Sydney.Liina (Brisbane) on (07) 3229 2528 email: [email protected] Stephanie (Sydney) on (02) 9290 2700 email: [email protected]

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Welcome to Issue 21!

Congratulations to Mariela Chisari for submitting the winning photo for this issue’s front cover competition. Mariela and the other ladies from the photo all work at Kareena Private Hospital in Caringbah NSW. According to Mariela, the “Four Kareena Private Hospital Midwives with more than 110 years of midwifery experience between them, combined they have delivered over 10,000 babies in their careers.” Well done Mariela for submitting such an adorable photo of baby too. And well done to the ladies and the wonderful work they do.

Make sure you turn to page 22 to read a well written and inspirational story submitted by reader Lawrence Whyte. It offers an interesting glimpse into the working environment nurses had to practice in. Thanks for submitting your story and a prize will be delivered to you shortly Lawrence. If you have an interesting story, submit it and we might just print it...and plus there’s a prize. Turn to page 38 for more details on how and what to submit.

We are once again delivering a Diary to all our subscribers for Christmas. Be sure to sign up to our newsletter before December to receive your 2011 Diary in the post.

Advertisers Index Mediserve Nursing Agency .................... Inside Cover, 4 Promesse ............................................... 3, 18, 40-41IPA ........................................................ 5Australian Recruiting Group .................. 6Searsons Buck ........................................ 7CPE Group ............................................ 7 Quick & Easy Finance ............................ 8Alliance Health ..................................... 9CQ Nurse .............................................. 10 Smart Salary ........................................... 11Continental Travel Nurse ........................ 11Queensland Health ............................... 12RAHCs ................................................... 13Your World ............................................ 14-15WA Country Health Service ................... 16, 23Nursecare Personnel .............................. 17Charterhouse Medical ........................... 18

Nursing Agency Australia ....................... 20Austra Health ........................................ 21Pulse International ................................. 25 Hays Healthcare ..................................... Back Cover

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FREECALL 1800 002 388 AUS0800 542 100 NZwww.promesse.com.auEmail: [email protected]

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We’ve all seen those amazing films and documentaries

about Africa and fantasised about romantic safari

holidays. Once the province of the rich and famous, they

are now really affordable - not so much from Australia

or NZ with their long air routes, but from Arabia. It’s

less than a four-hour flight from the cities of the Gulf to

Nairobi in Kenya, gateway to the wonders of eastern

Africa, and the travel bargains available from the Gulf are

truly amazing.

Gulf salary arrangements make spectacular holidays like

this so accessible. When you can easily save up to 85%

of your gross pay (there’s no income tax of course), you

can easily afford to visit the parts of the world you never

really thought you’d get to see.

The modern nations of the region need the skills of

Western nurses to help build their healthcare systems.

This makes them very generous employers who cover

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You must have expert advice to make the most of the

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Arabia will expand your horizons Giraffes on the farmland fringing the Serengeti National Park

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This issue sees us dive into a complex subject that is at the forefront of today’s medical industry, one can only begin to express the challenges faced in aged care today; sadly, the lack of quality staff being at the top of the list.

The number of Australians aged 65 to 84 will double by 2050; simultaneously, generation Baby Boomers are nearing retirement, which is affecting the current declining rate of nurses. The ratio of aged care residents per nurse will double in the coming decades. Constant financial pressure paired with a system that is plagued with pre-existing staff and bed shortages, has now put Australia’s aged care in a situation where drastic changes need to be made.

To meet the increasing demands of aged care and to attract more qualified staff to the sector is not going to be an easy task. According to the recently released report The Future of Aged Care in Australia, in the next 20 years; as the demand for labour is escalating, the sector will see emerging critical shortages. By 2020, demand for labour in aged care is estimated to hit 56.8% versus an expected supply of 14.1%. One can understand the ongoing public debate and concern in regards to this matter. Taking these shocking facts into consideration, it

is also clear that a number of aged care facilities are burdened with staffing issues, “although an abundance of applications was received the conversion rate was only 10-15%”

In talking to aged care facilities around Australia, there seems to be a general consensus that “it is a challenge to attract well qualified staff; sadly aged care is neither hugely attractive nor well paid.” The wage

gap of approximately $300 per week in aged care deters nurses from joining the sector. Strenuous working hours and poor public image further contribute to the lack of quality staff within this sector. For this reason, nurses are often left disheartened when appointed such positions.

Aged care providers are implementing new strategies and plans to retain staff and to attract future quality employees; an example of this is the promotion of graduate programs within aged care. A key development that has been largely

welcomed from the outset is the introduction of CNE points “This is a fantastic step in the right direction and will ensure that clinical skills are maintained.”

Funding, regulations, education and overall quality are on the list of things “to do” for The Hon. Mark Butler MP, who has recently taken the lead within the Department of Health and Ageing. Whether or not this is one of the most serious reforms to date, his appointment and opening suggestions could not have come at a better time.

If you have any comments on the above article or would like your voice heard please write to Laurinda on [email protected].

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It pays to see the world from Arabia

experts on the gulf

FREECALL 1800 002 388 AUS0800 542 100 NZwww.promesse.com.auEmail: [email protected]

Hi everyone,

It’s been some time since I discussed the travel opportunities available to nurses who take up positions in the Arabian states of the Gulf such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar.

During the recent trip to Australia & New Zealand organised with one of our hospitals in Saudi Arabia, the DON from the hospital regaled us with the tales of her recent travel adventures since she’d arrived in Saudi Arabia just over a year ago. She’d been to Turkey, France, Greece, India, to the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, visited skiing chalets in Lebanon, crusader castles in Syria as well as lots of short trips to Abu Dhabi, Jeddah etc, and I’m sure I’ve missed a few. And she’s not the only one – we often get postcards of some exotic locale from our nurses who have taken up staff nurse positions and are taking the opportunities offered to see the world.

The basic reasons why our nurses do so much travelling are pretty clear. Firstly, you have the free cash to afford to travel because you retain about 85% of your gross salary after your everyday expenses are taken care of. You just can’t do that in any Western country because of income tax alone. Other savings from free accommodation, utilities, transport, gym fees and so on all add up rapidly. And if you’re like me you’re finding the cost of living at home quite steep and getting steeper.

You have plenty of time off to allow you to travel. This is a combination of about 7.5 weeks annual leave coupled with many extra days off between shift blocks. For nurse on shifts, you typically work 7-8 days per fortnight, which means that it’s quite common for nurses to go away for several days without using any of their annual leave at all! For example, when I was working in Saudi, I had a great four days in Paris using my days off.

Travel is generally inexpensive from the Gulf as compared to Australia and New Zealand because there is a very competitive

travel market and because you’re much closer to Europe, Africa, India etc. This means there are some really fabulous travel bargains. Also, exploring the local region itself can be fascinating and doesn’t cost a lot as there are large numbers of inexpensive trips organised by your hospital’s recreation department (assuming you go to work at a good hospital). For example, diving trips to Jacques Cousteau’s haunts in the Red Sea reefs, the rock temples of Petra, white-washed coastal villages in Oman or just the bright lights of Abu Dhabi or Dubai are readily accessible.

Also working in the Gulf means working with a huge variety of different nationalities which is both rewarding and challenging at times. It’s a place to make lifelong friends and many of our nurses have really enjoyed trips to their friends’ home countries, like Ireland, Finland or the Czech Republic for example, where there’s nothing like having a local show you around.

Most people don’t get the opportunity to travel extensively very many times in their lives. To be able to do so while being paid, living a comfortable lifestyle in top quality accommodation and having the opportunity to further develop your career due the rapid expansion of the Gulf healthcare scene means we nurses are very fortunate. Obviously, to get all these benefits, you need to go to work at a good hospital that looks after its overseas nurses and that’s where Promesse comes in - we can help you to make the right choice.

Travel was one of my major goals when I went to work in Saudi and I certainly achieved it - among others. We can help you do the same.

ChrisChristine Kohleis RN Recruitment Director Promesse

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I was a young second year student nurse in the 1970’s and one of the

rituals of the ward was the Consultants round. Each weekday the Consultant did his daily round. A parade of white coats led by their be-suited leader would visit each patient’s bedside and check the progress of each case. The more junior doctors were quizzed and questioned about the patients’ ailments, including aetiology, treatment and prognosis of the condition by the Consultant, often in a tempestuous manner.

Our progressive Ward Sister advocated the involvement of one or two students nurses to this ‘learning experience’. We followed the trail usually standing at the back and quietly listening as our medical colleagues were being put under pressure to provide the right answers in rapid time. Failure to do so would result in retribution or at least embarrassment for the junior doctors involved. As student nurses, standing behind the parade, we were able to observe the trepidation and apprehension of the medical staff waiting in dreaded anticipation for a question to come their way.

Ironically there were times when I thought I knew the answers to some of the questions. But having witnessed the punitive and humiliating treatment of the others in the ward round I was reluctant to say anything. My perception was that doctors were superior beings in terms of their education and cognisance about medical sciences. In my mind they were reified almost god like creatures. Conversely I was at the age of nineteen, a shy and unassuming young nurse. I studied hard and kept my head down so as not to bring attention to myself. I had yet to develop the confidence that would in later life allow me to address large audiences

at conferences or managing students in a classroom situation. Even the thought of asking a question in nursing classes immediately had me struggling for words and blushing with embarrassment.

Yet I knew that I wanted to change this aspect of myself both in my professional and personal life. I made a commitment to answer a question at the daily Consultant round. I observed that often the most testing questions revolved around new admissions to the ward. Here the Consultant could flex his intellectual muscle by probing the junior doctors for information about cases they would have only briefly encountered.

The previous evening a gentleman had been admitted with a chest infection. This was complicated by the fact that he had a condition known as ‘Wolff-Parkinson-White’ syndrome. I had the opportunity to interview this man and to look up information on his condition prior to the next days ward round. I could not be sure that I would even be allowed to participate in the Consultants round or that he would ask a question about this little known syndrome. But I vowed that in order to overcome my inhibitions and take a step towards a more confident me I had to initiate some type of drastic action. I swotted up on the causes, symptoms and treatment of the condition.

When the ward round began I attached myself, as usual, to the back of the group. The Ward Sister had thankfully identified me as one of the student nurses to ‘follow the round’. The parade systematically made its way from bed to bed. As it got closer to Mr K so my trepidation grew. The Consultant seemed to be in a particularly venomous mood and was cruelly but playfully seeking to humiliate his junior charges.

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bought this chap into hospital?”The Registrar replied “Chest Infection

predominately but complicated by Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome”

“Interesting” said the Consultant before facing his captive audience “and which of you brave people are going to tell me about Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome?”

There was silence. This was only broken by the soft shoe shuffling as the junior doctors tried to retreat away from the Consultants gaze. I observed their heads being down and their eyes being cemented to the ground. This was my chance. I swallowed hard and spat out in rapid delivery “It’s a cardiac condition sir, in which there is an extra electrical circuit in the heart”.

In front of me a sea of white coats parted. All eyes were focused on me. The Consultant examined, with a microscopic eye, the source of the timid response.

“Well done Nurse, what are some of the symptoms?”

“A person with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome is likely to experience dizziness, light headedness and palpitations. Oh and it can give rise to episodes of rapid heart rate”

“Splendid Nurse” he said “Sister you are putting the medical profession to shame by the way you are educating your Nurses so well”

Then with a flurry he turned and marched the parade down towards the next patients’ bed. I stood there transfixed, my mouth open in disbelief of what I had done. Then I slowly started to smile. I had broken the barriers to my inhibitions. I had spoken publically in a pressurised situation and been rewarded and not admonished for my actions.

From this point on my confidence grew as a Nurse and a person. I began to believe in myself and my abilities as a Nurse to make a contribution. My perceptions about Nursing changed. I was different but not inferior to a doctor. I had the right to challenge and question like any other person. I could learn about medical science as well as anybody else. This became a turning point in my life...

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Telenursing can be defined as using telecommunication

devices to provide nursing care, utilizing the nursing process to care for individuals or specific patient populations, such as isolated groups of people.

Telehealth focuses on delivery, management and coordination of services and care. Furthermore, the nurse’s scope of practice and the nursing process is the same as in traditional nursing (Stowkowski, 2008).

Telenursing can provide many important functions to people who might not otherwise have access to quality medical care, as well as those who do. Telenursing can perform the following functions:• Monitoringpatientswhoaresuffering

from a chronic disease• Coordinatingcareforpatientswith

complicated diseases or conditions, or numerous co-morbidities

• Teachingpatientstomanagetheirdisease symptoms

Some of the advantages of utilizing telenursing are:• nursescanhelpmorepatientsinless

time due to the fact that there is no travel involved for the nurse

• lessnursesarerequiredtoreachmorepeople

• emergencyroomvisitsandhospitalizations may be decrease as patients don’t have to wait as long to be “seen”

• patientscanbemonitoredmoreclosely• callcentrescananswerquestions

that are within their scope, reassuring

patients and saving them a visit to the ER, or identify patients that need to be seen sooner than the patient may have thought, thus saving lives

• providerscancollaboratemoreeasilyvia the use of technology, saving both money and time

• telenursingcanimprovepatientcompliance to prescribed care

• patientswhoaredischargedearlyfromthe hospital can be monitored at home for complications

Obstacles to Telenursing include the following:• acceptancebypatientswhoprefertosee

health care providers face-to-face• initialcostoutlaymaybeprohibitively

high• privacyisanongoingconcern• securityofdata• reimbursingproviders(maybedifficult

to track and prove)The future of nursing is here, and we

can expect to see more use of technology in nursing care rather than less. It will be up to all of us to adapt to this new way of nursing and also to “sell it to the masses”. As the technology is refined we can also expect more issues to be raised, and methods of coping with obstacles to telenursing will be the responsibility of all nurses who use this technology.

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Nurses are often asked how they can stand being a

part of death, whether it comes in the form of an unpleasant accident that no one (least of all the victim) was expecting, or it comes at the end of a long, painful illness.

We often glibly answer, “You get used to it”. But do we ever get used to losing patients, and how do we move on when we lose a patient that we felt a particular affinity for?

Nurses are not inhuman- we care. If we didn’t care, we wouldn’t be in the profession we are in. Oftentimes, we must “hold ourselves together” to do for the patient and family, withholding our own feelings until we have a quiet moment to reflect on what the loss of a particular patient means to us individually. Not all losses are equal; sometimes the loss of a patient is more significant because we felt close to the patient or their family members. Some patients strike a chord deep within us for various reasons. Sometimes we do not know why we feel attached to certain patients while remaining aloof from others. Because we are human, we can expect that in the course of our careers, losing some patients will wound us.

The first time such a loss is experienced can be very difficult. Most nurses can clearly recall several years after the fact the circumstances

surrounding their first patient death. Hopefully, when it happens, we are supported by our colleagues and shown that grieving is an inevitable part of our job at some point. Some patients will touch us more than others.

How do we cope with losses such as these? Nurses employ various methods of coping to help get them through. Some cry, some pray, some speak to family members and reminisce, some insist on preparing the patient’s body themselves as a way to say their final farewell.What is clear is that, without some method of coping with loss, nurses would be unable to continue to do their job. In fact, this is the case with some nurses who experience burnout. This is why it is so important for nurses to support one another through the limited grieving process that we all experience when a patient dies, and to learn to recognize the signs in themselves and others that point toward ineffective coping.

Some suggestions:• Allow yourself to experience grief

when a patient you were close to dies. Being professional does not mean that we must have hearts of stone. Allow yourself to feel badly, to cry and to express your emotions.

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• Express your sorrow to the patient’s family if you feel that it is appropriate and will be welcomed by the family. Families will often appreciate your hug, your stories about their loved ones or a sincere offer of sympathy for their loss.

• Reminisce about the patient with your coworkers. Oftentimes, your coworkers may need to talk, too. Venting in this fashion can be cathartic for all concerned.

• Remember the patient in a journal. Journaling can provide an outlet for emotion. You may want to start a journal for this purpose (without identifying patients by their full name, of course).

• Be good to yourself. The days when

we lose a patient can be long and hard days that leave us feeling exhausted physically, mentally and emotionally. Treat yourself to an activity you enjoy, get together with a close friend or do any activity which will restore you in all three spheres.

It can be difficult to suffer the loss of patients we care about. Recognizing that we are human and allowing ourselves to experience a sense of sadness related to loss is integral to remaining whole, able to perform our jobs with professionalism. As professionals, we owe it to our patients to care for ourselves so that we may be better able to care for them in their time of need.

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CURRENT VACANCIES

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Nurse Manager: Midwifery

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Transplant, Oncology, PaedsA UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Arabian Peninsula, the 16th century mud-brick town of Shibam owes its fame to its many tower houses, 5 to 11 stories high, with each storey having one or two apartments.This building technique was designed to protect residents from Bedouin attacks.

Shibam is known as the ‘Manhattan of the desert’ and is another example of the ingenuity of the people of the Peninsula over the centuries. Today their descendants are building an excellent modern healthcare system,

and they need the help of skilled, dedicated Western nurses to do it. At the right hospitals there are great opportunities for career advancement and continuing your education. You do need expert advice to make the most of the opportunities on offer - see the examples across the page. Promesse specialises exclusively in placements to the Arabian Gulf, so we know what we’re talking about - and we’re free and friendly too. So for the experience of a lifetime, call Christine Kohleis RN for an informative chat.

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Asst Director of Nursing

Nurse Manager: Midwifery

NUMs: Cardiac Cath Lab, ER, Labour & Delivery,

Medical, OR, PACU, General Surgical, Orthopaedics,

ICU

CLINICAL NURSE EDUCATORS: Paediatrics

RNs & SNR RNs: ER, ICU-General, ICU-Cardiac,

Medical, Med/Surg, Midwives, OR General, Paeds,

PICU.

➤ Saudi Arabia

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DIRECTOR OF NURSING EDUCATION

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NURSE EDUCATORS

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RNs: All areas - Cardiac, Crit Care, ER, ICU, HDU,

Med, NICU, Paeds, Surgical, OR, PACU, Liver

Transplant, Oncology, PaedsA UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Arabian Peninsula, the 16th century mud-brick town of Shibam owes its fame to its many tower houses, 5 to 11 stories high, with each storey having one or two apartments.This building technique was designed to protect residents from Bedouin attacks.

Shibam is known as the ‘Manhattan of the desert’ and is another example of the ingenuity of the people of the Peninsula over the centuries. Today their descendants are building an excellent modern healthcare system,

and they need the help of skilled, dedicated Western nurses to do it. At the right hospitals there are great opportunities for career advancement and continuing your education. You do need expert advice to make the most of the opportunities on offer - see the examples across the page. Promesse specialises exclusively in placements to the Arabian Gulf, so we know what we’re talking about - and we’re free and friendly too. So for the experience of a lifetime, call Christine Kohleis RN for an informative chat.

FREECALL

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New York on the beach?No way - it’s another surprise in the Arabian Peninsula

Shibam’s narrow streets were designed to thwart massed camel charges!

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Hays Healthcare is a leading specialist recruitment agency in the UK with a deep expertise in the industry. Our global team have over fi ve years experience helping enthusiastic Australian/NZ Registered Nurses secure work in the UK with a range of locum and permanent positions.

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