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Nelson Bays Primary Health (PHO) News - 12th May 2009

Welcome to another edition of the Nelson Bays Primary Health fortnightly newsletter.

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Nelson Bays Primary Health News:

 

International Nurses Day 12th May 2009

 

Today celebrates International Nurses Day. Nelson Bays Primary Health would like to recognise and applaud all the nurses of our region and thank them for the excellent care the people of Nelson and Tasman receive.

 

In the words of Florence Nightingale:

 

Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation, as any painter’s or sculptor’s work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead marble, compared with having to do with the living body? It is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.

 

We couldn’t say it better ourselves.  Thank you! 

 

A New Health-related Support Services Resource is now available

 

www.bewell.org.nz/supportservices

 

 

Nelson Bays Primary Health is establishing a “Lifestyle Support Services” for the Nelson and Tasman regiond. A database is now on our website to help inform those that need to make changes to their lifestyle. The data base will give a brief description of the service and where to access it.

 

This database has been developed to support the Vascular Risk Assessments that all general practices are currently undertaking.

 

As the database is on our website it will also be accessible to anyone who wishes to use it.

 

The categories that will appear include Healthy Weight, Substance Use, Pain, Sleep, Smoking, Stress and several others. Within the next few weeks there will be other categories added including Pharmacies, Older Persons Health, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Mental Health, General Practices and some Condition Specific Categories.

 

To have your information added or updated, such as opening hours and contact details, and any specialist services offered, added to the database contact Tessa: (03) 539 1170 tessa.donald@nelsonpho.org.nz.

 

A form is also available on www.bewell.org.nz/supportservices to keep information up-to-date and to request new services and information to be added.


 

Primary Health News:

The following information is of particular relevance to GPs, Primary Health Care Nurses and other health care providers throughout the region.

Nelson Marlborough Health Quality and Innovation Awards

Entries close on 29th March

 

All health providers funded by the DHB are eligible to enter, the evaluation panel are looking for health related activities that encourage innovation, increase patient safety and promote excellence in quality. Entries are welcome from groups as well as individuals.

The awards are for projects or initiatives that have been active long enough to be able to show evidence of improvement or innovation.

There are four categories for entries, based on best practice:

  • Clinical care improvement;
  • Collaborating for health improvement;
  • Research and Innovation; and
  • Whanau Ora.

The local evaluation panel will be made up of representatives from the DHB, primary health care organisations and relevant external agencies or experts.

The overall award winner will receive $3000 and the four category winners $2000 each. The prize money is for the service, agency or organisation originating the project to use in professional development and education or service enhancement.

Entrants will choose the most appropriate category during the application process. The Selection Panel reserves the right to move entrants categories if deemed appropriate.

 

If you want help to write up your entry in the awards call Katherine Rock 546 1824.

 

Remember - Entries close 29 May, 2009.

 

Click here for more information about the awards.

 

Congratulations Diane Auld 

Award for service to NZ College of Practice Nurses.

 

Nelson Bays PHO would like to congratulate local Practice Nurse and Chair of the Nelson branch of the College of Practice Nurses Diane Auld for her recent award.  At the recent NZNO Practice Nurse conference, Diane was awarded the award for service to the NZ College of Practice Nurses NZNO.  This is recognition for the fantastic contribution Diane has made over the years to Practice Nursing.  We think it’s fantastic and wish Diane well with this well-deserved accolade.

 

 

 

 

Professional Development:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Promotion Forum Symposium

“Hauora, everyone’s right 2009”

Wednesday 15 & Thursday 16 July 2009

Brentwood Hotel,

16 Kemp St, Kilbirnie, Wellington

 

“If ever we believed that Aotearoa was protected from crises in foreign countries, the economic recession over the past few months has dispelled all notions of immunity. Our health is not only subject to follies of our own making, but also to new forces that reach us from distant shores. Global warming, global inequalities in standards of health and education, global colonisation that challenges our Kiwi ways of living, and now the global recession, threaten to leave their marks on families, whanau and communities. While we must act to avoid the worst consequences of those forces we should also take steps to turn around those aspects of globalisation that are incompatible with our health and the health of others across the globe. “Hauora – everyone’s right 2009” provides a unique opportunity to formulate an agenda for health that will be relevant to us, to the world, and to future generations.”

 

Mason Durie

 

For more information/registration

 

“WITHOUT OUR CULTURE, WE ARE SLAVES”
A presentation by Dr Jerry Hammersmith
20th May 2009 Whakatu Marae

 

From Saskatchewan Canada, Jerry works with the Big Island Lake Cree Nation.

This presentation is based on a study honouring the Elders and wise people of Big Island Lake Cree Nation, who shared their knowledge, wisdom and foresight. Their words and ideas helped create the study and the Multiversity concept.

 

Download more information

Invitation to an RNZCGP workshop

A one day Masterclass with Mark Friedman


Auckland – June 8 at The Floating Pavilion, 161 Halsey St, Viaduct, Westhaven
Wellington – June 9 at the Museum of Wellington City & Sea, Queens Wharf 
 
Registration form and more information attached

 

SI Cancer Nurse Network Session Three

Thursday 21 May 5.30 (sharp) – 7pm
Education and networking sessions by videoconference across the South Island.

Topic: A Case Presentation – Investigations leading to a Cancer Diagnosis
Presenter: Dr Louise Bremner, BSc (Hons), MBChB (Otago)

 

Please register your attendance by email with pauline.boereboom@sissal.govt.nz Include your name, phone no, email and site that you will linking from.

 

Vaccinator’s Training course

June 3rd and 4th.

 

This is a reminder of the Nelson Vaccinator Training Course at the Orangerie Room, The Monaco Resort Stoke on June the 3rd and 4th.

The update will also be there o n the evening of the 4th June from 5.30pm to 9.30pm.

 

Please note the change of date from the original date.

 

Please contact Kristina Cooper, Nelson District Immunisation Facilitator, 0274 610 785, if you require a form or download one from www.immune.org.nz 

Other Notices and Links:

The following information may be of interest to all Primary Health Care providers, community based groups and those interested in wellness throughout the region.

www.bewell.org.nz

 

  

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