Apparently health chiefs in an Auckland (NZ) hospital are reviewing their safety record as part of their continuing quality improvement plans. I wasn’t going to bring this to the blog but then I spied the last paragraph: The hospital has been running a pilot to reduce falls……“Nurses popping in every hour to have a chat [...]
Posts Tagged nursing
Nurses do not “pop”
Jan 18
NZ news on nursing….
Jan 16
Here’s a good nursing story on an interesting website I have never had the occasion to access before. It is always heartening to find a positive nursing story- check out the blogs whilst you are there. New research from the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) reveals a snapshot survey of caregivers working in residential aged [...]
NZ Hardest Working Nurse
Jan 14
It seems that Gareth Morgan, author of Health Cheque has put together an award and lots of pingers for NZ ‘s hardest working nurse. This award seems to me almost redundant in this day and age. Hard work is a given when it comes to nursing…with hospitals understaffed, a health workforce shortage, budgets tightened and [...]