Nursing Post - Issue 14: Community Nursing

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25 July 2011 - Issue 14Visit us online for the latest jobs and articles

The Career and Education magazine for Nurses and Health Professionals

This issue’s feature

“Pathways to Community Nursing”

Look inside to see the WINNER

of the Prepaid Mastercard

Competition!

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Ngaanyatjarra Health Service ............................ 19Miwatj Health ................................................... 20Ceduna Koonibba AHS ...................................... 23Promesse ....................................................... 25, 36+37RACHS ............................................................. 26 ENA Work UK .................................................... 27

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From the Editor...

Welcome to Issue 14

Hello readers! In this issue we take a closer look at the multifaceted field of Community nursing. We explore the various specialisations and the pathways that lead to a rewarding career in this diverse field. The demand for professionals in community nursing is on the rise so learn more about it on page 17.

Congratulations goes out to Tania Adda from Sarina Hopsital & PHCC in Queensland for winning our Front Cover competition for this issue. According to Tania, the photos was “taken on International Nurses Day at the World Famous Sarina Hospital“ where the Doctors also got involved in the celebrations (and in the winning photo). Thanks Tanya for submitting such a happy and colourful photo of the staff celebrating IND.

We would like to announce the WINNER of the Prepaid Mastercard ($300 AUD) Competition. The winner is.........Jane Lowe from South Australia. Congratulations Jane!!! We hope you have fun spending your prize and thank you for participating in our competition.

Look out next issue as we bring you new prizes and new competitions and we also take a look at Theatre/Critical Care nursing and what the profession entails.

Turn to page 17 now to learn about the variety that Community Nursing can give to your career. An opportunity not to be missed!

Inside this issue

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Pathways to

WHAT IS COMMUNITY NURSING?Community Nurses are responsible for creating corresponding health care assessment results with treatment options relevant on an evidence basis, with their clients. Community nurses tend to work in multidisciplinary teams to ensure that patients receive the most effective health care.

Community nurses will work in a range of different fields including illness/disease prevention, early intervention for chronic illness and unnecessary hospital admission.

Most community nurses work within the government sector, while some work as domiciliary nurses for private organizations.

Community nurses can work within various sectors of health care, with various health professionals from across different specializations. Community nurses must assist patients’ carers and/or families with creating and maintaining a suitable program in relation to the patient’s environment and coping skills.

Some skills required to treat patients as part of community health care service delivery include; health promotion, prevention, early intervention, treatments and referrals. You may work with general practitioners, acute care sectors, domiciliary and community mental health nurses, specialists, allied health

specialists, health advancement specialists and community-based care providers and organizations to provide maximum care. This is to ensure that care is provided within the following range of cases and interventions:

• Patients suffering from complications as a result of their illness or condition which may include diabetes, asthma, chronic respiratory, cardiac and renal conditions and palliative care

• Patients suffering from depression or other mental illnesses that might place them at the risk of suicide, drug misuse or addiction, controlling the management of serious drug withdrawal states and early intervention for convicted illicit drug users

• Infections, sexual health including contraception, pap smears, breast screening services and HIV/AIDS management

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Feature - Pathways to Community Nursing

• Refining access to proper nutrition, housing and employment

• Patients suffering from the health risks associated with ageing such as; dementia, arthritis, risk of falls, continence management, improving social networks.

• Women’s and men’s clinics.

• Assisting patients in making the transition from home to hospital, and vice versa.

• Supporting and representing people who have suffered from or are at risk of domestic violence, financial abuse, marginalised by social bias or disadvantaged by gaps in ageing government policies.

• Health care for youths : this involves supplying information and advice for youths and children, parenting advice and providing injury prevention by improving immunisation rates throughout their lifespan

• Generalist Community Health Nursing

• Community health nurses work with a Community Health Team and the general public to organize and deliver appropriate services that act as promoters of health, safety, independence and well-being for people living within the community.

• You will also experience caring for a number of clients from the frail aged, people with disabilities, people with chronic illnesses, and patients who

may require assistance before and after hospital visits and stays. You will visit patients within their homes to assist them with completing physical, functional, emotional, social, safety and environment dynamics.

Nurses assist patients with developing and maintaining care goals by organizing agreed care activities with the patient, monitor the care plan and make changes as required.

Nurses within this field also consult with other care services that may include Meals on Wheels, Domiciliary Nursing Services, Medical Aids Subsidy Scheme, Home care services and Taxi Subsidy Schemes to name a few.

Community health nurses also work with hospital staff in creating prevention methods to avoid unnecessary hospitals admissions. This is managed by identifying what support needs are required of the patient, providing education and arranging for sufficient care for community members. If hospitalization of a patient does occur, then the nurse will need to provide assistance by coordinating and supporting the patient’s care before and after their stay at the hospital.

Community health nurses are required to conduct health promotion activities within speciality roles that include dementia care, diabetes, continence and asthma education.

Community nurses can work within various sectors of health care, with various health professionals from across different specializations.

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For enquiries

call Nicole on 08 8950 1756email [email protected]

Ngaanyatjarra Health Service is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service providing primary and preventative health care to 11 communities in the Great Victoria and Gibson Deserts of WA (Central Desert region).

Remote Area Nurses• Highly attractive remuneration including salary packaging and generous

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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

These are permanent roles, but NHS also welcome inquiries from RNs considering short-term contracts. The job application pack is available at www.nghealth.org.au. Applications (which must address the selection criteria) close on the 5th August 2011.

Personal Care Assistants• Contract roles• Comfortable, furnished, air-conditioned accommodation free of charge• Flights to and from the Ngaanyatjarra Lands provided

Requirements• Qualifications and experience working with Aged Care• Experience in remote Indigenous settings is highly desirable• National Police Clearance documentation

Remote Area Nurses &Personal Care Assistants

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POSITIONS VACANT:

Miwatj Health is an Aboriginal community controlled primary health care service based in the Nhulunbuy area. We are currently seeking applications from suitably qualified and experienced individuals to help us build on recent initiatives in primary health care aimed at improving the health of local people in Aboriginal communities on the Gove Peninsula.

WE ARE SEEKING TO FILL THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS:MIDWIFEThis position will involve working in outreach services on the Maternal and Child Health Program.

CHRONIC DISEASE NURSEThis position involves working with the Chronic Disease Program.

CASUAL/PART TIME NURSE (two days per week)This position involves working in an acute care setting at Gunyangara clinic.

A minimum qualification as a Registered Nurse 4 is required for these positions. In addition there should be a commitment to working in a team situation with Aboriginal people and an ability to communicate effectively with team members and clients. Accommodation negotiable.

FOR A POSITION DESCRIPTION AND SELECTION CRITERIA PLEASE CONTACT THE HR OFFICER ON 08 8939 1901 OR EMAIL [email protected].

For further information please contact the Health Services Manager on 08 8939 1900.

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ALCOHOL AND DRUG NURSING.Alcohol and drug nurses work within a variety of health clinics, health centres, homes, community-based organizations, as well as work within government sectors such as Police and Corrective Services and Education.

The main components of these programs include withdrawal management from psychoactive drugs, opioid treatment services, brief and early intervention programs, alcohol and drug counselling and relapse preventions.

For the management and treatment of people with alcohol and drug services, consultation liaison services are available to General Hospital Services, Mental Health, Watch-house and general practitioners to name a few.

Alcohol and Drug nurses must work cohesively with Mental Health and general Community Health Services to provide a full set of services to patients who may have more than one diagnosis.

Health promotion and education about alcohol and drug issues is facilitated within clinician education programs and alcohol and drug campaigns for the community, families and individuals.

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING Public Health Nurses are responsible for assisting in the development and conduction of immunisation programs that will allow the Health Service District

to successfully complete immunisation targets, which are established by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

This institution is involved in providing extensive education and advice to health professionals, community centres and groups, and the general public.

These nurses also play an important role in the monitoring of all reported conditions and the necessary steps required to take public action.

For example, public health nurses have been required to treat the public with vaccinations for preventable diseases such as meningococcal disease.

INDIGENOUS HEALTH NURSING.Nurses working within this field are required to provide appropriate services within a cultural context, across the community’s lifespan, specifically in regards to indigenous members. Indigenous health services are mainly targeting the health issues within the Indigenous population. A few popular cases of health issues within indigenous people include cardiovascular disease, cervical and breast cancer, diabetes, alcohol addiction and drug issues.

These are all treatable and even preventable diseases to some extent, but some patients may suffer from morbidity, as well as their mortality rates dropping quite significantly. Hence their

Nurses also play an important role in the monitoring of conditions and the necessary steps required to take public action.

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life spans shorten. Immunisation is also another significant service that is part of the nurse’s role.

Within this field, nurses will work with Indigenous Health Workers, community leaders and elders to provide the most appropriate service within the culture of the community and individual.

SEXUAL HEALTH AND HIV / AIDS NURSINGSexual Health nurses are required to work as independent nurse practitioners in helping to control and prevent sexually transmissible diseases that include HIV, Hepatitis B and C.

Some duties that sexual health nurses carry out include assessments, performing routine serology for pathological examination, as well as providing routine treatments and medications for sufferers. Some other treatments include HIV testing in addition to counselling, contact-tracing and follow ups for reportable diseases.

The patients with multiple diagnoses will tend to be case-managed individually. This may include patients with drug, alcohol and mental health problems as an example.

As a service, sexual health clinics supply the public with a free and confidential service by offering sexual health tests, information, counselling, pregnancy testing, family planning tips and emergency contraception facilities.

As part of the service, sexual health clinics also have specialist and community based HIV/AIDS services that provide clinical care, support for patients and loved ones, and ongoing chronic disease management.

ACUTE IN-HOME & POST-ACUTE NURSINGNurses working within this field of post-acute and acute care provide home services to help patients and their carers in developing their skills to care for themselves in regards to a specialised or complicated health issue.

These health issues that may have forced a patient to attend a hospital may have been prevented or minimized through the establishment of services to the patient within their own home. Some services that a nurse within this field will be covering include issuing intravenous antibiotics and wound management.

Nurses will have to work closely within the acute care sector, which will involve communicating constantly with the patient’s general practitioner, as well as with a multidisciplinary health care team, to deliver quality services.

CHILD HEALTH & SCHOOL BASED YOUTH HEALTH NURSING. Child Health nurses help to assist and education parents on their health, development and wellbeing of families and their children from date of birth to the age of 18. This is accomplished by working cohesively with the parents of children, carers and youth general practitioners to assist in preventing and detecting health problems within early stages. Child Health nurses are also required to provide support and encouragement for all aspects of the parenting role.

Indigenous health services are mainly targeting the health issues within the Indigenous population.

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Position Vacant Clinic Manager

Ceduna Koonibba Aboriginal Health Service Aboriginal Corporation is calling for applications for the position of Clinic Manager.

Classi�cation: RN3Remuneration: $84,006 per annumHours: 38 hours per weekTerm: 3 Year Contract

Ceduna Koonibba Aboriginal Health Service Aboriginal Corporation Clinic provides Primary Health Care services to the Ceduna community, surrounding homelands and communities and is located in the beautiful Eyre Peninsula surrounded by many beautiful beaches and renowned for its famous King George Whiting and Oysters.

The Corporation has recently undergone a governance change from SA Government to Aboriginal Community Controlled which has included an organisational restructure.

Ceduna Koonibba Aboriginal Health Service Aboriginal Corporation are now seeking an experienced Clinic Manager to advance the primary objective of the organisations Strategic Plan by oversighting the day to day management of the clinic and a team of health care workers.

Accommodation is available if relocation is required.

For more information on this position, please contact Tanya Darke on (08) 8626 2600. For a copy of the Job and Person Speci�cation please contact Donna Farmilo on (08) 8626 2600 or by email: [email protected]

Applications are due in by close of business Monday 1st August 2011 and are to be addressed to: Kerry Colbung, CEO, Ceduna Koonibba Aboriginal Health Service Aboriginal Corporation PO Box 314, CEDUNA SA 5690

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HOSPITAL/LIAISON NURSING A Liaison nurse assists patients who are making the transition from acute settings to their homes. They are responsible in organizing appropriate community based services to enable clients to receive care in their own homes.

Liaison nurses also provide the necessary resources for discharge planning. They are also the relevant person to contact within community based service providers, which also assist in the prevention of avoidable patient hospital admissions by providing adequate community based support services where necessary.

HOW DO I BECOME A COMMUNITY NURSE?If you are considering a career in community nursing, there are many postgraduate courses you can choose from within Australia. They range from general community health, alcohol and drug, sexual health, HIV/AIDS, public health, nurse immuniser, maternal and child health, mental health, aged care, indigenous studies, health education, health promotion and advancement, continence management, diabetes nurse education and accreditation, women’s and men’s health, rehabilitation, cultural and indigenous awareness, teaching, management and administration, as well as leadership.

To find the nearest educational institute that offers one of the above courses, visit: www.hotcourses.com.au

WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE? Hospitalization costs are constantly increasing within the Australian Health system, and with a new national shift occurring to direct more health care into communities and community facilities, there has never been a better time to start a career in Community Health. This, plus a new incentive by the Government to improve health care services by integrating new approaches for the delivery of these services.

Ideally people who have chronic diseases or conditions that occurred due to ageing will be case-managed by community health nurses, potentially in the near future.

Potentially, community nurses will be required to liaise with hospitals, GP’s and community based organizations to help manage the transition from home-hospital-home for patients. This is for both the pre and post acute nursing care deliveries.

Community nurses working within the following specializations such as sexual health, alcohol and drugs, women’s health, child health and diabetes will always have work as there are never enough community nurses employed today.

Nurses who have valuable experience in population or indigenous health will have the advantage to work in clinical delivery within primary healthcare centres. There will always be valuable opportunities for experienced nurses for teaching and research positions in the tertiary sector, as well as the local, State and Federal health government levels.

SPECIALIZED FIELDS AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY NURSING: •Community Health Nurse •Alcohol and Drug Nurse •Sexual Health Nurse •Child Health Nurse •School-based Nurse •Women’s Health Nurse •Family Health Nurse •Acute In-Home •Post-Acute Nurse •Immunisation Nurse •Public Health Nurse •Council Nurse •Aged Care Nurse •Dementia Nurse •Continence Nurse •Hosp/Community Liaison Nurse •Indigenous Health Nurse •Community Nurse Educator •Sexual Health Nurse Educator •Alcohol & Drug Nurse Educator •Diabetes Nurse Educator •Continence Nurse Adviser •Community Nurse Manager •Community Nursing Director •Community Mental Health Nurse

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With no income tax, rent, utility or transport costs to pay, up to 85% of your salary becomes ‘disposable income’ to use as you please. So you can use your generous holidays to take advantage of the many travel bargains available across the Gulf, or you can

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AIATSIS National Indigenous Studies Conference 2011 Date: 19-23 September 2011Location: Canberrawww.aiatsis.gov.au/research/conf2011/conf2011.html

Congress of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Nurses ConferenceAre we there yet?Date: 21-23 September 2011Date: Mecure Hotel, Brisbane Qldwww.indiginet.com.au/catsin/

Aged Care Nurse Managers ConferenceDate: 21-22 September 2011Location: Caulfield Racecourse, Melbournewww.totalagedservices.com.au

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Dynamic, unpredictable and reactive: could these three

words be describing your last nursing shift? Pressure on hospitals and nursing staff are constantly increasing, as is the need for nurses to exercise more than adequate clinical reasoning skills.

Poor clinical reasoning results in lack of identification of patients “at risk” of serious adverse events such as cardiac arrest, unplanned admission to intensive care and unexpected death. A recent Australian report has identified graduate nurses as often lacking in adequate clinical reasoning skills, a report that has been echoed by research in America. These skills are equally as important for seasoned nurses as they are for the new graduate, with Nurse Education Today recently publishing an article on the five “rights” of clinical reasoning as a timely reminder for all nurses.

What is clinical reasoning?Clinical reasoning is synonymous with clinical judgement, problem solving, decision-making, and critical thinking. It is the process whereby nurses “make clinical judgements by selecting from alternatives, weighing evidence, using intuition and by pattern recognition”. It is expected that more experienced nurses will apply faster and more accurate clinical reasoning skills. Clinical reasoning is a cyclical process that can be directly linked to five “rights”: the ability to collect the right cues and take the right action for the right patient at the right time and for the right reason.

1) The right cues. Clinical reasoning is based on the ability to recognise cues in the form of identifiable physiological or psychosocial changes experienced by the patient. The nurse will refer to

available patient information such as handover reports, patient history, and results of investigations, but must also apply knowledge of patho-physiology, physiology, pharmacology, epidemiology, therapeutics, culture, context of care, and ethics etc. The nurse’s ability to appropriately acquire the right cues is influenced by a variety of factors including the expertise and knowledge of the decision maker, anxiety, confidence and time pressure. Judgements based on incomplete or inaccurately acquired information will inevitably lead to incorrect actions.

2) The right patient. Identifying and prioritising patients based on their needs is paramount in clinical reasoning. The right patient, in this instance, refers to a patient at risk of critical illness or a serious adverse event. Systems such as “early warning signs” and “modified early warning skills” aid nurses in identifying patients who may become critically ill. As the nurse is often “the first link in the causal chain between identification of complications and eventual rescue”, it is crucial that they are confident in identifying appropriate warning signs.

3) The right time. Nurses will undertake clinical reasoning on multiple patients and at various times throughout their shift. Research has shown that some nurses will make up to 50 significant clinical judgements in one 8-hour shift, with intensive care nurses making up to one clinical decision every 30 seconds. It is important that nurses recognise early warning signs in order to undertake adequate interventions in a timely manner.

4) The right action. The right action is defined as “the behaviour following on from a judgement or decision”. It involves practical skills, intellectual

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activities and communication skills as the nurse prioritises the action plan, identifies which procedures to follow and notifies other appropriate staff. Issues occur when documented abnormalities are not appropriately followed up, issues that research shows occur far too often. Sometimes the right action may simply be discussing the case with a more senior staff member.

5) The right reason. The right reason means that not only have the correct reasoning processes been followed, but that the reasoning is ethical, legal and professional. Clinical decision-making is not an isolated process and is dependent on many personal factors including role orientation, education and the culture and context of care. “The decisions that are made are influenced by the motivation of the nurse and their willingness to put all the data together in complete picture, as well as how completely the nurse has come to know the patient, not just as a source of data to be reasoned through, but

as a person with their own unique needs, values and individual responses to the situation.”

Nurses are responsible for making a myriad of clinical judgements every day. For experienced nurses these may come quickly and easily, while for the new graduate these skills will be honed with practice. Applying the five rights of clinical reasoning will however, aid in undertaking appropriate interventions for patients at risk of serious adverse events.

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Source: Levett-Jones, T., Hoffman, K., Dempsey, J., Jeong, S., Noble, D., Norton, C., Roche, J. & Hickey, N. (2010). The “five rights” of clinical reasoning: An educational model to enhance nursing students’ ability to identifiy and manage clinically “at risk” patients. Nurse Education Today, 30, 515-520

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You too can splash out in the Arabian Gulf! Nurses from Australia and NZ usually adapt

very quickly to working conditions in the

Arabian Gulf, and it’s as well that they do.

Healthcare problems are rife here, thanks

in no small way to the adoption of western

diets. There is no shortage of work for a

professional nurse and while you are used

to that, you will not be so accustomed

to being much better off financially. The

modern nations of the region need the help

of Western nurses to build their healthcare

systems. These generous employers cover

most of your living expenses free of charge.

With no tax or transportation costs you can

save up to 85% of your salary. And at the

right hospitals you’ll find great opportunities

for career advancement and continuing your

education.

Expert advice is essential for you to make

the most of the opportunities on offer

- see the examples in the next column.

Because Promesse specialises exclusively

in placements to the Arabian Gulf, 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.

FREECALL AUS 1800 002 388 NZ 0800 542 100Email: [email protected] www.promesse.com.au

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Discharge Planners

Nurse Coordinators/Team Leaders:

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CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES

experts on the gulf experts on the gulf

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You too can splash out in the Arabian Gulf! Nurses from Australia and NZ usually adapt

very quickly to working conditions in the

Arabian Gulf, and it’s as well that they do.

Healthcare problems are rife here, thanks

in no small way to the adoption of western

diets. There is no shortage of work for a

professional nurse and while you are used

to that, you will not be so accustomed

to being much better off financially. The

modern nations of the region need the help

of Western nurses to build their healthcare

systems. These generous employers cover

most of your living expenses free of charge.

With no tax or transportation costs you can

save up to 85% of your salary. And at the

right hospitals you’ll find great opportunities

for career advancement and continuing your

education.

Expert advice is essential for you to make

the most of the opportunities on offer

- see the examples in the next column.

Because Promesse specialises exclusively

in placements to the Arabian Gulf, 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.

FREECALL AUS 1800 002 388 NZ 0800 542 100Email: [email protected] www.promesse.com.au

➤ UNITED ARAB EMIRATESDONs: Surgical & OR services, Critical

Care, ER

Discharge Planners

Nurse Coordinators/Team Leaders:

Cardiac Cath Lab, ER and Paeds

➤ SAUDI ARABIASNR NURSE MANAGERS/ADONS:

Cardiac Services & ER

NURSING SUPERVISOR – Surgical

Services

NURSE EDUCATORS – Medical/

Surgical, Paediatrics, NICU/PCIU,

Oncology

NUMs: Cardiac OR, Cardiac Clinic,

CCU, Critical Care, CSSD, ER, ICU,

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