Care plus workshop assists nurse.I want to thank NZNO NZNO New Zealand Nurses Organisation for enabling me to attend a workshop on managing lifelong conditions (currently known as Care Plus) in Palmerston North Palmerston North, city (1996 pop. 73,095), S North Island, New Zealand. It is a transportation and farm-marketing center with diverse industries. The city's agricultural college, founded in 1926, became Massey Univ. in 1964. recently. Without the NZNO grant I would not have been able to attend. I suspect few Pacific Island nurses were aware there were five scholarships available if they had wanted to attend. To meet the needs of our whanau, aiga and kainga, Pacific nurses need every encouragement and support from funders and policy makers to participate in all education programmes. We must share out the opportunities to those who are not always as lucky as those employed by large health providers. Some of us are employed by small providers who struggle to survive. The Care Plus programme was introduced to our service only this year. My main reason for attending the workshop was to help clarify my role in the community so I can deliver a safe and friendly service to our Pacific people. As a diabetes nurse educator A nurse educator is a nurse who teaches and prepares licensed practical nurses (LPN) and registered nurses (RN) for entry into practice positions. Nurse Educators also teach in graduate programs at Master’s and doctoral level which prepare advanced practice nurses, nurse , I had some difficulties managing and integrating both the diabetes and the Care Plus programmes, especially when most of my clients have type 2 diabetes type 2 diabetes n. See diabetes mellitus. . I was also a little confused about which clients were eligible to enrol in the programme. Only those with clear chronic diseases, eg diabetes and hypertension hypertension or high blood pressure, elevated blood pressure resulting from an increase in the amount of blood pumped by the heart or from increased resistance to the flow of blood through the small arterial blood vessels (arterioles). , are eligible. I was grateful to have been one of more than 80 nurse participants at this workshop. I hope we have more in the future to increase our learning and assist in evaluating how the programme is progressing. It was also good to hear why things were working well in some areas and not so well in others. Attending the workshop has enabled me and my colleagues to improve our service and the care we give our Pacific people and their families. Nurses should have a say in the planning of all new health initiatives or programmes being put into practice. Maori Maori (mä`ōrē), people of New Zealand and the Cook Islands, believed to have migrated in early times from other islands of Polynesia. Their tradition asserts that seven canoes brought their ancestors to New Zealand. and Pacific nurses know more than any others what works within their own communities and why. Nurses' input to all new initiatives and programmes must be taken seriously to ensure quality outcomes for patients. Lesieli Fine O'Brien O'Bri·en , Edna Born 1932. Irish writer whose works, including The Lonely Girl (1962) and Johnny I Hardly Knew You (1977), explore the lives of women in modern-day Ireland. Noun 1. , RN, Pacific Health Service, Wellington |
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