Primary health care conference to focus on clinical governance.Around 260 primary health care nurses from throughout New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. are expected to attend NZNO's fourth primary health care (PHC PHC Primary health care, see there ) nursing conference from August 10-11 at the Waipuna Conference Centre in Auckland. Confirmed keynote speakers are Ministry of Health chief nursing adviser Mark Jones; senior lecturer senior lecturer n. Chiefly British A university teacher, especially one ranking next below a reader. in gerontology gerontology: see geriatrics. from the University of Auckland's Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences Matthew Parsons; author and former prison manager Ceilia Lashlie; Auckland regional public health service physician Greg Simmonds who will discuss pandemic pandemic /pan·dem·ic/ (pan-dem´ik) 1. a widespread epidemic of a disease. 2. widely epidemic. pan·dem·ic adj. Epidemic over a wide geographic area. n. issues; and MidCentral District Health Board primary health development team director of nursing Chiquita Hansen. The closing date for abstracts is March 30. Abstracts for a paper or poster should fit the conference theme Primary health care nursing--Pulling it all together. This will focus on the concept of clinical governance Clinical governance is the term used to describe a systematic approach to maintaining and improving the quality of patient care within a health system. It was originally elaborated within the United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS), and its most widely cited formal , including clinical practice, education and research, leadership and management. The conference committee is supported by the College of Practice Nurses, District Nurses' Section, Nurses for Children and Young People of Aotearoa, Public Health Nurses' Section and Te Runanga o Aotearoa NZNO NZNO New Zealand Nurses Organisation . For further updates, check the NZNO website regularly at www.nzno.org.nz. Practice nurse accreditation Five hundred nurses have now been through NZNO's practice nurse accreditation programme since its launch in 1996 and 349 practice nurses are currently accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. . Thirty-four nurses received practice nurse accreditation last year--27 at the proficient level and seven at expert level. For the second year, a maintenance/revalidation step after two-and-a-half years was offered. This enables nurses to be assessed at least every three years, as required by the Nursing Council's continuing competence framework. Forty-two nurses applied for revalidation this year. The accreditation programme has just undergone a three-yearly review. Changes already approved by Nursing Council include an expansion of the target group to include other nurses working in PHC, eg some school nurses, nurses working for Maori and iwi providers, some occupational health nurses and those implementing services to improve access contracts. Other changes include entry to the programme at either proficient or expert level and aligning professional development hours (60 hours over the previous three years) and professional review of practice with the Nursing Council's competencies for a registered nurse. The 2007 board members are: Helen Ashton (Hamilton); Diane Auld auld adj. Scots Old. Adj. 1. auld - a Scottish word; "auld lang syne" old - of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money" (Nelson); Julie Cowley (Mount Maunganui); Jackie Gibb (Nelson); Wendy Gill (Timaru); Rachel Keightley (Hamilton); Karen Lowe (Palmerston North); and Liss Lloyd (Tauranga). Anne Marsden from Wellington and Glenis McAlpine from Blenheim continue to participate in the external moderation process. The next application round closes on March 31. |
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