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Boost to Victorian paramedics and nurses
Victorian paramedics are on the threshold
of a new era with the incoming Labor govern-
ment promising to resolve their bitter long-run-
ning industrial relations dispute.
New premier Daniel Andrews has pledged
to end the paramedics’ pay dispute with the
outgoing government, with a finalised EBA set
to be sent to the independent umpire for a work
value case.
Labor has also pledged to change the cul-
ture at Ambulance Victoria, replacing the ser-
vice’s entire board with new members.
It’s also promised $100 million to reduce
response times, upgrade ambulance stations,
vehicles and equipment, and to review call tak-
ing and dispatch procedures at the Emergency
Services Telecommunications Authority.
Ambulance Employees Association Victoria
(AEAV) general secretary Steve McGhie said
paramedics are feeling “relieved”.
“Our members have been in their industrial
campaign for two and a half years - they’re
tired, they’re fatigued, they’re frustrated, and
they are now pleased that it looks like finally
they will get an outcome that they believe they
deserve.
“Full credit to them and unfortunately the
previous Napthine Government didn’t appre-
ciate their paramedics enough and I will use
Daniel Andrews’ words - ‘they had a war on
paramedics’ - and it didn’t work.
“I think paramedics feel that a weight’s
been lifted off their shoulders.”
Mr McGhie said paramedics will also have a
voice as part of a ministerial working group, the
Ambulance Performance and Policy Consulta-
tive Committee, to fix issues such as hospital
ramping, response times and dispatch issues.
“We think it can work - there need to be some
pretty drastic changes in ambulance,” he said.
“Paramedics deal with the frustrations of not
having enough ambulance crews and delayed re-
sponse times and long hospital ramping times,
and the call taking and dispatch process needs
overhauling.
“There are lots of situations where paramed-
ics are sent to emergency cases that are not real
emergencies, so there’s a lot that can be done
that can change it around in quite a short period
of time.”
Mr McGhie said the union hoped to finalise
an enterprise agreement, comprising a clause
taking into account the Fair Work Commission’s
work value process, that could go to a vote of
members before Christmas.
He hoped paramedics could have a decision
on their wage rates, handed down through the
Commission, by mid-2015.
“We’re not asking for more - all we want is to
be fairly assessed and valued by the Fair Work
Commission after we put all of our evidence to-
gether and obviously we have to cop what they
award,” he said.
“If it’s a significant amount, then they clearly
believe that paramedics have been underpaid.”
Labor has also promised to enshrine nurse to
patient ratios in legislation and pledged to allow
private eligible midwives, with a collaborative ar-
rangement, access to public hospitals to provide
birthing services.
The new government has pledged to boost
safety for nurses with a $20 million fund designed
to upgrade facilities, and conduct a bed audit
amid plans to increase hospital beds.
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
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Published by Seabreeze Communications Pty Ltd Trading as NCAH.
ABN 29 071 328 053.
© 2013 Seabreeze Communications Pty Ltd.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be copied or
reproduced by any means without the prior written permission of
the publisher. Compliance with the Trade Practices Act 1974 of
advertisements contained in this publication is the responsibility of
those who submit the advertisement for publication.
Issue 17 – 26 August 2013
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Northern Sydney Local Health District
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Oceania University of Medicine
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Pulse Staffi ng
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We hope you enjoy perusing the range of opportunities included in Issue 17, 2013.
If you are interested in pursuing any of these opportunities, please contact the advertiser directly via the contact details provided. If you have any queries about our publication or if you would like to receive our publication, please email us at careers@ncah.com.au
+ DISTRIBUTION 34,488
The NCAH Magazine is the most widely distributed national nursing and allied health publication in Australia
For all advertising and production enquiries please contact us on +61 (0) 3 9271 8700, email careers@ncah.com.au or visit www.ncah.com.au
If you would like to change your mailing address, or be included on our distribution, please email careers@ncah.com.au
Published by Seabreeze Communications Pty Ltd Trading as NCAH.
ABN 29 071 328 053.
© 2013 Seabreeze Communications Pty Ltd.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be copied or
reproduced by any means without the prior written permission of
the publisher. Compliance with the Trade Practices Act 1974 of
advertisements contained in this publication is the responsibility of
those who submit the advertisement for publication.
Issue 17 – 26 August 2013
www.ncah.com.au
Next Publication: Education featurePublication Date: Monday 9th September 2013
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Australian Volunteers International
CCM Recruitment International
CQ Nurse
CRANAplus
Employment Offi ce
eNurse
Kate Cowhig International
Medacs Australia
No Roads to Health
NSW Health - Illawarra Shoalhaven
Oceania University of Medicine
Oxford Aunts Care
Pulse Staffi ng
Queensland Health
Quick and Easy Finance
Royal Flying Doctor Service
TR7 Health
UK Pension Transfers
Unifi ed Healthcare Group
We hope you enjoy perusing the range of opportunities included in Issue 17, 2013.
If you are interested in pursuing any of these opportunities, please contact the advertiser directly via the contact details provided. If you have any queries about our publication or if you would like to receive our publication, please email us at careers@ncah.com.au
+ DISTRIBUTION 34,488
The NCAH Magazine is the most widely distributed national nursing and allied health publication in Australia
For all advertising and production enquiries please contact us on +61 (0) 3 9271 8700, email careers@ncah.com.au or visit www.ncah.com.au
If you would like to change your mailing address, or be included on our distribution, please email careers@ncah.com.au
Published by Seabreeze Communications Pty Ltd Trading as NCAH.
ABN 29 071 328 053.
© 2013 Seabreeze Communications Pty Ltd.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be copied or
reproduced by any means without the prior written permission of
the publisher. Compliance with the Trade Practices Act 1974 of
advertisements contained in this publication is the responsibility of
those who submit the advertisement for publication.
Issue 17 – 26 August 2013
www.ncah.com.au
Next Publication: Education featurePublication Date: Monday 9th September 2013
Colour Artwork Deadline: Monday 2nd September 2013
Mono Artwork Deadline: Wednesday 4th September 2013
Issue 1 – 20 January 2014
Advertiser ListCare Flight
CCM Recruitment International
CQ Nurse
Education Cruises
Employment Office
Geneva Health
Griffith University
Health and Fitness Recruitment
Koala Nursing Agency
Lifescreen
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Northern Sydney Local Health District
Nursing and Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme
Oceania University of Medicine
Oxford Aunts Care
Pulse Staffing
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TR7 Health
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Unified Healthcare Group
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Physiotherapy referrals key to improving care in the bush
Empowering physiotherapists to refer direct
to medical specialists with a Medicare rebate will
bolster patient care in regional and remote areas,
according to the Australian Physiotherapy Asso-
ciation (APA).
APA president Marcus Dripps said state and
federal governments must invest more into ad-
vancing physiotherapy opportunities,
such as changing legislation to
enable physiotherapists to
refer with a rebate, in a bid
to improve care for rural
and remote patients.
“Patients of physi-
otherapists in rural
areas, who already
have restricted ac-
cess to the medical
specialists because of
chronic shortages, have
an additional hurdle…
when accessing the most
suitable medical practitioner,”
he said.
“The extra doctor visit also carries a
Medicare cost, takes up the GP’s time and re-
sources, and patients also carry the cost of gap
payments.”
New Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
figures show rural and remote Australians face
greater barriers to health care, including cost and
longer waiting times, compared to people living
in major cities.
In 2013-14, 12.9 million people (82 per cent)
living in outer regional, remote or very remote
locations aged 15 and over visited a GP at least
once in the previous 12 months.
The report shows six per cent of people
were more likely to delay seeing or not see a
GP because of cost while almost a third waited
“longer than they felt acceptable” to get an ap-
pointment with a GP.
About 33 per cent of people living in outer re-
gional, remote or very remote locations who visit-
ed an emergency department in 2013-
14 presented at ED because a GP
was not available.
Under current legisla-
tion, physiotherapists
must refer patients to a
GP to ensure patients
qualify for a Medicare
rebate.
In its pre-budget
submission, the APA
said physiotherapist
referrals will reduce GP
visits by about 737,000
a year, increase specialist
medical practitioner consulta-
tions by 55,521, and deliver more
than $2.1 million in savings to patients
while shaving $3.6 million from the federal
health budget every year.
With about a quarter of APA physiothera-
pists living in regional and remote areas, Mr
Dripps said physiotherapy referrals with rebates
will benefit the economy and health care sys-
tem while enabling GPs to spend more time on
clinical care.
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
By Karen Keast
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Oceania University of Medicine
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We hope you enjoy perusing the range of opportunities included in Issue 17, 2013.
If you are interested in pursuing any of these opportunities, please contact the advertiser directly via the contact details provided. If you have any queries about our publication or if you would like to receive our publication, please email us at careers@ncah.com.au
+ DISTRIBUTION 34,488
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If you would like to change your mailing address, or be included on our distribution, please email careers@ncah.com.au
Published by Seabreeze Communications Pty Ltd Trading as NCAH.
ABN 29 071 328 053.
© 2013 Seabreeze Communications Pty Ltd.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be copied or
reproduced by any means without the prior written permission of
the publisher. Compliance with the Trade Practices Act 1974 of
advertisements contained in this publication is the responsibility of
those who submit the advertisement for publication.
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Physiotherapy referrals key to improving care in the bush
Empowering physiotherapists to refer direct
to medical specialists with a Medicare rebate will
bolster patient care in regional and remote areas,
according to the Australian Physiotherapy Asso-
ciation (APA).
APA president Marcus Dripps said state and
federal governments must invest more into ad-
vancing physiotherapy opportunities,
such as changing legislation to
enable physiotherapists to
refer with a rebate, in a bid
to improve care for rural
and remote patients.
“Patients of physi-
otherapists in rural
areas, who already
have restricted ac-
cess to the medical
specialists because of
chronic shortages, have
an additional hurdle…
when accessing the most
suitable medical practitioner,”
he said.
“The extra doctor visit also carries a
Medicare cost, takes up the GP’s time and re-
sources, and patients also carry the cost of gap
payments.”
New Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
figures show rural and remote Australians face
greater barriers to health care, including cost and
longer waiting times, compared to people living
in major cities.
In 2013-14, 12.9 million people (82 per cent)
living in outer regional, remote or very remote
locations aged 15 and over visited a GP at least
once in the previous 12 months.
The report shows six per cent of people
were more likely to delay seeing or not see a
GP because of cost while almost a third waited
“longer than they felt acceptable” to get an ap-
pointment with a GP.
About 33 per cent of people living in outer re-
gional, remote or very remote locations who visit-
ed an emergency department in 2013-
14 presented at ED because a GP
was not available.
Under current legisla-
tion, physiotherapists
must refer patients to a
GP to ensure patients
qualify for a Medicare
rebate.
In its pre-budget
submission, the APA
said physiotherapist
referrals will reduce GP
visits by about 737,000
a year, increase specialist
medical practitioner consulta-
tions by 55,521, and deliver more
than $2.1 million in savings to patients
while shaving $3.6 million from the federal
health budget every year.
With about a quarter of APA physiothera-
pists living in regional and remote areas, Mr
Dripps said physiotherapy referrals with rebates
will benefit the economy and health care sys-
tem while enabling GPs to spend more time on
clinical care.
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Boost to Victorian paramedics and nurses
Victorian paramedics are on the threshold
of a new era with the incoming Labor govern-
ment promising to resolve their bitter long-run-
ning industrial relations dispute.
New premier Daniel Andrews has pledged
to end the paramedics’ pay dispute with the
outgoing government, with a finalised EBA set
to be sent to the independent umpire for a work
value case.
Labor has also pledged to change the cul-
ture at Ambulance Victoria, replacing the ser-
vice’s entire board with new members.
It’s also promised $100 million to reduce
response times, upgrade ambulance stations,
vehicles and equipment, and to review call tak-
ing and dispatch procedures at the Emergency
Services Telecommunications Authority.
Ambulance Employees Association Victoria
(AEAV) general secretary Steve McGhie said
paramedics are feeling “relieved”.
“Our members have been in their industrial
campaign for two and a half years - they’re
tired, they’re fatigued, they’re frustrated, and
they are now pleased that it looks like finally
they will get an outcome that they believe they
deserve.
“Full credit to them and unfortunately the
previous Napthine Government didn’t appre-
ciate their paramedics enough and I will use
Daniel Andrews’ words - ‘they had a war on
paramedics’ - and it didn’t work.
“I think paramedics feel that a weight’s
been lifted off their shoulders.”
Mr McGhie said paramedics will also have a
voice as part of a ministerial working group, the
Ambulance Performance and Policy Consulta-
tive Committee, to fix issues such as hospital
ramping, response times and dispatch issues.
“We think it can work - there need to be some
pretty drastic changes in ambulance,” he said.
“Paramedics deal with the frustrations of not
having enough ambulance crews and delayed re-
sponse times and long hospital ramping times,
and the call taking and dispatch process needs
overhauling.
“There are lots of situations where paramed-
ics are sent to emergency cases that are not real
emergencies, so there’s a lot that can be done
that can change it around in quite a short period
of time.”
Mr McGhie said the union hoped to finalise
an enterprise agreement, comprising a clause
taking into account the Fair Work Commission’s
work value process, that could go to a vote of
members before Christmas.
He hoped paramedics could have a decision
on their wage rates, handed down through the
Commission, by mid-2015.
“We’re not asking for more - all we want is to
be fairly assessed and valued by the Fair Work
Commission after we put all of our evidence to-
gether and obviously we have to cop what they
award,” he said.
“If it’s a significant amount, then they clearly
believe that paramedics have been underpaid.”
Labor has also promised to enshrine nurse to
patient ratios in legislation and pledged to allow
private eligible midwives, with a collaborative ar-
rangement, access to public hospitals to provide
birthing services.
The new government has pledged to boost
safety for nurses with a $20 million fund designed
to upgrade facilities, and conduct a bed audit
amid plans to increase hospital beds.
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Learning powered by online technologies: collaboration is key
Advances in online technologies have meant
that global information-sharing, communication,
and connection have now become realities for
many people. This revolutionary way of learning
has also impacted upon the provision of health
care and on relationships between health prac-
titioners and their clients.Although
it is wise not to trust all of the
information that is available
online without testing it, it
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terials and opinions.
Instead, healthcare
and patient-practition-
er relationships may be
enhanced when health
practitioners and patients
work collaboratively to seek,
sort, and test online advice.
A recent study by researchers in the
United States (Rupert et al. 2014) found that
patients and caregivers frequently consulted
online health communities and social media to
seek out more information about their health is-
sues. Online health communities are comprised
of engaged Internet users – people visit a site
to collect and to share information with oth-
ers from around the world who are interested
in similar topics. Sometimes members of these
communities have professional knowledge
and education about the topic at hand; how-
ever, there are also communities in which the
members primarily have lived experience of
the medical condition and willingly share their
experiences with others. Therefore these sites
can offer a different type of information-sharing
than health care providers, including empathy,
support, and real-life examples of challenges
and successes in coping with ill-health. Such
a level of empathy may be difficult to achieve
other than by having a comparable
shared experience.
Rupert et al. (2014)
found that people used
online health communi-
ties and social media
to researchhealth in-
formation because
they perceived that
health workers were
too busy to provide
them with the level
of detailed information
that they wanted. Mem-
bers of online communities
provide advice about different
types of treatments, and they offer
stories about their own coping strategies.
The participants in Rupert et al.’s study felt that
health professionals were reluctant to discuss
other possibilities of care than those advocated
by their own particular profession. This finding
is perhaps not surprising because to commit to
a particular health profession is to take on the
values and beliefs of that profession, including
its methods of creating health and well-being.
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Robots set to assist nurses in aged care
Robots could be entertaining, serving food
and fluid, conversing with and lifting aged care
patients in Australian facilities in the not too dis-
tant future.
Professor Wendy Moyle, of Griffith Health
Institute’s Centre for Health Practice Innovation,
said robots will soon have an important role to
play in assisting nurses to care for Australia’s
rapidly ageing population.
“There isn’t a lot around now at the moment
off-the-shelf - it’s a growing industry,” she said.
“In the next five years, we are going to see
massive growth. I think we are going to see great
advances very soon.”
Professor Moyle, who is researching how
robots can help people with dementia and their
carers, said research shows people with demen-
tia often have very little face to face contact with
care staff.
“There’s a large number of residents and a
small number of staff and they are very busy;
they’ve got numerous tasks to do,” she said.
“It was identified that people have between
two and 28 minutes in a 24-hour period where
they actually have face to face communicative
contact with care staff.
“There are long periods of time where robots
could be used to entertain people, to socialise, to
engage them with other humans as well.
“Robots can be used to connect people, to
play games, to entertain, to do exercise.
“We are not saying you should do away with
humans, not at all, but we’ve found that the use
of robots actually increases human interaction.
“When we are out with the robots and care
staff, the care staff are also interested in the ro-
bots and they often use the robots as a means of
communication with residents.
“We find it increases the more valuable,
meaningful conversations that haven’t gone on
previously.”
Griffith University this week opened the
doors to its Social Robotics and Assistive Tech-
nology Laboratory at its Nathan campus.
An Australian first, the robotics laboratory
will enable health care providers and practi-
tioners to test technologies and to seek expert
advice on new proposals or uses for existing
technologies.
“Often the products are developed and they
don’t work, they don’t work well or they don’t
work in an Australian environment,” Professor
Moyle said.
“I guess what we’re trying to do is to get
the end users in and get them involved in terms
of what they require, what it might look like and
how we can go about either developing new
products or redesigning the products that are
currently available.
“In terms of our research and development,
we are developing new softwares and tech-
nologies and testing them with end users in the
laboratory before they actually go out into the
community.”
Professor Moyle said while robots are rela-
tively new in Australia, robots are already as-
sisting aged care patients in parts of Japan,
Denmark, Sweden and Germany.
“In Germany, there is a robot which is prob-
ably the most sophisticated around,” she said.
“It will deliver fluids to someone…and cal-
culate how much fluid that person is drinking at
the end of the day.
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Waikato topples hospital fall rates
Orange non-slip socks, sensor mats and Invi-
sa-Beams are working to reduce falls at Waikato
District Health Board (DHB).
The measures are part of a range of initiatives
credited for reducing falls by 41 per cent at the
DHB in the past four years.
The orange SafeFeet socks, equipped with
grip, work to prevent the patient from falling while
also acting to alert staff on the ward that the pa-
tient is at risk and shouldn’t be moving on their
feet independently.
A monitoring system, the Invisa-Beam sets
off an alarm when a patient gets out of bed while
enabling nurses to identify the room in which the
alarm is sounding.
The DHB also has signs in patient rooms to re-
mind patients, family and nurses of high fall risks,
along with ultra low beds that reduce fall height
and impact, bed-side crash mats, long reach call
bells, transfer belts for mobility and sensor mats
on the patient’s bed or seat.
Waikato DHB’s annual quality report shows
there were 327 falls with injury reported in 2013-14
with 17 resulting in serious injury.
Thirteen of those patients sustained a fracture,
including six patients who sustained a fractured
hip and seven received upper body fractures.
Falls prevention has been one of the DHB’s
main patient safety priorities.
DHB service quality and patient safety coordi-
nator Susan McHugh said while the falls preven-
tion initiatives are not unique to the DHB, Waikato
has been one of the first DHBs to implement all
the current best practice, evidence-based inter-
ventions.
“The non-slip socks are used throughout the
DHB as appropriate for patients who are mobilis-
ing and at high risk of falling,” she said.
Ms Hugh said the Invisa-Beams are used in
several areas of the hospital, including the older
person and rehabilitation wards and the Rhoda
Read Hospital.
She said the DHB conducted its own clini-
cal product trials as part of the DHB quality as-
surance process before implementing any falls
prevention intervention.
“The Invisa-Beams were introduced in 2011
and are manufactured for both chair and bed
situations. They can be portable or built into the
electrics of the building.”
The 2013-14 quality report shows hand
hygiene compliance improved to 71 per cent,
slightly above the national target of 70 per cent,
while there were 39 serious adverse events in-
vestigated.
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
By Karen Keast
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Robots set to assist nurses in aged care
Robots could be entertaining, serving food
and fluid, conversing with and lifting aged care
patients in Australian facilities in the not too dis-
tant future.
Professor Wendy Moyle, of Griffith Health
Institute’s Centre for Health Practice Innovation,
said robots will soon have an important role to
play in assisting nurses to care for Australia’s
rapidly ageing population.
“There isn’t a lot around now at the moment
off-the-shelf - it’s a growing industry,” she said.
“In the next five years, we are going to see
massive growth. I think we are going to see great
advances very soon.”
Professor Moyle, who is researching how
robots can help people with dementia and their
carers, said research shows people with demen-
tia often have very little face to face contact with
care staff.
“There’s a large number of residents and a
small number of staff and they are very busy;
they’ve got numerous tasks to do,” she said.
“It was identified that people have between
two and 28 minutes in a 24-hour period where
they actually have face to face communicative
contact with care staff.
“There are long periods of time where robots
could be used to entertain people, to socialise, to
engage them with other humans as well.
“Robots can be used to connect people, to
play games, to entertain, to do exercise.
“We are not saying you should do away with
humans, not at all, but we’ve found that the use
of robots actually increases human interaction.
“When we are out with the robots and care
staff, the care staff are also interested in the ro-
bots and they often use the robots as a means of
communication with residents.
“We find it increases the more valuable,
meaningful conversations that haven’t gone on
previously.”
Griffith University this week opened the
doors to its Social Robotics and Assistive Tech-
nology Laboratory at its Nathan campus.
An Australian first, the robotics laboratory
will enable health care providers and practi-
tioners to test technologies and to seek expert
advice on new proposals or uses for existing
technologies.
“Often the products are developed and they
don’t work, they don’t work well or they don’t
work in an Australian environment,” Professor
Moyle said.
“I guess what we’re trying to do is to get
the end users in and get them involved in terms
of what they require, what it might look like and
how we can go about either developing new
products or redesigning the products that are
currently available.
“In terms of our research and development,
we are developing new softwares and tech-
nologies and testing them with end users in the
laboratory before they actually go out into the
community.”
Professor Moyle said while robots are rela-
tively new in Australia, robots are already as-
sisting aged care patients in parts of Japan,
Denmark, Sweden and Germany.
“In Germany, there is a robot which is prob-
ably the most sophisticated around,” she said.
“It will deliver fluids to someone…and cal-
culate how much fluid that person is drinking at
the end of the day.
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
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Waikato topples hospital fall rates
Orange non-slip socks, sensor mats and Invi-
sa-Beams are working to reduce falls at Waikato
District Health Board (DHB).
The measures are part of a range of initiatives
credited for reducing falls by 41 per cent at the
DHB in the past four years.
The orange SafeFeet socks, equipped with
grip, work to prevent the patient from falling while
also acting to alert staff on the ward that the pa-
tient is at risk and shouldn’t be moving on their
feet independently.
A monitoring system, the Invisa-Beam sets
off an alarm when a patient gets out of bed while
enabling nurses to identify the room in which the
alarm is sounding.
The DHB also has signs in patient rooms to re-
mind patients, family and nurses of high fall risks,
along with ultra low beds that reduce fall height
and impact, bed-side crash mats, long reach call
bells, transfer belts for mobility and sensor mats
on the patient’s bed or seat.
Waikato DHB’s annual quality report shows
there were 327 falls with injury reported in 2013-14
with 17 resulting in serious injury.
Thirteen of those patients sustained a fracture,
including six patients who sustained a fractured
hip and seven received upper body fractures.
Falls prevention has been one of the DHB’s
main patient safety priorities.
DHB service quality and patient safety coordi-
nator Susan McHugh said while the falls preven-
tion initiatives are not unique to the DHB, Waikato
has been one of the first DHBs to implement all
the current best practice, evidence-based inter-
ventions.
“The non-slip socks are used throughout the
DHB as appropriate for patients who are mobilis-
ing and at high risk of falling,” she said.
Ms Hugh said the Invisa-Beams are used in
several areas of the hospital, including the older
person and rehabilitation wards and the Rhoda
Read Hospital.
She said the DHB conducted its own clini-
cal product trials as part of the DHB quality as-
surance process before implementing any falls
prevention intervention.
“The Invisa-Beams were introduced in 2011
and are manufactured for both chair and bed
situations. They can be portable or built into the
electrics of the building.”
The 2013-14 quality report shows hand
hygiene compliance improved to 71 per cent,
slightly above the national target of 70 per cent,
while there were 39 serious adverse events in-
vestigated.
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
By Karen Keast
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Advances in online technologies have meant
that global information-sharing, communication,
and connection have now become realities for
many people. This revolutionary way of learning
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care and on relationships between health prac-
titioners and their clients.Although
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United States (Rupert et al. 2014) found that
patients and caregivers frequently consulted
online health communities and social media to
seek out more information about their health is-
sues. Online health communities are comprised
of engaged Internet users – people visit a site
to collect and to share information with oth-
ers from around the world who are interested
in similar topics. Sometimes members of these
communities have professional knowledge
and education about the topic at hand; how-
ever, there are also communities in which the
members primarily have lived experience of
the medical condition and willingly share their
experiences with others. Therefore these sites
can offer a different type of information-sharing
than health care providers, including empathy,
support, and real-life examples of challenges
and successes in coping with ill-health. Such
a level of empathy may be difficult to achieve
other than by having a comparable
shared experience.
Rupert et al. (2014)
found that people used
online health communi-
ties and social media
to researchhealth in-
formation because
they perceived that
health workers were
too busy to provide
them with the level
of detailed information
that they wanted. Mem-
bers of online communities
provide advice about different
types of treatments, and they offer
stories about their own coping strategies.
The participants in Rupert et al.’s study felt that
health professionals were reluctant to discuss
other possibilities of care than those advocated
by their own particular profession. This finding
is perhaps not surprising because to commit to
a particular health profession is to take on the
values and beliefs of that profession, including
its methods of creating health and well-being.
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Cultural competence training for mental health practitioners
Indigenous psychologist Tania Jones is add-
ing an Aboriginal voice to mental health care
provision for Indigenous Australians.
A descendant of the Gunditjmara and
Wathaurong peoples of Victoria, Ms Jones is
based in Warrnambool, where she works with
Indigenous communities and stakeholders as
an Indigenous family violence re-
gional coordinator.
Ms Jones is also chair
of the Australian Indig-
enous Psychologists
Association (AIPA), an
affiliate of the Aus-
tralian Psychologi-
cal Society (APS),
which is committed
to advancing the
social and emotional
wellbeing and mental
health of Indigenous
Australians.
“I’m passionate about
working with my own Aboriginal
people and also about ensuring a viable
choice for people to get good service provi-
sion and to have good outcomes when they do
seek mental health and allied health services,”
she says.
“When people have really good outcomes,
that impacts on their entire life.
“I suppose that’s what got me into this
area was that driving, burning need to have
some input into that.”
Statistics show Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people have the highest rates of psycho-
logical distress in Australia while the suicide rates
are at least two to three times higher for Aboriginal
people than for non-Indigenous Australians.
AIPA is working to improve the mental health
of Indigenous Australians through a raft of meas-
ures.
One measure is to equip
non-Indigenous mental health
practitioners, including
mental health nurses,
psychiatrists, occupa-
tional therapists and
psychologists, with
mental health cultural
competence training.
Ms Jones says
it’s vital nurses and al-
lied health professionals
provide culturally appro-
priate services that focus
on the social and emotional
wellbeing framework for Indigenous
Australians, rather than mainstream con-
cepts of mental health.
Mental health issues for Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islanders go beyond the individual and are
linked to a person’s connection to land and cul-
ture, alongside physical, emotional, spiritual and
social factors.
Social and emotional wellbeing connections
also need to be considered within broader social,
cultural, political and historical contexts.
“I think that people are all well-intentioned
and they think that by providing the same service
to everybody, they are catering to everybody,”
Ms Jones says.
“Sometimes that’s not the case because you
may not know that an Aboriginal person comes
from a collective as a society, and therefore their
obligations and their responsibilities can be very
different to that of a person in an individualistic
culture.
“If you don’t take into account their broad
connections to family, kinship groups and com-
munity, then you may be missing some of the
story or some of the picture when you are deal-
ing with that client and you may not be giving the
assistance that is going to help them heal.
“If this misconnection is occurring then peo-
ple don’t engage.”
AIPA has provided cultural competence
workshops to the majority of Medicare Locals
nationally and also provides free, online resourc-
es for mental health practitioners including the
Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles
and Practice book.
The book, now in its second edition, was ed-
ited by leading Indigenous psychologist Profes-
sor Pat Dudgeon, of the University of Western
Australia, who is also chair of the National Abo-
riginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership in
Mental Health (NATSILMH) group, and her UWA
colleagues Professor Helen Milroy and Associate
Professor Roz Walker.
The book details the social determinants of
social and emotional wellbeing, mental illness
in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people,
harmful substance use and mental health, sui-
cide prevention among Aboriginal Australians,
and mental disorder and cognitive disability in
the criminal justice system.
It also explains cultural competence and
outlines assessment and management, working
with children, families and communities, as well
as healing models and programs.
Significant differences exist in the way that
social and emotional wellbeing, mental health and
mental health disorders are understood in different
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
across Australia.
As a result, Ms Jones also advises mental
health practitioners to seek Aboriginal support.
“If you’re dealing with Aboriginal people you re-
ally should be also talking to somebody who can
give you guidance if something comes up around
community, obligations and responsibility about the
way they perceive mental health issues,” she says.
“Sometimes it is very different to the way
that other people can perceive it, depending on
where they are from in Australia and what their
belief systems and that are.
“It’s very important to have contact with Abo-
riginal people to say - is this something that is
common with people from this part of Australia
or not?
“It’s about being able to have that cultural un-
derstanding of what you’re dealing with and the
presentations can be different because of that.”
AIPA is striving to increase the number of In-
digenous psychologists which currently stands at
just 50, and the group is working towards Indi-
genising psychological curriculum in universities,
while providing mentoring and professional sup-
port for members.
Indigenous psychologists are making a ma-
jor contribution to Indigenous health, Ms Jones
says.
“We are working with a lot of trauma and grief - it can be attached to the closing the gap statistics of lower life expectancy, chronic illness, those sorts of areas, also suicide is three times higher within Aborigi-nal communities.”
Mental health issues are one of the leading causes of the Indigenous health gap. A group of Indigenous psychologists are stepping into the gap, devel-oping essential resources to improve the cultural competence of Australia’s mental health workforceBy Karen Keast.
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
Cultural competence training for mental health practitioners
Indigenous psychologist Tania Jones is add-
ing an Aboriginal voice to mental health care
provision for Indigenous Australians.
A descendant of the Gunditjmara and
Wathaurong peoples of Victoria, Ms Jones is
based in Warrnambool, where she works with
Indigenous communities and stakeholders as
an Indigenous family violence re-
gional coordinator.
Ms Jones is also chair
of the Australian Indig-
enous Psychologists
Association (AIPA), an
affiliate of the Aus-
tralian Psychologi-
cal Society (APS),
which is committed
to advancing the
social and emotional
wellbeing and mental
health of Indigenous
Australians.
“I’m passionate about
working with my own Aboriginal
people and also about ensuring a viable
choice for people to get good service provi-
sion and to have good outcomes when they do
seek mental health and allied health services,”
she says.
“When people have really good outcomes,
that impacts on their entire life.
“I suppose that’s what got me into this
area was that driving, burning need to have
some input into that.”
Statistics show Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people have the highest rates of psycho-
logical distress in Australia while the suicide rates
are at least two to three times higher for Aboriginal
people than for non-Indigenous Australians.
AIPA is working to improve the mental health
of Indigenous Australians through a raft of meas-
ures.
One measure is to equip
non-Indigenous mental health
practitioners, including
mental health nurses,
psychiatrists, occupa-
tional therapists and
psychologists, with
mental health cultural
competence training.
Ms Jones says
it’s vital nurses and al-
lied health professionals
provide culturally appro-
priate services that focus
on the social and emotional
wellbeing framework for Indigenous
Australians, rather than mainstream con-
cepts of mental health.
Mental health issues for Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islanders go beyond the individual and are
linked to a person’s connection to land and cul-
ture, alongside physical, emotional, spiritual and
social factors.
Social and emotional wellbeing connections
also need to be considered within broader social,
cultural, political and historical contexts.
“I think that people are all well-intentioned
and they think that by providing the same service
to everybody, they are catering to everybody,”
Ms Jones says.
“Sometimes that’s not the case because you
may not know that an Aboriginal person comes
from a collective as a society, and therefore their
obligations and their responsibilities can be very
different to that of a person in an individualistic
culture.
“If you don’t take into account their broad
connections to family, kinship groups and com-
munity, then you may be missing some of the
story or some of the picture when you are deal-
ing with that client and you may not be giving the
assistance that is going to help them heal.
“If this misconnection is occurring then peo-
ple don’t engage.”
AIPA has provided cultural competence
workshops to the majority of Medicare Locals
nationally and also provides free, online resourc-
es for mental health practitioners including the
Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles
and Practice book.
The book, now in its second edition, was ed-
ited by leading Indigenous psychologist Profes-
sor Pat Dudgeon, of the University of Western
Australia, who is also chair of the National Abo-
riginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership in
Mental Health (NATSILMH) group, and her UWA
colleagues Professor Helen Milroy and Associate
Professor Roz Walker.
The book details the social determinants of
social and emotional wellbeing, mental illness
in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people,
harmful substance use and mental health, sui-
cide prevention among Aboriginal Australians,
and mental disorder and cognitive disability in
the criminal justice system.
It also explains cultural competence and
outlines assessment and management, working
with children, families and communities, as well
as healing models and programs.
Significant differences exist in the way that
social and emotional wellbeing, mental health and
mental health disorders are understood in different
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
across Australia.
As a result, Ms Jones also advises mental
health practitioners to seek Aboriginal support.
“If you’re dealing with Aboriginal people you re-
ally should be also talking to somebody who can
give you guidance if something comes up around
community, obligations and responsibility about the
way they perceive mental health issues,” she says.
“Sometimes it is very different to the way
that other people can perceive it, depending on
where they are from in Australia and what their
belief systems and that are.
“It’s very important to have contact with Abo-
riginal people to say - is this something that is
common with people from this part of Australia
or not?
“It’s about being able to have that cultural un-
derstanding of what you’re dealing with and the
presentations can be different because of that.”
AIPA is striving to increase the number of In-
digenous psychologists which currently stands at
just 50, and the group is working towards Indi-
genising psychological curriculum in universities,
while providing mentoring and professional sup-
port for members.
Indigenous psychologists are making a ma-
jor contribution to Indigenous health, Ms Jones
says.
“We are working with a lot of trauma and grief - it can be attached to the closing the gap statistics of lower life expectancy, chronic illness, those sorts of areas, also suicide is three times higher within Aborigi-nal communities.”
Mental health issues are one of the leading causes of the Indigenous health gap. A group of Indigenous psychologists are stepping into the gap, devel-oping essential resources to improve the cultural competence of Australia’s mental health workforceBy Karen Keast.
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
Managing potentially violent situations in remote settings
A collaborative survey of 600 professionals
funded by the Australian Governments Depart-
ment of Health and Ageing suggests that doc-
tors, nurses, teachers and police in rural and
remote areas feel vulnerable to violence in the
workplace. Working unsociable hours, often
alone in isolated settings contributed to their feel-
ings of vulnerability. 50% of respondents report-
ed a specific incident in the prior 12 months, but
all respondents felt increased stress and anxiety
resulting from concerns about workplace vio-
lence. Staff training regarding managing violent
and aggressive behaviour was one suggestion
to assist staff to remain in their roles. The report
on the findings of the survey, and of a literature
and document review, is available online at www.
rdaa.com.au/papers.
Sue Lenthall’s research Nursing workforce
in very remote Australia, characteristics and key
issues found that the registered nursing work-
force in very remote Australia is mostly female
(89%) and ageing with 40.2% 50 years or over
compared to 33% nationally. As many as 43%
are in remote indigenous communities. Only 5%
of these RNs have postgraduate qualifications in
remote health practice.
Warning signs of potentially violent situa
tions:
•Reportsfrompriorcaregiversofpreviously
violent behaviour.
•Previousexpressionofadesireorintentto
self-harm.
•Verbalthreatsorgestures,orotherwisereck
less behaviour.
•Ahistoryofviolentbehaviour,particularlyif
the patient doesn’t acknowledge this prior
history.
•Avisualdisplayofagitation,excitementor
suspicious behaviour.
•Whenangerbuilds,facialexpressionsbe-
come tense and angry, and there can be clear
signs of restlessness and anxiety such as pacing,
muscle twitching or dilated pupils.
•Intoxicationsignificantlyincreasestheriskof
violence.
•Thepersonmaybeexperiencingdelusionsor
hallucinations with violent content.
Any health professionals engaging with indi-
viduals or patients with a history of violence or
displaying these types of behaviours should pro-
ceed with extreme care and caution, and engage
the assistance of colleagues if possible.
Strategies for de-escalating potentially violent
situations
1. Do not attempt to de-escalate the situation if
the individual is actually being violent
or if they are carrying a weapon. Fa
miliarise yourself with your health facility’s pol
icies and procedures for responding to situa
tions such as these.
2. Take a deep breath, and keep calm.
3. Ensure you are not wearing any necklaces,
scarves, hanging jewellery or any religious
symbols when confronting a person or pa
tient that may pose a risk to you
or others.
4. Where possible move the individual to a room
in which other patients or members of the
public are not present (remove the audience),
there are at least two exits and plenty of
room to move, and in which other staff are
available to provide assistance if required.
5. Do not turn your back on the patient, and try
to remain at least an arm’s length away from
the patient.
6. Speak to the person in a slow monotonous
tone of voice. This is the opposite of
what a scared person usually does (there is a
tendency to use a high-pitched voice).
The person will have to concentrate to hear
you if you speak softly and slowly and this
can have a calming effect.
7. Do not maintain close eye contact; allow the
patient to break their gaze and look away.
8. Be firm but respectful when giving instruc
tions, settling limits or calling for assistance.
9. Do not respond to questions that contain
abuse. Empathise with feelings, but not with
behaviour that is not acceptable. For exam
pleyoumightsay“Iunderstandyouhave
the right to be angry, but it is not OK for you
to threaten me or the other people here.”
10. There is a high correlation between a per
son’s self-perceived powerlessness and
a tendency to behave violently. Giving the in
dividual concerned a lot of reassurance and
the opportunity to communicate and express
their emotions can significantly reduce the
risk of that individual becoming violent.
Encourage the person to tell their story. The
introduction of a neutral ‘3rd person’ to the
situation that listens to and empathises with
the individual can provide additional support
and further reduce the risk of escalation.
11. Distraction can be a very useful tool to de-
escalate a situation and interrupt an individu
al’s behaviour pattern.
12. Be familiar with your health service policies
and procedures in relation to dealing with
potentially violent situations, including the
use of restraints, and engaging support
staff.
Leave a comment on this and other articles by visiting the ‘news’
section of our website http://www.ncah.com.au
To go to this article directly, visit http://tinyurl.com/lx9b4n2
Have you been avictim of workplace
violence?
Managing potentially violent situations in remote settings
A collaborative survey of 600 professionals
funded by the Australian Governments Depart-
ment of Health and Ageing suggests that doc-
tors, nurses, teachers and police in rural and
remote areas feel vulnerable to violence in the
workplace. Working unsociable hours, often
alone in isolated settings contributed to their feel-
ings of vulnerability. 50% of respondents report-
ed a specific incident in the prior 12 months, but
all respondents felt increased stress and anxiety
resulting from concerns about workplace vio-
lence. Staff training regarding managing violent
and aggressive behaviour was one suggestion
to assist staff to remain in their roles. The report
on the findings of the survey, and of a literature
and document review, is available online at www.
rdaa.com.au/papers.
Sue Lenthall’s research Nursing workforce
in very remote Australia, characteristics and key
issues found that the registered nursing work-
force in very remote Australia is mostly female
(89%) and ageing with 40.2% 50 years or over
compared to 33% nationally. As many as 43%
are in remote indigenous communities. Only 5%
of these RNs have postgraduate qualifications in
remote health practice.
Warning signs of potentially violent situa
tions:
• Reportsfrompriorcaregiversofpreviously
violent behaviour.
• Previousexpressionofadesireorintentto
self-harm.
• Verbalthreatsorgestures,orotherwisereck
less behaviour.
• Ahistoryofviolentbehaviour,particularlyif
the patient doesn’t acknowledge this prior
history.
• Avisualdisplayofagitation,excitementor
suspicious behaviour.
• When anger builds, facial expressions be-
come tense and angry, and there can be clear
signs of restlessness and anxiety such as pacing,
muscle twitching or dilated pupils.
• Intoxicationsignificantlyincreasestheriskof
violence.
• Thepersonmaybeexperiencingdelusionsor
hallucinations with violent content.
Any health professionals engaging with indi-
viduals or patients with a history of violence or
displaying these types of behaviours should pro-
ceed with extreme care and caution, and engage
the assistance of colleagues if possible.
Strategies for de-escalating potentially violent
situations
1. Do not attempt to de-escalate the situation if
the individual is actually being violent
or if they are carrying a weapon. Fa
miliarise yourself with your health facility’s pol
icies and procedures for responding to situa
tions such as these.
2. Take a deep breath, and keep calm.
3. Ensure you are not wearing any necklaces,
scarves, hanging jewellery or any religious
symbols when confronting a person or pa
tient that may pose a risk to you
or others.
4. Where possible move the individual to a room
in which other patients or members of the
public are not present (remove the audience),
there are at least two exits and plenty of
room to move, and in which other staff are
available to provide assistance if required.
5. Do not turn your back on the patient, and try
to remain at least an arm’s length away from
the patient.
6. Speak to the person in a slow monotonous
tone of voice. This is the opposite of
what a scared person usually does (there is a
tendency to use a high-pitched voice).
The person will have to concentrate to hear
you if you speak softly and slowly and this
can have a calming effect.
7. Do not maintain close eye contact; allow the
patient to break their gaze and look away.
8. Be firm but respectful when giving instruc
tions, settling limits or calling for assistance.
9. Do not respond to questions that contain
abuse. Empathise with feelings, but not with
behaviour that is not acceptable. For exam
pleyoumightsay“Iunderstandyouhave
the right to be angry, but it is not OK for you
to threaten me or the other people here.”
10. There is a high correlation between a per
son’s self-perceived powerlessness and
a tendency to behave violently. Giving the in
dividual concerned a lot of reassurance and
the opportunity to communicate and express
their emotions can significantly reduce the
risk of that individual becoming violent.
Encourage the person to tell their story. The
introduction of a neutral ‘3rd person’ to the
situation that listens to and empathises with
the individual can provide additional support
and further reduce the risk of escalation.
11. Distraction can be a very useful tool to de-
escalate a situation and interrupt an individu
al’s behaviour pattern.
12. Be familiar with your health service policies
and procedures in relation to dealing with
potentially violent situations, including the
use of restraints, and engaging support
staff.
Leave a comment on this and other articles by visiting the ‘news’
section of our website http://www.ncah.com.au
To go to this article directly, visit http://tinyurl.com/lx9b4n2
Have you been avictim of workplace
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Cultural competence training for mental health practitioners
Indigenous psychologist Tania Jones is add-
ing an Aboriginal voice to mental health care
provision for Indigenous Australians.
A descendant of the Gunditjmara and
Wathaurong peoples of Victoria, Ms Jones is
based in Warrnambool, where she works with
Indigenous communities and stakeholders as
an Indigenous family violence re-
gional coordinator.
Ms Jones is also chair
of the Australian Indig-
enous Psychologists
Association (AIPA), an
affiliate of the Aus-
tralian Psychologi-
cal Society (APS),
which is committed
to advancing the
social and emotional
wellbeing and mental
health of Indigenous
Australians.
“I’m passionate about
working with my own Aboriginal
people and also about ensuring a viable
choice for people to get good service provi-
sion and to have good outcomes when they do
seek mental health and allied health services,”
she says.
“When people have really good outcomes,
that impacts on their entire life.
“I suppose that’s what got me into this
area was that driving, burning need to have
some input into that.”
Statistics show Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people have the highest rates of psycho-
logical distress in Australia while the suicide rates
are at least two to three times higher for Aboriginal
people than for non-Indigenous Australians.
AIPA is working to improve the mental health
of Indigenous Australians through a raft of meas-
ures.
One measure is to equip
non-Indigenous mental health
practitioners, including
mental health nurses,
psychiatrists, occupa-
tional therapists and
psychologists, with
mental health cultural
competence training.
Ms Jones says
it’s vital nurses and al-
lied health professionals
provide culturally appro-
priate services that focus
on the social and emotional
wellbeing framework for Indigenous
Australians, rather than mainstream con-
cepts of mental health.
Mental health issues for Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islanders go beyond the individual and are
linked to a person’s connection to land and cul-
ture, alongside physical, emotional, spiritual and
social factors.
Social and emotional wellbeing connections
also need to be considered within broader social,
cultural, political and historical contexts.
“I think that people are all well-intentioned
and they think that by providing the same service
to everybody, they are catering to everybody,”
Ms Jones says.
“Sometimes that’s not the case because you
may not know that an Aboriginal person comes
from a collective as a society, and therefore their
obligations and their responsibilities can be very
different to that of a person in an individualistic
culture.
“If you don’t take into account their broad
connections to family, kinship groups and com-
munity, then you may be missing some of the
story or some of the picture when you are deal-
ing with that client and you may not be giving the
assistance that is going to help them heal.
“If this misconnection is occurring then peo-
ple don’t engage.”
AIPA has provided cultural competence
workshops to the majority of Medicare Locals
nationally and also provides free, online resourc-
es for mental health practitioners including the
Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles
and Practice book.
The book, now in its second edition, was ed-
ited by leading Indigenous psychologist Profes-
sor Pat Dudgeon, of the University of Western
Australia, who is also chair of the National Abo-
riginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership in
Mental Health (NATSILMH) group, and her UWA
colleagues Professor Helen Milroy and Associate
Professor Roz Walker.
The book details the social determinants of
social and emotional wellbeing, mental illness
in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people,
harmful substance use and mental health, sui-
cide prevention among Aboriginal Australians,
and mental disorder and cognitive disability in
the criminal justice system.
It also explains cultural competence and
outlines assessment and management, working
with children, families and communities, as well
as healing models and programs.
Significant differences exist in the way that
social and emotional wellbeing, mental health and
mental health disorders are understood in different
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
across Australia.
As a result, Ms Jones also advises mental
health practitioners to seek Aboriginal support.
“If you’re dealing with Aboriginal people you re-
ally should be also talking to somebody who can
give you guidance if something comes up around
community, obligations and responsibility about the
way they perceive mental health issues,” she says.
“Sometimes it is very different to the way
that other people can perceive it, depending on
where they are from in Australia and what their
belief systems and that are.
“It’s very important to have contact with Abo-
riginal people to say - is this something that is
common with people from this part of Australia
or not?
“It’s about being able to have that cultural un-
derstanding of what you’re dealing with and the
presentations can be different because of that.”
AIPA is striving to increase the number of In-
digenous psychologists which currently stands at
just 50, and the group is working towards Indi-
genising psychological curriculum in universities,
while providing mentoring and professional sup-
port for members.
Indigenous psychologists are making a ma-
jor contribution to Indigenous health, Ms Jones
says.
“We are working with a lot of trauma and grief - it can be attached to the closing the gap statistics of lower life expectancy, chronic illness, those sorts of areas, also suicide is three times higher within Aborigi-nal communities.”
Mental health issues are one of the leading causes of the Indigenous health gap. A group of Indigenous psychologists are stepping into the gap, devel-oping essential resources to improve the cultural competence of Australia’s mental health workforceBy Karen Keast.
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
Cultural competence training for mental health practitioners
Indigenous psychologist Tania Jones is add-
ing an Aboriginal voice to mental health care
provision for Indigenous Australians.
A descendant of the Gunditjmara and
Wathaurong peoples of Victoria, Ms Jones is
based in Warrnambool, where she works with
Indigenous communities and stakeholders as
an Indigenous family violence re-
gional coordinator.
Ms Jones is also chair
of the Australian Indig-
enous Psychologists
Association (AIPA), an
affiliate of the Aus-
tralian Psychologi-
cal Society (APS),
which is committed
to advancing the
social and emotional
wellbeing and mental
health of Indigenous
Australians.
“I’m passionate about
working with my own Aboriginal
people and also about ensuring a viable
choice for people to get good service provi-
sion and to have good outcomes when they do
seek mental health and allied health services,”
she says.
“When people have really good outcomes,
that impacts on their entire life.
“I suppose that’s what got me into this
area was that driving, burning need to have
some input into that.”
Statistics show Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people have the highest rates of psycho-
logical distress in Australia while the suicide rates
are at least two to three times higher for Aboriginal
people than for non-Indigenous Australians.
AIPA is working to improve the mental health
of Indigenous Australians through a raft of meas-
ures.
One measure is to equip
non-Indigenous mental health
practitioners, including
mental health nurses,
psychiatrists, occupa-
tional therapists and
psychologists, with
mental health cultural
competence training.
Ms Jones says
it’s vital nurses and al-
lied health professionals
provide culturally appro-
priate services that focus
on the social and emotional
wellbeing framework for Indigenous
Australians, rather than mainstream con-
cepts of mental health.
Mental health issues for Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islanders go beyond the individual and are
linked to a person’s connection to land and cul-
ture, alongside physical, emotional, spiritual and
social factors.
Social and emotional wellbeing connections
also need to be considered within broader social,
cultural, political and historical contexts.
“I think that people are all well-intentioned
and they think that by providing the same service
to everybody, they are catering to everybody,”
Ms Jones says.
“Sometimes that’s not the case because you
may not know that an Aboriginal person comes
from a collective as a society, and therefore their
obligations and their responsibilities can be very
different to that of a person in an individualistic
culture.
“If you don’t take into account their broad
connections to family, kinship groups and com-
munity, then you may be missing some of the
story or some of the picture when you are deal-
ing with that client and you may not be giving the
assistance that is going to help them heal.
“If this misconnection is occurring then peo-
ple don’t engage.”
AIPA has provided cultural competence
workshops to the majority of Medicare Locals
nationally and also provides free, online resourc-
es for mental health practitioners including the
Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles
and Practice book.
The book, now in its second edition, was ed-
ited by leading Indigenous psychologist Profes-
sor Pat Dudgeon, of the University of Western
Australia, who is also chair of the National Abo-
riginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership in
Mental Health (NATSILMH) group, and her UWA
colleagues Professor Helen Milroy and Associate
Professor Roz Walker.
The book details the social determinants of
social and emotional wellbeing, mental illness
in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people,
harmful substance use and mental health, sui-
cide prevention among Aboriginal Australians,
and mental disorder and cognitive disability in
the criminal justice system.
It also explains cultural competence and
outlines assessment and management, working
with children, families and communities, as well
as healing models and programs.
Significant differences exist in the way that
social and emotional wellbeing, mental health and
mental health disorders are understood in different
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
across Australia.
As a result, Ms Jones also advises mental
health practitioners to seek Aboriginal support.
“If you’re dealing with Aboriginal people you re-
ally should be also talking to somebody who can
give you guidance if something comes up around
community, obligations and responsibility about the
way they perceive mental health issues,” she says.
“Sometimes it is very different to the way
that other people can perceive it, depending on
where they are from in Australia and what their
belief systems and that are.
“It’s very important to have contact with Abo-
riginal people to say - is this something that is
common with people from this part of Australia
or not?
“It’s about being able to have that cultural un-
derstanding of what you’re dealing with and the
presentations can be different because of that.”
AIPA is striving to increase the number of In-
digenous psychologists which currently stands at
just 50, and the group is working towards Indi-
genising psychological curriculum in universities,
while providing mentoring and professional sup-
port for members.
Indigenous psychologists are making a ma-
jor contribution to Indigenous health, Ms Jones
says.
“We are working with a lot of trauma and grief - it can be attached to the closing the gap statistics of lower life expectancy, chronic illness, those sorts of areas, also suicide is three times higher within Aborigi-nal communities.”
Mental health issues are one of the leading causes of the Indigenous health gap. A group of Indigenous psychologists are stepping into the gap, devel-oping essential resources to improve the cultural competence of Australia’s mental health workforceBy Karen Keast.
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
Managing potentially violent situations in remote settings
A collaborative survey of 600 professionals
funded by the Australian Governments Depart-
ment of Health and Ageing suggests that doc-
tors, nurses, teachers and police in rural and
remote areas feel vulnerable to violence in the
workplace. Working unsociable hours, often
alone in isolated settings contributed to their feel-
ings of vulnerability. 50% of respondents report-
ed a specific incident in the prior 12 months, but
all respondents felt increased stress and anxiety
resulting from concerns about workplace vio-
lence. Staff training regarding managing violent
and aggressive behaviour was one suggestion
to assist staff to remain in their roles. The report
on the findings of the survey, and of a literature
and document review, is available online at www.
rdaa.com.au/papers.
Sue Lenthall’s research Nursing workforce
in very remote Australia, characteristics and key
issues found that the registered nursing work-
force in very remote Australia is mostly female
(89%) and ageing with 40.2% 50 years or over
compared to 33% nationally. As many as 43%
are in remote indigenous communities. Only 5%
of these RNs have postgraduate qualifications in
remote health practice.
Warning signs of potentially violent situa
tions:
• Reportsfrompriorcaregiversofpreviously
violent behaviour.
• Previousexpressionofadesireorintentto
self-harm.
• Verbalthreatsorgestures,orotherwisereck
less behaviour.
• Ahistoryofviolentbehaviour,particularlyif
the patient doesn’t acknowledge this prior
history.
• Avisualdisplayofagitation,excitementor
suspicious behaviour.
• When anger builds, facial expressions be-
come tense and angry, and there can be clear
signs of restlessness and anxiety such as pacing,
muscle twitching or dilated pupils.
• Intoxicationsignificantlyincreasestheriskof
violence.
• Thepersonmaybeexperiencingdelusionsor
hallucinations with violent content.
Any health professionals engaging with indi-
viduals or patients with a history of violence or
displaying these types of behaviours should pro-
ceed with extreme care and caution, and engage
the assistance of colleagues if possible.
Strategies for de-escalating potentially violent
situations
1. Do not attempt to de-escalate the situation if
the individual is actually being violent
or if they are carrying a weapon. Fa
miliarise yourself with your health facility’s pol
icies and procedures for responding to situa
tions such as these.
2. Take a deep breath, and keep calm.
3. Ensure you are not wearing any necklaces,
scarves, hanging jewellery or any religious
symbols when confronting a person or pa
tient that may pose a risk to you
or others.
4. Where possible move the individual to a room
in which other patients or members of the
public are not present (remove the audience),
there are at least two exits and plenty of
room to move, and in which other staff are
available to provide assistance if required.
5. Do not turn your back on the patient, and try
to remain at least an arm’s length away from
the patient.
6. Speak to the person in a slow monotonous
tone of voice. This is the opposite of
what a scared person usually does (there is a
tendency to use a high-pitched voice).
The person will have to concentrate to hear
you if you speak softly and slowly and this
can have a calming effect.
7. Do not maintain close eye contact; allow the
patient to break their gaze and look away.
8. Be firm but respectful when giving instruc
tions, settling limits or calling for assistance.
9. Do not respond to questions that contain
abuse. Empathise with feelings, but not with
behaviour that is not acceptable. For exam
pleyoumightsay“Iunderstandyouhave
the right to be angry, but it is not OK for you
to threaten me or the other people here.”
10. There is a high correlation between a per
son’s self-perceived powerlessness and
a tendency to behave violently. Giving the in
dividual concerned a lot of reassurance and
the opportunity to communicate and express
their emotions can significantly reduce the
risk of that individual becoming violent.
Encourage the person to tell their story. The
introduction of a neutral ‘3rd person’ to the
situation that listens to and empathises with
the individual can provide additional support
and further reduce the risk of escalation.
11. Distraction can be a very useful tool to de-
escalate a situation and interrupt an individu
al’s behaviour pattern.
12. Be familiar with your health service policies
and procedures in relation to dealing with
potentially violent situations, including the
use of restraints, and engaging support
staff.
Leave a comment on this and other articles by visiting the ‘news’
section of our website http://www.ncah.com.au
To go to this article directly, visit http://tinyurl.com/lx9b4n2
Have you been avictim of workplace
violence?
Managing potentially violent situations in remote settings
A collaborative survey of 600 professionals
funded by the Australian Governments Depart-
ment of Health and Ageing suggests that doc-
tors, nurses, teachers and police in rural and
remote areas feel vulnerable to violence in the
workplace. Working unsociable hours, often
alone in isolated settings contributed to their feel-
ings of vulnerability. 50% of respondents report-
ed a specific incident in the prior 12 months, but
all respondents felt increased stress and anxiety
resulting from concerns about workplace vio-
lence. Staff training regarding managing violent
and aggressive behaviour was one suggestion
to assist staff to remain in their roles. The report
on the findings of the survey, and of a literature
and document review, is available online at www.
rdaa.com.au/papers.
Sue Lenthall’s research Nursing workforce
in very remote Australia, characteristics and key
issues found that the registered nursing work-
force in very remote Australia is mostly female
(89%) and ageing with 40.2% 50 years or over
compared to 33% nationally. As many as 43%
are in remote indigenous communities. Only 5%
of these RNs have postgraduate qualifications in
remote health practice.
Warning signs of potentially violent situa
tions:
•Reportsfrompriorcaregiversofpreviously
violent behaviour.
•Previousexpressionofadesireorintentto
self-harm.
•Verbalthreatsorgestures,orotherwisereck
less behaviour.
•Ahistoryofviolentbehaviour,particularlyif
the patient doesn’t acknowledge this prior
history.
•Avisualdisplayofagitation,excitementor
suspicious behaviour.
•Whenangerbuilds,facialexpressionsbe-
come tense and angry, and there can be clear
signs of restlessness and anxiety such as pacing,
muscle twitching or dilated pupils.
•Intoxicationsignificantlyincreasestheriskof
violence.
•Thepersonmaybeexperiencingdelusionsor
hallucinations with violent content.
Any health professionals engaging with indi-
viduals or patients with a history of violence or
displaying these types of behaviours should pro-
ceed with extreme care and caution, and engage
the assistance of colleagues if possible.
Strategies for de-escalating potentially violent
situations
1. Do not attempt to de-escalate the situation if
the individual is actually being violent
or if they are carrying a weapon. Fa
miliarise yourself with your health facility’s pol
icies and procedures for responding to situa
tions such as these.
2. Take a deep breath, and keep calm.
3. Ensure you are not wearing any necklaces,
scarves, hanging jewellery or any religious
symbols when confronting a person or pa
tient that may pose a risk to you
or others.
4. Where possible move the individual to a room
in which other patients or members of the
public are not present (remove the audience),
there are at least two exits and plenty of
room to move, and in which other staff are
available to provide assistance if required.
5. Do not turn your back on the patient, and try
to remain at least an arm’s length away from
the patient.
6. Speak to the person in a slow monotonous
tone of voice. This is the opposite of
what a scared person usually does (there is a
tendency to use a high-pitched voice).
The person will have to concentrate to hear
you if you speak softly and slowly and this
can have a calming effect.
7. Do not maintain close eye contact; allow the
patient to break their gaze and look away.
8. Be firm but respectful when giving instruc
tions, settling limits or calling for assistance.
9. Do not respond to questions that contain
abuse. Empathise with feelings, but not with
behaviour that is not acceptable. For exam
pleyoumightsay“Iunderstandyouhave
the right to be angry, but it is not OK for you
to threaten me or the other people here.”
10. There is a high correlation between a per
son’s self-perceived powerlessness and
a tendency to behave violently. Giving the in
dividual concerned a lot of reassurance and
the opportunity to communicate and express
their emotions can significantly reduce the
risk of that individual becoming violent.
Encourage the person to tell their story. The
introduction of a neutral ‘3rd person’ to the
situation that listens to and empathises with
the individual can provide additional support
and further reduce the risk of escalation.
11. Distraction can be a very useful tool to de-
escalate a situation and interrupt an individu
al’s behaviour pattern.
12. Be familiar with your health service policies
and procedures in relation to dealing with
potentially violent situations, including the
use of restraints, and engaging support
staff.
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Lifescreen can offer you:
• Extra $$$
• Work/life balance
• Continuity of patient care
• Job satisfaction
• Certifi ed CPR/anaphylaxis training provided at no cost to you
To be considered for a role as a nurse contractor for Lifescreen you must have the following:
• Registered nurse with >5 years experience
• Australian Citizen
• ABN
• Cannulation competent
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Own car and mobile phone
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interventional services, general medical/rehabilitation, ambulatory care and hospital in the home, mental health, alcohol and other
drugs, oncology, general surgical, operating theatre and extended day surgery unit, emergency department, women’s and
children/adolescent services, sexual health and cancer screening and rural nursing. There are seven rural hospitals with opportunities for a
unique rural experience in a supported environment to develop and enhance a wide range of clinical skills.
We provide education and training to assist our staff to develop their skills, advance their career and work to their full scope of practice. Mackay Base Hospital has undergone major development of clinical
services and facilities to ensure it is a state of the art facility including wireless technology and electronic medical records and is in the
process of becoming a fully digital hospital.
Mackay is a tropical setting situated halfway between Brisbane and Cairns, is the gateway to the Whitsundays and offers the opportunity for a lifestyle change in one of Queensland’s most liveable regional cities.
Please email your resume and expression of interest to Mackay.Recruitment@health.qld.gov.auor call Lynne Cameron on 07 4885 7712
and reference this advertisement
Please note: only applications from candidates will be accepted; applications that may result in an agency fee will not be considered
New year, new career for physiotherapy graduate
Bianca Ferreira can’t wait to get moving on
her physiotherapy career.
The 23-year-old, who will graduate from the
University of Sydney this year with her Masters
in Physiotherapy, is now applying for positions
in a bid to kick-start her career as a physiother-
apist in 2015.
“It’s quite daunting because right now there
are so many students that are graduating and
I have to really be open-minded as to where I
go,” she said.
“I am happy to move just as long as I get
that experience and I’m getting that supportive
working environment.”
Bianca is the national student chair of the
Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA)
and she’s also a graduate representative on the
APA’s musculoskeletal physiotherapy commit-
tee.
Bianca was studying a Bachelor of Health
Science and considering a career as an occu-
pational therapist when her dad’s prostate can-
cer diagnosis inadvertently changed the direc-
tion of her career path in health.
“My dad had to go to the physio to do pre-
op exercises,” she said.
“I used to go with him to his physio ses-
sions. The way they approached his situation
and gave him the ability to take control of his
own health through exercise and education, you
could just see the improvement in him and it
helped him to become more positive.
“I thought - wow, I really want to be a part of
that process, and that experience just changed
my mind.”
Bianca said a variety of placements during
her physiotherapy studies, from musculoskel-
etal outpatients to rehabilitation in a geriatrics
ward and cardio placements, enabled her to ex-
perience the wide range of diverse positions the
physiotherapy profession has to offer.
“It’s also amazing how different physios
have different approaches, they interpret evi-
dence in different ways,” she said.
“It’s good to get all of those different experi-
ences and put them into the mix - you can’t be
close-minded.
“The one thing I’ve learnt is you always
have to keep an open mind and also your treat-
ment needs to be based on the patient and
prioritised based on the patient - not because
you have seen that shoulder injury before and
you’ve done this and that on someone else, you
have to do what’s best for that person.”
Bianca now aspires to work in musculoskel-
etal practice and she’s looking forward to be-
ing a part of a team of health professionals, all
working to assist patients or clients.
While she’s preparing to graduate from her
Masters, Bianca says she plans to continue her
education.
“There’s so many additional courses I want
to do just so I can be the best physio that I can
be,” she said.
“I’m pretty interested in the different tech-
niques and I just want to keep adding on to my
skills.”
Bianca can be contacted via email at
bfer8164@uni.sydney.edu.au
By Karen Keast
For more articles visit NCAH.com.au
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For enquiries or to apply, please call 1800 673 123 or send your resume to evaluations@lifescreen.com.au
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR REGISTERED NURSESAre you a self-motivated registered nurse searching for work/life balance?
Are you an ICU, ED, recovery, HITH, or even remote nurse searching for a way to earn income, and fi t in around your existing lifestyle?Lifescreen provides Health Services to the Insurance Industry, and Clinical Services for several pharmaceutical companies. We are looking for nurses to join our expanding operations to provide community-based services for our clients.
Lifescreen can offer you:
• Extra $$$
• Work/life balance
• Continuity of patient care
• Job satisfaction
• Certifi ed CPR/anaphylaxis training provided at no cost to you
To be considered for a role as a nurse contractor for Lifescreen you must have the following:
• Registered nurse with >5 years experience
• Australian Citizen
• ABN
• Cannulation competent
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Own car and mobile phone
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OLO
UR
CM
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Check out our facebook page - facebook.com/mackayhhs
Midwives and Registered NursesRequired for both permanent roles and short or long term contract
opportunities in all areas of nursing over the next 12 months.
Mackay Hospital and Health Service offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment including rural facilities and experience a diverse range of services including midwifery, renal, coronary care and cardiac
interventional services, general medical/rehabilitation, ambulatory care and hospital in the home, mental health, alcohol and other
drugs, oncology, general surgical, operating theatre and extended day surgery unit, emergency department, women’s and
children/adolescent services, sexual health and cancer screening and rural nursing. There are seven rural hospitals with opportunities for a
unique rural experience in a supported environment to develop and enhance a wide range of clinical skills.
We provide education and training to assist our staff to develop their skills, advance their career and work to their full scope of practice. Mackay Base Hospital has undergone major development of clinical
services and facilities to ensure it is a state of the art facility including wireless technology and electronic medical records and is in the
process of becoming a fully digital hospital.
Mackay is a tropical setting situated halfway between Brisbane and Cairns, is the gateway to the Whitsundays and offers the opportunity for a lifestyle change in one of Queensland’s most liveable regional cities.
Please email your resume and expression of interest to Mackay.Recruitment@health.qld.gov.auor call Lynne Cameron on 07 4885 7712
and reference this advertisement
Please note: only applications from candidates will be accepted; applications that may result in an agency fee will not be considered
New year, new career for physiotherapy graduate
Bianca Ferreira can’t wait to get moving on
her physiotherapy career.
The 23-year-old, who will graduate from the
University of Sydney this year with her Masters
in Physiotherapy, is now applying for positions
in a bid to kick-start her career as a physiother-
apist in 2015.
“It’s quite daunting because right now there
are so many students that are graduating and
I have to really be open-minded as to where I
go,” she said.
“I am happy to move just as long as I get
that experience and I’m getting that supportive
working environment.”
Bianca is the national student chair of the
Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA)
and she’s also a graduate representative on the
APA’s musculoskeletal physiotherapy commit-
tee.
Bianca was studying a Bachelor of Health
Science and considering a career as an occu-
pational therapist when her dad’s prostate can-
cer diagnosis inadvertently changed the direc-
tion of her career path in health.
“My dad had to go to the physio to do pre-
op exercises,” she said.
“I used to go with him to his physio ses-
sions. The way they approached his situation
and gave him the ability to take control of his
own health through exercise and education, you
could just see the improvement in him and it
helped him to become more positive.
“I thought - wow, I really want to be a part of
that process, and that experience just changed
my mind.”
Bianca said a variety of placements during
her physiotherapy studies, from musculoskel-
etal outpatients to rehabilitation in a geriatrics
ward and cardio placements, enabled her to ex-
perience the wide range of diverse positions the
physiotherapy profession has to offer.
“It’s also amazing how different physios
have different approaches, they interpret evi-
dence in different ways,” she said.
“It’s good to get all of those different experi-
ences and put them into the mix - you can’t be
close-minded.
“The one thing I’ve learnt is you always
have to keep an open mind and also your treat-
ment needs to be based on the patient and
prioritised based on the patient - not because
you have seen that shoulder injury before and
you’ve done this and that on someone else, you
have to do what’s best for that person.”
Bianca now aspires to work in musculoskel-
etal practice and she’s looking forward to be-
ing a part of a team of health professionals, all
working to assist patients or clients.
While she’s preparing to graduate from her
Masters, Bianca says she plans to continue her
education.
“There’s so many additional courses I want
to do just so I can be the best physio that I can
be,” she said.
“I’m pretty interested in the different tech-
niques and I just want to keep adding on to my
skills.”
Bianca can be contacted via email at
bfer8164@uni.sydney.edu.au
By Karen Keast
For more articles visit NCAH.com.au
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•Earnextra$$$$•Bewhereyouareneeded•Meetnewpeople•Visitnewdestinations•ExcitinglocationsthroughoutAustralia
www.cqnurse.com.auOfficelocation239NeboRoad,Mackayp0749985550f0749985545enurses@cqnurse.com.audiscover
yoursto
CQNurse,Australia’spremiernursingagency,hascontractsavailable
NOW.
SPECIALISTNURSINGRemote
TheatreCriticalCareIndigenous
Variouspositionsavailablethroughoutregional,ruraland
remoteAustralia
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For enquiries or to apply, please call 1800 673 123 or send your resume to evaluations@lifescreen.com.au
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR REGISTERED NURSESAre you a self-motivated registered nurse searching for work/life balance?
Are you an ICU, ED, recovery, HITH, or even remote nurse searching for a way to earn income, and fi t in around your existing lifestyle?Lifescreen provides Health Services to the Insurance Industry, and Clinical Services for several pharmaceutical companies. We are looking for nurses to join our expanding operations to provide community-based services for our clients.
Lifescreen can offer you:
• Extra $$$
• Work/life balance
• Continuity of patient care
• Job satisfaction
• Certifi ed CPR/anaphylaxis training provided at no cost to you
To be considered for a role as a nurse contractor for Lifescreen you must have the following:
• Registered nurse with >5 years experience
• Australian Citizen
• ABN
• Cannulation competent
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Own car and mobile phone
242-016 2PG
FULL C
OLO
UR
CM
YK
Check out our facebook page - facebook.com/mackayhhs
Midwives and Registered NursesRequired for both permanent roles and short or long term contract
opportunities in all areas of nursing over the next 12 months.
Mackay Hospital and Health Service offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment including rural facilities and experience a diverse range of services including midwifery, renal, coronary care and cardiac
interventional services, general medical/rehabilitation, ambulatory care and hospital in the home, mental health, alcohol and other
drugs, oncology, general surgical, operating theatre and extended day surgery unit, emergency department, women’s and
children/adolescent services, sexual health and cancer screening and rural nursing. There are seven rural hospitals with opportunities for a
unique rural experience in a supported environment to develop and enhance a wide range of clinical skills.
We provide education and training to assist our staff to develop their skills, advance their career and work to their full scope of practice. Mackay Base Hospital has undergone major development of clinical
services and facilities to ensure it is a state of the art facility including wireless technology and electronic medical records and is in the
process of becoming a fully digital hospital.
Mackay is a tropical setting situated halfway between Brisbane and Cairns, is the gateway to the Whitsundays and offers the opportunity for a lifestyle change in one of Queensland’s most liveable regional cities.
Please email your resume and expression of interest to Mackay.Recruitment@health.qld.gov.auor call Lynne Cameron on 07 4885 7712
and reference this advertisement
Please note: only applications from candidates will be accepted; applications that may result in an agency fee will not be considered
New year, new career for physiotherapy graduate
Bianca Ferreira can’t wait to get moving on
her physiotherapy career.
The 23-year-old, who will graduate from the
University of Sydney this year with her Masters
in Physiotherapy, is now applying for positions
in a bid to kick-start her career as a physiother-
apist in 2015.
“It’s quite daunting because right now there
are so many students that are graduating and
I have to really be open-minded as to where I
go,” she said.
“I am happy to move just as long as I get
that experience and I’m getting that supportive
working environment.”
Bianca is the national student chair of the
Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA)
and she’s also a graduate representative on the
APA’s musculoskeletal physiotherapy commit-
tee.
Bianca was studying a Bachelor of Health
Science and considering a career as an occu-
pational therapist when her dad’s prostate can-
cer diagnosis inadvertently changed the direc-
tion of her career path in health.
“My dad had to go to the physio to do pre-
op exercises,” she said.
“I used to go with him to his physio ses-
sions. The way they approached his situation
and gave him the ability to take control of his
own health through exercise and education, you
could just see the improvement in him and it
helped him to become more positive.
“I thought - wow, I really want to be a part of
that process, and that experience just changed
my mind.”
Bianca said a variety of placements during
her physiotherapy studies, from musculoskel-
etal outpatients to rehabilitation in a geriatrics
ward and cardio placements, enabled her to ex-
perience the wide range of diverse positions the
physiotherapy profession has to offer.
“It’s also amazing how different physios
have different approaches, they interpret evi-
dence in different ways,” she said.
“It’s good to get all of those different experi-
ences and put them into the mix - you can’t be
close-minded.
“The one thing I’ve learnt is you always
have to keep an open mind and also your treat-
ment needs to be based on the patient and
prioritised based on the patient - not because
you have seen that shoulder injury before and
you’ve done this and that on someone else, you
have to do what’s best for that person.”
Bianca now aspires to work in musculoskel-
etal practice and she’s looking forward to be-
ing a part of a team of health professionals, all
working to assist patients or clients.
While she’s preparing to graduate from her
Masters, Bianca says she plans to continue her
education.
“There’s so many additional courses I want
to do just so I can be the best physio that I can
be,” she said.
“I’m pretty interested in the different tech-
niques and I just want to keep adding on to my
skills.”
Bianca can be contacted via email at
bfer8164@uni.sydney.edu.au
By Karen Keast
For more articles visit NCAH.com.au
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are so many students that are graduating and
I have to really be open-minded as to where I
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working environment.”
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Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA)
and she’s also a graduate representative on the
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tee.
Bianca was studying a Bachelor of Health
Science and considering a career as an occu-
pational therapist when her dad’s prostate can-
cer diagnosis inadvertently changed the direc-
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“My dad had to go to the physio to do pre-
op exercises,” she said.
“I used to go with him to his physio ses-
sions. The way they approached his situation
and gave him the ability to take control of his
own health through exercise and education, you
could just see the improvement in him and it
helped him to become more positive.
“I thought - wow, I really want to be a part of
that process, and that experience just changed
my mind.”
Bianca said a variety of placements during
her physiotherapy studies, from musculoskel-
etal outpatients to rehabilitation in a geriatrics
ward and cardio placements, enabled her to ex-
perience the wide range of diverse positions the
physiotherapy profession has to offer.
“It’s also amazing how different physios
have different approaches, they interpret evi-
dence in different ways,” she said.
“It’s good to get all of those different experi-
ences and put them into the mix - you can’t be
close-minded.
“The one thing I’ve learnt is you always
have to keep an open mind and also your treat-
ment needs to be based on the patient and
prioritised based on the patient - not because
you have seen that shoulder injury before and
you’ve done this and that on someone else, you
have to do what’s best for that person.”
Bianca now aspires to work in musculoskel-
etal practice and she’s looking forward to be-
ing a part of a team of health professionals, all
working to assist patients or clients.
While she’s preparing to graduate from her
Masters, Bianca says she plans to continue her
education.
“There’s so many additional courses I want
to do just so I can be the best physio that I can
be,” she said.
“I’m pretty interested in the different tech-
niques and I just want to keep adding on to my
skills.”
Bianca can be contacted via email at
bfer8164@uni.sydney.edu.au
By Karen Keast
For more articles visit NCAH.com.au
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Cultural competence training for mental health practitioners
Indigenous psychologist Tania Jones is add-
ing an Aboriginal voice to mental health care
provision for Indigenous Australians.
A descendant of the Gunditjmara and
Wathaurong peoples of Victoria, Ms Jones is
based in Warrnambool, where she works with
Indigenous communities and stakeholders as
an Indigenous family violence re-
gional coordinator.
Ms Jones is also chair
of the Australian Indig-
enous Psychologists
Association (AIPA), an
affiliate of the Aus-
tralian Psychologi-
cal Society (APS),
which is committed
to advancing the
social and emotional
wellbeing and mental
health of Indigenous
Australians.
“I’m passionate about
working with my own Aboriginal
people and also about ensuring a viable
choice for people to get good service provi-
sion and to have good outcomes when they do
seek mental health and allied health services,”
she says.
“When people have really good outcomes,
that impacts on their entire life.
“I suppose that’s what got me into this
area was that driving, burning need to have
some input into that.”
Statistics show Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people have the highest rates of psycho-
logical distress in Australia while the suicide rates
are at least two to three times higher for Aboriginal
people than for non-Indigenous Australians.
AIPA is working to improve the mental health
of Indigenous Australians through a raft of meas-
ures.
One measure is to equip
non-Indigenous mental health
practitioners, including
mental health nurses,
psychiatrists, occupa-
tional therapists and
psychologists, with
mental health cultural
competence training.
Ms Jones says
it’s vital nurses and al-
lied health professionals
provide culturally appro-
priate services that focus
on the social and emotional
wellbeing framework for Indigenous
Australians, rather than mainstream con-
cepts of mental health.
Mental health issues for Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islanders go beyond the individual and are
linked to a person’s connection to land and cul-
ture, alongside physical, emotional, spiritual and
social factors.
Social and emotional wellbeing connections
also need to be considered within broader social,
cultural, political and historical contexts.
“I think that people are all well-intentioned
and they think that by providing the same service
to everybody, they are catering to everybody,”
Ms Jones says.
“Sometimes that’s not the case because you
may not know that an Aboriginal person comes
from a collective as a society, and therefore their
obligations and their responsibilities can be very
different to that of a person in an individualistic
culture.
“If you don’t take into account their broad
connections to family, kinship groups and com-
munity, then you may be missing some of the
story or some of the picture when you are deal-
ing with that client and you may not be giving the
assistance that is going to help them heal.
“If this misconnection is occurring then peo-
ple don’t engage.”
AIPA has provided cultural competence
workshops to the majority of Medicare Locals
nationally and also provides free, online resourc-
es for mental health practitioners including the
Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles
and Practice book.
The book, now in its second edition, was ed-
ited by leading Indigenous psychologist Profes-
sor Pat Dudgeon, of the University of Western
Australia, who is also chair of the National Abo-
riginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership in
Mental Health (NATSILMH) group, and her UWA
colleagues Professor Helen Milroy and Associate
Professor Roz Walker.
The book details the social determinants of
social and emotional wellbeing, mental illness
in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people,
harmful substance use and mental health, sui-
cide prevention among Aboriginal Australians,
and mental disorder and cognitive disability in
the criminal justice system.
It also explains cultural competence and
outlines assessment and management, working
with children, families and communities, as well
as healing models and programs.
Significant differences exist in the way that
social and emotional wellbeing, mental health and
mental health disorders are understood in different
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
across Australia.
As a result, Ms Jones also advises mental
health practitioners to seek Aboriginal support.
“If you’re dealing with Aboriginal people you re-
ally should be also talking to somebody who can
give you guidance if something comes up around
community, obligations and responsibility about the
way they perceive mental health issues,” she says.
“Sometimes it is very different to the way
that other people can perceive it, depending on
where they are from in Australia and what their
belief systems and that are.
“It’s very important to have contact with Abo-
riginal people to say - is this something that is
common with people from this part of Australia
or not?
“It’s about being able to have that cultural un-
derstanding of what you’re dealing with and the
presentations can be different because of that.”
AIPA is striving to increase the number of In-
digenous psychologists which currently stands at
just 50, and the group is working towards Indi-
genising psychological curriculum in universities,
while providing mentoring and professional sup-
port for members.
Indigenous psychologists are making a ma-
jor contribution to Indigenous health, Ms Jones
says.
“We are working with a lot of trauma and grief - it can be attached to the closing the gap statistics of lower life expectancy, chronic illness, those sorts of areas, also suicide is three times higher within Aborigi-nal communities.”
Mental health issues are one of the leading causes of the Indigenous health gap. A group of Indigenous psychologists are stepping into the gap, devel-oping essential resources to improve the cultural competence of Australia’s mental health workforceBy Karen Keast.
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
Cultural competence training for mental health practitioners
Indigenous psychologist Tania Jones is add-
ing an Aboriginal voice to mental health care
provision for Indigenous Australians.
A descendant of the Gunditjmara and
Wathaurong peoples of Victoria, Ms Jones is
based in Warrnambool, where she works with
Indigenous communities and stakeholders as
an Indigenous family violence re-
gional coordinator.
Ms Jones is also chair
of the Australian Indig-
enous Psychologists
Association (AIPA), an
affiliate of the Aus-
tralian Psychologi-
cal Society (APS),
which is committed
to advancing the
social and emotional
wellbeing and mental
health of Indigenous
Australians.
“I’m passionate about
working with my own Aboriginal
people and also about ensuring a viable
choice for people to get good service provi-
sion and to have good outcomes when they do
seek mental health and allied health services,”
she says.
“When people have really good outcomes,
that impacts on their entire life.
“I suppose that’s what got me into this
area was that driving, burning need to have
some input into that.”
Statistics show Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people have the highest rates of psycho-
logical distress in Australia while the suicide rates
are at least two to three times higher for Aboriginal
people than for non-Indigenous Australians.
AIPA is working to improve the mental health
of Indigenous Australians through a raft of meas-
ures.
One measure is to equip
non-Indigenous mental health
practitioners, including
mental health nurses,
psychiatrists, occupa-
tional therapists and
psychologists, with
mental health cultural
competence training.
Ms Jones says
it’s vital nurses and al-
lied health professionals
provide culturally appro-
priate services that focus
on the social and emotional
wellbeing framework for Indigenous
Australians, rather than mainstream con-
cepts of mental health.
Mental health issues for Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islanders go beyond the individual and are
linked to a person’s connection to land and cul-
ture, alongside physical, emotional, spiritual and
social factors.
Social and emotional wellbeing connections
also need to be considered within broader social,
cultural, political and historical contexts.
“I think that people are all well-intentioned
and they think that by providing the same service
to everybody, they are catering to everybody,”
Ms Jones says.
“Sometimes that’s not the case because you
may not know that an Aboriginal person comes
from a collective as a society, and therefore their
obligations and their responsibilities can be very
different to that of a person in an individualistic
culture.
“If you don’t take into account their broad
connections to family, kinship groups and com-
munity, then you may be missing some of the
story or some of the picture when you are deal-
ing with that client and you may not be giving the
assistance that is going to help them heal.
“If this misconnection is occurring then peo-
ple don’t engage.”
AIPA has provided cultural competence
workshops to the majority of Medicare Locals
nationally and also provides free, online resourc-
es for mental health practitioners including the
Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles
and Practice book.
The book, now in its second edition, was ed-
ited by leading Indigenous psychologist Profes-
sor Pat Dudgeon, of the University of Western
Australia, who is also chair of the National Abo-
riginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership in
Mental Health (NATSILMH) group, and her UWA
colleagues Professor Helen Milroy and Associate
Professor Roz Walker.
The book details the social determinants of
social and emotional wellbeing, mental illness
in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people,
harmful substance use and mental health, sui-
cide prevention among Aboriginal Australians,
and mental disorder and cognitive disability in
the criminal justice system.
It also explains cultural competence and
outlines assessment and management, working
with children, families and communities, as well
as healing models and programs.
Significant differences exist in the way that
social and emotional wellbeing, mental health and
mental health disorders are understood in different
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
across Australia.
As a result, Ms Jones also advises mental
health practitioners to seek Aboriginal support.
“If you’re dealing with Aboriginal people you re-
ally should be also talking to somebody who can
give you guidance if something comes up around
community, obligations and responsibility about the
way they perceive mental health issues,” she says.
“Sometimes it is very different to the way
that other people can perceive it, depending on
where they are from in Australia and what their
belief systems and that are.
“It’s very important to have contact with Abo-
riginal people to say - is this something that is
common with people from this part of Australia
or not?
“It’s about being able to have that cultural un-
derstanding of what you’re dealing with and the
presentations can be different because of that.”
AIPA is striving to increase the number of In-
digenous psychologists which currently stands at
just 50, and the group is working towards Indi-
genising psychological curriculum in universities,
while providing mentoring and professional sup-
port for members.
Indigenous psychologists are making a ma-
jor contribution to Indigenous health, Ms Jones
says.
“We are working with a lot of trauma and grief - it can be attached to the closing the gap statistics of lower life expectancy, chronic illness, those sorts of areas, also suicide is three times higher within Aborigi-nal communities.”
Mental health issues are one of the leading causes of the Indigenous health gap. A group of Indigenous psychologists are stepping into the gap, devel-oping essential resources to improve the cultural competence of Australia’s mental health workforceBy Karen Keast.
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
Managing potentially violent situations in remote settings
A collaborative survey of 600 professionals
funded by the Australian Governments Depart-
ment of Health and Ageing suggests that doc-
tors, nurses, teachers and police in rural and
remote areas feel vulnerable to violence in the
workplace. Working unsociable hours, often
alone in isolated settings contributed to their feel-
ings of vulnerability. 50% of respondents report-
ed a specific incident in the prior 12 months, but
all respondents felt increased stress and anxiety
resulting from concerns about workplace vio-
lence. Staff training regarding managing violent
and aggressive behaviour was one suggestion
to assist staff to remain in their roles. The report
on the findings of the survey, and of a literature
and document review, is available online at www.
rdaa.com.au/papers.
Sue Lenthall’s research Nursing workforce
in very remote Australia, characteristics and key
issues found that the registered nursing work-
force in very remote Australia is mostly female
(89%) and ageing with 40.2% 50 years or over
compared to 33% nationally. As many as 43%
are in remote indigenous communities. Only 5%
of these RNs have postgraduate qualifications in
remote health practice.
Warning signs of potentially violent situa
tions:
• Reportsfrompriorcaregiversofpreviously
violent behaviour.
• Previousexpressionofadesireorintentto
self-harm.
• Verbalthreatsorgestures,orotherwisereck
less behaviour.
• Ahistoryofviolentbehaviour,particularlyif
the patient doesn’t acknowledge this prior
history.
• Avisualdisplayofagitation,excitementor
suspicious behaviour.
• When anger builds, facial expressions be-
come tense and angry, and there can be clear
signs of restlessness and anxiety such as pacing,
muscle twitching or dilated pupils.
• Intoxicationsignificantlyincreasestheriskof
violence.
• Thepersonmaybeexperiencingdelusionsor
hallucinations with violent content.
Any health professionals engaging with indi-
viduals or patients with a history of violence or
displaying these types of behaviours should pro-
ceed with extreme care and caution, and engage
the assistance of colleagues if possible.
Strategies for de-escalating potentially violent
situations
1. Do not attempt to de-escalate the situation if
the individual is actually being violent
or if they are carrying a weapon. Fa
miliarise yourself with your health facility’s pol
icies and procedures for responding to situa
tions such as these.
2. Take a deep breath, and keep calm.
3. Ensure you are not wearing any necklaces,
scarves, hanging jewellery or any religious
symbols when confronting a person or pa
tient that may pose a risk to you
or others.
4. Where possible move the individual to a room
in which other patients or members of the
public are not present (remove the audience),
there are at least two exits and plenty of
room to move, and in which other staff are
available to provide assistance if required.
5. Do not turn your back on the patient, and try
to remain at least an arm’s length away from
the patient.
6. Speak to the person in a slow monotonous
tone of voice. This is the opposite of
what a scared person usually does (there is a
tendency to use a high-pitched voice).
The person will have to concentrate to hear
you if you speak softly and slowly and this
can have a calming effect.
7. Do not maintain close eye contact; allow the
patient to break their gaze and look away.
8. Be firm but respectful when giving instruc
tions, settling limits or calling for assistance.
9. Do not respond to questions that contain
abuse. Empathise with feelings, but not with
behaviour that is not acceptable. For exam
pleyoumightsay“Iunderstandyouhave
the right to be angry, but it is not OK for you
to threaten me or the other people here.”
10. There is a high correlation between a per
son’s self-perceived powerlessness and
a tendency to behave violently. Giving the in
dividual concerned a lot of reassurance and
the opportunity to communicate and express
their emotions can significantly reduce the
risk of that individual becoming violent.
Encourage the person to tell their story. The
introduction of a neutral ‘3rd person’ to the
situation that listens to and empathises with
the individual can provide additional support
and further reduce the risk of escalation.
11. Distraction can be a very useful tool to de-
escalate a situation and interrupt an individu
al’s behaviour pattern.
12. Be familiar with your health service policies
and procedures in relation to dealing with
potentially violent situations, including the
use of restraints, and engaging support
staff.
Leave a comment on this and other articles by visiting the ‘news’
section of our website http://www.ncah.com.au
To go to this article directly, visit http://tinyurl.com/lx9b4n2
Have you been avictim of workplace
violence?
Managing potentially violent situations in remote settings
A collaborative survey of 600 professionals
funded by the Australian Governments Depart-
ment of Health and Ageing suggests that doc-
tors, nurses, teachers and police in rural and
remote areas feel vulnerable to violence in the
workplace. Working unsociable hours, often
alone in isolated settings contributed to their feel-
ings of vulnerability. 50% of respondents report-
ed a specific incident in the prior 12 months, but
all respondents felt increased stress and anxiety
resulting from concerns about workplace vio-
lence. Staff training regarding managing violent
and aggressive behaviour was one suggestion
to assist staff to remain in their roles. The report
on the findings of the survey, and of a literature
and document review, is available online at www.
rdaa.com.au/papers.
Sue Lenthall’s research Nursing workforce
in very remote Australia, characteristics and key
issues found that the registered nursing work-
force in very remote Australia is mostly female
(89%) and ageing with 40.2% 50 years or over
compared to 33% nationally. As many as 43%
are in remote indigenous communities. Only 5%
of these RNs have postgraduate qualifications in
remote health practice.
Warning signs of potentially violent situa
tions:
•Reportsfrompriorcaregiversofpreviously
violent behaviour.
•Previousexpressionofadesireorintentto
self-harm.
•Verbalthreatsorgestures,orotherwisereck
less behaviour.
•Ahistoryofviolentbehaviour,particularlyif
the patient doesn’t acknowledge this prior
history.
•Avisualdisplayofagitation,excitementor
suspicious behaviour.
•Whenangerbuilds,facialexpressionsbe-
come tense and angry, and there can be clear
signs of restlessness and anxiety such as pacing,
muscle twitching or dilated pupils.
•Intoxicationsignificantlyincreasestheriskof
violence.
•Thepersonmaybeexperiencingdelusionsor
hallucinations with violent content.
Any health professionals engaging with indi-
viduals or patients with a history of violence or
displaying these types of behaviours should pro-
ceed with extreme care and caution, and engage
the assistance of colleagues if possible.
Strategies for de-escalating potentially violent
situations
1. Do not attempt to de-escalate the situation if
the individual is actually being violent
or if they are carrying a weapon. Fa
miliarise yourself with your health facility’s pol
icies and procedures for responding to situa
tions such as these.
2. Take a deep breath, and keep calm.
3. Ensure you are not wearing any necklaces,
scarves, hanging jewellery or any religious
symbols when confronting a person or pa
tient that may pose a risk to you
or others.
4. Where possible move the individual to a room
in which other patients or members of the
public are not present (remove the audience),
there are at least two exits and plenty of
room to move, and in which other staff are
available to provide assistance if required.
5. Do not turn your back on the patient, and try
to remain at least an arm’s length away from
the patient.
6. Speak to the person in a slow monotonous
tone of voice. This is the opposite of
what a scared person usually does (there is a
tendency to use a high-pitched voice).
The person will have to concentrate to hear
you if you speak softly and slowly and this
can have a calming effect.
7. Do not maintain close eye contact; allow the
patient to break their gaze and look away.
8. Be firm but respectful when giving instruc
tions, settling limits or calling for assistance.
9. Do not respond to questions that contain
abuse. Empathise with feelings, but not with
behaviour that is not acceptable. For exam
pleyoumightsay“Iunderstandyouhave
the right to be angry, but it is not OK for you
to threaten me or the other people here.”
10. There is a high correlation between a per
son’s self-perceived powerlessness and
a tendency to behave violently. Giving the in
dividual concerned a lot of reassurance and
the opportunity to communicate and express
their emotions can significantly reduce the
risk of that individual becoming violent.
Encourage the person to tell their story. The
introduction of a neutral ‘3rd person’ to the
situation that listens to and empathises with
the individual can provide additional support
and further reduce the risk of escalation.
11. Distraction can be a very useful tool to de-
escalate a situation and interrupt an individu
al’s behaviour pattern.
12. Be familiar with your health service policies
and procedures in relation to dealing with
potentially violent situations, including the
use of restraints, and engaging support
staff.
Leave a comment on this and other articles by visiting the ‘news’
section of our website http://www.ncah.com.au
To go to this article directly, visit http://tinyurl.com/lx9b4n2
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Cultural competence training for mental health practitioners
Indigenous psychologist Tania Jones is add-
ing an Aboriginal voice to mental health care
provision for Indigenous Australians.
A descendant of the Gunditjmara and
Wathaurong peoples of Victoria, Ms Jones is
based in Warrnambool, where she works with
Indigenous communities and stakeholders as
an Indigenous family violence re-
gional coordinator.
Ms Jones is also chair
of the Australian Indig-
enous Psychologists
Association (AIPA), an
affiliate of the Aus-
tralian Psychologi-
cal Society (APS),
which is committed
to advancing the
social and emotional
wellbeing and mental
health of Indigenous
Australians.
“I’m passionate about
working with my own Aboriginal
people and also about ensuring a viable
choice for people to get good service provi-
sion and to have good outcomes when they do
seek mental health and allied health services,”
she says.
“When people have really good outcomes,
that impacts on their entire life.
“I suppose that’s what got me into this
area was that driving, burning need to have
some input into that.”
Statistics show Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people have the highest rates of psycho-
logical distress in Australia while the suicide rates
are at least two to three times higher for Aboriginal
people than for non-Indigenous Australians.
AIPA is working to improve the mental health
of Indigenous Australians through a raft of meas-
ures.
One measure is to equip
non-Indigenous mental health
practitioners, including
mental health nurses,
psychiatrists, occupa-
tional therapists and
psychologists, with
mental health cultural
competence training.
Ms Jones says
it’s vital nurses and al-
lied health professionals
provide culturally appro-
priate services that focus
on the social and emotional
wellbeing framework for Indigenous
Australians, rather than mainstream con-
cepts of mental health.
Mental health issues for Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islanders go beyond the individual and are
linked to a person’s connection to land and cul-
ture, alongside physical, emotional, spiritual and
social factors.
Social and emotional wellbeing connections
also need to be considered within broader social,
cultural, political and historical contexts.
“I think that people are all well-intentioned
and they think that by providing the same service
to everybody, they are catering to everybody,”
Ms Jones says.
“Sometimes that’s not the case because you
may not know that an Aboriginal person comes
from a collective as a society, and therefore their
obligations and their responsibilities can be very
different to that of a person in an individualistic
culture.
“If you don’t take into account their broad
connections to family, kinship groups and com-
munity, then you may be missing some of the
story or some of the picture when you are deal-
ing with that client and you may not be giving the
assistance that is going to help them heal.
“If this misconnection is occurring then peo-
ple don’t engage.”
AIPA has provided cultural competence
workshops to the majority of Medicare Locals
nationally and also provides free, online resourc-
es for mental health practitioners including the
Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles
and Practice book.
The book, now in its second edition, was ed-
ited by leading Indigenous psychologist Profes-
sor Pat Dudgeon, of the University of Western
Australia, who is also chair of the National Abo-
riginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership in
Mental Health (NATSILMH) group, and her UWA
colleagues Professor Helen Milroy and Associate
Professor Roz Walker.
The book details the social determinants of
social and emotional wellbeing, mental illness
in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people,
harmful substance use and mental health, sui-
cide prevention among Aboriginal Australians,
and mental disorder and cognitive disability in
the criminal justice system.
It also explains cultural competence and
outlines assessment and management, working
with children, families and communities, as well
as healing models and programs.
Significant differences exist in the way that
social and emotional wellbeing, mental health and
mental health disorders are understood in different
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
across Australia.
As a result, Ms Jones also advises mental
health practitioners to seek Aboriginal support.
“If you’re dealing with Aboriginal people you re-
ally should be also talking to somebody who can
give you guidance if something comes up around
community, obligations and responsibility about the
way they perceive mental health issues,” she says.
“Sometimes it is very different to the way
that other people can perceive it, depending on
where they are from in Australia and what their
belief systems and that are.
“It’s very important to have contact with Abo-
riginal people to say - is this something that is
common with people from this part of Australia
or not?
“It’s about being able to have that cultural un-
derstanding of what you’re dealing with and the
presentations can be different because of that.”
AIPA is striving to increase the number of In-
digenous psychologists which currently stands at
just 50, and the group is working towards Indi-
genising psychological curriculum in universities,
while providing mentoring and professional sup-
port for members.
Indigenous psychologists are making a ma-
jor contribution to Indigenous health, Ms Jones
says.
“We are working with a lot of trauma and grief - it can be attached to the closing the gap statistics of lower life expectancy, chronic illness, those sorts of areas, also suicide is three times higher within Aborigi-nal communities.”
Mental health issues are one of the leading causes of the Indigenous health gap. A group of Indigenous psychologists are stepping into the gap, devel-oping essential resources to improve the cultural competence of Australia’s mental health workforceBy Karen Keast.
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
Cultural competence training for mental health practitioners
Indigenous psychologist Tania Jones is add-
ing an Aboriginal voice to mental health care
provision for Indigenous Australians.
A descendant of the Gunditjmara and
Wathaurong peoples of Victoria, Ms Jones is
based in Warrnambool, where she works with
Indigenous communities and stakeholders as
an Indigenous family violence re-
gional coordinator.
Ms Jones is also chair
of the Australian Indig-
enous Psychologists
Association (AIPA), an
affiliate of the Aus-
tralian Psychologi-
cal Society (APS),
which is committed
to advancing the
social and emotional
wellbeing and mental
health of Indigenous
Australians.
“I’m passionate about
working with my own Aboriginal
people and also about ensuring a viable
choice for people to get good service provi-
sion and to have good outcomes when they do
seek mental health and allied health services,”
she says.
“When people have really good outcomes,
that impacts on their entire life.
“I suppose that’s what got me into this
area was that driving, burning need to have
some input into that.”
Statistics show Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people have the highest rates of psycho-
logical distress in Australia while the suicide rates
are at least two to three times higher for Aboriginal
people than for non-Indigenous Australians.
AIPA is working to improve the mental health
of Indigenous Australians through a raft of meas-
ures.
One measure is to equip
non-Indigenous mental health
practitioners, including
mental health nurses,
psychiatrists, occupa-
tional therapists and
psychologists, with
mental health cultural
competence training.
Ms Jones says
it’s vital nurses and al-
lied health professionals
provide culturally appro-
priate services that focus
on the social and emotional
wellbeing framework for Indigenous
Australians, rather than mainstream con-
cepts of mental health.
Mental health issues for Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islanders go beyond the individual and are
linked to a person’s connection to land and cul-
ture, alongside physical, emotional, spiritual and
social factors.
Social and emotional wellbeing connections
also need to be considered within broader social,
cultural, political and historical contexts.
“I think that people are all well-intentioned
and they think that by providing the same service
to everybody, they are catering to everybody,”
Ms Jones says.
“Sometimes that’s not the case because you
may not know that an Aboriginal person comes
from a collective as a society, and therefore their
obligations and their responsibilities can be very
different to that of a person in an individualistic
culture.
“If you don’t take into account their broad
connections to family, kinship groups and com-
munity, then you may be missing some of the
story or some of the picture when you are deal-
ing with that client and you may not be giving the
assistance that is going to help them heal.
“If this misconnection is occurring then peo-
ple don’t engage.”
AIPA has provided cultural competence
workshops to the majority of Medicare Locals
nationally and also provides free, online resourc-
es for mental health practitioners including the
Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles
and Practice book.
The book, now in its second edition, was ed-
ited by leading Indigenous psychologist Profes-
sor Pat Dudgeon, of the University of Western
Australia, who is also chair of the National Abo-
riginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership in
Mental Health (NATSILMH) group, and her UWA
colleagues Professor Helen Milroy and Associate
Professor Roz Walker.
The book details the social determinants of
social and emotional wellbeing, mental illness
in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people,
harmful substance use and mental health, sui-
cide prevention among Aboriginal Australians,
and mental disorder and cognitive disability in
the criminal justice system.
It also explains cultural competence and
outlines assessment and management, working
with children, families and communities, as well
as healing models and programs.
Significant differences exist in the way that
social and emotional wellbeing, mental health and
mental health disorders are understood in different
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
across Australia.
As a result, Ms Jones also advises mental
health practitioners to seek Aboriginal support.
“If you’re dealing with Aboriginal people you re-
ally should be also talking to somebody who can
give you guidance if something comes up around
community, obligations and responsibility about the
way they perceive mental health issues,” she says.
“Sometimes it is very different to the way
that other people can perceive it, depending on
where they are from in Australia and what their
belief systems and that are.
“It’s very important to have contact with Abo-
riginal people to say - is this something that is
common with people from this part of Australia
or not?
“It’s about being able to have that cultural un-
derstanding of what you’re dealing with and the
presentations can be different because of that.”
AIPA is striving to increase the number of In-
digenous psychologists which currently stands at
just 50, and the group is working towards Indi-
genising psychological curriculum in universities,
while providing mentoring and professional sup-
port for members.
Indigenous psychologists are making a ma-
jor contribution to Indigenous health, Ms Jones
says.
“We are working with a lot of trauma and grief - it can be attached to the closing the gap statistics of lower life expectancy, chronic illness, those sorts of areas, also suicide is three times higher within Aborigi-nal communities.”
Mental health issues are one of the leading causes of the Indigenous health gap. A group of Indigenous psychologists are stepping into the gap, devel-oping essential resources to improve the cultural competence of Australia’s mental health workforceBy Karen Keast.
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
Managing potentially violent situations in remote settings
A collaborative survey of 600 professionals
funded by the Australian Governments Depart-
ment of Health and Ageing suggests that doc-
tors, nurses, teachers and police in rural and
remote areas feel vulnerable to violence in the
workplace. Working unsociable hours, often
alone in isolated settings contributed to their feel-
ings of vulnerability. 50% of respondents report-
ed a specific incident in the prior 12 months, but
all respondents felt increased stress and anxiety
resulting from concerns about workplace vio-
lence. Staff training regarding managing violent
and aggressive behaviour was one suggestion
to assist staff to remain in their roles. The report
on the findings of the survey, and of a literature
and document review, is available online at www.
rdaa.com.au/papers.
Sue Lenthall’s research Nursing workforce
in very remote Australia, characteristics and key
issues found that the registered nursing work-
force in very remote Australia is mostly female
(89%) and ageing with 40.2% 50 years or over
compared to 33% nationally. As many as 43%
are in remote indigenous communities. Only 5%
of these RNs have postgraduate qualifications in
remote health practice.
Warning signs of potentially violent situa
tions:
•Reportsfrompriorcaregiversofpreviously
violent behaviour.
•Previousexpressionofadesireorintentto
self-harm.
•Verbalthreatsorgestures,orotherwisereck
less behaviour.
•Ahistoryofviolentbehaviour,particularlyif
the patient doesn’t acknowledge this prior
history.
•Avisualdisplayofagitation,excitementor
suspicious behaviour.
•Whenangerbuilds,facialexpressionsbe-
come tense and angry, and there can be clear
signs of restlessness and anxiety such as pacing,
muscle twitching or dilated pupils.
•Intoxicationsignificantlyincreasestheriskof
violence.
•Thepersonmaybeexperiencingdelusionsor
hallucinations with violent content.
Any health professionals engaging with indi-
viduals or patients with a history of violence or
displaying these types of behaviours should pro-
ceed with extreme care and caution, and engage
the assistance of colleagues if possible.
Strategies for de-escalating potentially violent
situations
1. Do not attempt to de-escalate the situation if
the individual is actually being violent
or if they are carrying a weapon. Fa
miliarise yourself with your health facility’s pol
icies and procedures for responding to situa
tions such as these.
2. Take a deep breath, and keep calm.
3. Ensure you are not wearing any necklaces,
scarves, hanging jewellery or any religious
symbols when confronting a person or pa
tient that may pose a risk to you
or others.
4. Where possible move the individual to a room
in which other patients or members of the
public are not present (remove the audience),
there are at least two exits and plenty of
room to move, and in which other staff are
available to provide assistance if required.
5. Do not turn your back on the patient, and try
to remain at least an arm’s length away from
the patient.
6. Speak to the person in a slow monotonous
tone of voice. This is the opposite of
what a scared person usually does (there is a
tendency to use a high-pitched voice).
The person will have to concentrate to hear
you if you speak softly and slowly and this
can have a calming effect.
7. Do not maintain close eye contact; allow the
patient to break their gaze and look away.
8. Be firm but respectful when giving instruc
tions, settling limits or calling for assistance.
9. Do not respond to questions that contain
abuse. Empathise with feelings, but not with
behaviour that is not acceptable. For exam
pleyoumightsay“Iunderstandyouhave
the right to be angry, but it is not OK for you
to threaten me or the other people here.”
10. There is a high correlation between a per
son’s self-perceived powerlessness and
a tendency to behave violently. Giving the in
dividual concerned a lot of reassurance and
the opportunity to communicate and express
their emotions can significantly reduce the
risk of that individual becoming violent.
Encourage the person to tell their story. The
introduction of a neutral ‘3rd person’ to the
situation that listens to and empathises with
the individual can provide additional support
and further reduce the risk of escalation.
11. Distraction can be a very useful tool to de-
escalate a situation and interrupt an individu
al’s behaviour pattern.
12. Be familiar with your health service policies
and procedures in relation to dealing with
potentially violent situations, including the
use of restraints, and engaging support
staff.
Leave a comment on this and other articles by visiting the ‘news’
section of our website http://www.ncah.com.au
To go to this article directly, visit http://tinyurl.com/lx9b4n2
Have you been avictim of workplace
violence?
Managing potentially violent situations in remote settings
A collaborative survey of 600 professionals
funded by the Australian Governments Depart-
ment of Health and Ageing suggests that doc-
tors, nurses, teachers and police in rural and
remote areas feel vulnerable to violence in the
workplace. Working unsociable hours, often
alone in isolated settings contributed to their feel-
ings of vulnerability. 50% of respondents report-
ed a specific incident in the prior 12 months, but
all respondents felt increased stress and anxiety
resulting from concerns about workplace vio-
lence. Staff training regarding managing violent
and aggressive behaviour was one suggestion
to assist staff to remain in their roles. The report
on the findings of the survey, and of a literature
and document review, is available online at www.
rdaa.com.au/papers.
Sue Lenthall’s research Nursing workforce
in very remote Australia, characteristics and key
issues found that the registered nursing work-
force in very remote Australia is mostly female
(89%) and ageing with 40.2% 50 years or over
compared to 33% nationally. As many as 43%
are in remote indigenous communities. Only 5%
of these RNs have postgraduate qualifications in
remote health practice.
Warning signs of potentially violent situa
tions:
• Reportsfrompriorcaregiversofpreviously
violent behaviour.
• Previousexpressionofadesireorintentto
self-harm.
• Verbalthreatsorgestures,orotherwisereck
less behaviour.
• Ahistoryofviolentbehaviour,particularlyif
the patient doesn’t acknowledge this prior
history.
• Avisualdisplayofagitation,excitementor
suspicious behaviour.
• When anger builds, facial expressions be-
come tense and angry, and there can be clear
signs of restlessness and anxiety such as pacing,
muscle twitching or dilated pupils.
• Intoxicationsignificantlyincreasestheriskof
violence.
• Thepersonmaybeexperiencingdelusionsor
hallucinations with violent content.
Any health professionals engaging with indi-
viduals or patients with a history of violence or
displaying these types of behaviours should pro-
ceed with extreme care and caution, and engage
the assistance of colleagues if possible.
Strategies for de-escalating potentially violent
situations
1. Do not attempt to de-escalate the situation if
the individual is actually being violent
or if they are carrying a weapon. Fa
miliarise yourself with your health facility’s pol
icies and procedures for responding to situa
tions such as these.
2. Take a deep breath, and keep calm.
3. Ensure you are not wearing any necklaces,
scarves, hanging jewellery or any religious
symbols when confronting a person or pa
tient that may pose a risk to you
or others.
4. Where possible move the individual to a room
in which other patients or members of the
public are not present (remove the audience),
there are at least two exits and plenty of
room to move, and in which other staff are
available to provide assistance if required.
5. Do not turn your back on the patient, and try
to remain at least an arm’s length away from
the patient.
6. Speak to the person in a slow monotonous
tone of voice. This is the opposite of
what a scared person usually does (there is a
tendency to use a high-pitched voice).
The person will have to concentrate to hear
you if you speak softly and slowly and this
can have a calming effect.
7. Do not maintain close eye contact; allow the
patient to break their gaze and look away.
8. Be firm but respectful when giving instruc
tions, settling limits or calling for assistance.
9. Do not respond to questions that contain
abuse. Empathise with feelings, but not with
behaviour that is not acceptable. For exam
pleyoumightsay“Iunderstandyouhave
the right to be angry, but it is not OK for you
to threaten me or the other people here.”
10. There is a high correlation between a per
son’s self-perceived powerlessness and
a tendency to behave violently. Giving the in
dividual concerned a lot of reassurance and
the opportunity to communicate and express
their emotions can significantly reduce the
risk of that individual becoming violent.
Encourage the person to tell their story. The
introduction of a neutral ‘3rd person’ to the
situation that listens to and empathises with
the individual can provide additional support
and further reduce the risk of escalation.
11. Distraction can be a very useful tool to de-
escalate a situation and interrupt an individu
al’s behaviour pattern.
12. Be familiar with your health service policies
and procedures in relation to dealing with
potentially violent situations, including the
use of restraints, and engaging support
staff.
Leave a comment on this and other articles by visiting the ‘news’
section of our website http://www.ncah.com.au
To go to this article directly, visit http://tinyurl.com/lx9b4n2
Have you been avictim of workplace
violence?
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• Up to 12 week assignments (or longer).• Living & caring for people in their homes.• Board & lodgings on assignment.• Dormitory accommodation provided whilst undertaking your initial UK training• Professional and friendly support.
In you are interested in this exciting opportunity and you are eligable to work in the UK, email
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Learning powered by online technologies: collaboration is key
Advances in online technologies have meant
that global information-sharing, communication,
and connection have now become realities for
many people. This revolutionary way of learning
has also impacted upon the provision of health
care and on relationships between health prac-
titioners and their clients.Although
it is wise not to trust all of the
information that is available
online without testing it, it
may be counter-produc-
tive, even destructive,
for health profession-
als to ignore the pres-
ence of online ma-
terials and opinions.
Instead, healthcare
and patient-practition-
er relationships may be
enhanced when health
practitioners and patients
work collaboratively to seek,
sort, and test online advice.
A recent study by researchers in the
United States (Rupert et al. 2014) found that
patients and caregivers frequently consulted
online health communities and social media to
seek out more information about their health is-
sues. Online health communities are comprised
of engaged Internet users – people visit a site
to collect and to share information with oth-
ers from around the world who are interested
in similar topics. Sometimes members of these
communities have professional knowledge
and education about the topic at hand; how-
ever, there are also communities in which the
members primarily have lived experience of
the medical condition and willingly share their
experiences with others. Therefore these sites
can offer a different type of information-sharing
than health care providers, including empathy,
support, and real-life examples of challenges
and successes in coping with ill-health. Such
a level of empathy may be difficult to achieve
other than by having a comparable
shared experience.
Rupert et al. (2014)
found that people used
online health communi-
ties and social media
to researchhealth in-
formation because
they perceived that
health workers were
too busy to provide
them with the level
of detailed information
that they wanted. Mem-
bers of online communities
provide advice about different
types of treatments, and they offer
stories about their own coping strategies.
The participants in Rupert et al.’s study felt that
health professionals were reluctant to discuss
other possibilities of care than those advocated
by their own particular profession. This finding
is perhaps not surprising because to commit to
a particular health profession is to take on the
values and beliefs of that profession, including
its methods of creating health and well-being.
By Clare Wilding
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
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The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) highly values the contribution and dedication of its people, who enjoy working together to provide high quality health care in a unique environment.
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If you’re a Nurse/Midwife ready for a rewarding new challenge, the RFDS has a position for the right person to join our dynamic Flight Nurse Team.
You’ll be working with an amazing and motivated team of professionals dedicated
to providing primary care and emergency evacuations to those living and working in rural and remote areas.Applicants are required to have:> Dual Nursing and Midwifery registration> Significant postgraduate experience
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Robots set to assist nurses in aged care
Robots could be entertaining, serving food
and fluid, conversing with and lifting aged care
patients in Australian facilities in the not too dis-
tant future.
Professor Wendy Moyle, of Griffith Health
Institute’s Centre for Health Practice Innovation,
said robots will soon have an important role to
play in assisting nurses to care for Australia’s
rapidly ageing population.
“There isn’t a lot around now at the moment
off-the-shelf - it’s a growing industry,” she said.
“In the next five years, we are going to see
massive growth. I think we are going to see great
advances very soon.”
Professor Moyle, who is researching how
robots can help people with dementia and their
carers, said research shows people with demen-
tia often have very little face to face contact with
care staff.
“There’s a large number of residents and a
small number of staff and they are very busy;
they’ve got numerous tasks to do,” she said.
“It was identified that people have between
two and 28 minutes in a 24-hour period where
they actually have face to face communicative
contact with care staff.
“There are long periods of time where robots
could be used to entertain people, to socialise, to
engage them with other humans as well.
“Robots can be used to connect people, to
play games, to entertain, to do exercise.
“We are not saying you should do away with
humans, not at all, but we’ve found that the use
of robots actually increases human interaction.
“When we are out with the robots and care
staff, the care staff are also interested in the ro-
bots and they often use the robots as a means of
communication with residents.
“We find it increases the more valuable,
meaningful conversations that haven’t gone on
previously.”
Griffith University this week opened the
doors to its Social Robotics and Assistive Tech-
nology Laboratory at its Nathan campus.
An Australian first, the robotics laboratory
will enable health care providers and practi-
tioners to test technologies and to seek expert
advice on new proposals or uses for existing
technologies.
“Often the products are developed and they
don’t work, they don’t work well or they don’t
work in an Australian environment,” Professor
Moyle said.
“I guess what we’re trying to do is to get
the end users in and get them involved in terms
of what they require, what it might look like and
how we can go about either developing new
products or redesigning the products that are
currently available.
“In terms of our research and development,
we are developing new softwares and tech-
nologies and testing them with end users in the
laboratory before they actually go out into the
community.”
Professor Moyle said while robots are rela-
tively new in Australia, robots are already as-
sisting aged care patients in parts of Japan,
Denmark, Sweden and Germany.
“In Germany, there is a robot which is prob-
ably the most sophisticated around,” she said.
“It will deliver fluids to someone…and cal-
culate how much fluid that person is drinking at
the end of the day.
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
By Karen Keast
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www.barwonhealth.org.au
Care | Education | Research
Waikato topples hospital fall rates
Orange non-slip socks, sensor mats and Invi-
sa-Beams are working to reduce falls at Waikato
District Health Board (DHB).
The measures are part of a range of initiatives
credited for reducing falls by 41 per cent at the
DHB in the past four years.
The orange SafeFeet socks, equipped with
grip, work to prevent the patient from falling while
also acting to alert staff on the ward that the pa-
tient is at risk and shouldn’t be moving on their
feet independently.
A monitoring system, the Invisa-Beam sets
off an alarm when a patient gets out of bed while
enabling nurses to identify the room in which the
alarm is sounding.
The DHB also has signs in patient rooms to re-
mind patients, family and nurses of high fall risks,
along with ultra low beds that reduce fall height
and impact, bed-side crash mats, long reach call
bells, transfer belts for mobility and sensor mats
on the patient’s bed or seat.
Waikato DHB’s annual quality report shows
there were 327 falls with injury reported in 2013-14
with 17 resulting in serious injury.
Thirteen of those patients sustained a fracture,
including six patients who sustained a fractured
hip and seven received upper body fractures.
Falls prevention has been one of the DHB’s
main patient safety priorities.
DHB service quality and patient safety coordi-
nator Susan McHugh said while the falls preven-
tion initiatives are not unique to the DHB, Waikato
has been one of the first DHBs to implement all
the current best practice, evidence-based inter-
ventions.
“The non-slip socks are used throughout the
DHB as appropriate for patients who are mobilis-
ing and at high risk of falling,” she said.
Ms Hugh said the Invisa-Beams are used in
several areas of the hospital, including the older
person and rehabilitation wards and the Rhoda
Read Hospital.
She said the DHB conducted its own clini-
cal product trials as part of the DHB quality as-
surance process before implementing any falls
prevention intervention.
“The Invisa-Beams were introduced in 2011
and are manufactured for both chair and bed
situations. They can be portable or built into the
electrics of the building.”
The 2013-14 quality report shows hand
hygiene compliance improved to 71 per cent,
slightly above the national target of 70 per cent,
while there were 39 serious adverse events in-
vestigated.
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
By Karen Keast
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Robots set to assist nurses in aged care
Robots could be entertaining, serving food
and fluid, conversing with and lifting aged care
patients in Australian facilities in the not too dis-
tant future.
Professor Wendy Moyle, of Griffith Health
Institute’s Centre for Health Practice Innovation,
said robots will soon have an important role to
play in assisting nurses to care for Australia’s
rapidly ageing population.
“There isn’t a lot around now at the moment
off-the-shelf - it’s a growing industry,” she said.
“In the next five years, we are going to see
massive growth. I think we are going to see great
advances very soon.”
Professor Moyle, who is researching how
robots can help people with dementia and their
carers, said research shows people with demen-
tia often have very little face to face contact with
care staff.
“There’s a large number of residents and a
small number of staff and they are very busy;
they’ve got numerous tasks to do,” she said.
“It was identified that people have between
two and 28 minutes in a 24-hour period where
they actually have face to face communicative
contact with care staff.
“There are long periods of time where robots
could be used to entertain people, to socialise, to
engage them with other humans as well.
“Robots can be used to connect people, to
play games, to entertain, to do exercise.
“We are not saying you should do away with
humans, not at all, but we’ve found that the use
of robots actually increases human interaction.
“When we are out with the robots and care
staff, the care staff are also interested in the ro-
bots and they often use the robots as a means of
communication with residents.
“We find it increases the more valuable,
meaningful conversations that haven’t gone on
previously.”
Griffith University this week opened the
doors to its Social Robotics and Assistive Tech-
nology Laboratory at its Nathan campus.
An Australian first, the robotics laboratory
will enable health care providers and practi-
tioners to test technologies and to seek expert
advice on new proposals or uses for existing
technologies.
“Often the products are developed and they
don’t work, they don’t work well or they don’t
work in an Australian environment,” Professor
Moyle said.
“I guess what we’re trying to do is to get
the end users in and get them involved in terms
of what they require, what it might look like and
how we can go about either developing new
products or redesigning the products that are
currently available.
“In terms of our research and development,
we are developing new softwares and tech-
nologies and testing them with end users in the
laboratory before they actually go out into the
community.”
Professor Moyle said while robots are rela-
tively new in Australia, robots are already as-
sisting aged care patients in parts of Japan,
Denmark, Sweden and Germany.
“In Germany, there is a robot which is prob-
ably the most sophisticated around,” she said.
“It will deliver fluids to someone…and cal-
culate how much fluid that person is drinking at
the end of the day.
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
By Karen Keast
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Be the heart of Barwon Health.As Australia’s leading regional healthcare provider, we are at the leading edge of care, education and research. As the Geelong region’s largest employer, our people are at the heart of everything we do.
www.barwonhealth.org.au
Care | Education | Research
Waikato topples hospital fall rates
Orange non-slip socks, sensor mats and Invi-
sa-Beams are working to reduce falls at Waikato
District Health Board (DHB).
The measures are part of a range of initiatives
credited for reducing falls by 41 per cent at the
DHB in the past four years.
The orange SafeFeet socks, equipped with
grip, work to prevent the patient from falling while
also acting to alert staff on the ward that the pa-
tient is at risk and shouldn’t be moving on their
feet independently.
A monitoring system, the Invisa-Beam sets
off an alarm when a patient gets out of bed while
enabling nurses to identify the room in which the
alarm is sounding.
The DHB also has signs in patient rooms to re-
mind patients, family and nurses of high fall risks,
along with ultra low beds that reduce fall height
and impact, bed-side crash mats, long reach call
bells, transfer belts for mobility and sensor mats
on the patient’s bed or seat.
Waikato DHB’s annual quality report shows
there were 327 falls with injury reported in 2013-14
with 17 resulting in serious injury.
Thirteen of those patients sustained a fracture,
including six patients who sustained a fractured
hip and seven received upper body fractures.
Falls prevention has been one of the DHB’s
main patient safety priorities.
DHB service quality and patient safety coordi-
nator Susan McHugh said while the falls preven-
tion initiatives are not unique to the DHB, Waikato
has been one of the first DHBs to implement all
the current best practice, evidence-based inter-
ventions.
“The non-slip socks are used throughout the
DHB as appropriate for patients who are mobilis-
ing and at high risk of falling,” she said.
Ms Hugh said the Invisa-Beams are used in
several areas of the hospital, including the older
person and rehabilitation wards and the Rhoda
Read Hospital.
She said the DHB conducted its own clini-
cal product trials as part of the DHB quality as-
surance process before implementing any falls
prevention intervention.
“The Invisa-Beams were introduced in 2011
and are manufactured for both chair and bed
situations. They can be portable or built into the
electrics of the building.”
The 2013-14 quality report shows hand
hygiene compliance improved to 71 per cent,
slightly above the national target of 70 per cent,
while there were 39 serious adverse events in-
vestigated.
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
By Karen Keast
424-015 1/4PG PDF
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First State Super works as hard as you do
We believe Australians who choose careers looking after others deserve a comfortable retirement.
Join the super fund that puts members fi rst.
Call us on 1300 650 873 or visit fi rststatesuper.com.au
Consider our product disclosure statement before making a decision about First State Super. Call us or visit our website for a copy. FSS Trustee Corporation ABN 11 118 202 672 AFSL 293340 is the trustee of the First State Superannuation Scheme ABN 53 226 460 365 N
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BRHS Bairnsdale Regional Health Service
Make the change now...
Current Management vacancies:
We are seeking highly motivated and experienced health professionals to provide strong leadership with a focus on the provision of contemporary, patient centred services.
Excellent terms and conditions are offered including:
A rewarding work environment, large enough to provide challenge and variety, small enough to make a real difference
•Anattractiveremunerationpackage•Professionaldevelopmentsupport•Extensivesalarypackaging
•Relocationtaxbenefits•Initialaccommodationsupport•Fantasticlifestyleoptions
Formoreinformationvisitthecareerspageatwww.brhs.com.au or phone 03 5150 3637
Care Coordination Manager Home Based Nursing Services Manager
Social Work Team Leader
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hays.com.au
For All your HeAltHcAre recruitment needs We are the experts in recruiting senior and specialist healthcare professionals within hospital and medical settings. From specialist Nurses to Clinical Managers, Nursing Directors, Social Workers, allied health and executive management, we’ll use our expertise to help you find your next career opportunity or an exceptional employee for your team.
As experts in healthcare recruitment, we have the local and national networks, international presence, track record and technical understanding to become your recruitment partner and create valuable long-term relationships.
to speak confidentially to a dedicated Healthcare recruiting expert in your local area, contact us at ausHH@hays.com.au or 1800 805 051.
Learning powered by online technologies: collaboration is key
Advances in online technologies have meant
that global information-sharing, communication,
and connection have now become realities for
many people. This revolutionary way of learning
has also impacted upon the provision of health
care and on relationships between health prac-
titioners and their clients.Although
it is wise not to trust all of the
information that is available
online without testing it, it
may be counter-produc-
tive, even destructive,
for health profession-
als to ignore the pres-
ence of online ma-
terials and opinions.
Instead, healthcare
and patient-practition-
er relationships may be
enhanced when health
practitioners and patients
work collaboratively to seek,
sort, and test online advice.
A recent study by researchers in the
United States (Rupert et al. 2014) found that
patients and caregivers frequently consulted
online health communities and social media to
seek out more information about their health is-
sues. Online health communities are comprised
of engaged Internet users – people visit a site
to collect and to share information with oth-
ers from around the world who are interested
in similar topics. Sometimes members of these
communities have professional knowledge
and education about the topic at hand; how-
ever, there are also communities in which the
members primarily have lived experience of
the medical condition and willingly share their
experiences with others. Therefore these sites
can offer a different type of information-sharing
than health care providers, including empathy,
support, and real-life examples of challenges
and successes in coping with ill-health. Such
a level of empathy may be difficult to achieve
other than by having a comparable
shared experience.
Rupert et al. (2014)
found that people used
online health communi-
ties and social media
to researchhealth in-
formation because
they perceived that
health workers were
too busy to provide
them with the level
of detailed information
that they wanted. Mem-
bers of online communities
provide advice about different
types of treatments, and they offer
stories about their own coping strategies.
The participants in Rupert et al.’s study felt that
health professionals were reluctant to discuss
other possibilities of care than those advocated
by their own particular profession. This finding
is perhaps not surprising because to commit to
a particular health profession is to take on the
values and beliefs of that profession, including
its methods of creating health and well-being.
By Clare Wilding
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
424-037 1PG FULL COLOUR CMYK PDF
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) highly values the contribution and dedication of its people, who enjoy working together to provide high quality health care in a unique environment.
RFDS staff enjoy enriching work which broadens their horizons, builds professional experience and delivers the personal rewards of knowing they are making a difference to rural and remote Australia.
If you’re a Nurse/Midwife ready for a rewarding new challenge, the RFDS has a position for the right person to join our dynamic Flight Nurse Team.
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Boost to Victorian paramedics and nurses
Victorian paramedics are on the threshold
of a new era with the incoming Labor govern-
ment promising to resolve their bitter long-run-
ning industrial relations dispute.
New premier Daniel Andrews has pledged
to end the paramedics’ pay dispute with the
outgoing government, with a finalised EBA set
to be sent to the independent umpire for a work
value case.
Labor has also pledged to change the cul-
ture at Ambulance Victoria, replacing the ser-
vice’s entire board with new members.
It’s also promised $100 million to reduce
response times, upgrade ambulance stations,
vehicles and equipment, and to review call tak-
ing and dispatch procedures at the Emergency
Services Telecommunications Authority.
Ambulance Employees Association Victoria
(AEAV) general secretary Steve McGhie said
paramedics are feeling “relieved”.
“Our members have been in their industrial
campaign for two and a half years - they’re
tired, they’re fatigued, they’re frustrated, and
they are now pleased that it looks like finally
they will get an outcome that they believe they
deserve.
“Full credit to them and unfortunately the
previous Napthine Government didn’t appre-
ciate their paramedics enough and I will use
Daniel Andrews’ words - ‘they had a war on
paramedics’ - and it didn’t work.
“I think paramedics feel that a weight’s
been lifted off their shoulders.”
Mr McGhie said paramedics will also have a
voice as part of a ministerial working group, the
Ambulance Performance and Policy Consulta-
tive Committee, to fix issues such as hospital
ramping, response times and dispatch issues.
“We think it can work - there need to be some
pretty drastic changes in ambulance,” he said.
“Paramedics deal with the frustrations of not
having enough ambulance crews and delayed re-
sponse times and long hospital ramping times,
and the call taking and dispatch process needs
overhauling.
“There are lots of situations where paramed-
ics are sent to emergency cases that are not real
emergencies, so there’s a lot that can be done
that can change it around in quite a short period
of time.”
Mr McGhie said the union hoped to finalise
an enterprise agreement, comprising a clause
taking into account the Fair Work Commission’s
work value process, that could go to a vote of
members before Christmas.
He hoped paramedics could have a decision
on their wage rates, handed down through the
Commission, by mid-2015.
“We’re not asking for more - all we want is to
be fairly assessed and valued by the Fair Work
Commission after we put all of our evidence to-
gether and obviously we have to cop what they
award,” he said.
“If it’s a significant amount, then they clearly
believe that paramedics have been underpaid.”
Labor has also promised to enshrine nurse to
patient ratios in legislation and pledged to allow
private eligible midwives, with a collaborative ar-
rangement, access to public hospitals to provide
birthing services.
The new government has pledged to boost
safety for nurses with a $20 million fund designed
to upgrade facilities, and conduct a bed audit
amid plans to increase hospital beds.
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Physiotherapy referrals key to improving care in the bush
Empowering physiotherapists to refer direct
to medical specialists with a Medicare rebate will
bolster patient care in regional and remote areas,
according to the Australian Physiotherapy Asso-
ciation (APA).
APA president Marcus Dripps said state and
federal governments must invest more into ad-
vancing physiotherapy opportunities,
such as changing legislation to
enable physiotherapists to
refer with a rebate, in a bid
to improve care for rural
and remote patients.
“Patients of physi-
otherapists in rural
areas, who already
have restricted ac-
cess to the medical
specialists because of
chronic shortages, have
an additional hurdle…
when accessing the most
suitable medical practitioner,”
he said.
“The extra doctor visit also carries a
Medicare cost, takes up the GP’s time and re-
sources, and patients also carry the cost of gap
payments.”
New Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
figures show rural and remote Australians face
greater barriers to health care, including cost and
longer waiting times, compared to people living
in major cities.
In 2013-14, 12.9 million people (82 per cent)
living in outer regional, remote or very remote
locations aged 15 and over visited a GP at least
once in the previous 12 months.
The report shows six per cent of people
were more likely to delay seeing or not see a
GP because of cost while almost a third waited
“longer than they felt acceptable” to get an ap-
pointment with a GP.
About 33 per cent of people living in outer re-
gional, remote or very remote locations who visit-
ed an emergency department in 2013-
14 presented at ED because a GP
was not available.
Under current legisla-
tion, physiotherapists
must refer patients to a
GP to ensure patients
qualify for a Medicare
rebate.
In its pre-budget
submission, the APA
said physiotherapist
referrals will reduce GP
visits by about 737,000
a year, increase specialist
medical practitioner consulta-
tions by 55,521, and deliver more
than $2.1 million in savings to patients
while shaving $3.6 million from the federal
health budget every year.
With about a quarter of APA physiothera-
pists living in regional and remote areas, Mr
Dripps said physiotherapy referrals with rebates
will benefit the economy and health care sys-
tem while enabling GPs to spend more time on
clinical care.
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Physiotherapy referrals key to improving care in the bush
Empowering physiotherapists to refer direct
to medical specialists with a Medicare rebate will
bolster patient care in regional and remote areas,
according to the Australian Physiotherapy Asso-
ciation (APA).
APA president Marcus Dripps said state and
federal governments must invest more into ad-
vancing physiotherapy opportunities,
such as changing legislation to
enable physiotherapists to
refer with a rebate, in a bid
to improve care for rural
and remote patients.
“Patients of physi-
otherapists in rural
areas, who already
have restricted ac-
cess to the medical
specialists because of
chronic shortages, have
an additional hurdle…
when accessing the most
suitable medical practitioner,”
he said.
“The extra doctor visit also carries a
Medicare cost, takes up the GP’s time and re-
sources, and patients also carry the cost of gap
payments.”
New Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
figures show rural and remote Australians face
greater barriers to health care, including cost and
longer waiting times, compared to people living
in major cities.
In 2013-14, 12.9 million people (82 per cent)
living in outer regional, remote or very remote
locations aged 15 and over visited a GP at least
once in the previous 12 months.
The report shows six per cent of people
were more likely to delay seeing or not see a
GP because of cost while almost a third waited
“longer than they felt acceptable” to get an ap-
pointment with a GP.
About 33 per cent of people living in outer re-
gional, remote or very remote locations who visit-
ed an emergency department in 2013-
14 presented at ED because a GP
was not available.
Under current legisla-
tion, physiotherapists
must refer patients to a
GP to ensure patients
qualify for a Medicare
rebate.
In its pre-budget
submission, the APA
said physiotherapist
referrals will reduce GP
visits by about 737,000
a year, increase specialist
medical practitioner consulta-
tions by 55,521, and deliver more
than $2.1 million in savings to patients
while shaving $3.6 million from the federal
health budget every year.
With about a quarter of APA physiothera-
pists living in regional and remote areas, Mr
Dripps said physiotherapy referrals with rebates
will benefit the economy and health care sys-
tem while enabling GPs to spend more time on
clinical care.
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Victorian paramedics are on the threshold
of a new era with the incoming Labor govern-
ment promising to resolve their bitter long-run-
ning industrial relations dispute.
New premier Daniel Andrews has pledged
to end the paramedics’ pay dispute with the
outgoing government, with a finalised EBA set
to be sent to the independent umpire for a work
value case.
Labor has also pledged to change the cul-
ture at Ambulance Victoria, replacing the ser-
vice’s entire board with new members.
It’s also promised $100 million to reduce
response times, upgrade ambulance stations,
vehicles and equipment, and to review call tak-
ing and dispatch procedures at the Emergency
Services Telecommunications Authority.
Ambulance Employees Association Victoria
(AEAV) general secretary Steve McGhie said
paramedics are feeling “relieved”.
“Our members have been in their industrial
campaign for two and a half years - they’re
tired, they’re fatigued, they’re frustrated, and
they are now pleased that it looks like finally
they will get an outcome that they believe they
deserve.
“Full credit to them and unfortunately the
previous Napthine Government didn’t appre-
ciate their paramedics enough and I will use
Daniel Andrews’ words - ‘they had a war on
paramedics’ - and it didn’t work.
“I think paramedics feel that a weight’s
been lifted off their shoulders.”
Mr McGhie said paramedics will also have a
voice as part of a ministerial working group, the
Ambulance Performance and Policy Consulta-
tive Committee, to fix issues such as hospital
ramping, response times and dispatch issues.
“We think it can work - there need to be some
pretty drastic changes in ambulance,” he said.
“Paramedics deal with the frustrations of not
having enough ambulance crews and delayed re-
sponse times and long hospital ramping times,
and the call taking and dispatch process needs
overhauling.
“There are lots of situations where paramed-
ics are sent to emergency cases that are not real
emergencies, so there’s a lot that can be done
that can change it around in quite a short period
of time.”
Mr McGhie said the union hoped to finalise
an enterprise agreement, comprising a clause
taking into account the Fair Work Commission’s
work value process, that could go to a vote of
members before Christmas.
He hoped paramedics could have a decision
on their wage rates, handed down through the
Commission, by mid-2015.
“We’re not asking for more - all we want is to
be fairly assessed and valued by the Fair Work
Commission after we put all of our evidence to-
gether and obviously we have to cop what they
award,” he said.
“If it’s a significant amount, then they clearly
believe that paramedics have been underpaid.”
Labor has also promised to enshrine nurse to
patient ratios in legislation and pledged to allow
private eligible midwives, with a collaborative ar-
rangement, access to public hospitals to provide
birthing services.
The new government has pledged to boost
safety for nurses with a $20 million fund designed
to upgrade facilities, and conduct a bed audit
amid plans to increase hospital beds.
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