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These concise, clinical sessions delivered by experts on topics of interest to nurses who want to develop their professional skills. These video sessions are 20-30 minutes long. The November 2020 sessions are now available to view. Topics covered for last month are Life's Journey, Looking after ourselves, Spiritual care, and Fai'ana's academic journey. ...Read more

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The Bay of Plenty DHB has been notified by St John that they have received notification that one of their three unions’ members, will be withdrawing labour from 6am on 25 November until 6am on 26 November and then for a second period from 6am on 28 November until 6am on 29 November. Two periods of 24 hours. The members of the union involved, are 40% of paid ambulance personnel nationally, and this action involves the full withdrawal of labour by members working in our Clinical Support, Ambulance Communications, Emergency Ambulance, Patient Transfer Services and Event Medical Services. St John say the impact will be most noticeable in Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, and Canterbury, and they have put plans in place, including rostering other ambulance staff to cover the strike action and undertaking additional clinical triage in the Ambulance Communications Centre. St John anticipates this will mitigate much of the anticipated impact, however they will still need support to reduce demand on services through these periods. ...Read more

This week is pressure injury prevention and management awareness week. We would like to take the opportunity to raise awareness of and remind staff of the importance of pressure injury prevention and management. We would also like to acknowledge and thank those staff across the region who have engaged and supported Bay of Plenty District Health Board’s aim to reduce the incidence and severity of pressure injuries, and to improve the reporting of pressure injuries. ...Read more

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