Nursing needs: New Zealand does not consider nurse-patient ratio laws

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LIBBY WILSON

Last Updated 11:47, July 18, 2018

DOMINICO ZAPATA / STUFF [1 9659005] This It's not good to have a tool to tell you that you are two nurses there are not two nurses available to send, says the National Delegate of the Organization. NZ nurses for Waikato DHB Bronwyne Albright, right. She is photographed with Leonie Metcalfe (file photo).

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Licensed practical nurses do not care for beds, says assistant director of professional services.

Clark sees the management of New Zealand's demand for care capacity as a " more sophisticated approach "than ratios (file photo).

"What you really need to think about is how sick people are in these beds? Hours of care – and experience The need for care – for patients is part of a District Health Council project and the NZ Nurses Organization has been working on the last decade.

Care Capacity Demand Management (CCDM) includes the use of a software tool to determine how many hours of care

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It's hard for health boards to respond Waikato DHB is committed to finding a solution, said Sue Hayward , Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer (file photo).

She also informs nurses and nursing assistants required to provide this care.

"In most cases, he tells them that in fact they need more staff, that their basic staff is not adequate," she said.

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on Staffing and Remuneration Levels (Archive Photo)

In Australia, the Government of Victoria amends the 2015 Staffing Ratios Act, and says that an increase in numbers is likely.

in July 2016 – 1h04 for morning and afternoon shifts, and 1h07 for night shifts in designated neighborhoods.

When the change was announced, the state government said that 250 additional nurses were needed.

Although nurses tend to like the idea of ​​the ratio, New Zealand's solution might be better, said Jenny Carryer, executive director of the College of Nurses of Canada. Aotearoa

. it is not filled. [19659007] This echoes the National Delegate of NZ Nurses Organization for Waikato DHB Bronwyne Albright

It is not good to have a tool to tell you that you are two nurses if it does not fit. There are not two nurses available to send, she said. 19659007] Nurses have heard a lot about secure staffing, she says, but they do not see it.

It's hard for boards of health to respond quickly enough when demand increases, said Sue Hayward, Waikato DHB Chief Nurse and Midwife.

A hospital can help three neighborhoods with additional staff, for example, but can hardly find more for a fourth.

Waikato DHB is enrolled in the CCDM program about 18 months ago because he is determined to find a solution, Hayward said, and has already seen some changes.

The program provides a mechanism and national support "to reduce the frustration that nurses sometimes feel when they ask for help and that they do not come".

says in a st he said the government was determined to ensure the security of staff in hospitals, but considered the CCDM as a "more sophisticated approach."

"Ratios are a crude tool that does not fit factors such as illness. The statement said.

The organization of nurses NZ and DHBs agreed to use the CCDM program throughout the country, he said. – Stuff