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Dietitians are encountering diabetes on a daily basis and symptoms of type 2 diabetes are now appearing in primary school-aged children, according to the Dietitians Association of Australia.

DAA president Claire Hewat said dietitians are increasingly working to tackle the nation’s diabetes epidemic.

“It’s always been something that dietitians have been involved with to a great extent but it’s getting bigger and bigger,” she said.

“We are seeing really obese children showing symptoms of type 2 diabetes, which was unheard of when I graduated.”

The comments come in the wake of the Federal Government’s announcement it will develop a national diabetes strategy.

The government plans to establish an expert advisory group, which will consider evidence and consult with a wide range of stakeholders in a bid to establish where health spending can be better targeted to address diabetes prevention and management.

Ms Hewat said it’s vital a workable strategy is developed to stem the tide of diabetes, with input from dietitians.

“We certainly intend to be very much involved because nutrition is the cornerstone of treatment and prevention of diabetes,” she said.

“If we don’t do something about the rise of diabetes we won’t be able to afford to treat the consequences.

“If you get diabetes and it progresses then the risk of complications get higher and higher.

“It’s a major contributor to heart disease; the two of them go hand in hand, kidney disease and vascular disease.”

Ms Hewat said the national strategy should include the provision of adequate care, support and assistance in treatment for those with diabetes while more needs to be done to prevent diabetes.

“For most of the time, 90 per cent of the money is poured into treatment…we must do everything we can to prevent it,” she said.

Obesity rates need to be reduced, and people’s diets and exercise improved to reduce the rates of lifestyle-related type 2 diabetes, Ms Hewat said.

“I think the problem is there’s a lot of awareness and that’s where it stops,” she said.

“Lifestyle change is difficult – you actually need support. Just telling people – gee you need to eat better, doesn’t work. People need support.”

Ms Hewat said part of the solution includes changing food supply and providing easy, healthy food options.

She said Australians also need improved access to dietitians, particularly those living in low socio-economic areas.

“Someone with diabetes needs to be able to get the advice they need when they need it, rather than waiting six months because they have run out of visits to the dietitian,” she said.

As part of its announcement, the government pledged $35 million to support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Clinical Research Network in its efforts to find a cure for type 1 diabetes.

It will also provide $1.4 million for the diabetes insulin pump program, providing more than 200 children and their families with subsidised access to insulin pumps.

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Midwives and pharmacists should encourage pregnant women to use multivitamins with selenium to reduce the incidence of pre-eclampsia, according to new research.

Griffith Health Institute researchers Dr Jessica Vanderlelie and Professor Tony Perkins have discovered selenium, a mineral naturally found in food, is the key to reducing the risk of the most common pregnancy complication, particularly in overweight women.

“Our research has implications for both pregnant women and those responsible for their care,” Dr Vanderlelie said.

“For years women have been provided information regarding the importance of folate to healthy fetal development.

“This work extends this message to encourage women to obtain their folate and a range of other essential micronutrients through multivitamin supplements, particularly if women are overweight and obese.

“By doing so women may be able to reduce their risk of complications such as pre-eclampsia and also maximise their capacity to nutritionally support their growing baby.”

Pre-eclampsia occurs in pregnant women when a lack of antioxidants coupled with damaged trophoblast cells, which are shed naturally during pregnancy, create a reaction in the woman’s immune system, damaging the placenta.

The condition affects up to eight per cent of pregnancies in Australia and can impact on both the woman and the fetus, and can result in the premature delivery of the baby.

Dr Vanderlelie and Professor Perkins’ research focused on placental trophoblast cells, vital to the creation of the placenta, and which rely on antioxidants.

Dr Vanderlelie said she believed less selenium is now making its way into our vegetables because farmers are not using it in their

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“We know selenium plays an important role because we can actually induce PE in pregnant rats by removing selenium from their diet,” she said.

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“The crucial time to prevent PE is at the very start, the first trimester.

“Obese and overweight women are also five times more likely to get PE and multivitamin use appears to bring this back to normal risk levels.”

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The number of working nurses and midwives is on the rise in Australia, with new figures showing an extra 20,000 were employed between 2008 and 2012.

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report Nursing and Midwifery Workforce 2012 reveals the number of nurses and midwives employed increased 7.5 per cent, from 270,000 to around 290,000.

The report also shows around 334,000 nurses and midwives were registered in Australia in 2012, or 6.8 per cent more than the 313,000 registered in 2008.

AIHW spokesperson Dr Adrian Webster said despite the relatively large increase in numbers, the supply of nurses and midwives rose by just 0.5 per cent from 1,118 to 1,124 full-time equivalent (FTE) nurses and midwives per 100,000 people.

Dr Webster said the results also showed the supply was greatest in remote not urban areas, with 1,303 FTE nurses and midwives per 100,000 people in very remote areas compared with 1,134 in major cities.

The report also revealed of those employed in nursing and midwifery, 238,000 were registered nurses, 52,000 were enrolled nurses and almost 31,000 were midwives.

Almost two-thirds of clinical nurses and midwives worked in hospitals while the largest clinical area was aged care with 41,300 people working in aged care facilities and hospitals.

Overall, average weekly hours remained the same at 33.4 hours, with those working in management working the most hours at 40.2 hours, followed by those in maternity care at 39.7 hours.

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The little girl’s outlook was incredibly grim.

She had survived Typhoon Haiyan, the November 8 typhoon which decimated much of Philippines, and now she had pneumonia.

The girl was receiving antibiotics at the Australian Medical Assistance Team’s (AusMAT) field hospital, known as Camp Kookaburra, established next to Tacloban airport.

Cath Gaylard, a senior nurse who participated in the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre’s (NCCTRC) first deployment, labelled Team Alpha, was on night duty caring for the girl.

“I went to bed in the morning thinking I wouldn’t see her again but when I went to check on her later in the day she was sitting up in bed a whole lot better,” Cath says.

“That child would definitely not have made it if we weren’t there so that was a great feeling. I think a lot of us had stories like that one.”

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While Cath was involved in the Bali bombing admissions to RDH, the Philippines was her first deployment.

She had participated in NCCTRC courses and wanted to put what she had learnt into practice to help the typhoon victims.

As a senior nurse in the ward area, mainly in the high dependency unit, Cath initially found herself treating wound injuries inflicted during the typhoon.

“Lots of foot injuries from standing on debris, other body and limb injuries from flying debris and falling trees,” she says.

“Working in the hospital was rudimentary but practical,” Cath says.

“We were able to provide the basic care the patients required.

“We became very adept at inventing and making do, particularly early on in the set up. Our logistics boys were totally awesome in making walking sticks, IV hangers and anything else we asked for.

“There was a great team mentality of us all being in it together with the aim of helping the victims and each other out,” she says.

“We all went the extra mile for each other. This camaraderie is something I have experienced before in disaster medicine and it helps everyone get through.”

Cath says despite living rough, a lack of sleep, working long hours and consuming dehydrated food, the experience was incredibly rewarding.

“In the time it took to get to medical help these wounds had become infected and required at least one surgical debridement if not more.

“Antibiotics were the mainstay of treatment and all patients were on between one to three different types.

“As time moved on from the typhoon the ailments became more medically focused as in pneumonia’s and more chronic conditions in which people had run out of medications and were unable to get more.

“Lots of children were admitted with various conditions such as surgical needs and pneumonia’s, bronchiolitis’ and asthma’s.”

Cath says the hospital, made up of connecting and free-standing tents, comprised an air-conditioned ward area of four high dependency beds, 20 stretcher beds and an eight-bed annex paediatric ward, as well as a two-bed operating theatre and pharmacy.

There was also a separate emergency area, not air-conditioned, comprising a triage point, an area for assessment, rehydration, dressings and vaccinations and an area for pre-admission.

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Aside from the patient-focused areas, there were also sleeping tents for staff, as well as a mess, stores and sterilising tents.

“The training sets you up well but there is nothing like the real thing,” she says.

Almost 80 health professionals and logisticians from every Australian state and territory, and from New Zealand, formed two deployments, Team Alpha and Team Bravo, to provide assistance in the Philippines in the aftermath of the typhoon.


That child would definitely not have made it if we weren’t there so that was a great feeling. I think a lot of us had stories like that one. “

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Sarah Haigh wondered if she could go back to university for another three years.

At 26, the dance and drama secondary teacher wasn’t content in her chosen career and once again contemplated her original career choice of midwifery.

“It always interested me but back then, when I looked into it, you had to do nursing first and there was no direct entry program,” she says.

With the emergence of direct-entry midwifery courses in Australia, Sarah, who was born in South Africa and has lived on the Gold Coast for the past 11 years, investigated Griffith University’s Bachelor of Midwifery program.

“The main thing is that it’s so practical and that was something that really appealed to me,” she says.

“I knew I was going to go into hospital within the next six months, and that I am going to be there at a birth and then I am going to know if it’s what I really want to do.”

Fast-forward two years, and Sarah has been involved in 35 births, and attended more, and is looking forward to finishing the final year of her midwifery program next year.

“It’s really flown by,” she says.

“I can’t wait to finish being a student midwife and to start being a midwife.”

Sarah says attending her first birth cemented her decision to change careers.

“I walked away and knew that this is what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. It was awesome,” she says.

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The beginning of a new year is often a good time to reassess your aspirations and career goals. But where do you start? These experts’ tips will set you on the journey to landing your dream job in the health sector, writes Karen Keast.

Ivana Williamson was just two years into her nursing career when she realised she needed a career change.

Weekend and night shift work, hospital politics, catching viruses from patients, job stress and dealing with death was all taking its toll.

“I wanted to be a nurse all of my life,” Williamson says.

“I went to uni and I did the course and I had put all this time and effort and energy into becoming a nurse.

“Then I thought – how am I going to get a job in a completely different area?”

Williamson was working as a Registered Nurse at a Melbourne hospital, in the respiratory department, when she tendered her resignation and went overseas on a holiday.

When she returned, she took up intensive care nursing at a new hospital but was back to working shifts.

Then she moved into the endoscopy unit at another hospital, working day shifts from Monday to Friday, but without the penalty rates, her pay was considerably less.

Dissatisfied, Williamson met with a career coach who helped her make a fast transition into a new career.

She was so inspired with the experience, Williamson eventually moved into career coaching.

Two years ago, she launched her own venture, Real Life Coaching.

“Hiring a career coach was pivotal for me in getting a job so quickly,” she says.

“The help that I got stayed with me and now I help people with their career change because I went through it myself.”

A career coach can help you when you’re undecided which career path you want to take or when you need reassurance that you’re heading in the right direction.

They can also help you with your resume, job search and interview skills, Williamson says.

“It could be that you completely want to change your career or it could be you want to move into a different department or a different ward in the hospital,” she says.

“Nurses should also look at other areas in the health sector and talk to allied health professionals about what they do.

“When you have already got a nursing degree, sometimes to change to allied health it doesn’t require having to do three or four years, it might be only a couple of years of study.”

Once you’ve made your decision on which direction you want to move towards, Williamson advises you update your skills if necessary with an online course, register with a recruitment agency that will help you secure permanent, casual or temporary positions, establish or update your LinkedIn profile and lastly, but most importantly, to get networking.

“A lot of the time it’s who you know rather than just going for a job,” she says.

“My other piece of advice is if you are a nurse to consider keeping up your registration as once you lose it it’s very hard to get it back.”

Nurses and allied health professionals wanting to change careers should also take into account their personal brand.

Personal branding is not just for business owners and high level executives, says Jaclyn Bold, a personal branding specialist for medical and health professionals at Bold Connections.

“Personal branding is all about who you are and what you stand for,” she says.

“The most successful employees, nurses and health professionals have strong personal brands.”

Bold says strong and consistent personal branding will help nurses and allied health professionals find employment at a different hospital or clinic, enter private practice, secure promotions and new roles, and will generally fast track their career path.

“Often there will be two candidates up for a position – both with the same qualifications and experience,” she says.

“The candidate with a strong personal brand will always stand out above the other candidate.

“For allied health professionals, a strong personal brand is the number one way to attract clients to your clinic.

“People do business with people, not clinics, so getting your personal brand known in your

community, no matter how small or large, is imperative for allied health professionals.”

Start networking with the people in the wards, hospitals and departments you wish to work in, Bold suggests.

“Let them be exposed to your personal brand and understand it. That way, when they see your resume and job application in the recruitment pile – you stand out.”

Job seekers can immediately begin building and improving their personal brand to bolster their career opportunities.

Bold advises nurses and allied health professionals to clean up their social media profiles, tidy up their personal appearance, improve their posture and body language, and to be confident and happy.

“Personal branding is a long term strategy, not a short term fix,” she says.

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Around a third of New Zealand’s graduate nurses are still struggling to find employment.

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) has attacked the government for failing to address the graduate nursing crisis while accusing it of incentivising district health boards (DHBs) to employ 24 more doctors than they required.

“Incentivising DHBs to take new graduate doctors is not a sustainable way forward for the health system in New Zealand,” NZNO associate professional services manager Hilary Graham-Smith said.

“We are especially concerned that the problem of graduate support and positions for new nurses has not been resolved either.

“Fewer than half of new graduate nurses have got a job, which means that hundreds of graduating nurses have been forced to travel

around the country attending interviews for very few positions.”

Job turnover and vacancy rates in New Zealand are at low levels with nurses remaining in their roles due to the economic climate.

More than 1230 nurses graduated last year - 57 per cent had a job in December 2012, which increased to 74 per cent in February.

The job woes come as a recent Nursing Council of New Zealand report revealed New Zealand is expected to experience a nursing shortage of around 15,000 nurses within 22 years.

The report revealed more than half of the current nursing workforce is forecast to retire in 20 years – at the same time as a predicted increase in demand for health care due to the nation’s ageing population and lifestyle disease.

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Physiotherapists are calling on the University of South Australia to reconsider a decision to close its post graduate programs in musculoskeletal and sports physiotherapy.

The Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) fears the move to discontinue the Masters of Musculoskeletal and Sports Physiotherapy course will result in fewer highly trained physiotherapists.

“There is already a shortage of sports and musculoskeletal post graduate physiotherapy programs in Australia, particularly so in South Australia, despite there being a significant proportion of physiotherapists practising in those two interest areas,” APA president Marcus Dripps said in a statement.

“This will impact the SA community, as highly trained physiotherapists are able to treat patients more effectively in order to improve outcomes such as increased function and reduced health costs.”

The program’s qualifications also form a vital second step and a mandatory pre-requisite for entry to the Australian College of Physiotherapists’ training program and final examination leading to Fellowship by Specialisation.

The University of South Australia says it plans to discontinue the program, which is no longer compliant with the new Australian Qualifications Framework, and will embark on a process to replace it with another physiotherapy post graduate program.

Vice Chancellor Professor David Lloyd said the university is not only committed to continuing its long tradition of education for physiotherapy professionals, it is also dedicated to ensuring its degree programs are of the highest standards.

“Our decision to change our educational offering in post graduate physiotherapy from the current program has been taken with this in mind,” he said.

“In keeping with our rich history of global leadership in the field of physiotherapy, we are about to begin a broad consultation process involving an advisory group, which includes national and international external stakeholders, to ensure that we can offer an AQF-compliant program that attracts and supports more students and is relevant to the profession.”

The university’s Masters of Musculoskeletal and Sports Physiotherapy course was the first post-graduate program developed in Australia by pioneering Adelaide physiotherapists Geoff Maitland and Marie Hammond.

“Geoff Maitland’s contribution to the physiotherapy profession in the field of manipulative and musculoskeletal physiotherapy has left an enduring legacy,” Mr Dripps said.

“Geoff has been recognised and honoured internationally for his work in this area and Maitland approach courses in manual therapy are currently taught in many parts of Europe.”

In other developments, the APA has also announced it has re-joined Allied Health Professions Australia (AHPA), the peak advocacy body for allied health professions in Australia.

AHPA represents 21 allied health professions ranging from audiologists and dietitians to occupational therapists and exercise physiologists.

Physiotherapists label program closure a bad move

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