ZUNO E- NEWSLETTER/ Monthly Issue#17 January 2017

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On 25 January 2017, the

General Nursing Council of Zambia (GNCZ) and local private nursing and midwifery training institutions met to share knowledge on ways of enhancing quality education for Nurses and Midwives in the country.

During the meeting the GNCZ Registrar Mr. Aaron Banda stressed on the need for the GNCZ and all the Nursing and Midwifery training institutions to work together.

Mr. Banda noted that there is need to modernise nursing and that the council is ready to engage with any training institution that wants to advance the nursing and midwifery profession. He further stated that as a regulator of training institutions, GNCZ wants

to utilise preventive legislation as opposed to reactive legislation.

GNCZ wants to see how best stakeholders in nursing and midwifery training can work together to improve training thereby producing competent nurses and midwives who are better able to serve the general public.

Over twenty five (25) private nursing and midwifery training institutions were present during the meeting.

The Ministry of Health was represented by the Deputy Director of Nursing Services Mrs Emily Chipaya, while ZUNO was represented by the President Mr Liseli Sitali.

Also In this issue

ICN Unveils IND 2017 Theme

Ministry of Health re-positioning of human resource & nursing

UTH and ZUNO orient new Nurses and Midwives

From Left ZUNO President Mr. Liseli Sitali, MOH Deputy Director Nursing Services Mrs. Emily Chipaya and GNC Registrar Mr. Aaron Banda

GNCZ meets with Private Nursing and Midwifery Training Institutions

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New Nurses and Midwives being orientated at University Teaching Hospitals

On 9th January 2017, the University Teaching Hospitals

conducted an orientation session for the new Nurses and Midwives. 160 Nurses and 11 midwives attended the induction.

All the seven (07) Chief Nursing Officers for UTH were in attendance to provide guidance and mentorship to the new employees.

ZUNO President Mr. Liseli Sitali in his address oriented the nurses and midwives on the activities of ZUNO and as well as the procedure for dispute resolution for health workers.

A UTH ZUNO branch official branch Linda Nyirongo interacting with the new Nurses and Midwives during induction.

The University Teaching Hospitals is expected to receive over 300 new nurses and midwives.

The University Teaching Hospitals currently have two ZUNO branches, the UTH and Cancer Diseases Hospital Branch, both based at UTH and operating under ZUNO Lusaka Provincial office.

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ICN Unveils IND 2017 Theme

The International Council of Nurses

has unveiled the 2017 International

Nurses Day (IND) theme.

This year’s IND theme is “Nursing: A

voice to lead - Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.”

The International Council of Nurses

commemorates this important day each

year with the production and distribution

of the International Nurses' Day (IND)

Kit which will be available on

http://www.icn.ch/publications/2017-nursing-a-voice-to-lead-achieving-

the-sustainable-development-goals/

International Nurses Day is celebrated

around the world every May 12, the

anniversary of Florence Nightingale's

birth.

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UTH and ZUNO orient new Nurses and Midwives

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The re-positioning of human resource for

health within the Ministry of Health has brought about expansion of nursing leadership, governance and clinical care; but not up to the level of influence nurses and midwives expect.

ZUNO President, Mr Liseli Sitali, has noted that nurses and midwives expect a separate department that deals with nursing and midwifery issues to report directly to the Permanent Secretary.

“The nursing and midwifery profession during the 2nd National Quadrennial Conference in December 2015, resolved that there was need to have representation in the Ministry of Health through a directorate. But this has not yet been achieved.” Said Mr Sitali. He added that ZUNO shall continue advocating until it is done.

The re-organisation taking place within the Ministry of Health is expected to enable the Ministry better carry out its role of providing health and preventive care services.

This exercise has called for modification of organisational structures, systems and the repositioning of the serving human resource for health into their rightful areas of competency

The Ministry of Health now has two Permanent Secretaries (PS); PS- Administration and PS- Technical Services. The directorates have been changed to departments namely;

i. Clinical Care and Diagnostic Services

ii. Public Health

iii. Health Promotion, Environment and Social Determinants

iv. Human Resources and Administration

v. Policy and Planning

vi. Accounts Unit

vii. Internal Audit

viii. Procurement and Supply Services

However, even with this new structure there is still no department for nursing which ZUNO believes is vital in advancing Nursing and Midwifery, which are among the core businesses of Ministry of Health.

Nursing at the ministry of Health headquarters is now under the department of Clinical Care and Diagnostic Services. The Nursing Section has been expanded to include the Deputy Director Nursing Services, and three Chief Nursing Officers for;

i. Training and Human Resources

ii. Management and Practice and

iii. Public Health

ZUNO has been instrumental in ensuring that nursing and midwifery continues to have a presence at Ministry of Health so that the voice of nurses and midwives can be heard with the overall goal of improving nursing care in the country.

Apart from changing the structure of the Ministry of Health itself, the Government through the Ministry of Health is re-organising Zambia’s biggest referral hospital, the University Teaching Hospital now called the University Teaching Hospitals (UTH), divided into five hospitals each headed by the Medical

Superintendent, Chief Nursing Officer and Principal Nursing officer.

The hospitals are;

i. Lusaka Children’s Hospital

ii. Lusaka Women and New- born hospital

iii.Lusaka Adult Hospital (Medical & Surgical)

iv. Lusaka Eye Hospital

v. Lusaka Cancer Diseases Hospital

Other areas that have a Chief Nursing Officer include; the Emergency, and Operating Theatres and Intensive Care Unit. In addition, each hospital has a Night Superintendent. This increases Chief Nursing Officers from one to seven who will also be charged with the responsibility of overseeing other hospitals within their specialty.

Human resource for health is only a part of a health system, in isolation, it cannot yield the expected result. There is need to ensure that nurses and all those whose primary role is providing health services are equipped to provide quality care for all.

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Ministry of Health re-positioning of human resource & nursing

ZUNO President Liseli Sitali (Middle) with some Chief Nursing Officers appointed to work at the University Teaching Hospitals

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ZUNO Membership is open to nurses and midwives

registered with the General Nursing Council of Zambia (GNCZ), and employed both in the public and private sectors.

Members have the opportunity of advancing their career through ZUNO membership, as the organisation creates an effective platform for networking and capacity building with local and international stakeholders.

Benefits include;

a) Professional

i. Continuous Professional Development

(CPD)

ii. Career guidance and navigation

iii. Access to professional information and

research activities

iv. Participation in professional conferences

v. Lobbying, advocacy and networking

vi. Representation on MOH,GNCZ & PSMD

committees

b) Socio-economic

i. Negotiations on improved conditions of

service (Collective bargaining)

ii. Lobbying & advocacy

iii. Counsel on Financial management

iv. ZUNO Membership souvenirs

c) Caring for Carers

i. Solidarity funds

ii. Support groups

iii. Funeral support

iv. Orphan Education support

v. Psycho-social counseling

d) Legal

i. Protection against discrimination and

mistreatment in places of work

ii. Professional Legal Counsel and support

Discover the benefits of being a ZUNO member

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without change, and those

who cannot change their

minds cannot change

anything.”

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