2020
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Happy International Nurses Day!
This year, the World Health Organization (WHO) has designated 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. Under the theme ‘Caring Together’, over the last few months, Northern Health has been showcasing the importance of nursing, in a series titled ‘Postcard to my Younger Self’, featuring senior nursing staff from Judy Sonneveld, Monica
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Accreditation ready any time
Before the COVID-19 pandemic started, Northern Health’s accreditation due date was scheduled for today, 11 May. On 25 March, the Australian Commission for Quality and Safety ceased all accreditation in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Maree Glynn, Director of Clinical Practice Improvement, explained the Commission understood the health services would be fully immersed preparing for
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Postcard to my younger self: Monica Dowling
To celebrate the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, we asked a selection of staff who exemplify the key qualities of a nurse/midwife to write a ‘postcard to their younger self’ and offer insight and advice. Monica Dowling, Nurse Donation Specialist and ICU Liaison Nurse Consultant, had this to say to her younger self:
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Amanda Cox: COVID-19 registrar
Amanda Cox is Northern Health’s COVID-19 registrar, but she and her team usually say this is a, “job without a job description,” with the role constantly evolving over the last 10 weeks. “It’s been everything from measuring chairs 1.5 metres apart on the day we opened our Fever Clinic, to moving from calling each patient
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COVIDSafe App – Download to keep the community safe
The COVIDSafe app helps find close contacts of COVID-19 cases and will speed up the current manual process of finding people who have been in close contact with someone with COVID-19. The Commonwealth has said that widespread use of the app is a precondition of relaxing some of the physical distancing restrictions currently in place.
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Celebrating International Day of the Midwife
The International Day of the Midwife was first celebrated on 5 May 1991, and has been observed worldwide since. We spoke to Debra Bourne, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer at Northern Health on the significance of this day and her views on midwifery. Debra commenced her nursing career in metro health services within intensive care
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Communication without contamination: How Northern Health is protecting our health care workers
Communication is very important in any emergency, however as Dr Loren Sher, Head of Paediatric Emergency points out, with COVID -19, there’s the added challenge of contamination from our communication devices. ‘How to maintain effective and critical communication between staff without the risk of contamination?’ was the problem that Dr Sher put to some friends
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Postcard to my younger self: Gavin Fahey
To celebrate the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, we asked a selection of staff who exemplify the key qualities of a nurse/midwife to write a ‘postcard to their younger self’ and offer insight and advice. Gavin Fahey, Respiratory Clinical Nurse Consultant and Team Leader, had this to say to his younger self: Stay