January 2022
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Community Visitors Scheme: Connecting with the community
“To see her smile when she sees me is all the thanks that I need.” …
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Research grant for Northern Health Family Planning Clinic
After receiving the prestigious University of Melbourne Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Innovation Grant earlier this year, the team at the Northern Health Family Planning Clinic have been selected for a further $50,000 research grant. This is from The Victorian Nursing and Midwifery Trust for their work on partnering with the community to co-design an improved model of care for the family planning clinic at Broadmeadows Hospital. This highly sought-after grant is awarded to health services to undertake research that aims to advance nursing and midwifery practice and improve patient outcomes. “Through this research we hope to demonstrate the value…
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Check-Back: Learning to ask the right questions
Good communication between consumers and their health professionals is fundamental to the provision of safe health care. ‘Teach-back’ is a communication method that health professionals sometimes use to check that they have been understood. The process involves breaking health information down into small parts and then delivering it in ‘chunks’ and then ‘checking’ that the consumer has understood the information by asking them to repeat it back. This allows health professionals to clarify information that has been misunderstood or to provide the information again if it cannot be recalled. “Teach-back is initiated by health professionals, yet consumers that worked with…
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2022: Giving the best of you
As we step into 2022, it is understandable we do so with mixed feelings. Yes we made it through two tough years, yes we have a lot to be thankful for- and then came Omicron… Some suggest that instead of feeling guilty or pushed into making big lifestyle changes for the New Year, a healthy alternative is small, sustainable changes that can be more motivating and can act as a catalyst for bigger changes we want to see in ourselves. Debra Bourne, our Chief Operating Officer agrees. This year she has, what she describes as her ‘go to self-talk’. In…