2023
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Fighting stroke together
This week is National Stroke Week – an annual event to encourage the community to fight stroke together. Fighting stroke together aims to bring people together to share knowledge, support and resources to help prevent strokes from occurring and to aid in the recovery process for those who’ve experienced a stroke. A stroke happens when
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Guiding analgesic use among patients
Northern Health recently created a pilot program with Safe Care Victoria (SCV) focusing on analgesic stewardship across Northern Hosptial Epping. The program is led by SCV and Alfred Health and involved six health services, including Northern Health, to develop strategies within each organisation to guide and review opioid and other analgesic use, and ultimately improve
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Personalise your EMR view
We are less than 29 days before our Electronic Medical Record (EMR) go live! With training and practice, you are only one step away from being fully prepared for go live. From 21 August, the team will be running Favourites Fair across sites. This is an opportunity to meet the EMR team to personalise your
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Get to know: Stefania Zen
#WeAreNorthern Meet Stefania Zen, Transcultural and Language Services (TALS) and Narrun Wilip-Giin Aboriginal Support Unit (ASU) Education and Engagement Manager. Q: Tell me about your new role as the TALS and ASU Education and Engagement Manager – what does it entail? A: My new role focuses on supporting both TALS and Narrun Wilip-Giin with planning
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Stepping into the future: Northern Health holds the Nursing and Midwifery Graduation Ceremony
Last Friday, 28 July, Northern Health held the Nursing and Midwifery Graduation ceremony for the 2022 programs, marking the first face-to-face event since 2019. The event was held at the NCHER Lecture Theatre, and was a celebration of the following programs: Enrolled Nurse Graduate program, Graduate Nurse Midwifery program, Supported Transition to Excellence in Practice
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NAIDOC Week 2023: Highlights and quiz winners
This year, NAIDOC Week paid tribute to our Elders who have been mentors, teachers, and role models, passing on their wisdom and cultural knowledge for generations. It was fitting that the week ended with a visit by the Narrun Wilip-giin, Aboriginal Support Unit to the Wandarra Elders Group, a local Aboriginal community organisation in Broadmeadows.
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Quarterly Staff Recognition Awards
This morning, Northern Health virtually hosted the third Quarterly Staff Recognition Awards for 2023 to celebrate and acknowledge the amazing work of our dedicated staff. We once again had an outstanding response from our staff, with a number of nominations received across seven different categories. Siva Sivarajah, Chief Executive, opened the ceremony by acknowledging the
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We are Northern: This is the Library team
Located near the Fit Testing Centre and Lecture Theatre at Northern Hospital Epping, the Northern Health Library connects staff and students with high-quality, evidence-based information that supports their work as healthcare professionals. This connection can be via education sessions, use of library services such as expert literature search or provision of databases, eBooks or journal