RNSH Nursing and Midwifery Newsletter September 2021

RNSH Nursing and Midwifery Newsletter September 2021

Volume 10, Issue 6

Royal North Shore Hospital Nursing and Midwifery NEWSLETTER

July/August 2021

Inside this issue:

Pages 6-7: Nursing Staff Enjoy Chocolate Donations from Lindt

Message from the DoNM

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RNSH N&M Workforce Updates

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Fire Training Update

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Chocolate Donation

6-7

EAP

8-9

NSLHD Libraries Update

10

eMR Enhancement Projects

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CNC Bio—Yu-Pei Chang—Spinal

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Staff Profile of the Month—Zigi Howes—5 East

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Pages 8-9: EAP - Boosting positivity during the pandemic Zoo webcams and Virtual Museum Tours

Team Spotlight—Ward 5 East

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Carer Support Service Update

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Nurses and Midwives Health

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People Matter Employee Survey

20

Letters from our local school kids 21-26

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Message from the DONM Tracey Gray, Director of Nursing and Midwifery, RNSH

Most of you will now know that RNSH’s accreditaƟon survey planned for next month has now been postponed unƟl the week commencing May 23, 2022. With the pandemic now escalaƟng and hospital admissions expected to peak someƟme in October, it is important we are all focused on the job at hand. Whilst accreditaƟon standards are core business, our usual business is a liƩle altered just now. This newsleƩer we are spotlighƟng ward 5 East. I would like to take the opportunity to thank 5 East for their flexibility and professionalism in response to being asked to vacate their ward and move back into the ASB into ward 9A. Likewise we asked 9A to move to 5 East and at the same Ɵme become a CoVID ward. Whilst iniƟally being somewhat confronted by this, both teams accepted the challenge and got on with the job. We have already converted 8C , 8E and 8B to CoVID wards with the help of staff from 8C, 5 West and 8B. 8E staff likewise have decanted the Haematology ward into 5 West. 6D staff have converted part of their ward into a non - CoVID HDU with the assistance of the ICU and AnaestheƟc Departments to free up space in ICU for CoVID paƟents. A great deal of planning occurred last year inclusive of training in criƟcal care for staff in a number of units. This is now coming to fruiƟon. Is there anything nurses cannot do? A number of CNCs have also rolled up their sleeves and started refresher training in readiness for the paƟent surge. We will be sure to need them for at least some shiŌs. If you are a CNC or CNE who is keen for some refresher training, please let your manager know and we will facilitate this for you. The next couple of months will test us all as paƟent numbers grow. To date we remain the least affected LHD and so have been relied upon to take paƟents

from other LHDs currently overwhelmed by the number of people requiring hospitalizaƟon. You will have seen call outs for staff to be seconded into a variety of CoVID related roles. At the moment I am discouraging all but the most urgent secondments due to our own escalaƟng needs. Thank you to all those who have taken up some of these roles up unƟl now, however, we now need to prepare for our own paƟent surge so some secondment requests will not be approved. Thank you for your understanding. P2/N95 mask fit tesƟng has recommenced aŌer a short hiatus which became necessary to preserve mask supply. The program will move under the management of the Work Health and Safety Team from Monday September 20. All staff in high risk areas are being prioriƟzed for fit tesƟng. The very good news is that we have a large number of staff and family now fully vaccinated. VaccinaƟon has opened for children aged 12 - 15 and is being facilitated for the children of staff working in high risk areas. Sydney vaccinaƟon rates are growing rapidly which should stabilize the growth in cases and improve paƟent outcomes. Alison Zecchin, our General Manager has commenced sending an update to all staff so you can be kept abreast of the many changes and modificaƟons we are making to models of care and various processes to support paƟent care and flow. There is a great deal of informaƟon to take in so if you feel unsure about anything that is happening at the moment please don’t hesitate to reach out to me or any member of the hospital execuƟve. We are only too happy to help. Many thanks and remember to look aŌer yourself at the moment. You are incredibly important and very much valued.

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RNSH Nursing and Midwifery Workforce Updates New Appointments / Secondments

Leigh Bergan — NM — Medical Imaging

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Emma Cardwell — A/NUM — ICU 6G

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¨ Maryann Howell — A/NUM Theatres Module 2 — LSL cover unƟl October

¨ Cathy Frankish — WHAC — A/MUM (Job share — Monday, Tuesday)

Sarah Kamara – NUM — NICU

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Cheryl Finch — CNE — 9A

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¨ Kathryn Antaw — A/CNE 8E — Maternity Leave Cover

Ying (Karen) Hu — CNE — 7F

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Melissa Franklin — CNC — Dermatology

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¨ KrisƟ RosseƩo — CNC — ADAPT Pain Management (New posiƟon)

¨ Jiahua (Sandy) Wu – CNC — Diabetes Integrated Care

Biny Mathews — CNS 2 — IPAC (Permanent)

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Successful CNS Applications

Sarah Wood — CNS — ED

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Airam Kim — CNS Ambulatory Care Centre

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Congratulations!

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Fire Training

Sessions Fire Training are being conducted four days a week and two sessions are provided on these days:

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Days

Session Times

Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays

11:00am, 2:30pm

LocaƟon Sessions are conducted on the Kolling Forecourt or in wet weather on the Kolling balcony/covered walkway overlooking Westbourne Street. To Register Fire Safety and EvacuaƟon - PracƟcal Classrooms My Health Learning Walk - ins are allowed; bookings are preferred but not required.

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Back in July, Lindt kindly donated boxes of chocolates which were delivered to the wards to thank our hardworking frontline staff for their ongoing efforts. The chocolates were well received. Chocolate Donation from Lindt

Pictured leŌ: Ward 8B staff

Pictured leŌ: Ward 7B staff

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Above: Ward 9A Staff Below: Ward 7F staff

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Boosting positivity during the pandemic There are many opportuniƟes to boost posiƟvity and wellbeing despite the challenges the pandemic and the more recent lockdown has presented to us. Use YouTube to learn how to bake bread or create something you have always been interested in/ Or explore some of the following ideas to keep your mind posiƟve, creaƟve and sƟmulated.

A few ideas to explore:

PosiƟve news hƩps://www.posiƟve.news/

hƩps://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ hƩps://www.sunnyskyz.com/good - news

Art gallery virtual tours of exhibiƟons hƩps://www.nag.org.au/virtual - tour

Museum virtual tours hƩps://joyofmuseums.com/museums/ australasia - museums/australian - museums/

‘Australia has some great museums which provide a unique sample of Western, Asian, and Pacific masterpieces as well as a significant focus on the Australian Aboriginal culture.’ Also includes access to movies and series

Game reserve webcams hƩps://www.sanparks.org/webcams/livecam.php hƩps://www.mangolinkcam.com/webcams/mammals/african - wildlife.html

Zoo webcams hƩps://taronga.org.au/taronga - tv hƩps://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live - cams hƩps://www.zoo.org.au/animals - at - home/ hƩps://naƟonalzoo.si.edu/webcams

TED talks to inspire amuse and educate:

hƩps://www.ted.com/talks/ alison_ledgerwood_a_simple_trick_to_improve_posiƟve_thinking hƩps://www.ted.com/playlists/673/10_days_of_posiƟve_thinking hƩps://www.ted.com/talks/ guy_winch_why_we_all_need_to_pracƟce_emoƟonal_first_aid?referrer=playlist - 10_days_of_posiƟve_thinking

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If you need help please keep the following support opƟons in mind:

NSLHD Employee Assistance Program: HKH 9485 6360 MQ 9887 5749 MV 9998 6042 RNSH 9462 9299 Ryde 9858 7771 External EAP provider – aŌer hours and for crisis support - (PeopelSense) 1300 307 912 Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing Support Service 1800 512 348 Kids Helpline 1800 551 800 Mensline 1300 789 978 BeyondBlue line 1300 224 636 The Employee Assistance Program is a free resource available to you and your household family members to offer a friendly ear and assist with finding soluƟons to work and personal issues that may be causing you some concern. You have the opƟon of accessing either the internal or external EAP providers. The contact numbers are in the flag at the top of this page and for more informaƟon please us the EAP webpage link - hƩp:// intranet.nslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/corpsupport/workforce/Pages/eap.aspx.

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NSLHD Libraries Update

NSLHD Libraries support evidence - based pracƟce and lifelong learning for all NSLHD staff. You have access to a wide range of resources and services to support your learning needs and paƟent care.This online introducƟon to NSLHD Libraries demonstrates how to access print, ebooks, full text journals, our services and more. PoƩer, Perry’s and Ostendorf’s Clinical nursing skills & techniques (2021) is now available to borrow. Advanced PracƟce Nursing Leadership: A Global PerspecƟve (2020) StarƟng Life as a Midwife (2019) are available for download.

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hƩps://nswhealth.sharepoint.com/sites/NSLHD - CCP

hƩps://forms.office.com/r/KtavNR2UNs

hƩps://nswhealth.sharepoint.com/sites/NSLHD - SMOKING

eMR Enhancement Page

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Clinical Nurse/Midwife Consultant

Name: Yu - Pei Chang Role Title: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 1 Specialty: Spinal Cord Injury Unit Location: Ward 7E, Level 7, ASB, RNSH Contact Numbers: Ext. No.: 32757. Pager No.: 45597 Email Address: [email protected]

List below the CNC/CMC’s you have connected with both within RNSH and externally on various projects: Þ Sonia Jones Spinal CNC& Wilhelmina Long AcƟng Spinal CNC 7E

Past Experience: 5 years at Royal North Shore Hospital Þ

Registered nurse in Spinal unit 7 E from 2016 - present

3 years at North Short Private Hospital

Lucija Lavrencic Spinal PlasƟc CNC & Grace Monjoro PlasƟc CNS YveƩe Mair Northern Sydney Local Health District spinal CNC

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Registered nurse in Short Stay Unit from 2016 - 2019

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10 years at Royal Rehab

Registered nurse in Spinal Cord injury unit from 2008 - 2016

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Gillian Garret Royal Rehab Spinal CNC

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Rita Cusmiani Sargood on Collaroy

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Ruyi Yao Prince of Wales Hospital spinal unit CNC

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Post Graduate Studies: Þ

Bachelor of Nursing with Professional Honours (specialty) - Acute Care Nursing

Main Interests: Þ

Acute spinal cord injury

Available for mentoring staff across the hospital: Þ Not at this point in Ɵme as I am new to the role.

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Staff Profile of the Month

Zigi Howes - Registered Nurse, 5 East

How long have you been in the nursing profession? I made a career change in 2014. I became an AIN and have been an RN since 2015 What are three things that you are most proud of about your profession?

The things I am most proud of about our profession as nurses are our teamwork, knowing that we look out for each other as well as our paƟents. That we can make a meaningful difference to peoples lives and that we have been able to maintain our professionalism during tough Ɵmes. What would you have been if you had not done nursing? I would probably sƟll be a set builder/installer working in events. Sad to say, likely unemployed at the moment. What is your best nursing story? I think it was my first ever day on a ward as an AIN. I came out of handover to find 2 very Ɵred night shiŌ nurses crawling around a paƟent’s room. Turns out they were looking for a leech that had gone missing from a hands paƟents re - aƩached digit. I now know how slippery those liƩle suckers are. Best travel desƟnaƟon you have visited and why? I once spent 3 months travelling Europe and spent 2 weeks travelling around Estonia. The

food and beer there was incredible. I came back about 10kg heavier. If you were to invite five people to dinner, who would you choose? Right now I would love to be able to have family come over for dinner. Outside of lockdown in a fantasy life I would choose 1. Mike PaƩon (Singer) 2. Kristen Wiig (Comedian) 3. Nobuo Oematsu (Video game music composer) 4. Andy Anderson (Pro Skateboarder) 5. Drew Barrymore (High school Celeb crush)

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Team Spotlight of the Month

5 East

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What are some things that your ward does differently to other wards/units? On 5E we team nurse really well, and look aŌer one another when the shiŌ is parƟcularly busy. Has your ward completed and fundraising or have you received donaƟons that have been used towards helping improve the ward? We received a donaƟon from a paƟent for the ward and we were able to purchase a new Jordan Frame How many staff do you have that are compleƟng post - grad studies? Currently we have two staff members compleƟng post graduate studies and we have 11 CNS staff members on our ward. What projects are your team currently working on? We are currently working on three projects: ¨ Advanced joint program ¨ # NOF project ¨ Reducing length of stay in simple spinal procedures (with neurosurgery) Does your ward/unit have any specialty area educaƟonal courses? We have an educaƟonal program for our RN2s and above called the Osteo - Class program, as well as the Orthopaedic short series which is organised by our wonderful CNC and runs for 5 days. What does your team do for team building? Every year we do “Month of May” where we celebrate nursing staff and organise fun acƟviƟes on the ward during in service Ɵme including a photo compeƟƟon, two truths and a lie quiz, cupcake/gingerbread man decoraƟng, stretching classes, massage therapy… the list goes on.

We also have a Nursing Working and Development Party, where we discuss and come up with ideas and ways to improve work life balance as well as ensuring we are maintaining standards of care and safety.

We believe our team nursing also assists in team building. We always do our best to help other colleagues and support each other every day.

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Team Spotlight of the Month

5 East

Getting to know the team: Who in your team would be most likely to…

Win an Olympic gold medal? In what event? Amanda Bartrim (represented Australia ten Ɵmes in two different sports).

Become famous? What for? Wassim El Abed for Drag Bingo

Save the planet? Rose Hills (NUM) Recycling Queen!

Who is the team’s….

Head chef? Lyn McDonald and Wassim El Abed.

Animal whisperer? Sandy Lau

Is there anyone else with other special talents? Rebecca Knox, Sandy Lau, Bronnie Dingley (Triathlon Super Stars). Helen Elliot our ward massage therapist

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NSLHD Carer Support Service Update

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RNSH Nursing and Midwifery Executive Team

Tracey Gray Director of Nursing and Midwifery Ph: 9463 1901 (EA: Hayley Johnson)

Fiona Carmichael Deputy Director of Nursing and Midwifery Ph: 9463 1901 (EA: Hayley Johnson)

Michelle de Vroome A/ Divisional Nurse Manager Division of Women’s, Children’s and Family Health

Margie Webster Divisional Nurse Manager Division of Medicine Ph: 9463 1906 (EA: Surekha De Silva)

Sophie Lange Divisional Nurse Manager Division of Surgery and AnaestheƟcs Ph: 9463 1905 (EA: Michelle Harding)

Ph: 9463 9692 (EA: Insu Lobo)

Rowena Broadbent Nurse Manager Cancer and PalliaƟve Care Ph: 9463 1200 (EA: Sarah Hockey)

Deb Mayall Nurse Manager PaƟent Flow Ph: 9463 2260 (CSO: Jennifer Waters)

Larissa Monney Nurse Manager Workforce Ph: 9463 1583