RNSH Nursing and Midwifery Newsletter - June 21

RNSH Nursing and Midwifery Newsletter - June 21

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Volume 10, Issue 5

Royal North Shore Hospital Nursing and Midwifery NEWSLETTER

June 2021

Inside this issue:

Message from the DoNM

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RNSH N&M Workforce Updates

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Infection Prevention and Control

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EAP

Pages 10-11: Team Spotlight — Diabetes Team

CNC Bio — Helen Westman

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Team Spotlight — Diabetes Team 8-9

Bowel Cancer Awareness

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Staff Profile — Paidamoyo Hatendi 12

Waste Committee

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NSLHD Libraries Update

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Carer Support Service

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Graythwaite Rehabilitation

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Page 12-13: Bowel Cancer Awareness Day

Nurses Midwives Health

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

The last few weeks have been eventful to say the least. As is the case for our entire community, the hospital has been challenged by 2 CoVID - 19 exposures resulting in the lockdown of 5 wards— 6B, 7B, 7F, 8B and 9A for a 2 week period. The staff of these wards have risen to the challenge in ways I have come to expect of the nursing staff at RNSH. Ably supported by our Infection Prevention and Control team all staff swung into action and patiently and professionally managed the situation. Whilst 120 permanent nursing staff were required to self - isolate for 2 weeks, there were only 2 transmissions to other staff and no transmissions to any of our patients which s testimony to the skills of the remaining staff in these wards. What has also been very uplifting is the generosity displayed by staff from other units, many of whom offered to work overtime in the affected wards to cover the many vacancies left by staff in isolation. I would like to extend a heart felt thank you to all nurses who worked shifts in the affected wards to help out. It is very much appreciated by myself and your colleagues in these wards. Please also be mindful of even the mildest of symptoms and stay at home and get tested for CoVID - 19 if you do have symptoms. The Delta strain of the virus is circulating in our community and is far more infectious than previous strains. Your wellbeing during this time is paramount. Ensure you remain connected to others during the city lockdown, eat well and exercise regularly. Skin care for your face is also important. The CEC guide to doing so has been circulated, however is also available on their website. It is a good

common sense guide.

P2/N95 Mask fit testing is an initiative that will gather pace over the coming weeks. Most of the Risk Level 1 and 2 staff have been fit tested. Fit testing for Risk level 3 staff has also commenced. There will be clinics offered every week. We will advertise these and we encourage you to book in for your fitting. Once fitted for a particular mask you will receive a card from the fit tester with your nominated mask identified so that you may show your manager who will then ensure the right mask for you is available. Finally, the NSW Health Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards acknowledge the passion, dedication and amazing contribution that nurses and midwives have on the health outcomes of patients, women and families across NSW. In 2021 the awards will include 6 local health district and specialty network - nominated awards, one consumer - nominated Healing Heart award and one colleague nominated Healing Heart award. A number of our talented staff have been nominated. Finalists will be announced on July 19. Good luck to everyone.

Stay safe and thank you again.

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RNSH Nursing and Midwifery Workforce Updates

New Appointments / Secondments

Louise Carolan—A/NUM 8F

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 Jennifer Newman—NUM Endoscopy –Returning from Maternity Leave

Melissa Franklin—CNC Dermatology

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Kathryn Antaw – A/CNE 8E (Maternity leave cover)

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Cathy Zhang – A/CNE 9A

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Sarah Bowes – A/CNC Diabetes Educator

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Sandy Wu – CNC Diabetes Integrated Care

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Sarah Kamara – NUM, NICU

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Aneeta Lal – A/NUM Th/F

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 Leigh Bergen – NM Medical Imaging (commencing 26th July)

Successful CNS Applications

Grace McCarthy—Neurosurgery

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Glenda Boyd—ICU 6H

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Smriti Manandhar—Short - stay Surgical Unit

Congratulations!

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Louise Patel— 6 A

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Thank you to our friends on COVID affected wards..

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Infection Prevention and Control

Partnering with Consumers (Standard 3: Action 3.3) The intent of this Standard 3 action is to ensure that clinicians partner with patients to prevent and manage healthcare-associated infections and implement an antimicrobial stewardship program which;

Actively involves patients in their care

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Meet the patients information needs

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Share decision-making

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Discussions with patients and/or carers should occur when:

Any new MRO is identified

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A potential or possible infectious disease is identified

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IVAD insertion and maintenance

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Commencement of any antimicrobials

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During IPAC audits

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PPE is required when caring for a patient

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Where to find resources and information for patients:

Infection Prevention and Control Team, extension 64490

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 Infection Prevention and Control Intranet page IPAC Intranet Page

 Newly identified MRO/Infectious disease factsheet to be given to patients at time of verbal

notification – found on the IPAC intranet page under Consumer Information

Important Points to know for accreditation:

Where IPAC brochures are available.

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 When IPAC brochures are given to patients e.g. PIVC brochure given when PIVC inserted.

 Staff educate patients, carers and visitors on hand hygiene.

 Staff educate patients, visitors and carers on appropriate donning and doffing of Personal Pro- tective Equipment, as required.

 Staff educate the patients regarding any antimicrobial treatment prescribed.

 Staff discuss with patient the need for any Indwelling medical devices e.g. PIVC’s.

 Staff review and discuss with patients the ongoing need for the indwelling devices and educate patients on signs and symptoms of infection.

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NEW BEGINNINGS FOR EAP The NSLHD EAP welcomes a new external provider. As of Tuesday the 1 st of June PeopleSense by Altius is the new external provider working collaboratively with the internal team to provide EAP support to all NSLHD employees. FYI the contact details for all the providers are in the contact flag at the bottom of the page. As the NSLHD EAP transitions from the previous external provider Converge International to the new provider PeopleSense , we wanted to ensure that no one is adversely impacted by the changeover. Consequently all urgent crisis callers will be supported by the provider that is contacted, be it the internal EAP or one of the external EAP providers. If anyone calls Converge International on or after the 1 st of June to access non-urgent support they will be redirected to the internal EAP team and the new external EAP provider. Where the person is already accessing support from Converge International they will have the option of completing the support by the 31st of July, or changing over to either the internal EAP team or the new external EAP provider PeopleSense . Transition arrangements. What support does EAP provide and to whom? To ensure all employees are able to access the support they need to manage their work and personal challenges, the EAP provides many avenues of support including crisis support, individual support, groups support and manager support. Immediate household family members are also able to access individual psychological support in an effort to ensure our employees are well supported in all aspects of their lives. Access. Appointments can be made via telephone or email. Urgent or crisis support is available 24/7, 365 days per year and the access options include face to face, telephone and video call sessions to ensure immediate support can be provided. Employees can also select the gender of the counsellor they require and select an office in a location most convenient to them. Specialised support is also available to ensure employees feel both comfortable in accessing support and understood, regardless of what their concerns are.

Additional options.

In additional to the normal broad range of support provided by both the internal and

external EAP providers, PeopleSense provides some additional services including Nutrition, Wellbeing, Individualised exercise, Career redirection, Career Coaching, Financial, Resiliency and Manager support. Please discuss these services and terms of access before deciding to progress.

Give EAP a call. If you need skill development, troubleshooting or just a friendly, safe place to work out what you are dealing with and how you want to progress, give EAP a call.

EAP is here to help all of us work and live well.

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Clinical Nurse/Midwife Consultant Biography

Name:

Helen Westman

Role Title:

Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2 (CNC2)

Specialty:

Lung Cancer

Location:

Level 8, Dept. of Respiratory and Sleep

Contact Numbers: Ext. No.: 32927. Mobile No.: 0472866435

Email Address:

[email protected]

Past Experience:

Mentoring other CNC’s?

~ 5 years at Royal North Shore Hospital

Not currently, have previously. Always happy to

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Lung Cancer CNC since 2017

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Immuno-Oncology CNC 2016 — 12 month pilot position

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Available for mentoring staff across the hospital:

~ 18 Years Oncology Nurse (UK/Australia)

Yes

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CNS

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List below the CNC/CMC’s you have connected with both within RNSH and externally on various projects:

CNE

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NUM

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Meredith Oatley — NP Oncology RNSH

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Studies Completed:

Ann-Marie Perry — Palliative Care CNC

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Master of Public Health in 2020

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Stephanie Smith — Oncology CNC

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Master of Cancer Nursing 2014

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Rebecca Needham — CNC Cancer Services

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Main Interests:

Improving support during the diagnostic pathway for suspected lung cancer patients Targeted and Immune therapies for lung cancer Improving psycho-social assessment and support for lung cancer patients

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Nurse Education

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Team Spotlight of the Month

Diabetes Team

Team Building

Get to know the Team

Lunchtime walks around the oval

Who in your team would be most likely to…

Win an Olympic Gold Medal: Nick Grech — Triathlon Become Famous: Danesse Balanag — Instagram Foodie Save the Planet: Caryn Kneale

Mexican nights out

Who is the Team’s…

Head Chef: Kylie Alexander Animal Whisperer: Sarah Bowes

What are some things that your ward does differently to other wards/units?

Our Diabetes Education team visit patients on wards throughout the hospital and in the outpatient setting, whether this is a pregnant lady with gestational diabetes in the maternity unit, a patient in Intensive Care presenting with Diabetic Ketoacidosis or an elderly patient presenting to the outpatient setting learning to administer and manage insulin.

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What Projects are your Team currently working on?

 Currently providing education to nursing staff on the wards regarding the recently updated insulin infusion policy.  Recently set up a new service to review and educate mature adults with Type 1 Diabetes  Exploring different technologies to enable pregnant ladies with gestational diabetes to use blood glucose meters that enables remote review of blood glucose levels for clinicians.

 Eating Disorder project for young adults with Type 1 Diabetes

How many staff do you have completing post-grad studies? The majority of our diabetes educators and dieticians are currently or have completed post graduate studies.

Has your team completed any fundraising? Our Diabetes team has been involved in STEPtember.

Has your team received any recent awards? The Glucose Control Team was recently nominated as a finalist for the NSLHD Quality and Improvement Awards.

Do you have any speciality educational courses?

One day course for health professionals on diabetes management One day course for practice nurses working in general practice on diabetes management

Do you celebrate any health promotion days?

Diabetes Week and World Diabetes Day

During these times we welcome staff and visitors to visit our stall in the front foyer to learn about all things diabetes.

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June is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month and Red Apple Day was on the 16 th June 2021. Ward 8B (Gastroenterology, Upper GI and Colorectal surgery) organised a fundraising event on Tuesday 15 th June 2021 to raise awareness of Australia’s second deadliest cancer and raised funds for the leading community-funded charity, Bowel Cancer Australia, dedicated to prevention, early diagnosis, re- search, quality treatment and the best care for everyone affected by bowel cancer. Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

There were displays of information booklets, educational and fact sheet posters for visi- tors, patients and staff. Goods were baked by Ward staff; Portuguese tarts, carrot cakes which were sold as a whole before 9am, po- omoji cupcakes, cookies with “ We give a crap” stamp, Krispy Kreme donuts with rasp- berry jelly to imitate stoma and the best of all cupcakes made into a Bristol Stool Chart displaying all types of bowel motions with type 3 being the most popular ones. Also there were Bowel Cancer Awareness ribbons and wristlets and raffle tickets for everyone to get a chance to win big hamper boxes full of goods. Baskets full of the Red Apples were also for sale which unfortunately, was- n’t very popular.

Bake stall and raffle ticket sale were very successful raising more than $2000 by the end of the day. All funding was donated to Bowel Cancer Australia to support them and to appreciate their commitment in raising awareness of Bowel Cancer around Australia.

A huge THANK YOU and congratulations to everyone who has participated and made contributions to the fundraising day. We look forward to next year’s Bowel Cancer Awareness Month and Red Apple Day.

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Staff Profile of the Month! - Paidamoyo Hatendi —

1. How long have you been in the nursing profession?

6 years

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2. What are three things that you are most proud of about your profession?

Being able to empower patients with the necessary skills to manage their diabetes Diabetes is constantly changing and I enjoy being able to learn new things and new ways of improving patient experiences such as new technology

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Being able to teach other health professional on diabetes

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5. Best travel destination you have visited and why?

3. What would you have been if you had not done nursing?

Fiji because of the views and the amazing culture.

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I would have become a Lawyer.

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4. What is your best nursing story?

6. If you were to invite five people to dinner, who would you choose?

For me it’s not one story, but it’s when we support women with gestational diabetes through a difficult and scary journey of pregnancy then we see them in the foyer with their precious babies. I always spot the “GDM” babies. It makes me realise how important our role is in supporting these women.

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Danai Gurira

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Michelle Obama

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Oprah Winfrey

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Kerry Washington

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Lupita Nyong’o

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Waste Committee Updates

The NSLHD has a target to reduce clinical waste by 25% over the next two years. This can be achieved through im- proved segregation.

Help RNSH reduce clinical waste by segregating cor- rectly

What is Clinical Waste?

Any blood stained item from a clinical procedure.

Used dressings

Used drains

Blood products and their lines

Suction and tubing

What is NOT Clinical Waste?

Nappies

Sanitary items

PPE (unless blood stained)

Drained Catheters

Pharmaceuticals

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NSLHD Libraries Update

Three New Nursing eBooks:

Nursing Diagnosis Manual: Planning, individualizing and documenting client care; 6 th edition

Advancing your career : Concepts of Professional Nursing

Creative teaching strategies for the Nurse Educator; 3 rd edition

To access, go to Springboard https://nslhd.ovidds.com/ - eBooks and search for the title of book. For offsite access sign up for a NSLHD Library Springboard account from a hospital computer first. 4 new Library guides have been added Midwifery, Medicines and Pharmacy, Podiatry, COVID-19 research resources

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NSLHD Carer Support Service Update

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Graythwaite Rehabilitation Centre’s Welcome Video

The Graythwaite rehabilitation centre’s welcome video is now available. Please scan the QR code on the adjacent page to be redirected to the English version of the welcome video.

Please note the welcome video is available in six different languages that can be accessed by the following links:

 English https://vimeo.com/551778071/cc1e37cc31

 Korean https://vimeo.com/551778292/5be7af19ec

 Cantonese – https://vimeo.com/551778004/01f850da0b

 Mandarin – https://vimeo.com/557068499/3258f4cb29

 Italian – https://vimeo.com/557831970/91ade28578

 Armenian - https://vimeo.com/557423265/970a00213c

Graythwaite Rehabilitation Centre (GRC) consists of two 32-bed units over two levels. Facilities include: a hydrotherapy pool; modern gymnasiums; therapy laundry, kitchen and study; outdoor therapy and recreation areas; library; dining room; and patient lounge and kitchen. Our therapy services available include: medical , nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, psychology, speech pathology, dietetics, orthotics and podiatry.

As GRC is co-located with Ryde Hospital, patients benefit from ready access to acute services including acute wards and medical imaging.

Location: Graythwaite Rehabilitation Centre, Ground Floor, Ryde Hospital, 37 Fourth Avenue, Eastwood, 2122.

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RNSH Nursing and Midwifery Executive Team

Tracey Gray Director of Nursing and Midwifery Ph: 9463 1901 (A/EA: Jack Allan)

Fiona Carmichael Deputy Director of Nursing and Midwifery Ph: 9463 1901 (A/EA: Jack Allan)

Michelle De Vroome Acting Divisional Nurse Manager Division of Women’s, Children’s and Family Health

Margie Webster Divisional Nurse Manager Division of Medicine Ph: 9463 1906 (EA: Rhi Campton)

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

Ph: 9463 9692 (EA: Insu Lobo)

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

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

Larissa Monney Nurse Manager Workforce Ph: 9463 1583