Nursing News Nurse Manager Workforce Ryde would like to welcome Natalie Lyall to the Acting Nurse Manager Workforce role. Natalie has commenced on a full-time basis and will cover until April 2026, whilst Theresa is on parental leave. Natalie worked as a Regional Nurse Manager in the Justice Health & Forensic Mental Health Network and has undertaken senior managerial positions including Acting Service Director, After Hours Nurse Manger and Nurse Unit Manager. Natalie also has experience working in education and has postgraduate qualifications in Medical and Health Leadership and Management. Natalie can be contacted at natalie.lyall@health.nsw.gov.au Focus on Allied Health: Dietetics Protected Mealtimes
Protected Mealtime refers to a period on the ward when all non-urgent clinical activity is limited allowing staff to prepare and assist patients at mealtimes and for patients to focus on their meals. The Nutrition and Dietetics department completed the QARS Nutrition Audit in March and the average compliance rate against the set protected Mealtime criteria across our wards are as follows:
• Ensuring patient is in a safe and comfortable position to eat: 90%
• Offering Hand hygiene to the patient prior to eating: 83%
• Ensuring tray table is cleared of clutter and moved close to the patient: 73%
• Ensuring that the patient has been correctly identified if feeding assistance is required via a RED / Blue mat tray aside / Blue mat deliver tray meal ordering alert in eMR : 45% • Ensuring that the patient receives a meal tray with the correct coloured placement as appropriate: 100%
• Ensuring assistance is offered to all patients with opening food packages: 66%
• Ensuring that all identified patients are provided with the correct level of feeding assistance as per the placemat criteria: 92%
• Ensuring an uninterrupted mealtime with no non urgent activity: 96%
• Ensuring all patients are allowed adequate time to consume their meal: 100%
The nutrition audit results have been disseminated to the individual wards to develop an action plan to improve compliance as appropriate.
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