RNSH prepared for COVID-19 with two new wards In April 2020, a team from Royal North Shore Hospital and the Northern Sydney Local
The 55 beds are spread across two levels of the Douglas Building and will be serviced under the new model of care developed to support staff providing care to patients transitioning from the acute hospital back to their communities and usual place of residence. Staffed by multidisciplinary teams comprising of medical, nursing and allied health, the wards will assist in ensuring that Royal North Shore Hospital is prepared for any anticipated increases in positive presentations, and providing the right care in the right place. These wards will be maintained in their current state to ensure the facility is prepared for any changes in the state’s COVID-19 situation.
Health District commenced the development of two new wards in the Douglas Building in response to the pandemic and potential increase in patients requiring assistance in their recovery from COVID-19. Royal North Shore Hospital General Manager Alison Zecchin said the project has required an enormous amount of team work and collaboration including the reconfiguration and construction of the two new wards. “To support services operating in these wards, a new model of care was developed, and further planning was required to ensure the wards were ready to be operational, if and when required, with equipment and supplies,” she said.
Some of the members of Ryde’s new council
Ryde’s Clinical Nursing and Midwifery Professional Council Ryde Hospital is bringing some of its
Midwifery Drew Hilditch-Roberts said the council will identify opportunities and provide consultation regarding the growth and strengthening of the nursing and midwifery workforce and profession. “The council is a means to bring senior leaders and clinicians in nursing and midwifery together,” he said. “It’s about breaking down the silos, leading future models of care and being a strong nursing and midwifery voice in the vision of what the new Ryde Hospital will look like.”
brightest and most experienced nurses and midwives together with the hospital’s newly established Clinical Nursing and Midwifery Professional Council. The senior council, a chief body of nursing and midwifery professionals at the hospital, aims to uncover innovative ways to deliver care to the Ryde community and will focus on leading for the future, workforce building, talent development and pioneering research. Ryde Hospital’s Director of Nursing and
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