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Royal North Shore Hospital Nursing and Midwifery
Message from the DONM Tracey Gray, Director of Nursing and Midwifery, RNSH
and you would like to be please call our booking centre promptly to ensure you secure an appointment. For staff in the 1b group the program will continue for some weeks yet . We think we have contact details for most staff now but if you haven’t heard from us and would like an appointment please call the RNSH CoVID Booking Team on 99264299. The bookings team led by Rhi Campton and Anna Linfield-Kent have been doing an amazing job fielding and making a huge volume of calls. They have remained calm, kind and professional throughout a number of challenging interactions for which I thank them enormously. Some very good news is that we are recruiting strongly at the moment and our nursing vacancies have fallen for the third month in a row. It has been a tough month with patient acuity high and sick leave up relating to post vaccination malaise. At least we can say that as our vacancies reduce and the vaccination program winds up you may all finally get a breather. Thank you all once again for the significant contribution you make to the health of our community. It is very much appreciated.
April is the month we turn our attention to all things falls prevention. “Safe activity for everyone” is the theme for 2021 following a year that saw many people decrease their physical activity due to the need to maintain a safe distance from others to protect themselves from CoVID-19. Remaining physically active is an important part of recovery from illness and something nurses can and should promote to ensure your patients have the best chance of achieving wellness. In so doing we are always mindful of ensuring patients can do so safely by completing a falls risk assessment no matter at what point they enter the health system and then provided with advice and support to mobilise safely. On April 1 it was great to see so many orange t-shirts being worn by our nurses to fly the flag of falls prevention . When my husband wears mine in the garden it always makes me smile. Most units have now received their Performance Boards to display clinical audit results in a standardised way. They look great and summarise the results of audits under each accreditation standard. In line with this the new audit schedule has been released and should also be on display in your clinical areas. Every month we will produce reports that summarise the results across the organization and as any areas for focus emerge you may be engaged in projects to improve our performance. The CoVID-19 vaccination program is now well underway with most staff who have been categorized in the 1a group having already been vaccinated. The number of appointments that Westmead will offer for 1a staff will reduce over the next 2 weeks so if you are yet to be vaccinated
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