Volume 10, Issue 2
Page 18
NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Team Spotlight of the Month
Does your ward/unit have any specialty area educational courses?
We have individualised orientation programs to ensure that each new staff member has education targeted to their level of neonatal experience.
We also run an annual Neonatal Nursing Series, which is a more in depth program for nurses within NSLHD with a little more NICU experience to come and further develop their knowledge of neonatal intensive care and explore how it has progressed over the years with new technologies and advancements. We hold Advanced Resuscitation of the Newborn education and simulation days 4 times a year for medical, nursing and midwifery clinicians within NSLHD, to ensure that all staff attending deliveries of newborns or working in areas caring for newborns are confident in these skills.
All of our nurses progress (climb!) through our “Clinical Skills Tree” with support of the Education Team.
What does your team do for team building?
We continuously work collaboratively with our multidisciplinary team given the fast pace and high acuity of an intensive care unit. We have a “good news board” for anyone to write any thank you messages, particularly after very busy periods in the NICU. We write up any professional achievements, celebrations, engagements, weddings, births etc. so everyone gets a sense of what we are all achieving in both our professional and personal lives!
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