State Nursing & Midwifery Excellence Awards
"Recognising and valuing outstanding achievements of Victorian Nurses and Midwives"
2010 Western Health Winners:
Diana Hayes, Stomal Therapy Clinical Nurse Consultant- Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Practice
Diana was nominated for her commitment to the patients she cares for, the professionalism that she demonstrates in her everyday practice and her dedication to improving the lives of the patients she is involved with. Diana was also recognised for the development and of the Ileo-Alert, a system to improve medication management and administration in individuals with an ileostomy.
2009 Western Health Winners:
Susan McGregor, Blood Transfusion Clinical Nurse Consultant - Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Practice
The breadth of Susan's work includes the development of a transfusion alert card for patients with clinically significant antibodies that may cause adverse reactions, investigating junior medical staff knowledge around transfusion best practice, and engaging their supervisors in up-skilling, developing extensive e-learning materials to assist Western Health nursing and midwifery staff to improve their knowledge of transfusion management, and implementation of multilingual patient information.
The outcomes of Susan's efforts are not only qualititative. A recent clinical audit of one aspect of Western Health's transfusion management demonstrated that they are among the top in the state.
Jennifer Orr, Manager Aged Care Liaison Service - Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Practice
Jennifer's initiative, energy and tenacity has seen the establishment, pilot and implementation of a new 'in-reach' service for residential aged care facilities bear fruit.
The Aged Care Liaison Service has seen significant improvements to the health care experience for aged care residents by providing care in their clients' own environment, thus avoiding the need for unnecessary time spent in Emergency Departments, preventing admission to hospital, and reducing the length of stay and risk of functional decline if admission is required.
2008 Western Health Winners:
Western Health recently enjoyed tremendous success at the Awards in having 9 nominees short-listed for awards, 3 of them successful. This was a fantastic endorsement of the calibre and quality of our nursing and midwifery staff at Western Health and we should fee extremely proud of all the nominees and the winners.
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Loretta Williams, Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Consultant - Excellence in Nursing Practice Award
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Patrice Hickey, Midwife Group Practice Mentor - Midwifery Practice Award
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Cheryl Steele, Manger, Diabetes Education Services - Jen Rusden Memorial Award