Published on 1 July 2022

Edition 56: July 2022

  • Helpful Contacts

    Employee Assistance Program: 1800 099 444

    Nurse & Midwife Support: 1800 667 877

    Nurse & Midwife Health Program:
    03 9415 7551 or 1800 888 236

  • Upcoming dates

    July 2022

    1       Dry July commences
    3       NAIDOC Week begins
    10     National Diabetes Week commences
    20    Advancing Frontline Leadership (AUM Program) Day-1 (Group 1)
    24    Donate Life Week commences
    28    Advancing Frontline Leadership (AUM Program) Day-1 (Group 2)

  • Nursing & Midwifery Executive

    Adjunct Professor Shane Crowe
    Executive Director of Nursing & Midwifery
    Phone: 8345 1463
    Email: shane.crowe@wh.org.au

    Professor Bodil Rasmussen
    Chair of Nursing, Deakin University/Western Health
    Phone: 8395 8163
    Email: bodil.rasmussen@wh.org.au

    Doug Mill
    Director of Nursing & Midwifery
    Division: Drug Health Services
    Phone: 8345 1916
    Email: douglas.mill@wh.orh.au

    Helen Sinnott
    Director of Nursing & Midwifery, Sunshine
    Divisions: Aged, Cancer & Continuing Care and Women’s & Children’s
    Phone: 0435 962 716
    Email: helen.sinnott@wh.org.au

    Jo Mapes
    Director of Nursing & Midwifery, Footscray
    Division: Perioperative and Critical Care
    Phone: 0423  302 337
    Email: joanne.mapes@wh.org.au

    Kate Renzenbrink
    Director of Nursing & Midwifery Informatics (CNMIO)
    Phone: 0425 772 324
    Email: kate.renzenbrink@wh.org.au

    Professor Linda Sweet
    Chair of Midwifery, Deakin University/Western Health
    Phone: 8395  1178
    Email:  linda.sweet@wh.org.au

    Lisa Gatzonis
    Director of Nursing & Midwifery Workforce
    Phone: 9393 0127
    Email: lisa.gatzonis@wh.org.au

    Monique Sammut
    Director of Nursing & Midwifery, Sunbury
    Divisions: COVID Response & WPHU, Clinical Support & Specialist Clinics
    Phone: 0412 769 423
    Email: monique.sammut@wh.org.au

    Nicole Davies
    Director of Nursing & Midwifery, Williamstown
    Division: Emergency, Medicine & Access
    Phone: 9732 8630
    Email: nicole.davies@wh.org.au

    Rohan Vaughan
    Director of Nursing & Midwifery, Melton
    Division: Chronic & Complex Care
    Phone: 0434 365 769
    Email: rohan.vaughan@wh.org.au

    Sue Sweeney
    Director of Midwifery Practice
    Division: Women’s & Children’s
    Phone: 0466 801 447
    Email: sue.sweeney@wh.org.au

    Associate Professor Tony McGillion
    Director of Nursing & Midwifery (Inspiring Innovation)
    Phone: 0466 925 108
    Email: tony.mcgillion@wh.org.au

    Wendy Giddings
    Director of Nursing & Midwifery, Bacchus Marsh
    Division: Bacchus Marsh & Melton
    Phone: 0478 771 781
    Email: wendy.giddings@djhs.org.au

From Shane

Whilst there is no longer lots of updates in the news about the pandemic, unfortunately the challenges associated with COVID, Flu and workforce pressure continue to be very real within healthcare. We are seeing a slight increase in the number of COVID cases that we are caring for at Western Health. With the expected continuing growth in the BA.4 and BA.5 variants over the coming month, with them likely to become the dominant strains – unfortunately this may worsen in August.

The continuing high levels of personal and unplanned leave, together with the acuity and complexity of our patients is making things really tough. Unfortunately overtime and reliance of extra shifts continues to be required sometimes to cover shortfalls – particularly in our Emergency Departments and maternity areas. It is inspiring to see the way that nurses and midwives support our colleagues, and the continuing commitment to our patients and women/babies. The good news is that the vast majority of our wards and departments staffing levels are looking good on the vast majority of shifts – and our vacancy rates are looking the lowest that they have been for a long time. A huge thanks to you all for everything you are doing!

The unrelenting nature of what we are all going through, with the stresses of working and living within a health pandemic can have serious impacts on your physical and mental health. Please continue to look out for each other and look after yourselves. Seeking support and ensuring that you have plan to take care of yourself before you hit crisis point is a practical approach to living and working during the pandemic. There are heaps of supports available both within Western Health and externally, and this support will continue to grow and evolve to meet the needs of our teams.

In recognition of the continuing challenges the public healthcare workforce continues to face , the Victorian Government has announced the Winter Retention and Surge Support Program. The program includes a $3,000 (prorated) Winter Retention and Support Payment, which will be available to all eligible Western Health nurses and midwives. Details were recently released and are outlined below, with the eligibility period for the payment being between 1 July to 30 September 2022. The payment will be split into two payments of up to $1,500. The first payment will be available to employees after 15 August 2022 and the second payment after 30 September 2022. The payment will be calculated against the employees contracted hours worked (as at two key dates), so the more hours you are contracted to work the more you will get paid – with full-time staff getting the full $3,000. Casual staff will be eligible for the support payment as well. 

Our nurses and midwives are lagging a bit in getting our Flu Vax (76% compared to 85% of doctors). This is a terrible flu season, so please take some time to get this over the coming week. Please get vaccinated as early as possible to protect yourself, your colleagues, your patients and your loved ones. Influenza vaccination has now become mandatory for Category A and Category B healthcare workers, which will now be on ongoing requirement.

Shane Crowe
Executive Director, Nursing & Midwifery

New Additional Care Resources procedure

On 6 June 2022 a new procedure was released for Additional Care Resources (formerly known as specialling) on how and when additional resources can be requested to support delivering Best Care.

It is important that frontline clinicians understand these changes that aim to ensure the safety and well-being of staff, patients and visitors.

Background

In 2020, the ACCC and EMA Divisions commenced a major review of the current Western Health Patient Observation (Specialling) Procedure in response to increasing requests for additional staff support within the organisation.

In collaboration with the Nursing and Midwifery Directorate, the aim of the review was to better understand the processes and use of additional care resources from request, approval and through to use.

The revised procedure aims to guide clinical assessment and decision-making processes around Additional Care Resources and provide a standardised approval process.

When to request Additional Care Resources

Additional Care Resources may be required in the provision of optimal care for patients who present a risk to themselves, other patients or to the staff caring for them due to changes in behaviour, cognition, health status and/or a deterioration in mental health status (not an exhaustive list of possible contributing factors).

This may include patients requiring 1:1 nursing care or 1:2, 1:3, 1:4 care or supportive care provided by a Health Care Worker or Personal Care Attendant, Security Guard or additional resource to support clinical care across an entire clinical area.

As part of the new procedure, team leaders will be considering what type of additional staff member could provide the care/supervision that a patient requires. This includes allowing a unit staff member to care for the patient and the additional resource supporting the ward.

Before requesting Additional Care staff, team leaders will be considering other options available, such as reallocating staff or moving a patient.

How to request Additional Care Resources

Nursing, Midwifery and HCW/PCA staff requests are to be submitted via the Health-e Workforce Solutions (HeWS) platform. Requests for Security staff should be made directly with Security Manager. The new procedure includes a flowchart of the approval process to be followed when considering and requesting Additional Care Resources.

Requests for Additional Care Resources will be monitored over the coming months, to evaluate the new procedure and ensure appropriate support is provided and monitor clinician to patient ratios.

Please be mindful of the resources we already have on hand and help me to consider alternative resourcing strategies as they are needed.

Submit a request via HeWS

Team briefing

It is important that we all understand how to access these resources to keep our patients and ourselves safe.

Unit Managers will step their teams through the new Additional Care Resources procedure at meetings and huddles.

Signage for Safety

You may have noticed new signs are being installed across Western Health wards as part of a strategy included in the Falls Improvement Plan 2021-2022 to improve orientation for patients that are sensory impaired and improve communication of risks.

The package includes:

  • Toilet and shower signs for the outside of all patient bathroom doors.
  • Small yellow signs for next to patient buzzer in toilet and showers.
  • Purple magnet board for above patient bed next to bed card. This is designed to be visible, easy to access and easy to read from the end of the bed.

The multidisciplinary team are encouraged to place signage above bed as needed to improve patient safety and communication from shift to shift and between the team.

There are 9 magnets currently available to use

  1. Nil By Mouth
  2. Diabetic
  3. Vision Impaired
  4. Hearing Impaired
  5. Fluid Restriction
  6. Red Dome
  7. Interpreter Required
  8. PVM (Portable Video Monitoring)
  9. Blank white magnet that you can use to write specific information if required.

Some ideas to assist with implementation include ensuring you are completing bedside handover and ceasing group handovers of all patients to all staff. Bedside handover is a crucial element to improving communication between staff. Use bedside handover as an opportunity to ensure that relevant alert signs are in place.

Please ensure that the magnets are removed when patients are discharged home, wiped down with Clinnell wipes and returned to storage containers.

Healthcare Worker Winter Retention and Surge Payment announced

The Victorian Government has announced new measures to support the healthcare workforce and recognise the care they give the Victorian community:

  • All clinical and non-clinical staff employed by public health services, Ambulance Victoria and Forensicare will be eligible for a one-off $3,000 (prorated) payment from 1 July.
  • The Healthcare Worker Wellbeing program will expand to offer free meals and refreshments for staff who work night shifts from 1 July to 31 December 2022.

While clearly not ending the ongoing workforce challenges being experienced around Australia – the new measures represent a modest but meaningful way to support and retain healthcare workers within the public system.

Winter Retention and Surge Payment (the payment)

  • The eligibility period for the payment is 1 July to 30 September 2022. The payment will be capped at $3,000 and will be split into two payments of up to $1,500. The first payment will be available to employees after 15 August 2022 and the second payment after 30 September 2022.
  • The payment will be calculated against the employees contracted FTE or hours worked (as at two key dates). Casual staff will be eligible for the support payment as well as non-clinical staff.

Meals and refreshments program

  • The availability of free meals and refreshments will be prioritised for night shift staff and staff working double shifts from 1 July to 31 December 2022.
  • Western Health is finalising the arrangements for how this will be operationalised on our sites.

Please click here to view the Winter Retention and Surge Payment frequently asked questions.

Ýou're Only Human, seek help if you need it

It’s been a marathon working and living in the COVID-19 pandemic for over two years. Many nurses, midwives and students are exhausted and traumatised.

The Nursing & Midwifery Health Program Victoria recently released the You’re Only Human campaign. It includes videos from five Victorian nurses and midwives: Hailee (midwife), Mel (nurse), Jameson (student/graduate nurse), Catherine (mental health nurse) and Jean (aged care nurse) who talk about the impacts of working and living through a pandemic two years running.

You’re only human. Don’t wait to hit crisis point before you seek help.

The message to nurses and midwives is that while you’ve been doing an amazing job working within COVID-19, you’re only human. The stress of working and living within a health pandemic has been ongoing for months – and long-term stress can have serious impacts on your physical and mental health.

Seeking out support and developing a self-care plan before you hit crisis point is a practical approach to living and working within a health pandemic. It only takes a few minutes to complete the self-care survey and develop your own self-care plan to monitor and focus on your health and wellbeing. View the self-care plan. 

Contact the Nursing & Midwifery Health Program Victoria on 03 9415 7551 or admin@nmhp.org.au for confidential help and advice. Alternatively, call EAP 24/7 on 1800 099 444 or Nurse & Midwife Support 24/7  on 1800 667 877 for confidential advice.

Madison Cooke takes out distinguished prize

Congratulations to Madison Cooke (Emergency Department), who after completing her Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing (Emergency) in 2021, was awarded the Michael Kierce Prize on 27 June 2022.

Madison was awarded this prestigious prize during the University of Melbourne’s annual Marian Barrett lecture.

The Michael Kierce Prize is awarded to a student who during the fourth year of a nursing course has demonstrated research excellence, clinical excellence and the potential for leadership in clinical practice research.

All three criteria must be accorded equal weight; a student’s clinical excellence and leadership in clinical practice is to be assessed on reports of the student’s supervisors and research excellence is to be assessed on a research subject undertaken as part of the course.

This is truly a huge achievement! Well done Madison.

Lippincott elevating our procedures

Does Lippincott sound familiar? They are the people that publish all the nursing and midwifery text books. They also have best practice procedures that are endorsed by the Australian College of Nursing, with midwifery procedures in development.

Western Health has purchased a Lippincott procedures licence with a view to incorporating these into the current policies, procedures and guidelines (PPG) framework.

A project commenced at the end of March 2022, led by Franki McMahon, to determine the appropriateness of the Lippincott Procedures for use with the nursing & midwifery PPGs.  Part of this work also includes a gap analysis of Lippincott procedures against the Western Health PPGs, development of a governance framework for nursing & midwifery PPGs, and to obtain staff feedback regarding current state which will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the Lippincott procedures to determine whether future acquisition is worthwhile.

A survey has been released to gain feedback from our nurses and midwives regarding the current state of PPGs prior to the Lippincott procedures being available for access.  Please complete this survey as your feedback is fundamental to the development and success of the Lippincott procedures and ongoing PPG development at Western Health.

The Lippincott procedures will be made available to managers to use for the development of PPGs in the interim until the formal implementation occurs.  Lippincott will provide introductory sessions to managers so that they can become familiar with the full capability of the product.  Western Health PPG template has been updated to include a section for the Lippincott Procedures.

Ultimately, after our PPGs are updated and include references to the Lippincott procedures, in the future we plan to launch links within our EMR for staff to be able to access high quality Lippincott videos and other educational material relating to a procedure that they are able to undertake.

The survey has been designed to take 5-10 minutes to complete and will be open for completion until Friday 8 July, 2022.

Alex leading Diversity & Consumer Inclusion

Alex Potter commenced as Western Health’s new Operations Manager for Diversity and Consumer Inclusion on 27 June 2022.

Alex has worked at Western Health for 15 years in a variety of clinical and leadership roles within allied health and the subacute and aged care divisions, and has stayed at Western Health due to the ‘Western’ way, which Alex finds to be very person centred and fits with their values around health equity.

Alex will have oversight of Western Health’s diversity portfolios including disability, LGBTIQ and more broadly for general consumer engagement, with a focus on having a person first approach regardless of background, identity and role.

Western Health has already a demonstrated commitment to celebrating diversity, we see that in our very successful Wilim Berrbang; great engagement in days like IDAHOBIT recently, and our strong multicultural representation and recognition. We need to build on this foundation to look at opportunities to best support all diverse communities to achieve equity in health.

Alex’s biggest focus will be around ensuring our community are well supported with liaison teams, such as the Disability Liaison team, as it is teams like these that can work towards improving health equity specific to the needs of the diverse communities they support. As well as ensuring we have well embedded liaison services for all of our diverse community groups, we also need to focus on the intersectional needs of people.

A lot of change will be driven by stakeholder engagement and co-design of programs and services to ensure we remove system barriers that reinforce health inequity, and so continuous feedback throughout these processes will help us to measure our success. There is ample opportunity to get involved and support Alex and the team.

When asked what is the one thing, that someone reading this could do to help create a more diverse and inclusive workplace and health service, what would it be? Alex responded just ask people what is important to them, whether that be about gender identity, access and inclusion needs or their cultural identity.

Congratulations Alex!

NAIDOC Week

NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC Week is celebrated by all Australians and is a great opportunity to learn more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

NAIDOC Week is usually held in the first week (a Sunday to Sunday) of July that incorporates the second Friday – which historically was celebrated as ‘National Aboriginal Day’. This year NAIDOC Week will be held 3-10 July 2022.

NAIDOC Week is a great opportunity to complete our online learning packages on Aboriginal Cultural Awareness to ensure that you are fully informed on how to delivery culturally safe care.

The National NAIDOC Theme for 2022 is Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!

Western Health’s Cultural Safety Plan update:

This year Western Health will be launching our next Aboriginal Health Cultural Safety Plan which has been developed in consultation with our staff, stakeholders and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and will guide our actions and priorities over the next four years.  We would like to thank and acknowledge all those involved for their invaluable expertise in developing this Plan.

The Plan outlines our commitment to building on the efforts and progress we have made through the successful implementation of our past Aboriginal Health Cultural Safety Plans and Employment Plans.  As a health service, we believe that cultural safety is everyone’s business.

We committed to joining the Cultural Safety Plan and Employment Plan into one as it better embodies our Strategic Direction – Together, we deliver healthcare of the future.

Western Health is committed to delivering culturally safe care to our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and families.

We look forward to bringing the initiatives in the Plan to life.  We encourage all Western Health staff, volunteers, patients, families and communities to embrace this plan once it is released and consider the role they can play in ensuring its success.

Enhancing Experience

The latest Victorian Healthcare Experience Survey (VHES) results are in for the quarter ending in March 2022. So how are we doing? In the Adult inpatient questionnaire, which seeks to measure the experience of people aged 16 or over admitted to Western Health hospitals, overall our patients are rated the care they received as 61.4% very good, 24.2% good (overall 85.7% positive). This is up slightly from last time, but down on previous results – and lower than our peers.

 This is likely due to the fact that staffing has been exceptionally challenging during this period. When our patients were asked whether they were treated with dignity and respect, 84.4% of our patient felt that this occurred always. This is down on previous surveys, where we have been up well over 90%.

When asked when they were in hospital did they feel safe, the good news is that 92.1% of our patients stated that they felt safe always. This is up on previous results which is an excellent result, particularly given how challenging staffing and acuity has been in our wards and departments – well done!

In maternity, when women were asked overall how would they rate the care you received from the hospital, the 83.8% rated their experience as positive – which is similar to our peers.

For adult emergency, 72.5% of our patients stated that the overall care received from the hospital was good or very good, which is slightly better than our peers.

 

New Sepsis Clinical Care Standard released

The Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Healthcare has developed a Sepsis Clinical Care Standard to provide guidance to clinicians and health service organisations when investigating and managing sepsis, and information to consumers about the care they can expect to receive. This new Standard was released on 30 June 2022.

Previously Australia did not have a nationally agreed guideline on sepsis. The new Standard and supporting materials has been developed to support improvements in the delivery of sepsis care.

The goal of the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard is to ensure that a patient presenting with signs and symptoms of sepsis receives optimal care, from symptom onset through to discharge from hospital and survivorship care. This includes timely recognition of sepsis, early and appropriate antimicrobial therapy and continuity of care from the acute setting through to discharge and survivorship.

Behavioural Assessment Unit in Sunshine Hospital Emergency Department now open

The new Sunshine Hospital Emergency Department (SHED) Behavioural Assessment Unit (or BAU) opened it’s doors and started to accept patients on Wednesday 22 June. This is to be rapidly followed by the planned opening of the new Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Hub during August.

A new online course has been launched to support staff to work safely and effectively in these new clinical spaces.

We welcome and encourage all our staff at Western Health to engage with the relevant modules of this course for an overview of what is new and changing, including some ways we are keeping safe.

The course, “SHED Expansion Stage 4 – MHAOD” is freely available for any Western Health staff to enroll through WeLearn. Modules 1 and 5 are suitable for all staff.

To self-enrol, search “Stage 4” or “MHAOD” in the We Learn Course Catalogue, and select “Enrol”.

This is an important milestone for the Sunshine Hospital Emergency Department expansion project as we work to operationalise all points of care within the department.

New Mental Health and Wellbeing Bill introduced into Parliament

On 21 June 2022 the Victorian Government has introduced the new Mental Health and Wellbeing Bill into the Victorian Parliament.

The Bill supports the Royal Commission’s vision for an integrated, contemporary and adaptable mental health and wellbeing system. A system where lived experience is integral, and services are responsive to an individual’s needs and preferences.

The introduction of the Bill to Parliament is the first step in the legislative reform process. An Independent Review of compulsory treatment criteria and alignment of decision-making laws will commence in October 2022. The Minister for Health Martin Foley announced the Honourable Justice Shane Marshall AM has been appointed to Chair the Independent Review panel. The work of the Independent Review will be guided by Terms of Reference developed by consumers, families, carers, supporters, workers and service providers.

Once passed by Parliament, the new Act will commence approximately mid-2023. There is a long lead time to implement changes that will impact the sector, and work on implementation will be undertaken in partnership with the lived experience community, clinicians and the mental health and wellbeing sector.

Towards elimination of Restrictive Practices

Western Health is participating in the Safer Care Victoria breakthrough collaborative focusing on ‘Safety for all: Towards elimination of restrictive practices’. As Western Health will become a designated mental health service in July 2023, it is important that we are part of this important initiative.

We take restrictive practices very seriously, as it is restricting someone’s liberties. It is closely monitored, and we try to do everything we can to prevent its use.

The Collaborative is an 18-month project beginning in mid-year 2022, bringing mental health inpatient unit teams together to test and implement change ideas that aim to reduce the use of restrictive practices in mental health inpatient units.

This Collaborative is one of the priority areas for improvement work outlined in the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health system.

For more information please contact Dev Raithaththa via devanshu.raithaththa@wh.org.au.

Benchmarking Best Care

The latest benchmark reports from the Health Roundtable that go up to March 2022 have recently been released, that show how our delivery of Best Care compares to other health services across Australasia.

In our continuing series looking at nursing and midwifery key performance indicators, this month we will look at how we perform in the area of hospital acquired infections. Hospital acquired infections include urinary tract infections, surgical site infection, pneumonia, blood stream infection, central line and peripheral line associated bloodstream infection, multi-resistant organisms, infection associated with prosthetics/implantable devices, gastrointestinal infections and other high impact infections.

Hospital Acquired Infections:

Sunshine Hospital

The rates of hospital acquired infections at Sunshine Hospital is now in the green and has been trending downwards.

Well done to our Sunshine Hospital teams.

This means that our patients get far less hospital acquired infections that we do at peer hospitals. This is a wonderful result.

 

 

Footscray Hospital

Rates of hospital acquired infections at Footscray Hospital remains in the amber zone, but only just with a significant spike upwards in the last quarter.

We are right in the middle of our peers, which means that our outcomes are acceptable, but there are opportunities for improvement.

We will need to keep an eye on the latest spike to ensure this comes down again.

 

 

Bacchus Marsh:

The rate of healthcare associate infections has been decreasing significantly since Western Health joined up Bacchus Marsh Hospital to the Health Roundtable.

We are now well and truly in the green, and well below most of our peers. Fantastic work by all of our colleagues at Bacchus Marsh!

Remember, you can impact these results through:

  • Gloves should always be clean: gloves should always be changed between patients, and clean gloves are always required when undertaking any procedure. Hand hygiene is required between changes of gloves, and alcoholic hand rub must never be applied to gloves.
  • Hand Hygiene: ensure you undertake the 5 moments of hand hygiene and that there is alcoholic hand rub present at every bed side and point of care.
  • Correct skin preparation: whenever an invasive device is being inserted, chlorhexidine skin preparation must be utilised. An alcohol wipe is never an appropriate skin preparation.
  • Antiseptic non-touch technique (ANTT): when inserting, accessing, dressing or removing any invasive device, ANTT needs to be utilised. Also please ensure that you use a clean stainless steel dressing trolley, not a kidney dish, bedside table or the patient’s bed.
  • Only insert a device if it is needed: Always ‘hesitate before you cannulate’. Does the patient really need that device inserted? Never insert a device ‘just in case’. Any invasive device is a potential source of infection, so let’s minimise them where we can.
  • Remove the device as soon as it is not needed: As soon as a device is no longer needed, remove it as quickly as possible. Ask medical staff to change IV orders to oral orders where appropriate. The longer devices are in situ, the greater the risk of an infection occurring.

Emerging Evidence

The Western Health Library Service is a great source for locating the latest nursing and midwifery related evidence based practice and research.

Latest articles:

  • Women’s perceptions of inclusion and exclusion criteria for publicly-funded homebirth — A survey. Women and Birth. 2022: July. Full Text  Western Health Author
  • Exploring moral distress in Australian midwifery practice. Women and Birth. 2022: July. Full Text   Western Health Author
  • The context, contribution and consequences of addressing the COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative exploration of executive nurses’ perspectives. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2022: July. Full Text   Western Health Author
  • Effects of a person-centred and thriving-promoting intervention on nursing home residents’ experiences of thriving and person-centredness of the environment. Nursing Open. 2022: July Full Text
  • Investigation of interventions to reduce nurses’ medication errors in adult intensive care units: A systematic review. Australian Critical Care. 2022: July. PubMed Link  Request Full Text Copy
  • The Impact of Care Bundles on the Incidence of Surgical Site Infections: A Systematic Review. Advances in Skin & Wound Care. 2022: July Full Text
  • Systematic review of patient education for pressure injury: Evidence to guide practice. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing. 2022: May Full Text
  • Frontline health professionals’ perinatal depression literacy: A systematic review. Midwifery. 2022: Aug Full Text
  • Exploring Nurses’ Perceptions of Clinical Handover in Regional Healthcare Facilities: A Qualitative Research Study. Journal of Nursing Management. 2022: June Full Text

New Nursing/Midwifery Print and eBook Titles

  • Becoming a reflective practitioner. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2022. Print copies held at FH & SH Libraries
    This book is an essential guide for everyone using reflection in everyday clinical practice or required to demonstrate reflection for professional registration. Students will acquire new insights into how they interact with their colleagues and their environment, and how those things shape their own behaviours, both positively and negatively. Readers will learn to “look in” on their thoughts and emotions and “look out” at the situations they experience to inform how they understand the circumstances they find themselves in.
  • Stories in midwifery: reflection, inquiry, action. Chatswood, NSW: Elsevier 2021. Print copy held at SH Library.
    Stories in Midwifery presents an insightful collection of personal stories told by a range of women, midwives, students, health professionals and family members. This unique resource offers both midwifery students and practicing midwives an extraordinary perspective on a range of topics related to birthing and midwifery. Reflection, inquiry and action provide the framework for the teaching and learning strategies for each story, aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Click to view more Reflective Practice Print and eBook Titles.

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