Chelsea Harris

As a registered nurse within the mother baby unit I help to provide care and support families experiencing ante-natal and post-natal difficulties. Some of  these difficulties may include: chronic maternal illness, antenatal and post natal depression, feeding difficulties, infant sleeping difficulties, unsettled babies and issues with reflux or colic.

• Maintain positive relationships with clients and their families addressing their concerns and and ensuring their comfort and wellbeing.
• Work within a collaborative team to deliver appropriate treatment in a timely fashion.
• Demonstrate exceptional organisational skills to meet patient needs achieving best possible health outcomes.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
• Provided direct patient care, within a family friendly environment.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.

In permanent pool working on a variety of wards. Some of these include; Children's ward, special care nursery, surgical ward, oncology ward, Old person's unit, Medical specialties and Assessment and planning unit.

The Paediatric ward is a secure 17 bed unit that remains locked at all times for the safety of the children and their families. It accommodates babies, children and adolescents from one week of age up to eighteen years. The paediatric unit works from the philosophy of child focused care, with the family being the centre of that child's world.

As a member of this ward my role as a registered nurse is to provide comprehensive, safe, timely and appropriate family based care in order to strengthen health outcomes to patients and their families.

Key responsibilities include:

Work with other members of the health care team to plan, implement and evaluate appropriate nursing care

To practice in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia codes and guidelines, adhering to relevant legislation, policies and procedures.

Involve patients and their families in the planning and implementation of the their health care needs.

Maintain accurate and objective documentation.

Maintain. improve and broaden personal professional knowledge and expertise in order to provide effective competent practice.

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