{"id":8956,"date":"2024-10-04T12:25:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T02:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/?p=8956"},"modified":"2024-10-17T11:38:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T01:38:15","slug":"nurse-led-clinic-opens-cbd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/news\/nurse-led-clinic-opens-cbd","title":{"rendered":"Nurse-led clinic opens in Brisbane CBD ready for patient care"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:89.44rem;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>Nurse-led clinic opens in Brisbane CBD ready for patient care<\/h1>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8958 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/10\/chrisna-dwinger-p.jpg\" alt=\"Nurse Chrisna Dwinger has joined the Brisbane City Nurse-led Walk-in Clinic team.\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/10\/chrisna-dwinger-p-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/10\/chrisna-dwinger-p-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/10\/chrisna-dwinger-p.jpg 400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/600;\" \/>Nurses are leading the way at a new Brisbane City Nurse-led Walk-in Clinic (WiC) which opened to its first patients this week.<\/h4>\n<p>Nurse Chrisna Dwinger is just one of the nursing team set to provide non-urgent care for walk-in patients at the clinic, which may include anything from respiratory conditions to minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about providing better healthcare for people who would not necessarily have access to this service,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe clinic will allow nurses the opportunity to deliver an increased scope of practice to do more for our patients, in conjunction with GPs and other health professionals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am looking forward to having the ability to help them make a change even if it is only for one patient.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before becoming a clinical nurse at WiC, Chrisna has had more than 25 years\u2019 experience as a registered nurse across Melbourne, Christmas Island and Brisbane.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is good to see nurses leading the way, as we have the capacity to do so much more with the right scope of practice,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking with GPs as part of the healthcare provided to people in detention, as I did in the past, is very similar to the model of care that will be adopted as part of the new nurse-led clinic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The clinic, located at 316 Adelaide Street Brisbane CBD, is open from 8am \u2013 10pm daily and can provide care for minor conditions such as conjunctivitis, common colds, and simple respiratory conditions, as well as cuts, abrasions, bruises and minor burns.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new nurse-led Brisbane CBD clinic is open daily to treat minor injuries and illnesses. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":8957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8956"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9046,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8956\/revisions\/9046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}