{"id":9243,"date":"2024-12-23T09:04:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T23:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/uncategorized\/coh-anna-high-quality-care"},"modified":"2024-12-23T09:08:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T23:08:57","slug":"coh-anna-high-quality-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/news\/coh-anna-high-quality-care","title":{"rendered":"Anna brings significant value to community wound care patients"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anna brings significant value to community wound care patients<\/h1>\n
\"Nurse

Nurse practitioners like Anna are in the community supporting patients recovering from wounds and stoma conditions.<\/p><\/div>\n

Nurse practitioners continue to play an important part in the delivery of high-quality care to the community, especially for complex wound and stoma conditions.<\/h4>\n

Community and Oral Health (COH) Wound Care nurse practitioner Anna Colquhoun is an integral part of a community service which is being used to support complex wound and stoma patients.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe delivery of safe wound care in the home or community setting is bringing significant value to patient care,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a nurse practitioner, I am able to leverage my skillsets to ensure that people with complex wounds can be cared for safely in the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the majority of complex wound conditions being cared for in the community the value of evidence-based wound care is significant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anna, who has been working at the COH Wound and Stoma Care Service since 2022, provides clinical care for the prevention, assessment and management of wounds and stomas.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy role as a nurse practitioner gives me the ability to reduce delays to care,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can assess, diagnose and commence treatment for complex wound and stoma cases \u2013 this includes delivering antimicrobial stewardship.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach day, I could see three to eight patients depending on where I need to travel or visit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anna sees patients at community-based bedded services for the elderly at Brighton Health Campus and Zillmere Transition Care, or wound clinics across north Brisbane or Moreton Bay.<\/p>\n

\u201cI travel to see patients as far as Caboolture and Bribie Island,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The nurse practitioner implements care plans in consultation with GPs, non-Government organisations and families to support patients at home or in the community setting.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the second half of my career I have been able to advance my scope of practice and interest in wound care,\u201d Anna said.<\/p>\n

This scope of practice has been built on a solid wound and stoma nursing background across Brisbane and Cairns hospitals.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important to stay current, stay interested and but look at evidence-based care \u2013 don\u2019t limit yourself,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Each year, COH connects tens of thousands of people to community-based health care needed following their hospital stay and is bringing care closer to home.<\/p>\n

More than 12,500 people were provided with specialist wound care appointments after hospital surgery at our four COH wound clinics at Chermside, Keperra, Caboolture and North Lakes.<\/p>\n

Each day COH operates around 310 sub-acute beds across its Hospital in the Home, rehabilitation, interim and transition care and geriatric services located at Brighton and Zillmere.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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