{"id":14193,"date":"2023-04-28T09:50:36","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T23:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/?p=14193"},"modified":"2023-05-04T14:47:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T04:47:27","slug":"ed-tpch-20230428","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/facility-messages\/ed-tpch-20230428","title":{"rendered":"Message from TPCH Executive Director"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tami Photinos, Executive Director<\/p><\/div>\n

On Tuesday 25 April, we honoured those men and women who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations in the protection of our country. ANZAC Day is a significant event for the people of Australia and New Zealand as it represents and reminds us of the sacrifices that were made in contributing to the freedom that we enjoy today.<\/h4>\n

Many of us have personal connections to those who served, and some of us have provided care to them during our working life. Whatever the experience we each have of our ANZACs, we take the time to remember and respect them on this special day in our nation\u2019s history. Lest we forget.<\/p>\n

TPCH has remained in Tier Three this week due to an acute shortage of bed capacity across the hospital. I would like to commend all of our teams for working together so diligently during this challenging time to ensure we can continue to meet our clinical priorities and provide our patients with the best possible care.<\/p>\n

Executive Update<\/h3>\n

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Visiting our lung transplant physicians
l to r: Dr Michael Trotter, Prof Dan Chambers, Tami Photinos, Dr John Mackintosh<\/p><\/div>\n

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Visiting some of our transplant nurses
l to r: Cherie Franks, Maureen Rogers, Jo Maddicks-Law, Sue Bullock, Joel DeYoung<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

This week, Director of Nursing, Cherie Franks; Nursing Director Heart and Lung, Sue Bullock and I visited some of the nursing staff within our transplant teams in celebration of Transplant Nurses Week. As Queensland’s centre for lung and heart transplantation, TPCH holds a unique position in caring for a very complex patient cohort, many of whom receive lifelong care from our transplant nurses and members of the broader transplant teams. We commend them on their great work!<\/p>\n

During our visit, I also had an interesting discussion with lung transplant physicians Dan Chambers, Michael Trotter and John Mackintosh about patient non-adherence to medication requirements and advice in the post-transplant stage. The team is looking at how cognitive behavioural therapy may be beneficial in helping address this issue. We also heard about the team\u2019s progress with whole lung lavage and other lung transplant research. \u00a0Thanks to the team for taking the time to speak with us about their innovative work.<\/p>\n

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RAS Unit<\/p><\/div>\n

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CAM Unit<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

As it\u2019s April No Falls month, Zachary Sheldrick, Manager Safety and Quality and I had the opportunity to participate in TPCH\u2019s annual April No Falls ward display competition, viewing a number of entries from Ward 1B, Rehabilitation and Acute Stroke (RAS) Unit, Ward 2A, and Ward 1G. Our teams went to a great deal of effort in promoting this year\u2019s theme of \u2018Regular Rounding – Unwitnessed Falls.\u2019 There was certainly some tough competition!<\/p>\n

Congratulations to the Cognitive Assessment and Management (CAM) and RAS Units who were the joint winners of the competition. Regrettably I didn\u2019t get to see the CAM Unit\u2019s display, but my Executive colleagues tell me it looked fantastic, so well done!<\/p>\n

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Ward 2A<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ward 1G<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ward 1B<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

A special mention goes to Ward 1G nurse, Froilan Dollente who used his artistic talents to produce the impressive painting of TPCH\u2019s well known falls mascot, Humpty Dumpty as part of the ward\u2019s display. Great work Froilan! A big thanks to all wards who entered the competition in support of a very important patient safety issue. Here are some photos (no selfies today!).<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Tami Photinos, Mark Budd and Cherie Franks in CCU<\/p><\/div>\n

Also in our walkarounds, Cherie Franks and I visited the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) where we had the chance to speak with Indigenous Hospital Liaison Officer, Mark Budd who was providing support to a patient to help ensure a culturally comfortable health care journey. While in CCU, we also chatted with a patient who gave some very positive feedback about the care they had received. Well done to the team!<\/p>\n

It was also good to speak with some of our Continuity of Care nurses who demonstrated some positive teamwork in action. Keep it up!<\/p>\n

FAST FACTS<\/h3>\n

This week we will profile the Health and Safety team.<\/p>\n

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