{"id":18921,"date":"2024-01-23T14:34:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T04:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/?p=18921"},"modified":"2024-01-23T15:09:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T05:09:38","slug":"cnmo-20240123","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/executive-messages\/cnmo-20240123","title":{"rendered":"Message from the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer"},"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:1352px;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-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-0 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:10px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:10px;--awb-bg-image:url(&#039;https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/02\/staff-news-banner.jpg&#039;);--awb-bg-blend:screen;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--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 fusion-column-has-bg-image\" data-bg-url=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/02\/staff-news-banner.jpg\"><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-1 fusion-columns-total-1 fusion-content-boxes-1 content-boxes-icon-with-title content-left exec-title-block\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-hover-accent-color:#407798;--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:#407798;--awb-item-margin-bottom:40px;\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p>Message<\/p>\n<p>from the<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chief Nursing &amp; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Midwifery Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div id=\"attachment_12547\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12547\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12547 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/alanna-geary-2023-p.jpg\" alt=\"Adj. Prof. Alanna Geary, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/alanna-geary-2023-p-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/alanna-geary-2023-p.jpg 200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 200\/300;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adj. Prof. Alanna Geary, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>We are seeing a decrease in the numbers of people attending and being admitted to our services with acute respiratory illnesses, especially COVID-19.<\/h4>\n<p>Due to this, Metro North is making a planned transition today to Tier 1 in our Acute Respiratory Illness (ARI) response plan.<\/p>\n<p>In Tier 1, the requirements across Metro North include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>P2\/N95 masks when caring for suspected\/confirmed ARI patients and the donning of masks and PPE in all other clinical areas in line with PPE matrix<\/li>\n<li>Transmission based precautions for ARI patients in bedded services, noting patients with confirmed COVID will not to be cohorted with patients with other infections including COVID plus influenza<\/li>\n<li>All staff are encouraged to ensure:\n<ul>\n<li>flu and COVID vaccinations are up to date and annual fit testing completed<\/li>\n<li>compliance with mandatory training programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, please access the Metro North <a href=\"https:\/\/comms.health.qld.gov.au\/ch\/92002\/1dwq5c\/6052\/qXneWVjgYHgovMKXaCWQYHoIMhQ6EtRbh37yHhET.html\">Acute Respiratory Illness Response Plan Tier 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There may be other requirements in your local workplace under your directorate acute respiratory illness subplan.<\/p>\n<p>We are also asking staff to stay home if you\u2019re unwell, practice your hand and respiratory hygiene and let us know as soon as possible via the Smart Leave form on MyHR if you\u2019re off sick.<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 boosters are available in community pharmacies for those who would like to get your next dose. You can book a vaccination via the <a href=\"https:\/\/comms.health.qld.gov.au\/ch\/92002\/1dwq5c\/11219\/qXneWVjgYHgovMKXaCWQHAHVhquJBDBR7GxDHa2I.html\">Health Direct service finder.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Regards,<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:15px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><strong>Alanna.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:50px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are seeing a decrease in the numbers of people attending and being admitted to our services with acute respiratory illnesses, especially COVID-19. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":12550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[178,181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-executive-messages","category-cnmo"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Message from the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer - Staff Extranet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Message from the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer - Staff Extranet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We are seeing a decrease in the numbers of people attending and being admitted to our services with acute respiratory illnesses, especially COVID-19.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/executive-messages\/cnmo-20240123\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Staff Extranet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-23T04:34:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-23T05:09:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/alanna-geary-2023-l.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"nealeian\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/executive-messages\/cnmo-20240123\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/executive-messages\/cnmo-20240123\",\"name\":\"Message from the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer - Staff Extranet\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/executive-messages\/cnmo-20240123#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/executive-messages\/cnmo-20240123#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/alanna-geary-2023-l.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-23T04:34:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-23T05:09:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/#\/schema\/person\/724a09d5ca3dcb195fea4b9f1e29d77c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/executive-messages\/cnmo-20240123#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/executive-messages\/cnmo-20240123\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/executive-messages\/cnmo-20240123#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/alanna-geary-2023-l.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/alanna-geary-2023-l.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":200,\"caption\":\"Adj. 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