{"id":8822,"date":"2021-12-03T07:50:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T21:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=3740"},"modified":"2021-12-03T07:50:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T21:50:16","slug":"cnmo-20211203","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/executive-messages\/cnmo\/cnmo-20211203","title":{"rendered":"Message from the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer: Adj Prof Alanna Geary"},"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-text fusion-text-1\"><div id=\"attachment_3746\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3746\" class=\"wp-image-3746 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/08\/cnmo.jpg\" alt=\"Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/600;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3746\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adjunct Professor Alanna Geary<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">December is here and I suspect everyone is getting ready for the festive season, however that looks for you.\u202f We all celebrate this time of the year differently and for very different reasons but please take this time to reflect on the year that was and think about all the wonderful things that we have achieved, not only as a Health Service but also within Nursing and Midwifery Services.\u202f We have seen more graduates within our service than ever before and while I am so very impressed with them and the way they have embraced the challenges that have faced them, I am also so proud at how we as a health service and our more experienced nurses have supported them on their journey.\u202f\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We are currently undertaking the processes around the recruitment of our new graduate cohort for 2022 and I know that we will ensure that their learning journey is not dissimilar to our current grads.\u202f Thank you.\u202f As the largest health service in the country we have a responsibility to ensure that we educate the next groups of health care professionals and that includes our nursing and midwifery graduates.\u202f Without everyone working to do this, to achieve positive learning outcomes we will do our profession a disservice.\u202f We still have international nursing and midwifery shortages looming with large deficits anticipated within 5 \u2013 10 years so\u00a0lets\u00a0work hard now so that our profession is safe in the hands of those who will follow.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This week I would like to share a wonderful story about one of our amazing TPCH ICU nursing staff.\u202f Michelle\u00a0Westerhuis\u00a0was out with her children when she was required to instigate CPR and AED use on a gentleman at the skating rink they were attending.\u202f \u202f\u202fHer quick thinking and immediate actions until the QAS could attend resulted in the patient being successfully transported to TPCH for care. \u202f\u202fMichelle, you are a shining example of \u201conce a health professional, always a health professional\u201d.\u202f The setting may change but the requirements to act quickly and purposefully using expertise and skill never changes.\u202f Well done Michelle, we are all so very proud of you.\u202f \u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Until next time, please stay safe\u2026.and dry during the big wet that we are currently experiencing.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kindest regards<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Alanna<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December is here and I suspect everyone is getting ready for the festive season, however that looks for you. We all celebrate this time of the year differently and for very different reasons but please take this time to reflect on the year that was and think about all the wonderful things that we have achieved, not only as a health service but also within Nursing and Midwifery Services. We have seen more graduates within our service than ever before and while I am so very impressed with them and the way they have embraced the challenges that have faced them, I am also so proud at how we as a health service and our more experienced nurses have supported them on their journey.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","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: Adj Prof Alanna Geary - 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: Adj Prof Alanna Geary - Staff Extranet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"December is here and I suspect everyone is getting ready for the festive season, however that looks for you. 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