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Royal Hobart Hospital Ward 7A
[siteorigin_widget class="Tribe_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget]Update: Workload Concerns 28 November 2018 ANMF met with members at the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) ward 7A to discuss concerns with fluctuating levels of patient acuity and subsequent workload concerns. ANMF understands the in-charge nurse is regularly required to assist with patient care when patient acuity increases or to assist with covering sick leave or meal breaks. ANMF [...]
Royal Hobart Hospital Psychiatric Emergency Nurses
[siteorigin_widget class="Tribe_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget]Update: Workload Concerns 28 November 2018 ANMF has been assisting the Psychiatric Emergency Nurses (PEN’s) to raise workload concerns with senior Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) management. The PEN’s in the RHH Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) report that the number of patients admitted to DEM and awaiting beds for prolonged periods has hit an unprecedented level. Members report their [...]
Royal Hobart Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine
[siteorigin_widget class="Tribe_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget]Update: Workload pressures / Afternoon Tea 28 November 2018 ANMF understand that the Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) has been under increased and sustained pressure with ongoing bed block causing workload pressures for our members. ANMF will be hosting an afternoon tea for members during this difficult period on Friday 30 November at 14:30 hrs.
Royal Hobart Hospital Main Theatre
[siteorigin_widget class="Tribe_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget]Update: Overtime Concerns 28 November 2018 ANMF received a response to a letter raising overtime and other workload concerns for members in theatre. ANMF understand several measures had been implemented in response to members concerns. A meeting was held with the cardiac theatre nurses and the surgeons where a number of solutions were agreed to. ANMF are pleased to [...]
Nurses asked to redirect workloads due to unprecedented demand at RHH
[siteorigin_widget class="Tribe_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] 28 November 2018 Nurses asked to redirect workloads due to unprecedented demand at RHH We have received word from members at the Royal Hobart Hospital that management have issued a message to all nursing staff advising them that all training development tasks are to be postponed or cancelled. Further, all nursing staff who are not responsible for direct [...]
ANMF Media Release: Breaking News – Nurses asked to redirect workloads due to unprecedented demand at RHH
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] 28 November 2018 Breaking News – Nurses asked to redirect workloads due to unprecedented demand at RHH The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Tasmanian Branch (ANMF) have received word from members at the Royal Hobart Hospital that management have issued a message to all nursing staff advising them that all training development tasks are to be postponed [...]