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Ms Denise Walshe1 1Tasmanian Health Service – Healthwest, Queenstown Tasmanian Health Service Healthwest is located on Tasmania’s rugged West Coast Healthwest services are unique, with  one hub  located at West Coast District Hospital providing Sub Acute Care,  Residential Aged Care...

Miss Annalee Graham1, Mrs Laura Pyszkowski1, Miss Meghan Smith1 1Royal Hobart Hospital Background: Communication and task allocation within the hospital setting is imperative to ensuring a patient-centred and safe environment. This is particularly important with regards to haematology and oncology...

Miss Laura Pyszkowski1, Mrs Ann  Allanby1, Ms Annette Moore1, Ms Roseanne O’Keeffe1, Ms Samantha Sargison1, Ms Emma  Bond1 1Ths-south Background: Patient Safety Observers (PSOs) are routinely used for patients that have been assessed as requiring increased care needs for the...

Mrs Jessica Hammersley1, Dr Karen  Francis1, Ms Larissa Smart1, Ms Grace Bennett-Daly1, Dr Carey Mather1, Ms Diana Guzys1 1UTAS, Hobart, AUS Registered nurses work in a diversity of practice contexts that influence the scope of their practice, particularly in rural...

Ms Amanda Reilly1, Mrs Bonnie  Reeve1, Mr Stuart  Davidson1, Mr Craig  Sheenan1 1THS, Launceston, Australia Since the completion in 2018 of the 85km Blue Derby trails in the North East of Tasmania, statistics taken from TrakED at the Launceston General...

Mr Russell James1,2, Dr Michael  Olasoji3 1University Of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 2RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, 3Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia One of the greatest influences on student’s attitudes towards Mental Health Nursing (MHN) and Mental illness (MI) is a positive clinical...

Mr Russell James1,2, Associate Professor Phillip Maude1,2, Dr Adam Searby2 1University Of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 2RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia This presentation will report a mixed methods design study using three phases of data collection.  Triangulate data analysis was sought to...

Miss Ellen Burke1 1Ths, Hobart, Aus Patient bathing is an integral part of caring for the critically ill and a task that is performed on a daily basis within the Intensive Care Unit. Evidence based practice widely published suggests that...

Mrs Helen Gulliver1,2 1Tasmanian Health Service – Launceston General Hospital, West Launceston, AU, 2Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, UTas, Hobart, AU This poster will examine the significance of dementia, both from an international standpoint, and from the perspective of...

Ms Cynthia Peterson1 1NWIMS THS, Burnie, Australia Inspired for the Future Extended Care Midwifery Investment in the health of current and future generations of Tasmanians Thanks to the North West Integrated Midwifery Service, families in North West Tasmania have access...