Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Wairarapa Midweek
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INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY FRIDAY 12 MAY
International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world on 12 May, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. This year’s theme for the day is: ‘Our Nurses. Our Future.’ We lead our celebration this year by shining a spotlight on district nurses.
An army of nurses providing care closer to home “It’s a privilege to be able to care for people in their own homes,” says Olivia BaileyRotman. Olivia is Charge Nurse Manager of Te Whatu Ora Wairarapa Community Health Service, a group of 60 community health professionals, providing nursing services throughout Wairarapa to people in their own homes, as well as in two local clinics. “More people are reaching that stage where they need assistance to remain in their own homes and stay safe.”
OLIVIA BAILEY-ROTMAN WITH SOME OF HER GROUP OF DISTRICT NURSES
Olivia’s group includes multiple teams. There’s an administrative unit and two teams of district nurses, one based in Masterton and the other at Five Rivers Medical in Greytown. Some of the jobs of district nurses are to assess and care for wounds and assess the short-term care
needs of people recovering from acute illness. Another team is of support workers who meet short term needs such as housework or showering. “They also carry out more than 2,000 visits a month supporting people to take the correct
The residents of Lyndale were asked the following question and these were their answers. What word would you use to describe a nurse? Selfless
Caring
medication at the right time,” Olivia says. There’s a team of clinical nurses specialising in areas such as continence and stoma, diabetes, and wounds. Other teams and specialist nurses focus on respiratory conditions,
palliative care, and health of older persons. In addition, the oncology nurses in Olivia’s group administer low-risk chemotherapies in the day procedure unit of the hospital. CONTINUED ON PAGE 26
Celebrating our Wairarapa Midwives and Nurses
Strong
Protector Empowering Friend Hard worker Loyal Knowledgeable
Passionate
Do it for the love of it
Very Important
Amazing Slave of the Dr
Dedicated Unique
Human Security
Te Whatu Ora Wairarapa want to sincerely thank all of our Wairarapa Nurses and Midwives for the professional, compassionate, high quality care they provide to our community each and every day. You have all displayed impressive tenacity in responding to significant challenges during a very difficult year. Thank you for all that you do! 5 May 2023 - International Midwives Day 12 May 2023 - International Nurses Day
For all enquiries please phone 06 378 7059 52/95 Cole Street Masterton
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz Wairarapa | Te Ore Ore Road, PO Box 96, Masterton 5840 Phone 06 946 9800