{"id":5615,"date":"2016-10-07T12:15:58","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T01:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/?p=5615"},"modified":"2017-02-02T11:31:49","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T00:31:49","slug":"meet-our-nurses-platypus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/meet-our-nurses-platypus\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet our nurses: Platypus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Platypus (noun);<\/em><\/strong> a native Australian animal, a local shoe and swimwear brand, and the name of one of our surgical inpatient wards at the RCH!<\/p>\n

\"platypus-nurses\"<\/p>\n

We’ll be celebrating our wonderful nurses over\u00a0the coming weeks and finding out more about the wards they work on.<\/p>\n

At the RCH, each level has a theme inspired by Australian flora and fauna from underground, underwater, beach, forest, tree tops, mountain tops and the sky. In addition, each ward takes on a name of an Australian native animal so that patients of all ages and backgrounds can easily identify with the animals and use them as a landmark.<\/p>\n

\u2018Platypus\u2019 sits on level four in the \u2018mountain tops\u2019 level of the hospital. It is our dedicated burns and trauma ward and treats more than 3,000 patients per year.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a dynamic ward though, and nurses like Alicia and Peter also care for patients undergoing general surgery, orthopaedic and plastics procedures.<\/p>\n

How is Platypus different from other wards in the hospital? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Peter: <\/strong>\u201cWe see a bit of everything – it\u2019s a very varied ward in terms of ages and conditions, but we mainly care for patients who are recovering from a range of surgical procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the most rewarding thing about working on Platypus?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alicia:<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s great to get to know families and be with patients on their journey, and hopefully see them go home well, especially after they\u2019ve been in here long-term.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peter:<\/strong> \u201cAnother perk on Platypus is the team environment, we\u2019re all very dynamic and work well together. Some of the stuff you see, from patients and staff, is pretty inspiring.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>How did you decide on becoming a nurse at the RCH? \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peter:<\/strong> \u201cI was a latecomer to nursing\u2026my mother was a nurse and I thought \u2018why not?\u2019 I\u2019m glad I followed through, because I love it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alicia:<\/strong> \u201cI knew I enjoyed helping people, and I was good with kids, so being a nurse at a leading paediatric hospital was a no-brainer!\u201d<\/p>\n

Is there anything your colleagues might be surprised to learn about you? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Peter:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m from Canberra and used to work at TGI Friday\u2019s?\u201d<\/p>\n

Alicia:<\/strong> \u201cNothing from me; I\u2019m an open book!\u201d<\/p>\n

If you would like to support great care at the RCH, see www.rchfoundation.org.au<\/p>\n

If\u00a0you’d like to know how about what to expect during your stay on Platypus Ward, you can download the My RCH app here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the coming weeks, we\u2019re going to be meeting some of our nurses and finding out more about the wards they work on. First up are Platypus nurses Alicia and Peter! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8971,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5615"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5856,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5615\/revisions\/5856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}