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<\/p>\nIn this week’s installment of Meet our NUMs, we chat to Michelle from Day Medical! Michelle tells us about her RCH journey and her travel aspirations.<\/p>\n
What makes your ward and the patients you care for\u00a0different from other wards?<\/strong><\/p>\n The Day Medical Unit is a nurse-led day ambulatory service that is quite different, as it\u00a0has three separate specialties that operate under the Day Medical Unit banner.\u00a0These include\u00a0Allergy, Day Medical Care and\u00a0Haemodialysis\/Apheresis.\u00a0However, even with these\u00a0differing specialties, the staff are like one big family who work together to provide the best possible care to our\u00a0patients and their families.\u00a0We provide treatment to patients who are referred from all medical\u00a0specialties from\u00a0across RCH and\u00a0they will receive a variety of\u00a0different types of procedures and treatment throughout their stay within Day Medical.\u00a0Our patients range\u00a0from those who are\u00a0visiting the unit for a once-off treatment all the way through to our regular patients who we see either weekly, fortnightly or monthly.\u00a0One thing is for sure – no day is ever the same in Day Medical! I joined RCH in 2011, where I completed my graduate year on the Children\u2019s Cancer Centre Ward. Soon after completing my grad year I moved to Day Cancer Care, where I spent many years caring for children and their families with cancer. I was lucky enough to become an Associate\u00a0Unit\u00a0Manager for this unit – and completed a few stints as Acting Nurse Unit Manager – which I really enjoyed. Earlier this year an opportunity arose to move across the hallway to\u00a0Day Medical Unit and a few months later became the permanent NUM.<\/p>\n Talk us through what a typical day looks like.<\/strong><\/p>\n My day usually begins with a coffee, and\u00a0reviewing\u00a0the schedules for each of the units within\u00a0Day Medical.\u00a0This allows me to determine what the demand will be throughout the day\u00a0and identify any barriers or hotspots that we will need to be mindful of as the day progresses.\u00a0I check in with staff as they arrive for their shift, and then head off to the RCH-wide huddle.\u00a0Upon my return to the ward I update the Day Medical Huddle Board with essential information\u00a0– and we hold\u00a0the\u00a0daily\u00a0Day Medical Huddle.\u00a0The remainder of the day\u00a0includes attending meetings, working on redesign projects or assisting on the floor with patient care.<\/p>\n What is the most rewarding thing about your current role?<\/strong><\/p>\n The most rewarding part of my role\u00a0is seeing how each of the Day Medical Nurses will go out of their way to make a patient feel comfortable and at ease with the treatment or procedure they are having within the Day Medical Unit.<\/p>\n What is your favourite RCH memory or achievement?<\/strong><\/p>\n My favourite memories within RCH have been when we administer\u00a0the last chemotherapy treatment to our oncology patients.\u00a0Having seen their journey from diagnosis through to finishing treatment, being there during the good times\u00a0and the bad and seeing them walk through the doors of Day Cancer Care for the final time always filled me with so much admiration for what the patient and their family have endured.<\/p>\n In five words, tell us what you love you about your work?<\/strong><\/p>\n I learn something every day<\/p>\n If you could have dinner with anyone, who would it be and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n David Attenborough. I could listen to him telling travel tales forever and a day.<\/p>\n Can you tell us something about yourself that your staff might be surprised to learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n My main aim in life is to visit each of\u00a0the Lonely Planets 500 Ultimate Travelist destinations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this week’s installment of Meet our NUMs, we chat to Michelle from Day Medical! 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\nTell us about your RCH journey. When you joined, the roles you\u2019ve held here.<\/strong><\/p>\n