A spinal injury ended the active intensive care nursing career of Nicoline Maritz, but she pivoted to aged care and never looked back. “When I was looking for a new challenge aged care had the same care component that I had found in ICUs. There’s a special bond you develop
Having a premature baby is an experience Calvary Riverina midwife, Jessica Bodel, understands all too well. At 33 weeks pregnant, while looking after a set of twins in the special care nursery at the St Gerard’s Ward, she felt pain – then the bleeding started. Jessica’s Story Jessica had experienced
At more than 130 years old, Calvary North Adelaide Hospital is proving age is not a barrier to going green, halving its waste sent to landfill nearly overnight with a few simple changes. Calvary North Adelaide Hospital’s Green Team Chair, Rob Hutchinson, said staff and patients were the secret to
Nurse Stephanie Robinson looked at the bags of discarded sterilisation wraps collected after a day of surgery in the operating theatres at Calvary St Luke’s Hospital and pondered how it could be kept out of landfill. At the other end of the state, Mat Usher from remanufacturing start-up GreenMed was
For Perioperative Nurses Week, we’re recognising and celebrating the role of our perioperative nurses, their teams and the importance of the work they do in our patient experience, before, during and after surgery. Whilst they work alongside other incredible hospital staff, a perioperative nurse is the last person a patient
WITH CALVARY NORTH ADELAIDE HOSPITAL’S DR BEN GRAVE Between the 8th and 14th of November, Craniofacial Australia and other associated Australian charities are raising awareness of cleft lip and palate treatment. Calvary North Adelaide Hospital’s Dr Ben Grave is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who answers some commonly asked
Calvary Adelaide’s emergency department (ED) and its patients are set to benefit from the arrival of English nurse practitioner recruit Lomax Ocean. Last year, Calvary held an international recruitment expo in England and while visiting family in Spain Lomax secured a virtual interview. He’s glad he did. “I’ve been here