Alfred Health Nursing Scholarship Lunch - Advancing Nursing Leadership
Alfred Health has been committed to nursing education since 1871, developing some of the most influential nurses in the country. Our nursing teams engage in innovative approaches to research, leading teams, learning and professional development.
To further support and develop nurses with a passion for improving health care, in 2018 we launched the Alfred Health Nursing Scholarship – Advancing Nursing Leadership with Her Excellency the Honorable, Linda Dessau AC, Governor of Victoria announced as the Patron.
The Alfred Health Nursing Scholarship is an emerging leadership scholarship awarded to an emerging nurse leader in clinical practice, research, education, informatics or management. This scholarship is a great investment in the professional development of our future leaders.
The aim is to advance nursing practice through clinical observation, research, education and leadership experiences, to bring back new ideas and concepts to Nursing at Alfred Health.
A key attribute of any health professional is sound clinical decision making; that is their ability to assess and apply evidence in their clinical practice. To achieve the best patient and family outcomes in health care, nurses need to understand and apply knowledge, as well as share and disseminate learnings across the organisation and disciplines.
The Alfred Health Nursing scholarship, Advancing Nursing Leadership, is proudly provided from funds raised at an annual luncheon organised by dedicated volunteers. We have awarded the Alfred Health Nursing Scholarship – Advancing Nursing Leadership for 2021
Nursing Scholarship recipient Emma Saddington
Emma will lead a project, Team Pulse Check, an Alfred Health Emergency nursing-initiated project to enhance workforce wellness and engagement in the emergency department setting.
This innovative tool comprises of a team communication toolkit that creates conversation opportunities to identify team strengths and areas of development, with corresponding activities to consolidate strengths and address potential limitations.
The project intervention will assist emergency department teams to improve team-work and culture and, as a consequence, improve patient care.
Nursing Scholarship recipient Kathy Puyk
Kathy’s research proposes to clearly identify inconsistency in the time frame used across Australia reported as a Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury (HAPI).
She will conduct a Delphi survey and identify with an expert body a consensus of what time frame actually defines a HAPI to reach National Consensus on the definition with publication of results in an international journal.
