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Members stuck together and closed beds at John Hunter Hospital. Elizabeth Brace, RN, was part of the action.
Bed closures win ratios Coffs Harbour Community Nurses supported the One2Four action plan by cancelling one in four patient visits and non-urgent new referrals. ‘We started with 16 services being cancelled on 10 January and went up to 36,’ said Carolyn Guichard, Nurse Educator and Branch Official. Front row, left to right: Carolyn Guichard, Tracy Glenn, RN, Michelle Johnson, RN, and Mel McCosker, RN. Second row, left to right: Debbie Wilson, EN, Amanda Hawkins, RN, Leanne Bacon, RN, Christine McMillan, RN, Jenny Green, RN, Gaynor Boyd, RN. Third row, left to right: Kay Chandler, Jodie Butler, RN, Patti Condon, RN, Heather Pirie, RN, Rowena Vanderpoel, Sheryl Bowen, RN. Back row, left to right: Mary Boyce, RN, Iain Bennett, RN, Jose Guichard, RN, Anne Sneesby, Gurdeep Singh, RN, Jane Reynolds.
22 THE LAMP february 2011