Empowering Nurse Unit Managers to achieve best practice in patient care
Catholic Health Australia (CHA) and Health Super have today announced a partnership to conduct a study into how patient care in hospitals and aged care services can be improved by providing Nurse Unit Managers with better support and training.
The Catholic Health Australia Nursing and Midwifery Empowerment Project will explore a range of support options such as new work processes, workplace education and training, and senior staff mentoring.
CHA CEO Martin Laverty welcomed Health Super’s sponsorship, saying it would lead to an action plan to make it easier for Nurse Unit Managers to achieve best practice in patient care.
“Our aim is to empower Nurse Unit Managers to achieve optimum levels of patient care in hospitals and aged care services. But to do this, we need to understand the everyday concerns and needs of Nurse Unit Managers and how they can be better supported through education and training,” he said.
Health Super COO Carol McKelson-Timmins said: “This study is an important first step in understanding some of the core issues that Australian Nurse Unit Managers face every day. We are proud to support nurses in this way and anticipate that the research will lead to improvements in nursing care at every level.”
The study will be completed in August and the report will be presented at the Catholic Health Australia National Conference in Adelaide this August. It will be made available to the public in September.
About Catholic Health Australia
Catholic Health Australia is the member body representing 75 Catholic hospitals and 550 Catholic aged care services that on any given day provide care to one in 10 of all Australians in a hospital bed. These services employ 27,000 nurses.
About Health Super
Health Super is an $8 billion industry superannuation fund representing over 210,000 members across the health and community services sector in Australia.
Health Super has over 40 yearsexperience in working to maximize the retirement savings of its members. As a regulated entity, it is fully compliant with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA).
Health Super has been awarded a Platinum rating by SuperRatings, an independent research firm, for five years in a row, ranking it among the top 15 per cent of ‘best value for money’ superannuation funds in Australia.
