Nursing Education

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Team

Nursing Education Department

Location

Current location:

2nd Floor
East Building
Royal Children's Hospital,
50 Flemington Road, Parkville, 3052

Nursing Education

Melody Trueman   (MN, BHSc, AdvDipMan, RN, MRCNA)
Director, Nursing Education

  

 

The Director Nursing Education,  is responsible for providing leadership in nursing practice across the clinical areas of the Royal Children’s Hospital through the provision of innovative education and development programs.   Operationally, the Director is responsible for the management and leadership of the Nursing Education team.

Melody joined the RCH team in June 2010 with experience from the New Zealand Health Care sector including nurse educator and program co-ordination roles in both the paediatric tertiary hospital and community settings.

 

 MNEDC - Trueman Melody

 

Danielle Mee (PGradDipPaed, CertIV TAA, RN)
Nurse Educator, Programs

  

Danielle commenced at the Royal Children's Hospital in February of 2004 and has worked in clinical, education, facilitation and project roles. She has been a part of the Nursing Education Department since 2009 and has her Postgraduate Diploma in Paediatric Nursing.

Danielle is currently employed as a Nurse Educator and is responsible for programs run through the departmentas well as educational support for the Nursing Resource Team (NRT). Danielle is passionate about providing paediatric education, development and training opportunities for nurses.

  Danielle Mee

 

Claire Stewart (PGDip, ENB 415, CertIV TAA, RN)
Nurse Education, Programs

  

Claire has worked at RCH since 1992 in a number of clinical departments and in a variety of roles.  Claire has also worked in nursing research, facilitation and project roles both in RCH and RCHI. Claire has a Postgraduate Diploma in Paediatrics and ENB 415 in Paediatric Intensive Care.  Claire joined the Transition Stream in May 2009.     Claire is responsible for programs run through the department such as Assessment of the Deteriorating Child Workshop, Paediatric Foundation Program, & Preceptorship along with hospital wide programs such as nursing forum & nursing orientation.

  

 

Mercy Thomas (MSc, BSc, CertTertTchg, RN)
Nurse Educator, Graduate Nurses

  

 

Mercy joined the RCH team in January 2011 with prior experience in coordinating Paediatric Graduate Nurse Programs.     Mercy’s past experiences include working as a nurse educator for both medical and surgical pediatric teams along with a university clinical teaching role.    Mercy has a particular interest in developing graduate nurses and is currently responsible for providing educational and clinical support for graduate nurses at RCH.      Mercy’s key professional interests are clinical teaching, and quality clinical projects that directly improve clinical outcomes for children and their families.                                                                                                                                        

                                                                                                                                                

      

 

Laura Turnbull (PGradDipPaed, BHScN, CertIV TAA, RN)
Nurse Educator, Undergraduate Nurses

  

Laura joined RCH in January 2003 and commenced her current role as the full time Undergraduate Nurse Educator in 2010.  Prior to this time she was a Clinical Nurse Facilitator on the Medical Ward and a Clinical Nurse Specialist.  Laura is passionate about supporting undergraduate nurses as they transition from the role of a student nurse  to Registered Nurse.   Laura is the key contact for universities seeking paediatric clinical placements for 3rd year student nurses.                                                                                                                                                                            

 MNEDC - Turnbul Laural

Gemma Phipps
Administration Co-ordinator

  

 

Gemma is responsible for the co-ordination, management, and communication of all activities pertinent to The Royal Children's Hospital Nursing Education & Nursing Research teams.

                                                                                                                                                                             
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Clinical Nurse Facilitators & Clinical Nurse Educators

Nursing Education Team - Operations  Name  Ext.  Pager
Butterfly Ward - Newborn Intensive Care
Level 5, North Building

Trudy Holton (CNE)

Melissa Dodsworth (CNE)

Sharlene Pattie (CNE)

 5316 5317

 

Emergency Department 
Ground Floor, East Building

Melanie Turner & Melissa Kennedy (CNE)

Cindy Sheers

Melissa  Kennedy

Joanne Magyar

 6339

 4513

  4698

 4914

 4055

 

 6139

 RCH @ Home , Level 2 East Building

Simon Hull

Brenda Savill

 4113

 

 

 

Rosella Ward - Paediatric Intensive Care Unit

Level 3, North Building

 

 

Gabby Carroll (CNE )

Joanne Mckittrick (CNE)

Kim Morris (CNE)

Isabelle Legrigore

Jenny Lewis

Jess Cooper

Tarryn Spencer

Di McKinley (CNE - on LSL)

 5225

 5225

 5211

 5225

 6555

 6555
  
Nursing Education Team - Division of Medicine  Name  Ext.  Pager
Cockatoo Ward - Surgical & Neuroscience Care Heather Argentino 4458 4770

 Kelpie - Adolescent & Rehabilitation Care

 Darren Pickering

 54603

 5575 

 Gemma Kelly

 Candice Markovican

 57969

 

 5433 

 

 Sugar Glider Ward - Medical Care

 

 John Kemp

Helen Codman 

Bec McGrath

 55559

 

 

 7167

 Kookaburra Ward - Cancer Care

 

 Lisa Barrow (CNE)

Antoinet Arokiasamy (CNE)

Kristen Roberts

Sarah Egan

 4259

 5645

 5607

 4259
 Nursing Education Team - Division of Surgery  Name  Ext.  Pager
Platypus Ward - Surgical Care

 Gemma Kelly

 Candice Markovican

 57969

 

 5433 

 

 Possum - Surgical Short Stay

-

 55073

 4953 

 Koala Ward - Cardiac Care

 Bernie Attard

 Annabelle Santos

 5702

 5702

 5703

 5703

 Peri-Operative

 Carolyn Sahhar (CNE)

 Karen Sullivan

 Hayley Martin

Patricia Josipovic (DoSU, MI, CSSD)

Alison Matthews (PACU CNF)

5340

5254

 5340

 

5254

 


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