Palliative care nurses at the Mackay Base Hospital’s G2 Ward have unveiled the first stage of their plan to improve the clinical environment for their long stay and palliative patients, with the installation of new wallpaper, decorating the walls of the ward.
Nurse educator Dee Miller said the group had been working on a plan to wallpaper the walls in two rooms with beautiful scenes for those who are confined to bed for long periods of time.
“Room 21 on G2 now features a wallpaper image of Cedar Creek Falls, and Room 22 features a beautiful beach scene,” she said.
“They are five metres by five metres and they look amazing!
“We’ve had quite a few staff coming to take a look and they love it.
Ms Miller said the aim was to provide a less clinical environment to particularly benefit palliative care patients.
“These rooms can be utilised by any of our long-stay patients, but we will prioritise them for palliative patients who are often confined to bed.”
“We also want to thank our Director of Nursing Emma Hess, Mackay Hospital Foundation for the funding, and Blair Signs & Print for the installation,” Ms Miller said.
The team of palliative care nurses call themes the ‘Palliative Passionate Nurses’ and are made up of Dee Miller, Paris Macdonald, Beck Ogilvie, Abby Heazlewood, Vanessa Engstrom, Millie Berardi, and Rosie Proctor, with many ideas left to be brought to life, for the ward.
Following stages of the revitalisation from the Palliative Nurses will be unveiled as they continue their plans.
Dee Miller and Paris Macdonald with the new mural. Photo supplied
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