After 35 years looking after the very sickest little patients at Royal Children\u2019s Hospital in Melbourne, no one would begrudge Bernadette Attard the peaceful and relaxing retirement she had planned in East Gippsland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After holidaying here for years, by 2019 Bernie was spending more and more time in our lovely part of the world as she transitioned from full-time nursing to something a little less demanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then, you know, COVID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe call went out for any experienced nurses that might be around, and here I was,\u201d Bernie said this week. \u201cPerhaps retirement was just a little quieter than I was ready for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Retirement\u2019s loss was BRHS\u2019 gain, and for the past couple of years Bernie\u2019s wealth of knowledge, immense experience and level of professionalism has helped not only many of our patients but also the team of nurses working with her on Rotamah Ward.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bernie\u2019s commitment and generosity as a preceptor to younger nurses was recognised by the Education team at BRHS recently, who named her Clinical Supervisor of the Month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe greatly appreciate the effort and time Bernie spends with students,\u201d said Undergraduate Clinical Educator, Lyn Davies. \u201cShe has always fostered a positive and professional learning environment ensuring students are equipped with safe clinical skills. Bernie completes the student experience by allowing growth, independence and confidence in a supportive and encouraging environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBernie is often rostered with students and always welcomes them to the ward. She is a professional role model and involves the students in all aspects of clinical nursing care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Good on you, Bernie. And thank you for everything you bring to BRHS.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After 35 years looking after the very sickest little patients at Royal Children\u2019s Hospital in Melbourne, no one would begrudge Bernadette Attard the peaceful and relaxing retirement she had planned in East Gippsland. After holidaying here for years, by 2019 Bernie was spending more and more time in our lovely part of the world as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[363,364],"tags":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2024-05-04 11:30:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brhs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12386"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brhs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brhs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brhs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brhs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brhs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brhs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brhs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brhs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brhs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}