Rural CNC Advisory Group

Purpose

The Rural Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) Advisory Group was formed to provide a communication link between rural intensive care services and other Health agencies and promote safe and effective service delivery across rural Intensive Care Units in NSW.

Responsibilities

• To provide and promote representation from a rural intensive care perspective on NSW and federal committees
• To evaluate outcomes at a local level and contribute to understanding of clinical services across NSW from a rural perspective
• To initiate, coordinate and deliver projects to address issues that are common to rural and/or metropolitan local health districts through a shared understanding of the current work practice issues and gaps in relation to clinical and professional practice
• To provide feedback to local health districts around statewide intensive care projects, initiatives and evidence based practice
• Fostering collaboration between rural and metropolitan intensive care services

Chairperson

Sherri-Leigh Bayliss, CNC ICU Southern NSW LHD.

Projects

• ICU Transition to Practice evaluation
• Support of ICU Service Model Implementation in rural level 4 intensive care services
• Nursing Grand Rounds monthly education sessions
• Review of draft eMR iView critical care module
• Inaugural intensive care CNC forum November 2018

Membership 2018