Nursing

Our nurses are there to support and care for you at every stage of your life. Our services include Maternal & Child Health Nurse visits, Immunisation and Pap Screen Services, Community Nursing, Continence Care and Palliative Care.

Community Nursing

Communities reflect how we live, who we work with and who we spend time with. Often when people are seriously ill, they prefer to be at home.

Maternal and Child Health Nurse

The Maternal and Child Health Nurse is a *FREE service which provides primary care to postnatal women, and children from birth to school age.

Immunisation

Our Immunisation Service is an effective way of protecting yourself and your family. Immunisation works by triggering the immune system to fight against certain diseases.

Pap Screen

A Pap smear, also called a Pap test, is a screening procedure for cervical cancer. It tests for the presence of precancerous or cancerous cells on the cervix.

Continence Nurse

Our Continence Nurse is here to work with you to ensure Incontinence and Continence problems, that are symptoms of bladder or bowel dysfunction do not consume your life.

Palliative Care

Our approach to Palliative Care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families who are facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness.

Nursing

Our nurses are there to support and care for you at every stage of your life. Our services include Maternal & Child Health Nurse visits, Immunisation and Pap Screen Services, Community Nursing, Continence Care and Palliative Care.

Community Nursing

Maternal and Child Health Nurse

Immunisation

Pap Screen

Continence Nurse

Palliative Care

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Community Nursing

Community Health Nurses work with people and their families to help prevent disease, maintain health and treat any existing health problems.

MDHSS Community Nursing aims to support and maintain patient independence, a safe and healthy lifestyle, while at the same time providing assistance to carers with

Care after a hospital stay (Post Acute Care)

General Nursing Care, including assistance with chronic conditions

‘Hospital in the Home’ services, which provide hospital type care outside of the hospital

Wound Management

Living at Home Assessments

Pathology Collection

Palliative Care nursing assistance, for people who have a life-limiting illness and require support to stay at home.

Both Home and Centre-based Care are provided, with the majority of clients receiving care in their own homes.

Maternal and Child Health Nurse

We understand how important the health of your children is. Our experienced Maternal and Child Health Nurse visits Bi-weekly.

The Maternal and Child Health Nurse is a *FREE service which provides primary care to postnatal women, and children from birth to school age.

Whether it is your first child or your sixth, we know you want to feel comforted by the knowledge your new born child is doing well.

The Maternal and Child Health Nurse visits the centre bi-weekly and is an integral part of MDHSS Services. This service provides:

Family support

Health promotion and education

Early identification and intervention for health concerns.

Immunisation

Our Immunisation Service is an effective way of protecting yourself and your family. Immunisation works by triggering the immune system to fight against certain diseases. If a vaccinated person comes in contact with these diseases, their immune system is able to respond more effectively.

Being immunised by one of our Registered Nurses who are highly trained, is a fast and fuss free way to protect your health and that of others.

Pap Screen

A Pap smear, also called a Pap test, is a screening procedure for cervical cancer. It tests for the presence of precancerous or cancerous cells on the cervix.

MDHSS have *FREE Pap Screening Services throughout the year.

Looking after your health is important and by screening regularly it can drastically increase your chances of identifying irregular cells before they develop.

Having a Pap Screen after the age of 21, helps establish a record of what normal and abnormal cell activity is for you, which is then monitored.

Early detection of unhealthy cells can make a huge difference to long term wellness and damage prevention.

Continence Nurse

Continence issues do not have to interrupt your life! Reach out and speak to our Continence Nurse who will give helpful advice. Discuss your options with a professional who has extensive knowledge about your options.

Continence Care can relate to helping individuals achieve and maintain bladder and bowel control. The nurse can advise on how to keep the bladder healthy, assess and identify possible causes and give a suitable course of treatment tailored to your needs and preferences.

Palliative Care

Palliative care:

Provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms;

Affirms life and regards dying as a normal process;

Intends neither to hasten or postpone death;

Integrates the psychological and spiritual aspects of patient care;

Offers a support system to help patients live as actively as possible until death;

Offers a support system to help the family cope during the patients illness and in their own bereavement;

Uses a team approach to address the needs of patients and their families, including bereavement counselling, if indicated;

Will enhance quality of life, and may also positively influence the course of illness;

Is applicable early in the course of illness, in conjunction with other therapies that are intended to prolong life, such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy, and includes those investigations needed to better understand and manage distressing clinical complications.