SINGAPORE: As the battle against COVID-19 rages on, nurses in Singapore and around the world have found themselves on the frontlines of the fight ...
SINGAPORE: As the battle against COVID-19 rages on, nurses in Singapore and around the world have found themselves on the frontlines of the fight against the disease.
The 59-year-old deputy director of nursing at Woodlands Health Campus tapped on this experience to introduce workflows and standard operating procedures to convert wards at the Yishun Community Hospital to care for COVID-19 patients.“All that we learned from SARS, we can put into place now,” she said, noting the short time period they had to put such procedures in place.
In addition to Ms Tay and Ms Kala, the other recipients include Singapore General Hospital Deputy Director of Nursing Ms Patricia Yong Yueh Li, who serves as disease outbreak nursing lead for the hospital. She developed the first clinical pathway for hip fracture in Tan Tock Seng Hospital and played an integral role in the hospice’s expansion from inpatient hospice services to include home care and day care services.The President's Award for Nurses recognises nurses who have shown sustained outstanding performance and contributions to patient care delivery, education, research and administration.
Her focus on gerontology came as a young staff nurse, when she noticed her colleagues “grumble” about a particular doctor’s long morning rounds. Ms Tay’s current focus is on community nursing - to help bring healthcare services beyond the hospital - and she leads a team of more than 50 nurses and allied health professionals to develop community nursing in the western part of Singapore.
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