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About: Margaret River Hospital

(as a service user),

I had to phone the Margaret River hospital and seek advice if I required COVID testing.  Sandy the Nurse manager answered my call and spent so much time carefully explaining the criteria to me. She was so patient and kind that I felt so much more confident and assured.  Sandy explained the difference between symptomatic and asymptomatic testing and also self-isolation and what that means for myself and my family.  I cannot begin to explain how she made me feel and how fearful I was initially.  I ended up having the test and it was completely fine and my results came back negative.

In my opinion, it is no wonder WA has done so well when our health professionals are like this, ensuring the community members are well informed by a local person is fantastic.

I believe Sandy is an asset to your organisation and I bet she has dozens of phone calls like this every day and is exactly the same to every person.

Thank you!

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Response from Cindy Stainton, Regional Director Nursing & Midwifery, WACHS South West 3 years ago
Cindy Stainton
Regional Director Nursing & Midwifery,
WACHS South West
Submitted on 12/06/2020 at 1:22 PM
Published on Care Opinion at 1:30 PM


Dear triangulumwd84,

Thank you for your wonderful feedback about Sandy, our Nurse Manager. I’m pleased for you that your test ended up being fine.

The feelings that you have described of trusting the information that she provided to you and the compassion of how Sandy listened and addressed your concerns to help you with your decision making, truly demonstrates the ‘hearts and minds’ philosophy of our nurses at Margaret River and in the South West.

Yes, Sandy does receive many calls a day, and her team totally agrees with you, that she provides the same level of information, care and understanding with every call she takes.

Once again I'm glad that your test was negative and thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback about one of our fantastic nurse leaders.

Kind regards

Cindy

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