Directive to all Nurses working in SVP and new SVP.

 

The email below was sent to all Nurses working in SVP and in new SVP. The Nursing Administration is ignoring such notice send on the 4^thNovember 2020 and is sending nurses in quarantine wards without N95. With the consequence that nurses are to attend the quarantine ward for a further two weeks and exposing other new staff unnecessarily, just to save N95 mask.

 

Therefore, MUMN is issuing a directive irrespective of the threats form Nursing administration, nurses are to refuse to go to quarantine wards without N95 and with the assurance that they can return to their respective ward after their duty.

 

 

Notice to all Nurses working in SVP and new SVP. (sent on the 4^th November 2020)

 

It was clear from the onset of the meeting, that the agreed staffing levels are being compromised due quarantine measures imposed by Infection control.

 

Irrespective of any ward put on quarantine, clerks, carers or nurses or charge nurses have to be according to the agreed staffing protocol and such principle is also valid to SVP.

 

If the ward is on quarantine, the new staff which are sent to replace VL, SL or the staff on quarantine leave should be given N95 masks so that all relieving staff will not be constrained to be put on quarantine and can be used in other wards the next day.

 

MUMN will not accept and will issue directives irrespective if the ward has been put on quarantine or not that clerks, carers or nurses are not replaced in any ward being in the new bloke or SVP. All Infection control measures in place should not be at the detriment of staffing levels since the patient care still needs to be delivered.

 

Therefore, MUMN expects that the relieving staff including clerks be provided with N95 so that quarantine measures will be respected but the staffing levels must be according with MUMN agreement.

 

Therefore, as from tomorrow there should be no excuses and relieving staff has to be sent to the quarantine wards to maintain all staff compliment. Hope that is clear to all copied.

 

Awaiting reply.

 

Paul Pace

President

9^th February 2021