Bernadette Sinclair - Your rights and the Power to disconnect ICN

Your rights and the Power to disconnect - PDF of Paper

these are my views and not the views of my employer

Bernadette has been nursing for over 41 years

Trained as a Registered Nurse at the Gold Coast Hospital, Southport

Bachelor of Nursing (Post Reg) - Queensland University of Technology

Graduate Certificate in Management - Queensland University of Technology

Worked in both public and private hospitals in Australia and England, as well as a Nanny in London.

Work History

ICU Brisbane (public and private) – Registered Nurse (RN)
Nanny in London for a Jewish family with 3 children; then a baby whose busy mother was secretary to an aging rocker who “gathers no moss” and also Nanny to the great grandson of Sir Winston Churchill.
Orthopaedics in public hospital - RN
Emergency department including emergency retrievals in pre paramedic days (public) - RN
Cardiac Investigations in private hospital Cath Lab - RN
Agency work in London - RN
Interventional Cardiology in Private London hospital Cath Lab – Senior Staff Nurse
Pool in Private Hospital, Brisbane RN
Cardiology ward (Cardiac interventions) - Nurse Unit Manager. Introduced day admissions for this patient group reducing admission times from 48 hours to 8 hrs. (public)
Safety and Quality - Nurse Manager (public)
Union official (and registered Nurse) for registered trade union – Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union a State branch of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation
Member Australian College of Nursing.

these are my views and not the views of my employer