Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

Congratulations to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) neurosurgery nurse, Loreta Murphy, who developed a Mini Neurosurgical Assessment (MNA) Tool during her research PhD. Loreta, SCGH's Acting Extended Hours Clinical Nurse Specialist for Neurosurgery, first started her career at the hospital 27 years ago as a neurosurgery nurse after previously working as a nurse in Victoria. It was in Victoria in the early 90s that Loreta first commenced post graduate studies, completing a Graduate Diploma in Neurosciences. During those studies, she considered the need for a targeted neurological assessment tool for neurosurgical patients, however her mini thesis did not progress as she started a family. "After starting as a nurse in neurosurgery in the 90s, I noticed that no one had created one overall neurological assessment tool for neurosurgery nurses to use," she said. Loreta said it is incumbent...

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