Pictured left to right: Nurse Louise Hallagan, Health Care
Assistant Abbey Marsh and Nurse Kendall Visser.
Nurse’s recycling a work of art
Tauranga Hospital’s Surgical Ward welcomed
2018 with a new piece of art created by staff
using recycled plastic from caps of medicine
bottles, IV bags and the like. To start with they drew a basic picture to work from, then an
estimated 40 hours later their masterpiece was complete.
Nurse Kendall Visser came up with the idea for the mosaic picture
after watching a clip online about a piece of art created by a nurse
in the States. The New Zealand Registered Nurses medal represents the history
of nursing. The koru depicts growth, strength and peace – values
the trio believe are key to recovery. And the flowers represent the
vibrancy of all staff working at the hospital. They say by sharing
knowledge and expertise the CARE values are brought to life.
Kendall shared the idea with the team and soon her colleagues,
Nurse Lousie Hallagan and Health Care Assistant Abbey Marsh
came on board.
The trio got together in their own time at home to work on their
creation.
The mosaic features a heart with an ECG wave through it. This
symbolises the desire they have to care for patients to the best of
their ability and is a reminder of the fragility of life.
The next task for the trio is finding a suitable place in the hospital
to hang their creation.
“We wanted to create something that related to our work, using
material from our ward, that would be fairly simple for people to
understand,” says Kendall.
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