To All Nurses working in E/A department In Gozo General Hospital

 

MUMN was informed that doctors in the E/A department are imposing that all blood letting and canulation is to be done by the nurses working in the E/A. This goes beyond the duties of the nurses in the E/A department since cannulation and blood letting is only to be done in the pre-hospital care when Hypoglycaemia case (or in other urgent medical conditions) is being detected.

 

Such imposition unfortunately takes place in Gozo due that certain nurses appease doctors with the consequences that such practice than is expected to become the normal practice in the E/A. On a different note another imposition by the doctors in the E/A department is that all nurses are expected to put a gown for every patient who is going to have his parameters checked. Such practice is not in agreement with MUMN.

 

Therefore MUMN is issuing two directives to the nurses working in the E/A department. The first directive is that bloodletting and cannulation are to be performed only in pre-hospital care (in ambulance) and never in the E/A department.

 

Also nurses are to refuse that any patient has to be gowned when parameters or bloodletting are to be  take place.

 

Such directives are with immediate effect.  

 

Paul Pace   

President                                                        

MUMN     

5^th December 2020