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June 2004 Hospital marks Nurses Week with presentation of awardMark Fairbairn has received Latrobe Regional Hospital Chief Nursing Officer’s Award for Professional Excellence. Mr Fairbairn works with older people with mental health problems in the hospital’s Macalister Unit. Mr Fairbairn first visited Latrobe Regional Hospital as part of his nurse student placement in 2002 and decided he wanted to return after graduating. Mr Fairbairn said he enjoyed nursing because he liked people. ‘There is no better feeling than watching someone leave your ward in a much better condition than when they arrived and knowing you played a part—however small—in their recovery.’ Chief Nursing Officer Debra Cerasa presented Mr Fairbairn’s award during International Nurses and Midwives Week. |
