2025 Excellence in Registered Nursing
Roxanne Halaby
Roxanne is a Nurse Unit Manager for RPH Ward 2K and Mental Health Emergency Centre (MHEC) for 5 months. In this short period she has proven herself a valuable emerging leader with a passion for mental health nursing and Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD). She has seven years of comprehensive and specialised Mental Health Nursing experience including Acute Adult, Peri-natal, Forensic, Psychiatric Liaison, AOD and Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT) nursing and she draws on these variety of experiences to inform her practice and give the most to her consumers. Roxanne is deeply committed to mentoring and educating in her role junior nurses. Sharing her knowledge and fostering a culture of learning showcases her dedication to excellence and achieving one’s full potential to provide the highest standards of care. Roxanne is most passionate about harm reduction, specifically education concerning stigma relating to addiction by implementing education addressing harm strategies. In 2024 she was central to the successful redevelopment of the SafeHaven model of care and reopening Safe Heaven in conjunction with Ruah Community Services peer supports workers (PSW) to ensure an inclusive and safe space for people with mental health disorders. Roxanne led the successful collaboration and fostered this relationship to ensure the PSW were central to the redesign process. She has ensured the space is inclusive for all people experiencing mental health crisis including homeless, dual diagnosis (substance use disorders), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and Culturally and linguistically diverse. This work with SafeHaven has also reduced pressure on the Emergency Department.
Roxanne has extensive nursing experience in the field of Mental Health and Addiction. She has worked in varied roles throughout her career, and this makes her an excellent resource and support for colleagues within and outside her speciality. She has stepped up to undertake leadership roles and had displayed exemplary role modelling. She sets a high standard for her peers and helps mentor and support so they can achieve in their goals. She displays a lot of integrity and compassion in her practice, keeping the consumer at the centre.
Roxanne is a kind, informed and true advocate for vulnerable consumers. She has a passion for mental health nursing that is inspiring and influential to her colleagues and the broader workforce.
Deborah Titan
Deborah is a registered nurse at Rockingham General Hospital Day Procedure Unit where she often takes on additional roles such as Clinical Facilitator and Staff Development Nurse. Deborah is passionate about providing the knowledge, skills, and confidence to the next generation of nurses and has recently undertaken training to become proficient at Auslan. In this capacity she has developed an Auslan video to promote the importance of supporting people with a disability while in hospital. Deborah has also liaised with non-for-profit organisations, non-government agencies, and government organisations such as Senses, Deaf Blind WA, and NDIS to determine available services and discuss collaborations. To significantly improve the patient experience, Deborah has successfully developed a patient centred pathway that follows the patient journey from Pre-admission throughout their hospital stay. Deborah states her proudest moment was when she supported a Deaf Endoscopy patient, calming his fears and making him feel welcome within the surgical department.
Deborah has made a significant difference to hearing impaired patient’s lives through being able to communicate with them, allay their fears, reduce their anxiety, provide them the information they need to make an informed choice about their healthcare and truly provide person centred care.
Deborah is extremely modest and does not consider that she has done anything extraordinary in delivering patient centred care beyond a belief that every person regardless of their physical, emotional, cultural, psychological, and social status deserves and should receive the highest standard and safest care she can provide.
Monique Carbone
Monique is a Clinical Nurse at Fiona Stanley Hospital in the Spinal Cord Injury Unit. In the last 12 months her ambition has led her to be successful to multiple secondments into specialist roles including the Spinal Urology Service Clinical Nurse, and the Spinal Inpatient Patient Educator. Monique’ outstanding performance in spinal cord injury rehabilitation has had an enormous impact on her specialty team across the last three and a half years. Infectious enthusiasm, can-do attitude, and actions, provide inspiration to her colleagues, role modelling what nurses can achieve, and influencing outcomes for her patients. Monique won Excellence in Clinical Practice, and Nurse of the Year at the 2024 Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group, Nursing and Midwifery Caritas Award. Monique has also implemented a sexual health program for spinal cord injured patients and has created a ‘Spinal Guide’ for procedures not usually practiced in the rehabilitation setting. Furthermore, she has presented in the Australia and New Zealand Spinal Cord Injury Society Conference on ‘Enhancing Sexual Health Post Spinal Cord Injury: Initiatives and Innovations’. Monique is always seeking to upskill herself and spinal unit staff, for example in the use of Intensive Care Unit type (Hamilton) ventilator.
Monique provides exceptional empathy towards her patients and ensures they receive the best possible care and support. She looks to celebrate achievements of others to inspire her patients during their rehabilitation. She is incredibly supportive of her nursing team and has made a significant difference in just three years.
Her proudest moment has been providing inspiration to others in the nursing profession or health care system through several moments, but the most noticeable has been collating 14 stories from past patients with spinal cord injury that are displayed on the wall for staff, patients, families, and visitors to read.
