Discover How Nurses
Improve Practice
Environments
CNA’s Webinar Series: Progress in Practice
Workplace Safety
in Community Nursing
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Creating a Quality Workplace
Environment for Employees
815 RNs and LPNs
People’s homes are the primary work environment
14.5 Million kilometers logged traveling to communities and client homes in Eastern Region
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Safety Starts with Teamwork
• New Manager of Organizational Health • Site Directors • Nurse Managers • OH&S Committee • Training Specialist
Safe work environment
Healthier staff
Better client care
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• At the office
• On the road
• In client homes
Programming Safety into
Corporate Operations
Partnering for Solutions
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Nova Scotia’s Workers’ Compensation Board helps VON staff increase safety in clients’ homes
Results are Positive!
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• 50 per cent less money for time off due to injury • Increased flexibility for those recovering from injury • Manager of Organizational Health plays pivotal role • All goals set were achieved
• Continuity of care improved
Carmel Cormier, RN winner of the Safe Driving Contest, receives safety kit from
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Implementing your
Safety Program
Make workplace safety and health an organizational priority
Get EVERYONE engaged
Stay in touch with those that are sick or injured
Facilitate staff members’ return to work
Safety is everyone's responsibility!
Create an environment where nurses think twice about putting themselves at risk – “by protecting yourself, you are ensuring better client care”
Sign on to the Healthy Healthcare Leadership Charter and look at the Within Our Grasp
document – follow this roadmap and find out what will work for your organization!
Final Thoughts…
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Contact:
Caroline Campbell
Regional Director, People & Organization
VON Canada, Eastern Region
7001 Mumford Road, Tower 1, Suite 300 Halifax, NS B3L 4N9 902-981-2429 option 3,1 ext 2330 902-484-7512 (fax) [email protected] Monique Arnfast
Manager of Organizational Health VON Canada, Eastern Region
7001 Mumford Road, Tower 1, Suite 300
Halifax, NS B3L 4N9
902-981-2429 option 3,1 ext 2473 902-484-7726 (fax)
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Brenda Perkins Meingast, Nurse Manager Yolanda Wong, Staff Nurse
Patient Centered Care on an Inpatient Surgical
Unit After the 80/20 Research Study
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What is the 80/20 Study?
• 80% of time in direct patient care
• 20% of their time on professional
development,
including focused
mentorship and learning about patient
centered practice guided by the
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True Presence
• A state of being
• Living in True Presence means
– To be there in the moment with an openness
– To be reverent and free of expectation
– To bear witness without judgement
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Benefits
• In our time away from the unit:
– We received support from our colleagues and facilitators
– We discussed ways to further enhance the support on the unit
– Strengthened our relationships with our colleagues
– Structured classes focused on issues such as death and dying, stress management
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What is it like after 80/20?
• Feelings of sadness, fear, uncertainty • Scheduling professional development/
educational time is a challenge
• Difficulty maintaining individual reflective practices
Post 80/20 Initiatives
• Monthly Reflective Practice
• - Discussing challenging and rewarding patient care situations
• - Celebrating Patient Centered Care
• Creation of two new leadership positions • Daily bullet rounds
• Multidisciplinary team (PT,OT, RD, SW, PA) • Debriefings: formal and informal
Contact Information
Brenda Perkins Meingast
416-344-3510
[email protected]
Yolanda Wong
416-340-3522
Kathy Doerksen RN Clinical Nurse Specialist
Neurosurgery, Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg, Manitoba
