Best Practice Spot Light Organization: It’s not just for Nurses!

By now, most of you will know that CKHA is one of only 21 Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) Best Practice Spotlight Organizations (BPSO). As a BPSO, we are tasked with demonstrating creative ways to successfully use best practice guidelines, evaluate their use and measure the outcomes for research and improved patient care as well as share lessons learned with other organizations. Best Practice Guidelines (BPG) are not just for nurses; they are also highly applicable to care provided by the inter-professional team.

At our quarterly BPG Breakfast for Champions held on May 12, the Emergency and Mental Health & Addictions program representatives demonstrated expertise in promoting client centred care. Hazel McDonald spoke of some of her experiences in the Honduras, and Becky Elgie spoke of her very unique role with the CK Police Service with caring for those with mental health disorders in our community. Ann Marie "Cookie" Stokes from the Emergency Department at Sydenham Campus shared a photo slide show and presented on her experiences with a care team in Haiti last year. And finally, Michelle O’Rourke spoke about her experience as an author of a book about spirituality in palliative care. It was a good morning of pride, fellowship and camaraderie.