Best Practice Spotlight Organization
The Sandwich Community Health Centre is the first CHC selected by the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) to implement and evaluate a series of internationally-recognized nursing best practices. The aim of the Spotlight Organization initiative is to create a working environment where the most current evidence is used in day-to-day practice by all staff. Implementing Best Practice Guidelines (BPGs) at the Centre will expose all members of the interprofessional team to the RNAO best practices.
The implementation of these best practices will help Sandwich Community Health Centre better meet the needs of our clients. The Best Practice Guidelines (BPGs) selected are based on staff interest in the subject matter, a desire to build on and augment current SCHC initiatives and an awareness of Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) and Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MoHLTC) priorities. The Centre will receive funding for the next three years to support the implementation of the best practice guidelines.
SCHC has chosen to introduce one clinical practice guideline and three healthy work environment guidelines in Year 1. We believe supporting the implementation of three Healthy Work Environment Guidelines sends a strong message about supporting a culture to effect change. Supporting a cultural change will help to establish a foundation upon which the introduction of additional clinical and healthy work environment BPGs can be sustained.
The Centre has formed a Best Practice Spotlight Organization Steering Committee:
Lisa B. - Nurse Practitioner
Kim D. - Community Health Worker
Susan E. - Community Programs Manager
Lynda M. - Executive Director, Project Leader
Joyce N. - Community Health Worker
Jane R. - Registered Practical Nurse
Vera R. - Registered Nurse
Kristina T. - Seniors Programmer
Ann C. - Registered Dietitian (not pictured)
Carol D. - Registered Nurse, Project Coordinator (not pictured)
Bonnie K. - Health Promoter, Project Leader (not pictured)
Best Practice Guidelines for Year 1:
Screening for Delirium, Dementia and Depression in Older Adults:
Seniors age 65 and older represent 13% of the 2006 population in West Windsor. SCHC has the luxury of having a full-time Seniors Programmer on staff.
Implementing these guidelines will prove to be a useful tool to educate nurses, nursing students and other health care providers including medical students about the differences between delirium, dementia and depression.
Developing and Sustaining Nursing Leadership:
SCHC supports the vision that every staff member can be a "leader".
Preventing and Managing Violence in the Workplace:
The SCHC Executive Director participated in the RNAO Preventing and Managing Violence in the Workplace stakeholder review in October 2008. Safety at SCHC is "top of mind".
Embracing Cultural Diversity in Health Care: Developing Cultural Competence:
The SCHC wants to ensure it is culturally competent to offer the populations most in need of health care, health promotion, disease prevention and screening/immunization; (i.e. immigrants, refugees, non-Canadians and aboriginals), the opportunity to access health care in a comfortable, welcoming environment.
Best Practice Guidelines We Have Chosen to Work on in Year 2:
Women Abuse: Screening, Identification and Initial Response
Caregiving Strategies for Older Adults with Delirium, Dementia and Depression.
Nursing Management of Hypertension
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Integrating Smoking Cessation into Daily Nursing Practice
Best Practice Guidelines We Have Chosen to Work on in Year 3:
Oral Health: Nursing Assessment and Interventions
Reducing Foot Complications for People with Diabetes
Promoting Asthma Control in Children
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Primary Prevention of Childhood Obesity
Best Practice Guideline Goals for Our Organization:
To create a culture where all staff implements best practices as the foundation of our daily work.
To build future capacity among nurses and other health care providers of the organization.
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Transfer knowledge from one best practice to another.
For more information, please contact:
Carol D., R.N.
Best Practice Project Coordinator
(519) 258-6002 ext. 240.
Click here to go to the RNAO Best Practice Spotlight website.
SCHC's BPSO Breakfast Launch Photos:
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