{"id":191,"date":"2017-03-21T19:22:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T02:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communitynursingmatters\/?page_id=191"},"modified":"2017-03-21T19:56:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T02:56:04","slug":"synthesis-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communitynursingmatters\/synthesis-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"SYNTHESIS PROJECTS Sept 2016-Feb 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

SYNTHESIS PROJECTS SEPT 2016-FEBRUARY 2017<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
COMMUNITY PARTNER<\/strong><\/td>\nProject Title<\/strong><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Namgis Health Centre<\/strong><\/td>\nDeveloping culturally safe care<\/td>\nAssist with developing culturally safe care for people living in Alert Bay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Strive Living Society<\/strong><\/td>\nTraining videos & MedRec for Assisted Living<\/td>\nCreate training materials (e.g., basic videos or podcasts) for major resident diagnoses.<\/p>\n

Assist with upgrading current MedRec process.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children<\/strong><\/td>\nFamily Orientation experience at Sunnyhill<\/td>\nInterview families and staff; help revise current family orientation experience<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Alexander Street Community Program<\/strong><\/td>\nContraceptive needs for a vulnerable population<\/td>\nSurvey\/interview clients about their knowledge, attitudes and practices re: contraceptive use. If possible, develop education aids.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Alexander Street Community Program<\/strong><\/td>\nTrauma-informed practice among HC workers at Alexander Street<\/td>\nSurvey\/interview HC workers\u2019 about their knowledge, attitudes and practices related to trauma-informed care delivery and practice. If possible, collate or create educational materials for staff.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Vancouver Coastal Health Acute Care for Elders Unit <\/strong><\/td>\nWhat do nurses need to know about delirium\/delirium prevention?<\/td>\nDo a needs assessment survey of VCH ACE unit nurses. Organize\/create staff resources on delirium.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>BC Children\u2019s Hospital<\/strong><\/td>\nHome care knowledge needs for children with ventilators and trachs<\/td>\nRevise current educational materials for caregivers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre-Vancouver Coastal Health<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n

Developing resources to complement the sexual health rehabilitation framework for the GF Strong Rehab Centre<\/p>\n

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Sexual health is a basic human right. Nurses need to understand basic concepts related to sexual health and sexual health rehabilitation. This project aims to organize\/create resources to better inform nurses about those concepts.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>BC Center for Disease Control<\/strong><\/td>\nSocial Marketing-HPV immunizations for adolescent girls<\/td>\nLearn about public health messaging for a unique population-design appropriate promotional content and delivery strategies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Turning Point Recovery Society<\/strong><\/td>\nWilderness curriculum for life engagement after addictions recovery<\/td>\nWork with Turning Point staff to develop wildnerness-based activities for clients in addictions recovery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Turning Point Recovery Society<\/strong><\/td>\nPromoting Healing through Therapeutic Writing-<\/td>\nTelling stories\/journaling is a therapeutic experience. Work with Turning Point staff to establish a peer-mentor writing program and possible writing publications<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Turning Point Recovery Society<\/strong><\/td>\nTurning Point-VCH: Policy development for Naloxone use<\/p>\n

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Develop policy and practice from the ground up with VCH Harm Reduction Services, Community Care Licensing, Turning Point.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Vancouver Coastal Health<\/strong><\/td>\nNew grad program redesign<\/td>\nAssist VCH clinical educators with assessing\/refining current new grad program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Evergreen Community Health Center<\/strong><\/td>\nIntegrating evidence-based information about e-cigarettes into school-based smoking prevention programs<\/td>\nAssist with development of educational materials and delivery in schools<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Hillcrest Centre\/Douglas Park Community<\/strong><\/td>\nEvaluating an arts and culture program for seniors<\/td>\nHow do arts activities influence senior engagement and buffer against dementia?\u00a0 Participate in an evaluation project.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>RICHER Program, BC Children\u2019s Hospital<\/strong><\/td>\nRICHER: Social pediatrics for children at risk<\/td>\nEvaluate the effect of a clinic-based\u00a0 screening tool on connecting children\/families to resources<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>UBC <\/strong><\/td>\nComprehensive knowledge of physical assessment<\/td>\nIdentify or create online resources that cover head-to-toe assessments across the lifespan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Community and Family Health, Vancouver Coastal Health<\/strong><\/td>\nSTUDENT FALLS PROJECT- Paramedic management of seniors with fall<\/td>\nHelp identify and collate resources for paramedics re: prevention and management of seniors with fall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Institute of Healthcare Improvement Open School<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n

I-CAN #2<\/p>\n

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This project is an I-CAN project that covers 8 weeks.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20.\u00a0\u00a0 United Gospel Mission<\/strong><\/td>\nThe UGM-Primary Care Referral Process<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>United Gospel Mission<\/strong><\/td>\nUGM Diabetic education for staff<\/td>\nAssist with resource development for UGM staff-diabetes is a common co-morbidity for the UGM clientele.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Evelyn Saller<\/strong><\/td>\nVeterinary<\/p>\n

Pop-Up Clinic<\/td>\n

Maximize client engagement during a free pop-up clinic for Evelyn Saller clients and their pets<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Evergreen Community Health Center<\/strong><\/td>\nImproving care for children and youth<\/td>\nThis project will examine ways to improve the relationship\u00a0 between Vancouver public health and the Vancouver School Board<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Evergreen Community Health Center<\/strong><\/td>\nHome health wound care referral process<\/td>\nReferrals for wound care after acute care can fall through the cracks. Work with a home health team to audit and improve the referral process.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Pender Clinic<\/strong><\/td>\nEnvironmental scan of DTES resources for primary care\/home care nurses<\/td>\nThere are programs and services for DTES clients-but they need to be collated for easy use by clients and nurses.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Pender Clinic<\/strong><\/td>\nWomen\u2019s Night in the DTES<\/td>\nConduct a needs assessment, plan\u00a0 self-sustaining model to raise women\u2019s awareness of self-healthcare management; assist with organizing women\u2019s peer support groups; work on potential grant funding<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Ravensong Community Health Centre<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nUnder development-will expose students to nurse roles and accountabilities at Ravensong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Canadian Mental Health Association of BC<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>WHO<\/strong><\/td>\nLearning from Brilliant Failures<\/td>\nBrilliant Failures are defined as practices that were implemented based on good intentions, with efforts to avoid mistakes, yet without having reached the planned effects. Work with a nurse colleague in WHO to identify what can learn from public health Brilliant Failures.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30. Vancouver Coastal Health<\/strong><\/td>\nED iCARE-VCH<\/td>\nEnsuring appropriate follow up care for frail elder d\/c from the ED<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SYNTHESIS PROJECTS SEPT 2016-FEBRUARY 2017 COMMUNITY PARTNER Project Title Description 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Namgis Health Centre Developing culturally safe care Assist with developing culturally safe care for people living in Alert Bay 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Strive Living Society Training videos & MedRec for Assisted Living Create training materials (e.g., basic videos or podcasts) for major resident diagnoses. Assist with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1377,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-191","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communitynursingmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communitynursingmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communitynursingmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communitynursingmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1377"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communitynursingmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communitynursingmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communitynursingmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191\/revisions\/206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communitynursingmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}