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NURSING
SCOPE
Feature Story:
Number 2/Spring-Summer, 2018
INSIDE:
It’s the Little Things.......................... 2-3
Safe Patient Handling Update ............ 4
MRU Medical Rehab Unit 8 North .......5
Nursing Legal News............................ 6
Celebrating Nurses Week.....................7
Professional Nurses Association ....... 8-9
ECMCC Journal Club ........................ 10
ED Nurses begin using Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral IV ........ 11
Combating the Opioid Crisis...............12
6z2 – Developing a
Palliative Care Unit ........................... 13
National Certi ed Nurses Day............ 14
Certi cation Awarded at
Nurse Management........................... 15
Nurse of the Month............................ 16
Accomplishments
Awards • Achievements............17, 19, 20
Springfest ..........................................21 On The Move ...............................22-25 TICU Bereavement Initiative ..............26 News Around ECMC .................... 27-31
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Written by: JoAnn Wolf, MHA, CNML, RN AVP Medical Surgical Services
It’s the Little Things
It’s the little things in life. A smile, nod, hello, a kind, simple word, reaching out to let someone know you care. It is these little things that can change the course of someone’s day, bringing a ray of sunshine or hope. While we interact with our patients, we can’t begin to know what each person or family is going through, but we can make a difference.
I have had the opportunity to work with our patient experience program in MedSurg. When I started, I was anxious to see what everyone else was doing, what the latest ideas were, and what other initiative could we add. It was when I was speaking to our Patient Experience representative that I had my “ah-ha” moment. We didn’t need another initiative. We needed to stop and re ect on the little things and return to the basics in caring for our patients. These are not the daily tasks we get caught up in, but the small moments of caring and compassion that we share with
our patients.
Did we welcome our patient to the unit? Did we introduce ourselves with smiles? Did you knock on their door before you entered? Did we communicate and explain to them what is going to happen during their hospitalization? Did we engage in conversation with them while doing our tasks such as obtaining their vitals, helping them with AM care, and most of all - did we listen?
We must not focus so intently on the tasks of nursing that we forget to see the whole person that is sitting in front of us. We celebrate with the patients we mend but many of our patients face challenges that they never have faced before. Some have had
a life changing event that will change not only their life but the lives of their family. Others with chronic conditions may by nd themselves at the end of life. We need to treat them all with respect, dignity, caring and compassion.
We see all the great work that is done each day. This is a moment for us to step back and re ect on our daily routine to ensure we share what we do best to “Provide every patient the highest quality of care delivered with compassion.”