Chilliwack General Hospital The Never Ending Story

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Chilliwack General Hospital The Never Ending
Story

• Cast
• Jodene Loewen CNE Surgical Unit
• Carla Hoffman Preadmission Nurse
• Karen Warwick RN Surgical Unit
• Linda Frodsham RN Surgical Unit
• Deb McGimpsey LPN Surgical Unit
• Michelle Stoltz Physiotherapist (Surgical Unit)
• John Campbell Chief Physiotherapist
• Diane Strauss Physiotherapist (Home Health)
• Sandra Geddes Manager Home Health
• Chris Laslop Clinical Resource Nurse (Home
  Health)
• Lisa Shearer RN Home Health
• Carol Jean Chevalier PCC OR

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A Year to RememberHighlights

• Anticoagulant
• Antibiotic
• Care Paths
• Follow-up Care
• Before, During and After Booklet
• Combined Preoperative Education and Screening
• Arthroplasty Assessment Record

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The Way We Were

• Multiple handouts for the clients.
• Each discipline completed their own assessment
  record of the client.
• Information was not efficiently shared amongst
  the disciplines involved in the clients care.
• Discharge concerns were not addressed prior to
  the client coming to the nursing unit.

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The Pursuit of Happiness

• Collaborative Preoperative Education
• Collaborative Arthroplasty Assessment Record and
  Community Referral
• Before, During and After Booklet

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Back to the Future

• Future PDSA cycles
• Continued auditing and education/changes
• Keeping the embers glowing