A student-led Orange Shirt Day event encourages participants to act and reflect on social justice and health equity issues
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Walking side by side on a journey of reconciliation
In our cancer program at the Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Centre in Barrie, it had become apparent that the safety process inherent in traditional chemotherapy ordering and administration was not being followed with oral cancer therapy.
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An oral cancer therapy nurse navigator role
We felt ours was an ideal site to trial an interprofessional clinical practice experience for students, in collaboration with the University of Saskatchewan.
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An interprofessional education pilot at the Saskatchewan Transplant Program
Because it allows the ideas and concerns of an individual or a group to be shared through their photos, Photovoice aligns well as a public health strategy to engage vulnerable populations
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Public health strategy: Photovoice contest
Understanding the intricacies of the health-care system and accessing appropriate services can be a daunting challenge.
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Nursing students’ initiative improves health-care access
Code H, is a rapid response system activated by patients and families to connect them to one of our clinical resource nurses 24/7.
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The Code Help project
Nurses at our facility receive a standardized ECG interpretation course and a theory course in the foundations of cardiac and respiratory nursing.
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Getting into the rhythm
An essential component of a sustainable health-care system is access to high-quality information that can be used to design, deliver and evaluate health-care services in the most effective and efficient way possible.
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Update on the NNQR(C) pilot project
In many parts of Canada, timely access to mental health services continues to be a challenge. Single session walk-in (SSWI) therapy is a model of service delivery that improves access to care and ensures that people can obtain services when they need them most.
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Single session walk-in therapy
Increasing resilience at both an organizational level as well as an individual employee level is essential during any health emergency.
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Planning for the psychosocial aspects of Ebola virus disease