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Dynamic Health June Round-up: Emergency Department Custom Skills + Superuser Training Event + Migraine Awareness Month + Cataract Awareness Month + PTSD Awareness Day

In last month’s Round-up post we explained the difference between Workplace Notes and Custom Skills. Our first project to create Custom Skills focuses on topics relevant to Nova Scotia Health emergency departments.

We collaborated with a group of Clinical Nurse Educators who support emergency care areas throughout the province to create seven new custom skills. This collaboration involved:

1. Revising existing Skill content to reflect practice across Nova Scotia Health,
2. Peer review of each skill draft, and
3. Final revisions and layout in Dynamic Health.

Finding Custom Skills

You’ll find all our Custom Skills in Dynamic Health by selecting Skills (1) > Your Workplace (2) from the main menu.

Custom Skills will also be identified in your results when you search Dynamic Health. For example, a search for “Rapid Sequence Intubation” (1), returns a list of relevant results. The Emergency Department Custom Skill is labelled with the Topic Section “Your Workplace Skill”(2).

Check our first series of Emergency Department Custom Skills here:

• Emergency Department - Assessing Adult Patients with an Acute Abdomen
• Emergency Department - Assessing Neurological Status
• Emergency Department - Assisting with Rapid Sequence Intubation in Adults
• Emergency Department - Assisting with Trauma Assessment and Management
• Emergency Department - Interpreting a Cardiac Rhythm Strip in Adults
• Emergency Department - Monitoring Adults During Procedural Sedation
• Emergency Department - Providing Care to Adult Patients with Sepsis

Superuser Training: June 21

We’re adding one more Superuser Training event before summer! This session will provide more information on how to get started using Dynamic Health in your clinical areas, highlighting key features and functionality such as access, navigation, troubleshooting and feedback.

We’ll also explain the difference between Workplace Notes and customized Workplace Skills.

This session will be delivered over Microsoft Teams on June 21 at 10 a.m. Register here.

Health Promotion in June and Dynamic Health Topics

June 2023 marks promotion of:

• Cataract Awareness Month
• Migraine Awareness Month
• PTSD Awareness Day (June 27)

In recognition of these health promotion events, we encourage you to engage with the curated list of Dynamic Health content below.

If you spot any content under Skills below that you feel needs a Workplace Note, consider being a reviewer! Fill out our Suggestions for Skills form with your notes and we’ll get in touch!

Migraine Awareness Month

• Diseases & Conditions Overviews
  • Migraine, Adult
  • Migraine, Pediatric
• Signs & Symptoms
  • Headache, Adult
  • Nausea, Adult
  • Photophobia
  • Eye Pain, Adult
• Skills
  • Emergency Department - Assessing Neurological Status
  • Assessing Neurological Status
  • Administering IV Solution
• Patient Handouts
  • Migraine, Child
  • Migraine, Adult

Cataract Awareness Month

• Diseases & Conditions Overviews
  • Cataracts, Pediatric
  • Cataracts, Adult
• Signs & Symptoms
  • Photophobia
  • Hyperglycemia, Adult
• Skills
  • Caring for Patients After Cataract Surgery
  • Preparing Patients for Cataract Surgery
• Patient Handouts
  • Cataract
  • Cataract Removal

PTSD Awareness Day

• Diseases & Conditions Overviews
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Pediatric
• Signs & Symptoms
  • Anxiety, Adult
  • Suicidal Ideation, Adult
• Skills
  • Creating a Safe Environment for Patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  • Assessing Suicide Risk in Adults
• Patient Handouts
  • Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Dynamic Health Project Team

Amanda Revels
Professional Practice Leader
Interprofessional Practice & Learning, Western Zone

Leah MacDonald
Professional Practice Leader
Interprofessional Practice & Learning, COVID-19 Response

Katie McLean
Librarian Educator
Interprofessional Practice & Learning, Library Services

Margaret Meier
Policy Lead
Policy Office

Ann Slaunwhite
Library Technician
Interprofessional Practice & Learning, Library Services