The team operationalizing usage of Dynamic Health has broadened their scope to include supporting use of evidence at the point of care, across nursing and allied health, and within policies and other guidance materials Interprofessional Practice and Learning (IPPL) leads or collaborates on. This means we’re back with Dynamic Health Round-ups after a summer hiatus with a new name – IPPL Clinical Practice and Policy.
Round-up posts will keep you informed about implementation and use of Dynamic Health at Nova Scotia Health, highlight any new priority projects and events, and updates to our Workplace Notes and Custom Workplace Skills. We’ll also highlight new publications we’re supporting and maintaining including policies, clinical practice support pages, clinical resources on the intranet and clinical learning modules.
Read on to get caught up on what we’ve been up to over the summer months, so you are ready for Fall!
Dynamic Health Updates: Workplace Notes, Custom Skills
New Workplace Note
- Administering High-Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen Therapy to Infants to Adolescents
- Administering Pump-Assisted Enteral Nutrition to Adults
- Caring for Adults After Cardiovascular Surgery
- Inserting an Orogastric Tube in Adults
- Managing Patients With Brain Death Before Organ Donation
- Managing Postoperative Hemorrhage
- Managing Skin Tears
- Managing Symptoms at the End of Life
- Performing Continuous Bedside Cardiac Monitoring in Adults
- Performing CPR on Pregnant Patients
- Preparing Patients for Abdominal Surgery
- Preventing and Managing Enteral Nutrition Complications
- Preventing Postoperative Delirium
- Providing Enteral Nutrition to Critically Ill Adults
- Providing Enteral Nutrition to Patients in Prone Position
- Providing Postmortem Care of Adults
- Using and Caring for a Jejunostomy Feeding Tube
- Using and Caring for a Nasoduodenal Feeding Tube
- Using and Caring for Percutaneous Duodenal Feeding Tube
- Weighing Patients With a Bed Scale
Revised Workplace Note
- Administering a Mental Status Exam
- Administering Intradialytic Parenteral Nutrition
- Administering IV Epinephrine Infusion
- Administering Medication Through a Nasogastric Tube
- Administering Medications Through an Enteral Access Device
- Assessing Pain in Adults: Physical Therapy
- Assessing Pressure Injury Risk in Adults
- Assisting With Chest Tube Removal in Adults
- Assisting With Endotracheal Extubation in Adults
- Changing Chest Tube Dressing in Adults
- Handling Hazardous Drugs at the Bedside
- Inserting and Verifying Placement/Positioning of Small Bore Feeding Tubes
- Managing a Hypocalcemia Transfusion Reaction
- Managing Airway Obstruction Emergencies in Adults
- Managing an Obstructed Airway in Infants
- Managing Malignant Hyperthermia in the OR
- Managing Psychotropic Medication Adverse Effects
- Managing the Emergency Response (Code Blue) Team
- Performing 1-Person Adult CPR
- Performing 1-Person Child CPR
- Performing 1-Person Infant CPR
- Performing 2-Person Adult CPR
- Performing 2-Person Child CPR
- Providing Tracheostomy Care in Pediatric Patients: Respiratory Therapy
- Using a Bag Valve Mask in Newborns
- Using a Bag-Mask-Valve in Infants to Adolescents
- Using a Nasogastric Tube for Gastric Decompression in Adults
- Using an Automated External Defibrillator in Pediatric Patients in a Health Care Setting
- Using Automated External Defibrillators on Adults in the Hospital
Reviewed: No Workplace Note
- Discharging Pediatric Patients From the PACU
- Performing pH Testing of Gastric Secretions
- Performing Radial Arterial Puncture in Pediatric Patients: Respiratory Therapy
- Preventing and Managing Aspiration in the PACU
- Preventing Complications of Prolonged Bed Rest
- Removing a Foreign Body From the Eye
- Removing a Tick
- Troubleshooting Chest Tubes and Closed Chest Drains
Custom Skills
- Changing a Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Catheter Dressing
- Using Goals of Care and Levels of Intervention
Policy Clean-Up and Clinical Resources (Intranet)
The IPPL Policy and Practice Team continues to work through our policy document cleanup, focusing on former DHA guidance documents in OP3. To date we have issued updates on Chest Tubes and Nasogastric Tubes. We’re finishing up our Pain Assessment and Documentation items and will soon be focused on Urinary Catheters. Watch for updates on the Intranet’s Clinical Resources page, under Memos and Updates.
Nursing CE Credits Due in October
Nursing Leadership and Practice Points are due to health services managers in October! Make sure you’ve created a Dynamic Health personal account and have exported your points. If you haven’t made a personal account yet, it’s easy to do through the in-app pop-up running in Dynamic Health until the end of October. Learn more about setting up a personal account, earning and exporting CE credits, and consult our table on how Dynamic Health credits and activity convert to Leadership and Practice Points in the Dynamic Health support guide.
Health Promotion in September and Dynamic Health Topics
September 2024 marks promotion of:
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 Skills below that you feel need a Workplace Note, consider being a reviewer! Fill out our Suggestions for Skills form with your notes and we’ll get in touch!
Fibromyalgia Awareness Week
- Disease & Condition Overviews
- Signs & Symptoms
- Skills
- Patient Handouts
Arthritis Awareness Month
- Disease & Condition Overviews
- Signs & Symptoms
- Skills
- Patient Handouts
World Sepsis Day
- Disease & Condition Overviews
- Signs & Symptoms
- Skills
- Patient Handouts
IPPL Clinical Practice and Policy
Gloria Connolly, RN, BScN, NCA, WOCC(c), GNC(c)
Clinical Nurse Educator
Interprofessional Practice and Learning
Leah MacDonald, RN, BSc, BScN
Professional Practice Leader
Interprofessional Practice and Learning, ERIN Network
Katie McLean
Librarian Educator
Interprofessional Practice and Learning, ERIN Network Hub, Library Services
Margaret Poitras
Policy Lead
Policy Office
Valorie Shaddick, BNRN, CCNP, CVAA (c)
Clinical Nurse Educator
Interprofessional Practice and Learning
Ann Slaunwhite
Library Technician
Interprofessional Practice and Learning, Library Services