IPPL Clinical Practice and Policy round-up posts keep you informed about implementation and use of Dynamic Health at Nova Scotia Health, highlight any new priority projects and events, as well as 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 guides, clinical resources on the intranet and clinical learning modules.
Dynamic Health Updates
We receive feedback submissions about Dynamic Health skills on an ongoing basis through the Suggest an Edit form and through partnerships with departments and teams. This month, the following customizations have been added:
New Workplace Note
- Inserting a Peripheral IV in Adults
- Managing Extravasation in Adults
- Managing Extravasation in Pediatric Patients
- Obtaining a Nasopharyngeal Specimen From Pediatric Patients
- Obtaining a Nasopharyngeal Specimen in Adults
- Obtaining an Oropharyngeal Throat Specimen
- Performing a Head-to-Toe Physical Assessment With Adults
- Using Warming Blanket Therapy for Adults in the Hospital
Revised Workplace Note
- Administering IV Solution
- Assessing Neurological Status in Adults
- Obtaining a Blood Sample for Culture From a Central Venous Catheter in Adults
- Testing for COVID-19
Custom Skills
- Dialysis: Suture Replacement for Hemodialysis Catheter (Registered Nurse Delegated Medical Function)
- Dialysis: Instillation, Withdrawal, Dwell of Alteplase in Hemodialysis Central Venous Catheter (CVC)
- Dialysis: Infusion of Alteplase in a Hemodialysis Central Venous Catheter (CVC) during Hemodialysis
- Dialysis: Post-Dialysis Lock and Dwell Using Alteplase in Hemodialysis Central Venous Catheter (CVC)
- Dialysis: Sampling Peritoneal Effluent (Fluid) for Suspected Peritonitis
- Delirium: Assessing Adults for Delirium Using 4AT
2024 Highlights
February marks two years since we launched Dynamic Health with Nova Scotia Health customizations (Workplace Notes, Custom Skills, etc.). Thank you to all our collaborators, users and supporters. We include analytics below, including data from a system report run on January 29, 2025 that reflects our collective success this past year. The change from January 2024 is noted after the metric in brackets.
Dynamic Health
- 188,691 unique Topic Section views (+118,082)
- 1,797 Skills assigned and/or reviewed (+540)
- 638 Workplace Notes published (+151)
- 32 Custom Workplace Skills published (+24)
- 27 policy documents referencing Dynamic Health, Clinical Practice Support guides (New, +27)
- 2,974 Personal user accounts created (+1,709)
- 920.3 Continuing Education Hours Claimed (+762.8)
Clinical Practice Support Guides
In 2024 we established a group of subject guides to bring together skills and procedures in one place – Clinical Practice Supports for Health Care Providers. This group includes pre-existing subject guides from the Library Services collection and adds health care provider-focused guidance across Dynamic Health, Policy Office, Learning Modules, established guidelines and current evidence. We currently host 64 Clinical Practice Support subject guides. You can view available guides through our high-level tiled landing page or alphabetically.
Engagement
We also kicked off promoting our services with our first zone visit to locations in Western Zone. We visited 8 hospitals over 3 days to chat about our support services. Over 150 staff members engaged with us during our visits, participating in a Scavenger Hunt aimed at helping to search for best practice guidance and set up a Dynamic Health account to track and export continuing education credits. We are looking forward to visiting the rest of the organization in 2025!
Collaborator Feedback
If you’ve collaborated with IPPL's Clinical Practice and Policy Team (adoption of Dynamic Health content, publication of a custom skill, package of skills in a Clinical Practice Support guide, etc.), then we want your input on our supports! Please use this form to provide feedback on your experience working with us.
Health Promotion in February and Dynamic Health Topics
February 2025 marks the promotion of:
- World Cancer Day, February 4
- Wear Red Day, February 13
- Mental Health Nurses Day, February 21
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 will get in touch!
World Cancer Day
- Disease & Condition Overviews
- Signs & Symptoms
- Skills
- Patient Handouts
Wear Red Day
- Disease & Condition Overviews
- Signs & Symptoms
- Skills
- Patient Handouts
Mental Health Nurses Day
- Disease & Condition Overviews
- Signs & Symptoms
- Skills
- Patient Handouts
- Leadership
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