Writing in plain language matters. In Canada, it’s reported that nine million people have limited literacy skills, with over half of Canadians reading below a high school level. This is just one of the reasons why it is important to offer additional support to patients and families with easy-to-read, straightforward patient pamphlets. For more information about creating or updating patient pamphlets, please visit the Content Creator Toolkit. Please contact Pamphlets@nshealth.ca with any questions. You can search for pamphlets by title, keyword, or four-digit pamphlet number in the pamphlets catalogue, or view the complete listing of active titles in our Print Code Index.
The following pamphlets were updated or created in January 2024.
French Translations (en français)
FF85-1911 Timbre de nitroglycérine (English: QV85-0251)
FF85-2157 Se rétablir d’une fracture de la hanche : Hôpital régional Valley (English: WE85-2137)
FF85-1717 La thérapie photodynamique (English: WW85-0090)
FF85-1781 Hygiène des mains (English: WC85-1036) (previous title: L’hygiène des mains pour les patients, les résidents et les clients)
FF85-1784 Le diabète et les yeux (English: WW85-0459)
FF85-1920 Après une opération de l’oreille (English: WV85-1883)
Geriatrics
WT85-2221 Seniors Afternoon Out Program
WT85-2383 NEW Seniors Afternoon Out Program
Gynecology & Reproductive Health
WP85-2386 NEW After Pregnancy Loss - Eastern Zone
Hospitals
WX85-1598 Tuberculin Skin Test (TST)
Medications
QV85-0294 Beta Blockers
QV85-0613 ACE Inhibitors
QV85-0075 Statins
Musculoskeletal System
WE85-1221 Negative Pressure Wound Therapy - A Portable System for Advanced Wound Healing (previous title: Negative Pressure Wound Closure Therapy: A Portable System for Advanced Wound Healing)
Nephrology
WQ85-1493 Erythropoiesis-stimulating Agent (ESA) Therapy and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
WQ85-1495 Injectable Iron and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) (En français: FF85-2161)
WQ85-2385 Pruritus (Itchy Skin) and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
Nutrition & Food
LC85-0556 Tips for High-fibre Eating (French: FF85-2064)
LC85-0565 User-friendly Pulses - Preparing Dried Beans, Peas, and Lentils (En français: FF85-2081)
Oral Health
WU85-1690 After Your Wired Jaw Surgery
The following pamphlets were archived in January 2024:
WT85-1637 Social Connections
WT85-1644 Stages of Frailty
WT85-1645 Understanding Frailty
WT85-1870 Pre-frailty
WT85-1871 Mild Frailty
WT85-1872 Moderate Frailty
WT85-1873 Severe Frailty
WT85-1874 Very Severe Frailty
WT85-1875 Frailty
WB85-1824 Driver Evaluation Program (En français: FF85-2163)
FF85-2163 Programme d’évaluation des conducteurs (English: WB85-1824)
If a pamphlet that has been archived is still needed, please let us know as soon as possible and we will work with you to make it available again.
Kendell Fitzgerald
Librarian Educator
Central Zone
Dynamic Health round-up posts keep you informed about implementation and use of Dynamic Health at Nova Scotia Health. They highlight any new priority projects and events, as well as updates to our Workplace Notes and Custom Workplace Skills.
Updates: Reviewed Skills and Workplace Notes
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 we have a large list of updates due to our recent Skill Review push that closed January 31st, 2024. We continue to process submitted reviews and will report on more next month.
Reviewed: New Workplace Note
Reviewed: No Workplace Note
Highlights: One Year of Dynamic Health
February marks one year 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 26, 2024, that reflects our collective success this past year.
Dynamic Health is intended to make using evidence at the point-of-care easy for nursing and allied health care professionals. Using Dynamic Health procedures supports standardizing practice for nursing and allied health across the organization. Our implementation efforts target empowering leaders and staff to engage with evidence-based decision making through easy access to procedure level guidance. Procedures in Dynamic Health are reviewed and edited regularly by the publisher’s editorial team. Additionally, we track all changes from the publisher and cross-reference this information with all customizations made at Nova Scotia Health. Where relevant, we link to organization policy within Workplace Notes and Custom Skills.
The analytics above indicate excellent uptake in year one, with room to grow in terms of utilization of continuing education credits for individual professional development. We’re encouraged by the high number of Skills reviewed and annotated with Workplace Notes versus the more labour-intensive Custom Workplace Skills. Several groups have adopted Dynamic Health for nursing and allied health procedures. Dynamic Health continues to facilitate discussions about which nursing and allied health procedures require policy-level documentation versus practices that benefit from a procedure-first approach.
Health Promotion in February and Dynamic Health Topics
February 2024 marks the 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 will get in touch!
World Cancer Day
Wear Red Day
Mental Health Nurses Day
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