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April 23, 2009 Edition
NEWS
A very special programme for the Awards of Excellence Breakfast
There will be even more cause to celebrate during this year’s Awards of Excellence Breakfast, as the MCH Foundation will officially launch the next phase of The Best Care for Children Campaign to build the new MCH-the Staff Campaign. + [1]
Message from Dr. Harvey Guyda, Associate Executive Director, MCH
Transition from pediatric to adult care
The MUHC has established a Transition Department to oversee and facilitate the numerous changes required for the redevelopment of the MUHC... + [2]
Nursing shortage felt coast to coast and around the world
MCH uses creative strategies to recruit and retain nurses
Canada's nursing shortage has reached what many are calling critical proportions. The Canadian Nursing Association anticipates Canada will be short 78,000 registered nurses by 2011 and 113,000 by 2016. The Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services predicts the province will be short 21,000 nurses by 2018. + [3]
One-third of Canadian nurses report on-the-job abuse from patients
Stats Canada recently published a detailed report on the issue of patient abuse of nurses in the healthcare setting. + [4]
Post-op instructions for patients now available on MCH Website
Nurse Thao Le has recently coordinated revisions to a number of post-op instructions for patients. Parents and caregivers can now download information on caring for children at home after day surgery, herniorrhaphy, hydrocelectomy, or an orchidopexy, insertion of P.E. tubes, circumcision, laser treatment, otoplasty and strabismus surgery.
To see the complete list, go to the Pre-Operative Assessment Clinic page [5] in the department section of the MCH Website.
MCH and MUHC collaborate on Quebec Action Plan for Asthma
Since 2004, Quebec’s Conseil du medicament has made asthma one of its priorities, and within the context of developing optimal usage of medications for asthma, the Conseil developed l'Outil d’aide à la decision dans le traitement de l’asthme in 2006. They followed this in 2007 with the Plan d’action pour l’asthme with the objective of helping patients control their asthma and prevent asthma attacks. In the course of developing this action plan, it became apparent that an action plan for the emergency setting was needed, which resulted in the Plan d’action pour les crises d’asthme – situation urgence.
This helpful tool was designed to help healthcare professionals in emergency work with patients suffering from asthma attacks. The Action Plan was developed in collaboration with the MUHC and many experts in the field. Among those participating was MCH emergency physician Dr. Dominic Chalut.
Date: Thursday, May 14
Time: 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
Room: C-1112
RSVP: Terry at 24307
Presented by the Quality of Life at Work Committee
Caring for Kids Radiothon just days away!
On Thursday, April 30, your favourite hosts from Astral Media Radio’s CHOM 97.7, CJAD 800 and Virgin Radio 96 will broadcast live from the MCH cafeteria for the annual Caring for Kids Radiothon to raise funds for the MCH. + [12]
Live Healthy, Live Happy: one-day fair promotes healthy living for kids
The McGill University Medical Students’ Society is organizing a day-long health fair for parents and others interested in children’s health and well-being. + [13]
Celebrating Nursing Excellence at the MCH
The 2009 MCH Nursing Awards of Excellence Committee is pleased to announce the names of this year's recipients of the Nursing Awards of Excellence:
Nursing Practice - Clelia Coccia
Nursing Leadership - Nadia Eldaoud
Nursing Professional Development - Lisa Carruthers
Nursing Assistant/Patient Care Attendant - Donna Sullivan
Nursing Partners in Practice - Yann Djellid
“I love life,” says Dr. Jean-Martin Laberge. “I am a very optimistic person. And I think that if you treat others the way you would like to be treated then you are one step ahead.” + [16]
OUR HEROS
Inspiring a community through courage
Last winter, in support of their star goaltender, each member of the team shaved their head just before Marc began to lose his own hair to chemotherapy. This act of solidarity touched many people in Marc’s community of St-Lazare, and inspired a chain of fundraising efforts, all in support of Marc. + [17]
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[5] http://thechildren.com/en/departments/index.aspx?myDep=P&ID=121
[6] http://www.cdm.gouv.qc.ca/site/66.122.0.0.1.0.phtml
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[11] http://harveyguyda.ca/main/
[12] http://thechildren.com/en/news/events.aspx?id=413
[13] http://thechildren.com/en/news/events.aspx?id=406
[14] http://www.montrealchildrenportal.com
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[16] http://thechildren.com/en/news/news.aspx?id=665
[17] http://thechildren.com/en/patients/stories.aspx?id=102
[18] http://thechildren.com/en/news/news.aspx?id=640
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[22] http://thechildren.com/en/news/news.aspx?id=507