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TEACHING NURSING COMMUNITY PLACEMENT

So beyond proud of my Humber Polytechnic Nursing students this semester!

They beat the odds with their health promotion event today that saw over 300 students come through, despite it being a snow storm on a Friday the 13th in the middle of March! (Free popcorn helps!)

They have put in so much work this semester in their Community Nursing placement to thoroughly assess their community, ensuring that their health promotion strategy on Nutrition would meaningfully address the needs of the Humber student population.

Based on the priorities identified by the community, they planned a great event and developed educational games and validated evidence-based content.

Through intersectoral collaboration, they were even able to bring in collaborators like the Grab & Go Food Bank from Liberal Arts and Nutrition Club from the Food & Nutrition Programs and truly delivered an engaging and impressive event!

Such incredible work already, but the semester isn't quite over yet! Following the nursing process, their next step will be to evaluate the efficacy of their project and promote its sustainability through resources to hand off to our hosting agency, the Student Wellness & Accessibility Center.

What a joy it is to teach an impressive group of future nurses!

SENIORS CARE & END OF LIFE CARE EDUCATION

At Mackenzie Health, seniors care is an organizational priority, driven by a multifaceted strategy targeting various opportunities to improve seniors care.

I had the pleasure of organizing a corporate Seniors Care and End of Life Care education day through Professional Practice for our nursing staff, with facilitators and speakers across diverse roles and specialties, including nursing educators, physicians, directors, managers, and other practice leaders.

Topics covered seniors friendly care strategies and services, patient mobilization, a delirium prevention model of care, nursing considerations in a palliative approach to care, communication and compassion in the death process, and review of clinical practices around Coroner's cases and Trillium Gift of Life, among more.

A small, but important, step in the ongoing efforts to foster a culture of senior friendly care and promote best practice in patient care delivery for our senior and end of life populations.

NURSES WEEK 2025

The theme of this year's nurses' week is the power of nurses to transform health. What better way to honor that theme than having a showcase of how nurses on the front lines nurses are transforming our organization every day through their work in our Unit Councils, Champion and Coach programs, and our other Mackenzie Health departmental programs!

This year, I had the honor of planning the Nursing Transformation Showcase events this week at both sites of Mackenzie Health hospitals. It was inspiring to see the enthusiasm of front line nurses sharing the innovation, quality and patient safety work they are doing through these programs and teams. They are empowering our front-line nurses, driving excellence in patient care, and elevating our organization truly from the ground up each day!

Pictured are some of my amazing nursing colleagues during this nursing week, and the Professional Practice team with whom I have had the pleasure of working for the past year!

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