PIPD Update May 16, 2025

 

CNE Update

🎉 Happy Nurses Week to everyone! 🎉

We hope you all know how much you are appreciated and how amazing you all are. 

Last week's blog, we asked you to answer either "why do you love working on PIPD?" or "What makes your fellow nurses so awesome?". Here's what PIPD nurses wrote:

- great teamwork!

- I like working on PIPD because there is always laughter at the units. 

- We work awesome together and always strive for the best.

- everyone always wants to help each other out!

- I love the staff

- the kiddos

- the team work makes any day seem do-able!

- what makes my coworkers so awesome is how helpful everyone is.

- What I love about PIPD nursing? trying to help patients and their family feel as much a part of the care team as possible and to provide as much comfort & peace in a hard situation.

- I love working on PIPD because the staff is so amazing, your coworkers are always there to help. There's resources in place to help you feel supportive. At the end of the day we all care about the kids and their safety and health.

- I know very few people who look forward to their work day in the same way I do. Working on PIPD is one of the most emotionally challenging and rewarding things I have done with my life; I wouldn't trade my experiences for anything.  

Prizes winners were announced on Facebook - prizes can be picked up in the small staffroom.

Here are some extra Kudos put up during Nursing Week:

NEW - There are 2 new reqs: "Microbiology" and "Serology & Viral Loads". They replace the paper req "Bacteriology/Mycolocy/TB/Parasitology req & the yellow virology req. You can still use SCM as you have been, but if you are needing to use the paper req for a test not on SCM, you are to use the new ones.

Reminder: AirTap slings - are SINGLE patient use only! When your patient is discharged, please THROW the sling (see picture) into the garbage. We don't want the Support Staff washing and hanging it in Walmart for re use. This memo is going out to the Support Staff as well so they are aware.

Glucose Gel has been added to PIPD Pyxis.  If needing it, please search for  “glucose gel (15g tube)” or  “dextrose dex4 gel 15g”.

From Sharon and Tammy:

We truly appreciate all of you and hope you enjoyed some treat's and kind messages during  Nurse's week. 

We had some challenging days this last week and wanted you to be aware of these resources. They are free of charge and available to all. 

https://www.3shealth.ca/pdfs/ebp-docs/TELUS Health EFAP/TELUS Health TMH brochure_April 2024.pdf

https://www.3shealth.ca/pdfs/ebp-docs/TELUS Health EFAP/TELUSHealthEFAP-FAQ.pdf

We wanted to share with you this note from one of our staff. This truly depicts what a great team this is as well as demonstrates the importance of collaboration and teamwork.  Thank you to each and everyone of you for all that you do to demonstrate this everyday. 

“I just wanted to say thank you to the PICU code team that came over to the ward last night for the code in 55. I have been part of quite a few codes on the unit over the years and I felt that the team last night was truly excellent in how they all worked together within their team and with our team on PIPD. The very quick response of the code team with the crash cart and the staff made such a huge impact to get things started as quickly as possible. I felt that the communication between teams and within teams was really clear, positive and respectful throughout the code. The code team was really great at asking us to do what they needed, knowing we aren’t PALS trained and needed some guidance on how to help them best (ie calling out when Epi was due next). Eddie was an excellent leader at the head of the bed, and I felt his communication was really clear with our recorder and the rest of the staff. There was really good feedback on CPR, and the tone throughout the code was very positive and respectful to all the people in the room. I was really impressed with how well everyone worked together between the two units, despite not knowing how the other works.  I felt the entire experience throughout the code to be very supportive and respectful to all staff in the room. Thank you for your leadership and creating that tone that lead us through a difficult start to shift.”

Our PIPD team was so amazing last night, it makes me so proud to work alongside these individuals. Robyn did a great job at calling a code quickly and stayed calm and present in the room to answer as many questions as possible even though it was just the start of her shift. Teri was helpful at the head of the bed with RT handling suction and supplies, Wade was on bolus duty at the foot of the bed, I was on CPR and supplies and Danae did an absolutely incredible job recording throughout the code on paper towel. There was lots of extra help outside the room from Maya and others for grabbing supplies, and all our other coworkers were holding down the units elsewhere during the start of the night.

 Danae did such an incredible job in charge last night, managing the code and the aftermath, as well as supporting the nursing staff and the physicians, she did a really amazing job as a leader throughout the whole situation.  I was so glad to be able to support Danae, Robyn and the physicians through this process and bring my knowledge and experience to help out as best as I can. Mandy and Maya were so great to help out with my patients in unit 1 so that I could fill that role for half of the night.

 Again, I am so proud of our team for coming together for the safety of the unit and the support of our coworkers. It truly was a beautiful example of how wonderful our crew is on PIPD!

Code Red: we had a code red drill on Wednesday and the staff that were on shift did very well in responding. Some takeaways from teh fire marshals that I thought were useful tips: 1. Fire Marshall vests need to be readily available. These are now in each unit (in the clear PPE stations) so that they are accessible at all times. 2. CN (Fire Marshall) will check in (vocera) with each unit to ensure that everyone accounted for. One person from each unit can verify that pts and staff are accounted for with response. A quick "all accounted for in unit __" over vocera is suffice. 3. Of note, if 2nd alarm is activated, (continuous chime) that is a signal to start clearing the hallways of any excess equipment to ensure we can move pts out if we need to progress to that. 

Measles: Please remember to review the measles tool kit if you haven't. https://www.saskhealthauthority.ca/intranet/departments-programs/quality-safety-and-information/infection-prevention-control-ipac/guidelines-and-toolkits/ipac-measles-toolkit.                 We encourage you to check in with OH&S if you require any measles vaccinations.

Thanks!! 

Happy Long Weekend! 😁