TORONTO, April 30,
2024 /CNW/ - Evidence-based nursing care and its
impact on patients and residents will be on display at three media
conferences taking place during National Nursing Week (May
6–12).
Health organizations known as Best Practice Spotlight
Organizations® (BPSO®) will share their successes incorporating the
latest research and evidence in their day-to-day clinical practice
with tools developed by the Registered Nurses' Association of
Ontario (RNAO). BPSOs implement
and evaluate best practice guidelines (BPG) with coaching from
RNAO.
The guidelines cover a range of topics including person- and
family-centred care, transitions in care and services, falls
prevention, pressure injuries, perinatal depression, and harm
reduction approaches to substance use. These are some of the more
than 50 BPGs issued to date by RNAO.
"We congratulate these BPSOs for acting as stewards of
evidence-based practice. By supporting nurses and other health
professionals in implementing best practices, they are raising the
level of care they are providing," says RNAO President Dr.
Claudette Holloway, adding their
commitment to BPGs means better outcomes for the communities they
serve and the health system overall.
"These organizations are leaders in health care – part of a
network of 1,500 BPSOs at home and around the world that are
transforming care delivery through the power of person-centred care
and evidence-based nursing," says Dr. Doris
Grinspun, RNAO's CEO and founder of the BPG and BPSO
programs.
Nurses from health organizations in Toronto, Ottawa and Wingham will take part in the following
events:
- North Western Toronto Ontario Health
Team
Monday, May 6, 12
p.m. (noon)
Humber River
Hospital
1235 Wilson Avenue, Toronto, Ont., M3M 0B2 (Command Centre)
Contact: Joe Gorman
(416) 949-6316
jgorman@hrh.ca
- Archipel Ontario Health Team
Tuesday, May 7, 2
p.m.
Hôpital Montfort
713 Chemin Montreal,
Ottawa, K1K 0T2
Contact:
communications@Montfort.on.ca
- Braemar Nursing Home
Wednesday, May 8, 1:30
p.m.
719 Josephine Street,
N, Wingham, N0G
2W0
Contact: Archie
MacGowan
Administrator
519-357-3430 ext. 200
archie.macgowan@braemar-rc.com
RNAO's Best Practice Guideline (BPG) Program is funded by
Ontario's Ministry of Health. It
was envisioned by CEO Dr. Doris
Grinspun in 1998 and launched in 1999 to provide the best
available evidence for patient care across all health sectors and
settings, with more than 50 guidelines developed to date. The Best
Practice Spotlight Organization® (BPSO®) program supports service
and academic institutions that have formally agreed to implement
multiple RNAO BPGs over a three-year period, and evaluate their
impact on patients, organizations and health systems. Launched in
2003, the BPSO program now has more than 1,500 BPSOs in
Ontario, Canada and
internationally.
The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association
representing registered nurses, nurse practitioners and nursing
students in Ontario. Since 1925,
RNAO has advocated for healthy public policy, promoted excellence
in nursing practice, increased nurses' contribution to shaping the
health system, and influenced decisions that affect nurses and the
public we serve. For more information about RNAO, visit RNAO.ca or
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SOURCE Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario