{"id":13744,"date":"2016-12-07T10:30:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T15:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.229.122.34\/?p=13744\/"},"modified":"2021-02-17T10:55:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T15:55:07","slug":"patient-family-nominated-kind-compassionate-nurses-for-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/uncategorized\/patient-family-nominated-kind-compassionate-nurses-for-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient family nominated kind, compassionate nurses for award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jacqueline Long (front, with walker) and her family presented the 4 West Transitional Care Unit with the Team Nursing Award for the kindness and compassion the nurses showed to her.<\/em><\/p>\n

Compassion, smiles, kind hellos, and time spent listening \u2013 that\u2019s why a patient family nominated the 4 West team for The Ottawa Hospital\u2019s annual Team Nursing Award.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir smiles and kind hellos always made our family feel welcome,\u201d said Jennifer Long, who, along with her family, presented the award to the 4 West Transitional Care Unit in November at the Nursing Recognition Celebration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey found time in their busy schedules to sit on the edge of the bed and joined the circle of our friends and family,\u201d said Jennifer Long. \u201cTheir compassion not only enriched the life of our mother while in hospital, but reached out and touched our hearts with every visit, and for that we are truly grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nurses on the 4 West team set up a puzzle table for patient Jacqueline Long and shared their own cultural origins so she could update her world map.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe gesture of printing up a pretend \u2018plane ticket\u2019 in response to a wish of our mother\u2019s was very touching and made her feel special,\u201d said Jennifer Long.<\/p>\n

Caiti Ford, Clinical Manager on 4 West, said the nurses skilfully deliver care that focuses on each patient\u2019s individual needs and goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cTime and again I have seen them go above and beyond, thinking outside the box, to ensure that our patients are safe and feel well cared for,\u201d Ford said. \u201cI am proud to work with a group that, I feel, embraces the TOH vision.\u201d<\/p>\n

The annual Nursing Recognition Celebration honours the many nurses who are making a difference at The Ottawa Hospital.<\/p>\n

Rhonda Harrison-Davis<\/strong> was nominated by her peers and won the Wendy Nicklin Professional Image of Nursing Award. She planned and led the annual WHO (World Health Organization) hand hygiene day to increase nursing, physician, and support staff awareness of the uniqueness of their environment.<\/p>\n

Natalie Paterson<\/strong> won the peer-nominated Sue Robblee Clinical Practice Award for her skill and ability to de-escalate high stress situations in a professional, calm and respectful manner. She cares for patients with great compassion, often going above and beyond to accommodate the needs of her patients and their families.<\/p>\n

Ruby Saculles<\/strong> won the Dr. Ginette Lemire-Rodger Nursing Quality Improvement Award. She co-led an initiative to improve nursing practices on surgical drains and percutaneous tube management. She engaged her colleagues in a focus group and helped develop patient education material, which continues to enhance the patient experience.<\/p>\n

Julie Chin<\/strong> and Lee Petrin<\/strong> won the peer-nominated Annual Nursing Education Award for taking on education work beyond their regular duties. They organized, developed and implemented a full-day education session for 50 of their colleagues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jacqueline Long (front, with walker) and her family presented the 4 West Transitional Care Unit with the Team Nursing Award for the kindness and compassion the nurses showed to her. Compassion, smiles, kind hellos, and time spent listening \u2013 that\u2019s why a patient family nominated the 4 West team for The Ottawa Hospital\u2019s annual Team […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":13745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}