Photo showing 100% intake of a plate of food.
Photo showing 25% intake or “bites” of a plate of food.
Photo showing 50% intake of food on a plate.
Photo showing 75% intake of a plate of food.
Photo of a mannequin prepared to transfer using a crossed sling.
A clipart illustration suggesting advocacy, as featured in section 6.2 of Nursing Management and Professional Concepts textbook.
A clipart illustration suggesting autonomy, as featured in section 6.2 of the Nursing Management and Professional Concepts textbook.
Photo of a built-up plate.
Photo of built-up handles and weighted silverware.
Illustration showing an example of a communication board.
Illustration showing the communication process.
Photograph showing a comparison of Chest with Normal Anterior/Posterior Diameter (A) to a Barrel Chest(B) in a simulated patient.
In this toolkit, we will explore ways to maintain a compassionate presence in our interactions with students, families, and colleagues. The rationale for this work as described in the first circle (Compassion Resilience) on the school toolkit home page, points to many positive outcomes for us and others. It turns out that coming from a mindset of compassion greatly contributes to our job and life satisfaction.
Simply put, Compassion is concern for the wellbeing of others. It includes both the awareness of others’ distress coupled with a desire to alleviate it. At the same time that we desire to alleviate another’s distress, we also are confronted with the reality that we cannot “fix” another person’s pain. Throughout this toolkit we will explore our professional role in alleviating student, colleague and other’s distress while maintaining our well-being, in other words, we will focus on growing our compassion resilience.
Photo showing a cone to prevent hand contracture (left) and a palm protector (right).
Photo showing a covered cup.
An illustration of an algorithm based on the 2019 National Guidelines for Nursing Delegation that can be used when deciding if a nursing task can be delegated. Featured in section 3.4 of the Nursing Management and Professional Concepts textbook.
An illustration of how thoughts, feelings and behaviors are linked together.
Addressing health disparities and cultural sensitivity is considered a crucial skill in the healthcare sector. Adding topics of diversity and inclusion in your class curriculum will bring awareness to health inequities in healthcare systems and talk about ways advocate and create system change.
Photo showing proper heel placement of TED Hose.
An illustration suggestive of an ethics committee, as featured in section 6.4 of Nursing Management and Professional Concepts.