Movement =
Improvement
Building on the ‘Dressed is Best’ movement
to prevent patient deconditioning in hospital,
Allied Health staff are introducing other
programmes to encourage patients to be up
and about.
In the Medical ward, the team has recently trialled providing
an exercise class. Feedback has been positive, one woman
commented that she usually attends Sport Bay of Plenty’s Keep
on Your Feet classes, so it was good for her to have a similar thing
to do in hospital.
The team has also been providing one on one
Movement=Improvement for patients in the medical and surgical
wards. And are in the process of developing a Movement =
Improvement exercise plan for patients to do independently.
Left to right: Student physiotherapist Chris Tirtawijaya, OT Ellise Robinson,
Physiotherapist Abigail Kolo'ofa'I, OT Loren Thomas and Health Care Assistant
Millie Heath.
Research shows that patients have a shorter length of stay if they
are able to be active in hospital.
Special Care Baby
Unit (SCBU) Good
to Go Jigsaw
Ko Matiriki Maternity Midwifery Manager,
Imogen Davis, and the SCBU team have
created a simple visual tool to show their
families and whānau the steps that need to
happen before baby can go home.
The Discharge Jigsaw idea developed from feedback from a
member of the team, reflecting on her own experience of having
a baby in SCBU. The jigsaw starts off red, with each puzzle piece
representing a clinical step that needs to be met before discharge.
Each red puzzle piece is replaced with a green piece, as the baby
progresses to being able to go home. All green – means baby is
good to go. The Discharge Jigsaw is currently being tested with
whānau in SCBU, and initial feedback is very positive.
Ko Matiriki Maternity Midwifery Manager, Imogen Davis (centre) with nurses
Katherine Dumaual and Dulcie Pastrana and the SCBU 'Good to Go' jigsaw.
Absent SCBU nurses Rosie Anand, Kellie Butler, Maureen Hickey, Elizabeth
Paul, Vigi Varghese and Steph Rowson (on maternity leave).
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