Keep GP details in your department
up-to-date
GPs' contact details change regularly! You can avoid DHB
reports/results/letters etc going to the wrong GP by making sure
you have the correct contact details. Simply click on the ‘I Want’
tab on OnePlace, and then on ‘Health Professionals Contact
Details’ and hey presto, you’re in business. This list is updated
daily. Alternatively, search Health Professionals Contacts List
on OnePlace or http://oneplaceapps/HealthProfessionals. You’ll
find every GP and doctor known to man (well, almost) in this list,
in alphabetical order. And if you are aware of any changes that
need to be made, please email
[email protected]
Stroke patient, Garry Hamnett
uses the Upper Limb kit as part of
his rehab.
Tauranga Hospital SCBU staff named
'Local Heroes'
Tauranga Hospital's Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) nurses are
the Breeze Radio station listeners local heroes.
Each week the Breeze listeners nominate people doing great
stuff in the community. Breakfast show hosts Mark and Jolene
presented SCBU Clinical Nurse Coordinator Marian Wordsworth
and Registered Nurse Nadine Heins with a $200 gift card in
recognition of the team’s work earlier this month.
Occupational Therapists
supporting patients to
self-manage rehab
By Fiona Craig, Occupational Therapist,
Tauranga Hospital.
Back in May, the Health-In-Aging Occupational
Therapy team had a bake sale to raise fu nds
for individualised rehab resources. We were
absolutely blown away by the support that we
received from staff across the hospital. We raised
around $600 so a huge thank you to you all!
The purpose of the fundraiser was to add to our collection of
individualised patient rehab resources and orientation charts. Our
Upper Limb resources really empower and engage patients to start
self-managing their therapy programmes and we wanted to build
on this.
We’ve now got five brand new individualised Upper Limb Resource
kits to add to our collection. The kits include hand grips, hand
weights, thera-putty and much more. Where appropriate, the kits will
be assigned to patients to use as part of their rehab. OTs and Allied
Health Assistants will monitor their progress and adapt tasks as they
progress. We’re also installing orientation charts beside each patient’s
bedside, supporting them to feel orientated and safe whilst in our care.
To date, we have trialled the kits with three patients. Feedback
from patients has been very positive. The rehab kits allow patients
to complete tasks and exercises at a pace that is best for them,
as many patients within HIA have difficulty with fatigue. The kits
also provide our patients with the opportunity to demonstrate
and discuss with families and friends how their rehab journey is
progressing and is a great way for families to contribute to their
programme. Often they want to help, but are unsure how.
We hope to continue expanding our collection of these resources.
Watching our patients progress and return to roles, activities and
things in their lives that are most important to them, makes us
strive further to create the right resources for their rehab.
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