S.P.A.N.C.

This blog is meant to be a place for Sunnybrook Peri-Anesthesia Nurses (Pre-Admission Centre, Same Day Surgery, Post Anesthetic Are Unit and Surgical Short Stay Unit) to stay in communication with each other and to be up-to-date with concerns regarding the Peri-Anesthesia Department. The Purpose of S.P.A.N.C is •To re-implement a unit based council •to identify the unique role of the Peri-anesthesia nurse and to help staff from other areas understand what it is that we do •to create a collegial atmosphere for sharing our professional experiences within the subgroups of Peri-anesthesia •to facilitate open discussion and priority of issues relating to professional practice, education and research that impact on the quality of our work life and thereby affect positive outcomes for our patients and their families.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

SPANC Meeting Minutes

SPANC Meeting Minutes
Thursday April 3, 2008

In Attendance
Carol Deriet, PCM
Ramona Hackett, CE
Betty Mannino, RN PACU
Sandi Weir, RN PACU
Pam Giroux, RN PAC
Seema Ratanshi, RN SSSU

Meeting Commenced at 18:10

Minutes from Jan 31, 2008 amended. Staff representation at S.P.A.N.C. to include only RN’s from the Peri-Anesthesia group for now.

Meeting Times: the group agreed that lunch times work best as it is difficult to commit to after work hours for meetings. Also, with having meeting over lunch hours, more RN’s may be willing to attend SPANC. Agreed that the first Wednesday of each month (after Nursing Council) a SPANC meeting will be held between 11:30-13:30. Carol and Ramona will be unavailable for the first Wed in May; however on May 14, 2008 room MB206 has been booked for our meeting. June 4, 2008 room MB206 has also been booked.
These lunch sessions can be more of a drop in to facilitate more input from more RN’s across the peri-anesthesia group.

Nursing Council Structure
We need to consider how we want to structure out group. Do we want a Primary leader, co-chairs, representative from each sub-group?
For now, the group has decided that Betty Mannino will be SPANC’s representative at Corporate Nursing Council meetings which are held on the last Wednesday of each month.
It was also suggested that one person from each sub-group could attend every month so everyone can have an opportunity to see what council is all about.

Update from Betty on Nursing Council Meeting Agenda for March 2008

*Recertification for WHIMIS
*Nurse Externs (STUDENT NURSES) to work at SHCS during the summer months (not in Peri-anesthesia) to ease the transition from student RN to Graduate RN.
*Nursing Nomination Forms: RN Research, Education, and Best Practice. Can nominate individuals, or a group. Review Nurses week web page for further details. Nominations are due April 18, 2008. Submit to Dawn Ashman or to Frances Flint.
*The Allergy Documentation Record expected by the end of April.
*The Double Check Policy’ Implemented for high-risk drugs. The goal is a systematic approach to double checking drugs. Target date is June 2008. It will be a standard for accreditation for 2009.
*Look for the DNR Documentation Record Sheet in the FRONT of the chart by the end of April *The DNR Confirmation Form” mandated by the Ministry of Health by the EMS.
Braden Scale documentation record. revised. A more objective format due end of April.
*Nursing Voice wants your written articles. Submission of articles to nursing council can be done online or given to Betty .
*All nurses are reminded to watch the VTE Web Video http://mysb/data/dre/vte/player.html

Blog Feedback: Not everyone is familiar with the concept of a Blog, but those who have looked at it seem to like the idea. Sandi suggested weekly trivia quizzes/ case studies. Ramona has also been interviewing nurses and will post the interviews on the blog. The idea is to continue getting to know each other amongst our varying subgroups. A Journal Club has been suggested to keep our nurses current, or give them ‘Food for Thought’

Nursing Week is May 12-18
Betty has poster ideas; they will be forwarded to Frances Flint. All members of SPANC agreed that we need to have representation this year. We will work on posters, and also design a tour so that other staff from around Sunnybrook will have an idea of who we are, where we work, and what we do.
Projects:
Subgroups can start working on Revision of unit pamphlets
Best Practice: Airway Management, throughout all the areas. Ie: Home CPAP, Extubation etc.
Policy & Procedures. There has been a discharge policy draft for review in PACU. So Far, no RN has commented on it. Input is requested so that changes can be made while the policy is still in draft form.
There will be more Policies and Procedures that need to be implemented across all groups
Ultimate goal is to work together andpresent at an OPANA meeting.

Meeting Adjourned 19:55
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