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RESIDENTS: Intensive training That amount of outpatient experience is something the residents wouldn’t easily find elsewhere, says Chief Resident Jennifer Flemming. “Other training programs lean heavily towards inpatient care, which we do get at Kingston General Hospital. Our program is unique, though, for the amount of time we spend in the ambulatory setting,” she says, noting that about two-thirds of the program takes place at Hotel Dieu. “A big part of GI work is chronic disease management—seeing outpatients with liver disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome or Hepatitis C, for instance—and we’re fortunate to be gaining skills in that side of our specialty at Hotel Dieu.” As if rounds, clinics, consults and colonoscopies don’t keep the residents busy enough, they also dig into research projects, including current studies on improving patient prep for colonoscopies. “Patients are the big winners when we train GI residents,” say Dr. Hookey, “because our teaching practice in the residency program is very intensive and very hands-on. “For patients, that means high-quality, safe care now, when they’re helping us with training, and in the future, when they encounter our graduates as full-fledged, excellent specialists.” All aboard for 3SO Stores Clerk Tom Greenis put a new scanning unit through its paces recently as Hotel Dieu “on boarded” with 3S0 (Shared Support Services Southeastern Ontario), a not-for-profit organization that provides supply chain services to its member healthcare organizations. 3S0’s mandate is to improve service levels and maximize efficiencies to achieve savings that can be reinvested in direct patient care. Monthly news & information for and about the Hotel Dieu Hospital community. Leading Care. Changing Lives. Thank you for the warm coats, warm hearts This year, our community generously donated more than 360 coats and winter items to the Hotel Dieu Hospital Annual Coat Drive. We had about 350 visits to the coat room and 310 coats and snow suits ended up in the hands of those in need as well as numerous sweaters, hats, scarves and gloves. The HDH Pastoral Care Department extends its deepest thanks to everyone who made this gift of warmth to those in need. And thanks, too, to the 14 volunteers who kindly served those who visited our coat room weekdays from November 1, 2010 to the end of January 2011. The HDH Pastoral Care Department looks forward to serving the community again next winter! 36 HospiTal News, February 2011 www.hospitalnews.com Do you know a Nursing Hero? COMMITMENT DEDICATION COMPASSION LEADERSHIP 6th Annual Nursing Hero Award Hospital News’ 6th Annual Nursing Hero Awards Look around you. Have you been inspired, encouraged or empowered by an employee or a colleague? Have you or your loved one been touched by the care and compassion of an outstanding nurse? Do you know a nurse who has gone above and beyond the call of duty? Now is your chance to acknowledge and recognize the nursing heroes in your facility or community. Look around you. Have you been inspired, encouraged or empowered by an employee or a colleague? Have you or your loved one been touched by the care and compassion of an outstanding nurse? Do you know a nurse who has gone above and beyond the call of duty? Now is your chance to acknowledge and recognize the nursing heroes in your facility or community. Hospital News will once again salute nursing heroes through our annual National Nursing Week contest. We hope you will share your stories with us so that we can highlight the exceptional work that our nurses are doing and how they touch our lives. Hospital News will once again salute nursing heroes through our annual National Nursing Week contest. We hope you will share your stories with us so Stories/letters that we can be highlight submitted by the patients exceptional or patients’ work family members, that our colleagues nurses are or doing managers. Please submit by April 11th and make sure that your entry contains the following and information: how they touch our lives. Stories/letters can be submitted by patients � Full name of the nurse or patients’ family members, colleagues or managers. Please submit by April � Facility where he/she worked at the time 11th and � Your make contact sure information that your entry contains the following information: • � Your Full nursing name hero of story the nurse, facility where he/she worked at the time • Your contact information and your nursing hero story Please email submissions to editor@hospitalnews.com or mail to: Hospital News, 405 The West Mall, Suite 110, Etobicoke, ON, M9C 5J1 Please email submissions to editor@hospitalnews.com or mail to: Hospital News, 405 The West Mall, Suite 110, Etobicoke, ON, M9C 5J1 update
Leading Care. Changing Lives. update In denial about your heart health? It’s a statistic that falls into the category of “wake-up call.” On the first day of Heart Month—Feb. 1—the Heart and Stroke Foundation released its 2011 Report on Canadians’ Health, which warns that nine out of 10 Canadians are jeopardizing the quality and length of their lives. The report states that almost 90 per cent of Canadians rate themselves as healthy when, in fact, nine out of 10 people have at least one risk factor for heart disease and stroke. The Foundation found that many Canadians are in denial about their risk factors for heart disease such as being overweight and being physically inactive—risk factors they can manage and control. “These are modifiable risk factors that don’t cost our health care system money and that translate into better health. But we need a big culture change to make them a daily fact of life,” says Dr. Chris Simpson, chief of cardiology at Queen’s University and medical director of the cardiac program at Hotel Dieu Dr. Chris Simpson and Kingston General Hospital. While the report indicates that Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington ranks as the least lazy among the three dozen public health unit regions in Ontario—36 per cent of adults from this region admit to being physically inactive during their leisure time, well below the provincial average of 49.3 per cent—our region’s obesity rate is almost four points higher than the provincial average. Dr. Simpson says the obesity statistic is a loud alarm bell, particularly as obesity rates for younger people keep climbing. “The teenager who starts adulthood at 250 pounds is already in trouble,” he says. “That person is destined to develop coronary disease in their 40s along with high blood pressure and diabetes.” For people in their 20s, 30s, 40s, he predicts an increase in heart problem in the next two decades. “I think we’re at point where people know what’s bad for them—high blood pressure, being overweight, not eating enough fruits and vegetables. But the data show a disconnect between how well people think they’re doing and how well they’re actually doing with respect to heart health risk factors.” Fixing that disconnect so that people really “walk the talk” of good heart health is the challenge ahead, he says. “We’ve seen how a very big effort has helped to reduce smoking rates, although they still need to drop further,” he says. “It shows that Monthly news & information for and about the Hotel Dieu Hospital community. � � � � � � � � concerted, multi-pronged efforts to change behaviours can work. “Now we need to commit as much time and energy to reducing inactivity and obesity.” Interested in learning if you’re at risk for heart disease? Check out the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s new (and free!) application called My Heart&Stroke Health App. It gives users an overview of their health and health risks, plus tips for healthier living. The results can, and should, be shared with the user’s healthcare providers, advises the Heart and Stroke Foundation. WHAT YOU CAN DO Don’t cut your life short. Be your own health advocate: Have your healthcare provider talk to you about your weight and measure your waist. Achieve and maintain a healthy weight by following a hearthealthy diet that is low in fat and sodium, and high in vegetables and fruit. Be physically active on a regular basis. Walking is a great first step. Know and control your blood pressure and cholesterol levels. If you’re a smoker, work with your healthcare provider to help you quit. Manage your diabetes. Limit alcohol use. Reduce stress. VOLUNTEERS WANTED The University Hospitals Kingston Foundation is looking for volunteers to lend a hand at special events in support of our hospitals, including the • • • Kids for Kids Hockey Tournament Mar. 24-27, Gardening Festival Mar. 4-6 and at golf tournaments throughout the summer. We’ll match your skills and interests to our activities and volunteer duties. Please contact Lori Faggiani, 613-549-5452, ext. 5918 or lori.faggiani@uhkf
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