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In-Class Project Showcase DEC23
We’re fourth year nursing students and for our community placement this term we are working alongside the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO), Ontario Nurses for the Environment Interest Group (ONEIG), with the intent to lessen the waste that the healthcare system produces. The goal for our project is to raise awareness regarding the amount of waste healthcare workers are generating, within our healthcare system as it significantly adds to the adverse impacts on the environment and the health of our communities.
The primary objective of our community placement was to engage with and educate potential stem cell donors about the National Stem Cell Registry for the Canadian Blood Services. Our project’s end goal was to try to collect a minimum of 100 new volunteers aged 17-35 for the registry. To achieve this, we were tasked with setting up a booth in a high traffic area for Algonquin’s student population and distributing informative pamphlets and other similar educational materials to passersby. In addition to our assigned tasks, we took the initiative to facilitate informational presentations to classes of nursing students.
Our community health project is a Health Care Career Fair for the students of All Saints Catholic High School in Kanata. The Career Fair took place on November 21st from 8:30-11:00, teachers would bring down their class and have 20 mins to allow the students to walk through the fair, about 300 students walked through. Our career fair had several occupations including a Physician’s Assistant, Physiotherapist, Registered Nurse, Dental Hygienist, Nursing Students, SHSM Teachers, Laboratory Technologists, and Chiropractor. The students had a passport survey which required them to answer questions about the different careers regarding what they learned, if the fair reduced stress related to choosing future careers, if the fair sparked an interest in health care and what inspired them.
Our community health project is a Health Care Career Fair for the students of All Saints Catholic High School in Kanata. The Career Fair took place on November 21st from 8:30-11:00, teachers would bring down their class and have 20 mins to allow the students to walk through the fair, about 300 students walked through. Our career fair had several occupations including a Physician’s Assistant, Physiotherapist, Registered Nurse, Dental Hygienist, Nursing Students, SHSM Teachers, Laboratory Technologists, and Chiropractor. The students had a passport survey which required them to answer questions about the different careers regarding what they learned, if the fair reduced stress related to choosing future careers, if the fair sparked an interest in health care and what inspired them.
Our project was guided by Indigenous Services Canada at the First Nation Inuit and Métis Health Branch. The aim of our project was to create a literature review and to make recommendations on strategies to increase the awareness and HPV vaccine uptake in Indigenous youth. Specifically, involving the messaging, delivery platforms and culturally appropriate methods. Adapting strategies to cultural nuances with each community with required careful though with our project.
Throughout this semester, our team had the privilege of collaborating with the Healthy Growth and Development team at Ottawa Public Health. Our project revolved around the conception and design of readily accessible and comprehensive resources in the form of Wiki pages. These resources were meticulously crafted to encompass a wide spectrum of essential information concerning the intricacies of housing in Ottawa. This included, but was not limited to, details on subsidized housing, housing benefits, the shelter system, and a collection of invaluable general information tailored to the needs of the OPH staff.
The focus of our project for the Champlain Hospice Palliative Care Program (CHPCP) is to understand the informational needs of individuals experiencing grief and bereavement and analyze the pamphlets currently distributed by the organization. The purpose of the project is to provide recommendations to the organization on improving the existing pamphlets and how to implement it into their program.
The purpose of this project is to reduce falls that are occurring on two specific floors of Garry J. Armstrong Long Term Care Home (GJA). This placement worked to promote better health outcomes for residents living in the home through collaboration with Elizabeth Bruyere, Algonquin College and GJA. This was done by identifying gaps between Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) Best Practice Guidelines (BPG) “Preventing Falls and Reducing Injury from Falls” (RNAO, 2017) and the institution’s policies and procedures. From the gap analysis, important gaps were outlined such as education, communication, and collaborative needs that, when addressed, could help promote better health outcomes for residents.
The purpose of our community project, in collaboration with Ottawa Public Health and their social media team, was to engage young adults and gather their perspectives on flu vaccines. Our overarching goal was to raise awareness about the importance of flu vaccinations and to educate young adults on the risks of flu, the benefits of vaccination, and how to protect themselves and their communities. Through targeted social media campaign (via Instagram) and active engagement with the younger population, our project aimed to promote informed decision-making and encourage widespread flu vaccine uptake among this demographic.