Applying BPG Recommendations - Scholarship Paper

The BPSO Champion webinars need to be completed prior to completion and submission of this scholarship paper that applies knowledge learned from the webinars and the RNAO Implementation toolkit to proposed implementation of one BPG recommendation in a specific organizational context.

The scholarship paper that applies knowledge learned from the webinars and the RNAO Implementation toolkit.

Scholarly paper:

 

The student will select only one recommendation from only one  of the six following BPGs.

1. Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (2013). Assessment and Management of Foot Ulcers for People with Diabetes (2nd ed.). Toronto, ON Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (p 21-22).

Recommendation 1:1 Identify the location and classification of foot ulcer (s) and measure length, width and depth of wound bed.

2. Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (2013). Assessment and Management of Pain, (3rd ed.). Toronto, ON: Registered Nurses Association of Ontario. (p. 19-20) 

Recommendation 1.1: Screen for the presence, or risk of, any type of pain: On admission or visit with a health care professional After a change of medical status, and Prior to, during, and after a procedure.

3. Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (2017). Preventing Falls and Reducing Harm from Falls (4th ed.). Toronto, ON: Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (p 25-27).

Recommendation 1:1 Screen all adults to identify those at risk for falls. Conduct screening as part of admission process, and after any significant change in health status, or at least annually. Screening should include the following approaches: Identifying a history of previous falls, identifying gait balance and / or mobility difficulties, Using clinical judgement.

 

4. Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (2002).  Establishing Therapeutic Relationships Toronto, ON: Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (p 20- 22).

Recommendation 2: Establishment of a therapeutic relationship requires reflective practice. The concept includes the required capacities of self-awareness, self-knowledge, empathy, awareness of boundaries, and limits of professional role.

5. Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (2011). Prevention of Constipation in the Older Adult Population. Toronto, ON: Registered Nurses

Recommendation 4: Identify the client’s functional abilities related to mobility, eating and drinking, and cognitive status related to abilities to communicate needs, and follow simple instructions.

6. Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (2015). Person Family Centred Care. Toronto, ON: Registered Nurses Association of Ontario Patient and Family Centred Care (p.31-34)

Recommendation 2.2 Engage with a person in a participatory model of decision-making, respecting the person’s right to choose the preferred interventions for their health by, Collaborating with the person to identify their priorities and goals for health care, Sharing information to an understanding of available options for health care so the person can make an informed decision, and Respecting the person as an expert on themselves and their life.