Yes, washing your hands does make sense. If only the germs we carry were as obvious as in this video. Hopefully more videos will help healthcare professionals realize the large image a small behaviour change can make. Cite this… (new window)
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Patients come and go, admitted and discharge. Hopefully they are well enough to return home, or at least guided to the appropriate re-entry point into the healthcare system. Unfortunately this is not always the case. Due to various complex issues of coordination, funding, and established healthcare organizations patients are not always at the centre of [...]
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Last night I had the extraordinary pleasure of walking up to shake the hand of the Chancellor of the University of Toronto and accept my Masters of Nursing. While the president of the university did invoked a latin pronouncement no magic happened, no spell was cast or special powers were unlocked. A simple change to [...]
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The Article: Fostering implementation of health services research findings into practice: a consolidated framework for advancing implementation science Big Idea: Increased interest in implementation science has lead to a number of different theories about how to turn research into practice behaviours. However, each one is a bit different and leaves out key elements. This study [...]
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Recently I was reading a post by Nursetopia Be You: It is easy to look at a leader or colleague and think, “Wow, I’d really like to be like her/him.” I have had my fair share of those thoughts, and sometimes I still do. When I start to think that way, though, I try [...]
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As fall is upon us men and women, young and old are entering nursing classrooms and learning environments around the world. Whether diploma, degree, graduate students or PhD research there is so much to learn. No matter how much you learn, there is so much that is not being taught. As my undergraduate is further [...]
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The problem is Google forgot how the internet works, and this why Google Health failed. For those of you who missed it, Google Health was a personal health record (a place to track your health information) that launched a few years ago and Google recently decide to slowly shut down. Now what I mean by [...]
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As many of you may know, I recently finished my courses for my Masters of Nursing at the University of Toronto (a university in the heart of Toronto). This brings about a new phase in life, the job search, which I hope to write more about in the next coming weeks. However, I’ve been blessed [...]
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Focus, it is something we are constantly struggling for in today’s world, in so many ways. I’ve recently come to the idea that along with the increased focus in my life I want to bring that focus on my use of technology. One way that I think my life is out of focus is mobile [...]
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Jared Sinclair recently asked me if I had seen “Keep your crisis small” by Ed Catmall President of Pixar (creators of Toy Story). The talk was recorded at a Stanford Business School event. It is a fantastic lecture on why business fail, which learns from Pixar’s success. It is a great video and worth watching if [...]
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