Get ready for a series of rapid-fire presentations that promise to be informative, entertaining, and thought-provoking!
In this event, seven speakers will each have six minutes to captivate you with their ideas and stories.
4. What it takes to care (Shauna Brady)Whether you are a spouse, partner, parent, child, family member or friend providing care on a regular basis to someone with a chronic disease, is challenging. It is time consuming, and it can be frustrating. You understand the burden of ‘what it takes to care’. In this short 6-minute presentation, get an update on how caring for someone suffering with multiple sclerosis (MS) is difficult but rewarding. The role of a caregiver is an important one, albeit not an easy one. They are sometimes forgotten as ‘living the experience’ too. Though physically and emotionally exhausting due to the unpredictable and chronic nature of the disease, the support partner role may change from one day to another or over time as the disease progresses. Our clinic recognized the need for caregivers to learn more about this disease and how to help manage common symptoms. This is to help improve the quality of life for both the patient and themselves. Realizing that the support partner and the person with MS are in this together and that living with MS requires a team effort. It is a partnership that grows and evolves over time. Though focused on multiple sclerosis, this pecha kucha talk is applicable to a caregiver for any neurological disease. Stressing the importance of understanding the disease, taking care of themselves, caregiver facts and how being a caregiver can be satisfying.
5. When to pick the nose - Intranasal Midazolam for Seizure Rescue (Hayley Lane)When a person is seizing, rapid administration of a benzodiazepine is key to providing care. For inpatients, the traditional route of administration is intravenous lorazepam, however, the intravenous route is not always possible, and maintaining a saline-lock long term is not possible. Some patients are also needle-phobic, and patients with cognitive impairment may not be able to keep an IV in long term. Intranasal Midazolam is a non-invasive and equally effective way to administer a rescue benzodiazepine during seizure activity. Caregivers and family members can also be taught how to administer intranasal midazolam in the community as part of a person's seizure response plan. The goal of this Pecha Kucha is to raise awareness of this route of administration and briefly discuss possible applications to practice.
6. Your Patient is Palliative- Now What? A Transition to Comfort Care (Lynda Ryall-Henke)In the Neuroscience clinical unit, nurses may care for patients at the end of life. This can be due to a sudden and unexpected event or a natural consequence of the chronic disease that they suffer. Through appropriate palliative care, nurses can assist the patient and family to a comfortable death. Not all nurses are familiar with end of life care and the focus of this presentation will be to share ideas and evidence using the
Ontario Palliative Care Network’s framework to strengthen this part of the patient care journey.
In particular this presentation will discuss suggestions around concepts of palliative care in the acute care environment, ways to help promote dignity of the person/family and acknowledge the moral dilemma the nurse may be experiencing. Throughout the presentation there will be opportunity for the participants to engage with the concepts and through the use of case studies the audience will become active learners. The intended outcome of the presentation will be improved confidence in facilitating end of life decisions and the discussion of advance care planning. Too often nurses struggle to assist the patient and family to make informed decisions that align with their values and goals.
