Authors (including presenting author) :
Wong WH(1), Lau SH(1)
Affiliation :
(1) Central Nursing Division / Princess Margaret Hospital
Introduction :
Nurse Consultants (NC) and Associated Nurse Consultants (ANC) played an important role in evidence-based nursing care practice and nursing service development. Their experience was worth sharing for overall improvement and promoting collaboration across different specialties. Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) would like to facilitate experience sharing among them and PMH nurses. Thus, the “Nursing Clinical Excellence Series” (NCES) was established to provide a platform for sharing experiences and facilitating the adoption of the latest nursing practices in different specialties. The sharing would also stimulate new service enhancement.
Objectives :
The objectives of the program were:
1: To promote experience sharing among clinical and non-clinical professionals
2: To provide a platform for interprofessional communication
3: To facilitate adaptation of the latest nursing practice across specialties
4: To stimulate brainstorming of service development
5: To allow knowledge and experience exchange among specialties/professionals
Methodology :
An invitation letter was sent to clinical and non-clinical professional staff for their sharing. Promulgation via the intranet, management meeting, email, and poster was recruited. The sharing lasted for one hour which matched the modern trend of “Bite-Sized Learning”. NCES was held during the “shift handover” overlap period to facilitate nursing staff to join. In addition to arranging a physical venue for the training, a ZOOM meeting link was prepared to facilitate distance learning. The link was also shared with the North Lantau Hospital (NLTH) to promote the sharing. Continue Nursing Education (CNE) point was applied and light drinks were provided to promote participation. Return demonstration and post-training discussion were recruited for those staff who attended in person to enhance idea exchange. After training, presentation files were shared with all PMH and NLTH nurses for their reference or self-learning. They were welcome to seek advice from the professionals on their quality improvement initiatives.
Result & Outcome :
20 sessions of sharing were organized with over 800 attendances in total. The sharing sessions were conducted by pharmacists, librarian, Quality and safety specialist, Infection Control specialist, Cancer Case Manager, and NCs in various specialties. Topic covered “Technique in searching journals for the evidence-based project”, “Clinical Pharmacology”, “Advanced Nursing Practice” and “New nursing specialty service trend and enhancement”. Workshop and skill stations were involved in some sessions to enhance participant’s exposure. Over 95% of participants agreed that the sharing was practical and enriched their knowledge. 94% of participants were satisfied with the training as a whole and will recommend others to join the program. The sharing was fully supported by the Cluster General Manager (Nursing) and inspired several new evidence-based and clinical quality improvement projects.
