Jul 25, 2016 | Featured Posts, Fraser Health (FH), Mental Health
As part of an overall strategy to promote personal and environmental safety for patients admitted to psychiatric settings in Fraser Health, best practice guidelines and a regional policy for levels of observation are in place across Fraser Health Mental Health and...
May 4, 2016 | Featured Posts, Island Health (VIHA), Mental Health
More than forty teams from across BC are participating in Releasing Time to Care (RT2C), an initiative developed by the National Health Service (NHS) in England to empower frontline staff in leading change that will improve patient care. The BC Patient Safety &...
Mar 8, 2016 | Featured Posts, Fraser Health (FH), Mental Health
A nurse working in one of Fraser Health’s Emergency Departments was violently assaulted by a patient last year. The assault left the nurse physically and emotionally harmed and, like other healthcare workers who have experienced similar incidents, return to work is...
Feb 22, 2016 | Featured Posts, Fraser Health (FH), Mental Health
Vital sign monitoring is the assessment of body temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure, and is often considered to be the baseline for determining a patient’s health status. When mental health patients have their vital signs assessed it’s...
