Student practice news

See revisions to care standard: Nursing - Post-anesthetic care unit.

Please see important information and dates related to the Influenza Control Policy.

Find important medication safety information related to insulin pen and safety needles.

Find medication safety information focused on long-acting insulins.

Learn about changes to the implantable cardiac electrical devices: care of patients requiring - clinical practice guideline.

Learn about the revision to the clinical decision support tool: Social work content endorsement process clinical procedure

Review the requirements for vaccine documentation.

Learn about new corporate polices for medical purposes and non-medical purposes cannabis.

Learn about medication practice changes for multi-dose vial labeling, vaccine documentation and transdermal medication patches.

Learn about the order entry update regarding: Microbiology procedure HEART now orderable for heart valve tissue

Learn about new clinical decision support tools.

Learn about two new folders that will be added to Meditech Enterprise Medical Record (EMR).

Learn about the latest revisions to clinical decision support tools.

Learn about the revisions to the Patient’s Own Medications policy.

MIC/VIRAP and lab/flu orders will not be orderable.

Find information about a new clinical decision support tool that may impact your practice.

See update about Alaris IV pumps.

Frequently asked questions about obtaining Fraser Health Windows user account and login information for electronic documentation systems.

Learn about the safety plan: Mental Health and Substance Use – suicide risk management clinical decision support tool.

Learn about oral health clinical protocols that must be followed when completing student placements.

Notification and handling of Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) for Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease (CJD) testing.

Fraser Health regional Pre-Printed Order for bowel care has been revised.

The regional Pre-Printed Order for primary hemorrhage has been revised to include updates on evidence-based practices with the Canadian Heart & Stroke best practice recommendations.

Placing coordinators are reminded to release student names and enter placement dates in the Health Sciences Placement network (HSPnet) by August 31, 2018

Fraser Health regional Pre-Printed Order for parenteral nutrition for peripheral venous catheter administration has been revised.

Provincial mitigation strategies are over. Staff and students may return to normal best practice standards.

Fraser Health regional pre-printed orders for restricted antimicrobial drugs is immediately discontinued.

Recent literature fails to demonstrate sufficient evidence to support a vitamin D protocol in long term care.

Medical assistance in dying clinical protocols and forms.

Starting on August 14, 2018, the infuse over duration comments label will be removed from MAR and IV.

This computer-based training replaces the in-class PARIS Fundamentals for Students/Faculty Instructors, which was required for students in 1 to 1 placements.

Learn about the latest MEDITECH education and training update for Abbotsford and Royal Columbian Hospitals.

New regional pre-printed orders for alcohol abuse and emergency short stay diagnostic and treatment unit CDST and Care standard: Nursing – internal medicine CDST.

Learn about a new Pre-Printed Order (PPO) and form that set the standard for the care of patients who are actively dying.

Find out about revisions to pre-printed orders that may impact practice areas.

Updates to Omnicell training requirements.

Read about the practice change for STAT gram stains.

Learn about revisions to forms that may impact practice areas.

Learn about a new clinical decision support tool to guide practice.

Learn about the revisions to a Clinical Decision Support Tool (CDST), which may impact practice areas.

Learn about the changes to an administrative policy, which may impact practice areas.

Learn about ‘Our Shared Commitments’ pledge.

Learn about revisions to an administrative policy that may impact practice areas.

The provincial Hand Hygiene module was previously excluded from the provincial Student Practice Education Core Orientation (SPECO).

Patient medication refill requests for the following can be sent directly to Pharmacy Services using MEDITECH Order Entry.

The Student Practice team would like to inform all students and faculty instructors about a new Clinical Decision Support Tool (CDST), which may impact their practice areas.

The Student Practice team would like to inform all students and faculty instructors about the revisions to a clinical practice guideline and policy, which may impact their practice areas.

Pre-requisites for final preceptorships on Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU).

The Integrated Plan of Care project team has designed the Patient Care System 2 module to incorporate Care Standards and support patient care-workflows.

The Student Practice Team would like to inform students and faculty instructors about updates to MEDITECH training requirements.

There continues to be a global shortage of Sodium Chloride 0.9% (normal saline, NS) and Sterile Water for Injection 10 ml vial.

The generic operator identification (ID) for glucose meters used by students and faculty instructors is changing in Fraser Health.

Each Fraser Health lab has a routine Troponin I method and an alternate method used as a backup and to investigate immunoassay interference.

The Student Practice team would like to inform all students and faculty instructors about the revisions to a clinical protocol and Pre-Printed Orders, which may impact their practice areas.

Global shortage of Sodium Chloride 0.9% (normal saline, NS) and Sterile Water for Injection 10 ml vial.

For students and faculty instructors in nursing and laboratory programs, glucose critical values for adults (17 years old and above) have changed.

The Student Practice team would like to inform students and faculty instructors in nursing and pharmacy programs about the revisions to the Medication: Dispensing by Nurses – Clinical Policy.

Patient Care System 2 (PCS2) and Emergency Department Manager (EDM) for Abbotsford Regional Hospital (ARH).

The Student Practice team would like to inform all students and faculty instructors about the revisions to several Pre-Printed Orders (PPOs) and forms, which may impact their practice areas.

The Student Practice team would like to inform all students and faculty instructors about some new Clinical Decision Support Tools (CDSTs), which may impact their practice areas.

Due to a product change, all students and faculty instructors administering parenteral nutrition (PN) to patients during their student placements are being notified of revisions to two Pre-Printed Orders (PPO).

An evaluation of the Accu-Chek Inform II Glucose Meters has shown that two essential steps are often being missed in their usage.

The new policy outlines Fraser Health’s overall response to diversity and to the expectations of the respective roles of individuals.

Two new clinical protocols to promote the overall oral health of patients in acute care and long term care settings.

A new PARIS Case Note eLearning Module has become available as of December 15, 2017.

A friendly reminder to all placing coordinators to enter post-secondary institution-based email addresses when placement requests are made.

Activate your accounts from a Fraser Health network computer or Library Site before your placements start.