News and updates for students and instructors
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Nov 23 2018See revisions to care standard: Nursing - Post-anesthetic care unit.
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Nov 16 2018Please see important information and dates related to the Influenza Control Policy.
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Nov 16 2018Find important medication safety information related to insulin pen and safety needles.
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Nov 16 2018Learn about changes to the implantable cardiac electrical devices: care of patients requiring - clinical practice guideline.
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Nov 02 2018Learn about the revision to the clinical decision support tool: Social work content endorsement process clinical procedure
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Nov 02 2018Review the requirements for vaccine documentation.
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Oct 19 2018Learn about new corporate polices for medical purposes and non-medical purposes cannabis.
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Oct 17 2018Learn about medication practice changes for multi-dose vial labeling, vaccine documentation and transdermal medication patches.
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Nov 01 2018Learn about the order entry update regarding: Microbiology procedure HEART now orderable for heart valve tissue
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Oct 26 2018Learn about two new folders that will be added to Meditech Enterprise Medical Record (EMR).
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Oct 12 2018Learn about the latest revisions to clinical decision support tools.
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Oct 19 2018Learn about the revisions to the Patient’s Own Medications policy.
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Oct 17 2018Find information about a new clinical decision support tool that may impact your practice.
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Aug 30 2018Frequently asked questions about obtaining Fraser Health Windows user account and login information for electronic documentation systems.
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Sep 13 2018Learn about the safety plan: Mental Health and Substance Use – suicide risk management clinical decision support tool.
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Sep 06 2018Learn about oral health clinical protocols that must be followed when completing student placements.
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Aug 30 2018Notification and handling of Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) for Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease (CJD) testing.
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Aug 30 2018Fraser Health regional Pre-Printed Order for bowel care has been revised.
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Aug 23 2018The 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.
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Aug 20 2018Placing coordinators are reminded to release student names and enter placement dates in the Health Sciences Placement network (HSPnet) by August 31, 2018
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Aug 16 2018Fraser Health regional Pre-Printed Order for parenteral nutrition for peripheral venous catheter administration has been revised.
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Jul 31 2018Provincial mitigation strategies are over. Staff and students may return to normal best practice standards.
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Jul 31 2018Fraser Health regional pre-printed orders for restricted antimicrobial drugs is immediately discontinued.
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Jul 31 2018Recent literature fails to demonstrate sufficient evidence to support a vitamin D protocol in long term care.
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Jul 31 2018Medical assistance in dying clinical protocols and forms.
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Jul 31 2018Starting on August 14, 2018, the infuse over duration comments label will be removed from MAR and IV.
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Jul 31 2018This computer-based training replaces the in-class PARIS Fundamentals for Students/Faculty Instructors, which was required for students in 1 to 1 placements.
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Jul 26 2018Learn about the latest MEDITECH education and training update for Abbotsford and Royal Columbian Hospitals.
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Jul 12 2018New regional pre-printed orders for alcohol abuse and emergency short stay diagnostic and treatment unit CDST and Care standard: Nursing – internal medicine CDST.
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Jul 12 2018Learn about a new Pre-Printed Order (PPO) and form that set the standard for the care of patients who are actively dying.
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Jul 12 2018Find out about revisions to pre-printed orders that may impact practice areas.
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Jul 12 2018Updates to Omnicell training requirements.
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Jul 12 2018Read about the practice change for STAT gram stains.
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Jun 29 2018Learn about revisions to forms that may impact practice areas.
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Jun 29 2018Learn about a new clinical decision support tool to guide practice.
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Jun 14 2018Learn about the revisions to a Clinical Decision Support Tool (CDST), which may impact practice areas.
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Jun 14 2018Learn about the changes to an administrative policy, which may impact practice areas.
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Jun 08 2018Learn about revisions to an administrative policy that may impact practice areas.
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Jun 01 2018The provincial Hand Hygiene module was previously excluded from the provincial Student Practice Education Core Orientation (SPECO).
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May 24 2018Patient medication refill requests for the following can be sent directly to Pharmacy Services using MEDITECH Order Entry.
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May 24 2018The 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.
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May 24 2018The 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.
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May 15 2018Pre-requisites for final preceptorships on Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU).
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Apr 30 2018The Integrated Plan of Care project team has designed the Patient Care System 2 module to incorporate Care Standards and support patient care-workflows.
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Apr 27 2018The Student Practice Team would like to inform students and faculty instructors about updates to MEDITECH training requirements.
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Apr 19 2018There continues to be a global shortage of Sodium Chloride 0.9% (normal saline, NS) and Sterile Water for Injection 10 ml vial.
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Apr 19 2018The generic operator identification (ID) for glucose meters used by students and faculty instructors is changing in Fraser Health.
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Apr 19 2018Each Fraser Health lab has a routine Troponin I method and an alternate method used as a backup and to investigate immunoassay interference.
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Apr 19 2018The 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.
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Apr 12 2018Global shortage of Sodium Chloride 0.9% (normal saline, NS) and Sterile Water for Injection 10 ml vial.
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Apr 12 2018For students and faculty instructors in nursing and laboratory programs, glucose critical values for adults (17 years old and above) have changed.
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Apr 12 2018The 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.
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Apr 12 2018Patient Care System 2 (PCS2) and Emergency Department Manager (EDM) for Abbotsford Regional Hospital (ARH).
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Apr 11 2018The 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.
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Apr 09 2018The 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.
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Feb 14 2018Due 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).
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Feb 14 2018An evaluation of the Accu-Chek Inform II Glucose Meters has shown that two essential steps are often being missed in their usage.
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Jan 01 2018The new policy outlines Fraser Health’s overall response to diversity and to the expectations of the respective roles of individuals.
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Jan 01 2018Two new clinical protocols to promote the overall oral health of patients in acute care and long term care settings.
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Dec 19 2017A new PARIS Case Note eLearning Module has become available as of December 15, 2017.
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Oct 24 2017A friendly reminder to all placing coordinators to enter post-secondary institution-based email addresses when placement requests are made.
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Oct 24 2017Activate your accounts from a Fraser Health network computer or Library Site before your placements start.