‘No Lift education and Bariatric Care across a Multidisciplinary
Health Field’July 2010- June11
Stephen Morley
March 2012
Bendigo Health
Educating a diverse workforce• Registered Nurses;
– General stream Graduate Nurses.– Psychiatric stream Graduate Nurses.
• Enrolled Nurses.• Unit Managers.• Physiotherapist.• Occupational therapist.• Medical Students (Doctors).• Health Service Assistants.• Porters.• Students;
• Undergraduate Nurse. • Enrolled Nurses.• Physiotherapist.• Occupational Therapists.
Training / Education offered
• Full day (New staff).• Partial day;
– 4 hour.– 2 hour. – 1 hour.
• Ongoing staff education;– ward and individual.
• Return to work or duties; – ward and individual.
Training Offered
• Full day:– 2 hours legal and background information.– 3 > 4 hours practical. – 1 hour problem solving and documentation and
debriefing.• Partial day:
• 4 hours (Train the Trainer update);• 1 hour legal and background information.• 2 ½ hours practical.• ½ hours problem solving and documentation.
Training Offered
• 2 hour:– 1 hour documentation. – 1 hour practical (refresher - competency).
• Ongoing education:– 1 hour.– Ward based / planning days.
• Annual documentation completed prior to education.• 1 hour, practical competency / problem solving.
Education:
• Full training days. • Division 1 students.• Division 2 students.• Graduate Nurses.• Medical students.• Ward training.• Individual.
• 220 participants.• 180 students.• 95 students.• 37 Nurses.• 25 Doctors.• 455 participants.• 30+.
– Total 1045+..
Legal and documentation
• Included: – Legal;
• OH&S.• Policy of Bendigo Health.• Work safe.
– Documentation;• When. • Where and• Why.
Practical
• On bed.• Off bed.• Lifting equipment.• Posture and techniques.• Practical Solutions. • Team nursing;
– Floor hoists.– Over head tracking. – Hover Jack and Hover
Mat.
Bariatric EducationPotential problem to solution
Problem :• Staffing.• Education.• Problem Solving.• Equipment;
– Lifters.– Transferring .– Beds.– Ward enviroment.
Adaptability
Education
Participation Training Room
What we have learnt
• Education planning;– pre attendance.
• Adaptability to class (environment and structure).
• Common sense approach.• Evidence based education.• Good follow up of ideas and questions.• Learning from your students.
What else we have done
• Visited other facilities.• Networking.• Bariatric Patient Check List & Risk
Assessment.• Inventory of equipment on all campuses.• Individual patient assessments.
What else we have done
• Inventory of equipment available on the BH intranet site, (pictures and SWL).
• Unit specific competencies (Med / Surg / CCU etc.).
• Updated: No Lift Policy.• Ongoing education for staff and 3 way
access for staff;– Pager / phone / email.
Thankyou
Stephen Morley
No Lift Coordinator.
Bendigo Health.
Po Box 126
Bendigo
3552
Acknowledgments
• Louise O’Shea No Lift. • Jenny Hocking – No Lift coordinator
Bendigo Health.• Bariatric Working Party Bendigo Health.• OH&S Department Bendigo Health.