SPINAL CAREJenna Ham & Rebecca Goodine

Spinal Care What we did

We chose to do an educational poster for the unit we are working on, orthopedics

We chose a poster so that it would be easy for the staff to see and refer to if needed.

We decided to put the poster in a common area that would be helpful for the staff.

Spinal Care Our poster

Spinal Care Who it was for:

This poster was for the staff on the unit as there will be an increase in spinal patients in the next couple of months and we found the staff was unsure of how to handle this, as they are not quite used to these patients yet.

Spinal Care Our motivation

We wanted to make an easy reference guide for them on how to perform spinal assessments and what to look for

Spinal Care How it made a difference

We hope it will make a difference as once the unit starts getting more spinals the staff will not feel overwhelmed, and will be more comfortable with spinal patients

Spinal Care Our recommendations

For future students and follow up we would recommend that they add on to our project, and could make reference sheets and handouts for the staff

Another idea would be to make a binder of resources on spinal procedures and protocols for the staff

For future students it would be beneficialto present to students instead of staff, as staffwere busy and presenting was too casual andpresenting to students would be more formal.