FINAL BOOK OF ABSTRACTS 2019

School of Nursing and Midwifery Scoil an Altranais agus an Chnáimhseachais

The introduction of the Careful Nursing & Professional Practice Model was a change in practice therefore, it was important to ensure staff engagement. Resilience training for nursing staff was introduced and attended by a large number of staff. The SSWHG project lead provided a presentation to the CNM group and worked closely with the senior nurse management team and practice development to assist develop and formulate care plans specific to the patient profile at MGH. Nursing staff and CNM’s were also involved in the development of care plans. Education Sessions were facilitated in small groups, providing a mixture of theory and interactive documentation workshops. The new nursing documentation and model of nursing was launched in June 2018. Results: Audit was carried out to assess compliance with the new documentation. Audit results were presented to the clinical areas. The audit results were positive. It was found that staff were completing the documentation within the appropriate timeframe. The care plans correlated with the nursing diagnosis in over 95% of charts audited which was a very satisfactory result. Audit remains on-going to monitor for compliance. Progress continues to be made on the development of the Careful nursing model at MGH Conclusion: The project has been successfully implemented at MGH. Successful implementation at MGH has inspired and influenced other organisations within the SSWHG to implement the model and the nursing documentation. Support and assistance has been provided by the senior nurse management team from MGH. Can We Make De-Escalation a First Resort Intervention for Managing Aggression Occurring in Nursing Homes? An exploration of Nursing Home Staff’s Perspectives on Effective De-Escalation Techniques, Strategies and Skills Author(s) Ms. Malgorzata (Gosia) Ochocka ; Dr Annette Murphy ; Dr Martina Gooney and Psychological Symptom of Dementia (BPSD)) occurring in nursing homes. Within the healthcare literature, however, there is no consistent definition of de-escalation for the population of residents with dementia Aim: To explore how nursing home staff describe effective de-escalation techniques, strategies and skills used for managing responsive behaviours/BPSD Methods: A qualitative approach using 8 semi-structured interviews was used with the use of an inductive content analysis framework (Elo and Kyngäs 2008) for analysis. Preliminary Results: Two major themes emerged from the data: ‘short-term behavioural management’ and ‘long-term behavioural management’ with further subthemes. Preliminary Conclusions: Affiliation(s) Waterford Institute of Technology Abstract Background: In Ireland de-escalation is a recommended first resort intervention for managing aggression (considered currently as a responsive behaviour or Behavioural

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