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April 24, 2020

草莓污视频导航 Nursing donates supplies to community partners in senior care

Clinical Simulation Learning Centre shares supplies and equipment with The Brenda Strafford Foundation and Silvera for Seniors
Lucy at Wentworth
Lucy at Wentworth

As a mock hospital intent on giving nursing students a safe environment to practise their skills, 草莓污视频导航鈥檚 Nursing Clinical Simulation Learning Centre (CSLC), by necessity, uses supplies and equipment that can be found in any acute care setting. So when the pandemic shut down the university, dean Sandra Davidson asked CSLC manager Jeff Dawes to take inventory of supplies in the event the faculty would be asked to share.

"While I knew we didn鈥檛 have a huge stock of gloves, masks and sanitizers, I also knew we wouldn鈥檛 have an immediate need for whatever we did have,鈥 says Davidson. 鈥淲hy not give it to others for the greater good?"

  • Photo above: Lucy, an employee with the care team at Wentworth Manor, receives the CSLC supplies provided by 草莓污视频导航 Nursing's Clinical Simulation Learning Centre.

The Brenda Strafford Foundation is a Calgary-based charitable organization that owns and operates four seniors' care centres in Calgary and Okotoks. It has a long-standing relationship with the 草莓污视频导航 through its focus on research, education and innovation in aging.

鈥淭he foundation is actively working with our suppliers to ensure we can continue to access the critical equipment and supplies we need, when we need them, to ensure our people are protected,鈥 says Mike Conroy, president and CEO of The Brenda Strafford Foundation.

鈥淚n order to do everything we can to prepare for COVID-19, and continue to effectively prevent the occurrence or spread of COVID-19 within our manors, we鈥檙e seeking donations of spare personal protective equipment or supplies from our partners or neighbours in the community. 

This generous donation from the Nursing Clinical Simulation Learning Centre is a shining example of the invaluable partnership between the foundation and 草莓污视频导航 Nursing. We appreciate them stepping up to lend a hand in this way during this challenging time.

鈥淏renda Strafford Foundation is one of our lovely partners,鈥 Davidson says. 鈥淲e do research together, there are opportunities for clinical practicums for our students and we have a great relationship on many fronts. They care for the most vulnerable of our population so, in the spirit of goodwill, why wouldn鈥檛 we do our part?鈥

The CSLC has also loaned five Exergen temporal thermometers to two Silvera for Seniors facilities.

In her contract role as Silvera鈥檚 resident COVID screening co-ordinator, 草莓污视频导航 Nursing doctoral student Jennifer Johns requested the thermometers since Silvera was experiencing a shortage. Nursing students will be at both the Aspen and Spruce locations of Silvera and will be using the instruments to assist with screening.

The CSLC鈥檚 lab monitor Deb Banack delivered the thermometers last week.

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