Desiree, RN in Post-anesthesia care unit and operating room; and Kayla, RN in day surgery and the operating room
Headwaters Health Care Centre is responding to health human resources challenges, by advancing careers of its own surgical nursing team.
The Provincial Surgical Pathway Fund has helped Headwaters develop an in-house education program,
designed for Headwaters nurses who aspired to learn specialized skills to work in either the operating room or post-anesthetic recovery room (PACU).
The curriculum is equivalent to surgical nurse college requirements and will be made available at no additional cost to Headwaters nurses.
As a result of Headwaters’ investment in surgical nursing career growth, Headwaters surgical services was able to offer more surgical appointments to patients, operating at full capacity with a full team.
“Our government is taking action to reduce wait times for surgeries and procedures while increasing capacity to make it faster and easier to access care,” said MPP Dufferin-Caledon Sylvia Jones.
“Our investment through the Surgical/Diagnostic Imaging Efficiency and Innovation Fund is helping Headwaters significantly increase the number of surgeries performed each week, while reducing wait times, improving the quality of life of more Dufferin-Caledon families, so they can get back to the activities that matter most.”
