CFMHN Office
Implementation of the UK Safety Pod on an Acute Inpatient Adolescent Psychiatry Unit
June 22, 2023
CFMHN June Webinar: Implementation of the UK Safety Pod on an Acute Inpatient Adolescent Psychiatry Unit
Every child and young person have the right to be treated with respect and dignity and deserves to have their needs recognised and to be given the right support. When the leadership team at CHEO began to see rapidly rising rates of restraints along with increased staff injuries, we knew something needed to change. Learning about UK Safety Pods was quite by accident, and through an incredible amount of work, CHEO became the first organization in North America to implement the UK Safety Pods.
Objectives:
1. To increase awareness of what UK Safety Pods are and how they can benefit patients, staff, and organizations as a whole.
2. To describe how CHEO implemented UK Safety Pods on the Inpatient Mental health Unit;
3. To share the results CHEO has seen thus far that have reached the far corners of the organization.
Presented by:
Roxanna Sheppard RN, CHE, BScN, MCert, CPMHN(c)
Sarah Hendry RN, BScN
Sarah Giroux RN, BN CPMHN(c)