A Win for Emergency Nurses
For the nurses working in Royal University Hospital’s (RUH) Emergency Department, every opportunity to learn is one worth celebrating.
Thanks to donor funding, 20 RUH emergency nurses took part in the Rapid Response training in Saskatoon — a course designed to help nurses recognize when a patient’s condition is deteriorating and learn how to respond.
“The acuity and intensity of the problems seen at RUH make it all the more critical that we encourage this culture of learning,” says Nicole Marchand, an Emergency Nurse Clinician at RUH.
The course was a resounding success. Most attendees rated it good or excellent, and 93 per cent said the skills learned would improve care in the emergency department. It drew a mix of newer and more experienced nurses, and the feedback was enthusiastic.
“I found it very interesting that six hours prior to a code, you can start to anticipate that it is going to happen based on trends of vital signs. I am definitely going to relay this information to my peers,” says one attendee.
Another nurse expressed her gratitude to the donors who made this training possible.
“Overall, it was an excellent course! Thank you for funding myself and my coworkers.”
For Marchand, education opportunities like this go beyond skills — they strengthen morale and help retain talented nurses in Saskatchewan’s busiest emergency department.
Because of donors like you, RUH’s emergency team is better equipped to deliver life-saving care when it matters most.
