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From young patient to preschool educator at CHEO
Posted on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 09:00 AM
Meet Kelsey LeJeune, Preschool Educator at CHEO’s Children’s Treatment Centre
At just 14-years-old, Kelsey LeJeune was admitted to CHEO following a serious stroke. For Kelsey, this was the beginning of a long road to recovery – from a stay in the pediatric intensive care unit, to outpatient rehabilitation with Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and many other follow-ups with a variety of specialists.
Subsequently, Kelsey underwent a heart repair and multiple surgeries on her foot and ankle. Her...
Mari: “CHEO starts from a place of yes.”
Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 09:17 AM
Meet Mari Teitelbaum, VP Strategy, Quality and Family Partnership & CIO
As a child, Mari remembers weekend afternoons sitting in the x-ray department while her mom was on-call as a CHEO radiologist. But it wasn’t until an accident involving losing the ends of two of her fingers on an exercise bike that Mari experienced what it was like to be a CHEO patient. To this day, Mari still remembers the kindness of Dr. Wiley who provided the follow-up care. "The stitches healed with time and now I have...
Nurse champions help make CHEO a better, safer place
Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2024 09:00 AM
CHEO has hundreds of talented nurses including those who lead, facilitate and inspire evidence-based implementation of best practice guidelines.
They’re called Best Practice Guideline (BPG) Nurse Champions. In March 2023, CHEO achieved designate status as a Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) by implementing five BPGs.
These are four of the champion nurses who are passionate about one BPG topic to help improve care at CHEO. They also co-ordinate and f
CHEO uses best practices to help kids control asthma
Posted on Tuesday, May 07, 2024 09:15 AM
The unwelcomed allergy season has returned. At CHEO, clinical leaders support patients and families navigating the challenges of asthma, a condition frequently exacerbated during this seasonal onslaught.
May 7 is also World Asthma Day, which highlights the third-most common chronic disease in Canada affecting more than 3.8 million Canadians, including 850,000 children under the age of 14.
Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways that causes symptoms like shortness of breath, chest tightness, coughing and wheezing...
New CHEO program improves mental health support after discharge
Posted on Tuesday, May 07, 2024 09:00 AM
CHEO has launched a new after-care program specifically designed to support children, youth and their caregivers after they’re discharged from hospital.
In the weeks after leaving the hospital, children and youth are vulnerable to negative mental health outcomes, including repeat presentations to the emergency department and not getting connected to much-needed resources.
According to a study published in the American Medical Association journal, a follow-up within seven days of leaving the hospital can...