Volume 10, Issue 2
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Images from TV Wellness Channel
from the RNSH Corner Shop (see page 6 of this newsletter for more information on the RNSH Corner Shop). The project also attracted the 2019 NSLHD MHDA Quality Improvement and Innovation Award. Most recently a research article about the project has been accepted for publication in British Medical Journal Innovations- : https:// innovations.bmj.com/content/7/1/87 (Russell S, Ripley V, Elliott R, et al Patient and nurse perceptions of an innovative TV wellness channel in an acute medical ward: a feasibility study BMJ Innovations 2021;7:87-94). You can find the free to air TV Wellness Channel on all RNSH bedside and patient lounge televisions on channel no. 304. The subtitled content runs for 90- minutes and includes local calming nature scenes, indigenous mindfulness (Dadirri), clinician wellness tips, mental health animations, wellbeing exercises aimed at reducing stress and anxiety. Nurses are urged to encourage all patients to access this
unique and free resource to improve their hospital stay. Published in the latest BMJ Innovations Journal Russell S, Ripley V, Elliott R, et al Patient and nurse perceptions of an innovative TV wellness channel in an acute medical ward: a feasibility study BMJ Innovations 2021;7:87-94.
Link to above paper: https://innovations.bmj.com/ content/7/1/87
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