Shared on behalf of Andrea Raynak – Director, Nursing Practice & Learning

Please be advised that Nursing Practice will be launching a new initiative on February 19, 2025, focused on the integration of an acuity tool.

Integrating a nurse-led acuity tool enhances patient care by providing real-time, data-driven insights into patient needs, improving resource allocation and optimizing staffing levels to ensure timely and effective interventions. As such, nurses will now include a patient score (auto populated with the completion of the acuity tool) at the end of each shift as part of the shift summary, which will be used in the transfer of care.

Due to this change, the nursing shift summary will no longer be available in the notes section of the Electronic Medical Record (EMR). The shift summary is completed as an intervention in the EMR.

For information on how to access the “Shift Summary & Acuity Tool” intervention, please see the information on the PDF below.

Thank you for your support on moving this initiative forward.