Gentle persuasive approaches: introducing an educational program on an orthopaedic unit for staff caring for patients...

Anne Pizzacalla¹, Maureen Montemuro, Esther Coker+6

• ¹Anne Pizzacalla, RN, MHSc, NP-Adult, was Clinical Nurse Specialist, Hospital Elder Life Program, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and is now Nurse Practitioner, Rapid Response Team, the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Community Care Access Center, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Maureen Montemuro, RN, MHSc, Clinical Nurse Specialist, St. Peter's Hospital, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Esther Coker, RN, MScN, MSc, Clinical Nurse Specialist, St. Peter's Hospital, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Lori Schindel Martin, RN, PhD, Associate Professor and Associate Director - Scholarly, Research and Creative Activities, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing at Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Leslie Gillies, RN, Med, was Chief of Interprofessional Practice, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and is now Director of Perioperative Services, Critical Care Program, and Surgical Day Care at Norfolk General Hospital, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. Karen Robinson, RN, BScN, MEd, was Clinical Nurse Specialist on the Orthopaedic Surgery Unit, and is now a Clinical Manager at Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Heather Pepper, RN, BHScN, Clinical Manager on the Orthopaedic Surgery Unit at Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and is now Clinical Manager, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery at Health Sciences North in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Jeff Benner, RN, BScN, Registered Nurse at Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Joanna Gusciora MSW, RSW, Social Worker in Orthopaedics and Palliative Care at Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.