wk 2. post 2

On tuesday sat in on a grand ward round which is a mulitdisciplinary meeting on all the patients on the ward (specifically the #NOFs) and discuss the current status of each pt and when they will be safe for discharged, where they will return, what aids in the home they will need etc. The multidisciplinary team included the orthopaedic consultant, resident doctor on the ward, social worker, nurse, physio, discharge person? and OT. I found these meetings really interesting and they really enforced the hollistic approach to each pt and their discharge plan. The primary role of the physio in this meeting was to provide mobility status so whether they are independent with transfers, bed mobility and ambulation with ideally crutches or ZF if gait aid required (otherwise w/c). I found the other health professionals input in the overall care of this pt interesting and the criteria for returning home in their books was quite different.