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<div>I am relaunching my successful training business "Jumpstart" with a new focus on education to support a safer health care environment for staff and patients.
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<div>Nursing in Perth and Remote Western Australian (WA) hospitals, I witness first-hand the challenges around "problem behavior" and the tension and burn out it creates.
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<div>I have also come to realize that I have a bit of a skill for
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<div>de-escalation and preventing escalation in the first place that makes for a much more enjoyable, therapeutic and safer workplace.
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<div>My aim is for a win-win: Where in helping health care staff understand the impact of trauma on a patient biologically, to recognize the signs and symptoms, respond in a trauma informed way and resist retraumatizing - they also find a reduction in aggression, more connection with their patient, less burn out and more joy in their work. The evidence speaks for itself!
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<div>Dr Karen Martin from UWA is working with the WA public school system on becoming trauma informed and I hope to learn from her work and many others to shift the paradigm in our health care system.
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<div>From "what is wrong with you?" to "what happened to you?" ...it's a very powerful and positive cultural shift.
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<div>The people I have spoken with to gain their thoughts and input on my plans are very supportive and can see the enormous value of such training.
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<div>Sometimes I feel that I am too small against such a big system like our Health care system, "how do you change a system like the system?" but change has to start somewhere! I'm confident that I can start this training and gather data on the positive outcomes such as reduced-
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<div>Calls for security "code blacks" in hospitals
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<div>DAMA rates (Discharged Against Medical Advice) and
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<div>DNAs (Did Not Attends).
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<div>I would like to see staff and patient experience surveys reflect improvements in satisfaction.
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<div>Data leads to changes and from what I can see there is no research in this field in WA as yet.
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<div>Trauma Informed Practice is set to become a new "universal precaution".
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<div>Internationally, health care systems are still catching up with the effects of childhood trauma but the awareness if starting.
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<div>I know I have the unique set of skills, knowledge and experience to create health care specific, trauma informed care training that will make a difference for patients, staff, the system and broader community.
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<div>I'm seeking funding to help re-establish and grow my training business.
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<div>Funds will go towards-
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<div>Create engaging and meaningful training content
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<div>Connecting with researchers and other people working in their field
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<div>Travel to and accommodation in locations to provide the training
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<div>Advertisement of my training to reach relevant stakeholders
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<div>Creation of a robust evaluation system and communication of outcomes for change.
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<div>Thank you so much for your support, this is going to be big and I'm ready for it!
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<div>Your support, whatever amount is valued both from the ability to deliver this training but also in the show of support for this project.
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<div>I look forward to keeping you up to date with my progress. The first will be next week when I will fly to Adelaide to attend the APNA (Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association) conference. I look forward to networking and learning what might be happening in this space elsewhere in Australia.
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<div>I had a patient recently say, "you are the only person here who sees me", I hope to help more patients and nurses enjoy the same connection. 
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<div>Thank you
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<div>Kind regards
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<div>Misty
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Nurse & Educator Misty to remobilize her training business

Nurse & Educator Misty to remobilize her training business

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