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☆Naughty Norman☆ Buddy, the Elf, came to help Norman practice his wrapping skills! Pesky elves! 🤣

☆Merry Christmas☆ C3 would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas 🎅🏻 We hope you have a fabulous day with family and friends. Thank you to all the NHS staff working today, providing care to all of our patients.

☆Housekeeper Vacancy☆ Full Time - 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday 07.30 to 15.30 Closing date 6th February 2025. (Main duties within the photos)

*Emergency Tract Box* On C3 we have developed an emergency box for the management and care of balloon gastrostomy tubes and PEGs. The box contains all the equipment needed and clear guidance for 1. Tube replacements 2. Daily care 3. Balloon water check 4. If a tube is dislodged

☆Nutrition & Hydration Week☆ 1. C3 Agenda for the week 🍓🫐 2. & 3. Monday, we are promoting protected meal times on the ward and provided the patients with a continental breakfast 🥐🥞 The patients enjoyed the different options and thanked Nurisng Assistant Vander.

☆Nutrition and Hydration Week☆ Thirsty Thursday, focusing on fluid balance charts 🖊 💧 And we provided the patients with some fruity mocktails 🍹

☆Nutrition & Hydration Week☆ Fruity Friday 🍉🍇🍎🫐🍓 🍊🍏🍊🍏🍊 Today, we provided the patients with a fruit salad, watermelon and peach, and pear fruit pots. Along with fruit juices and cordial.

☆Wow!☆ Today, we received this lovely Wow! from our Lead Nurse Sarah slicker 🌟 Thank you so much! As a team, we are trying incredibly hard to ensure our knowledge and skills are up to date for our transition to gastroenterology patients.

☆Moving and Handling Key Trainer☆ Well Done to Denise for completing her 3 day cascade training course 😊 Denise is looking forward to running her first session for C3 staff on the 17th April

☆Vacancy☆ Would you like to work on a gastroenterology ward? We are seeking an individual for a Band 6 Ward Sister / Charge Nurse 12 month fixed term post 😊

☆Easter Hampers☆ Congratulations to all our winners 🌟 Enjoy your chocolate! Photo shared with visitor / patients consent. Thank you to everyone who bought tickets/guessed the name of our bear. Raised funds have provided each patient with an Easter egg & hot cross buns.

☆Dementia Box☆ Thank you to everyone who contributed to our Easter Raffle. We were able to replenish our Dementia Box for the Ward.

☆International Nurses Day☆ Thank you to our Ward Sister Sabah for arranging our treats today! Thank you for all your hard work and dedication 🥰

☆People that help us☆ Ward Manager Holly attended a careers week at Kids Planet, Bredbury, with children aged 15 months to 4 years. They focused on 1. Hand washing 2. Bandaging 3. Listening to heart beats with a stethoscope 4. Tasting supplement drinks 5. Health books & crafts

☆Forceval Capsules☆ Today, Raquia, Alliance Pharmaceuticals, delivered training on Forceval Capsules A vitamin supplement that would be beneficial for our patients with •IBD •Crohn's •Eating Disorders •Bariatric Surgery •Restricted Diets/Intolerances Thank you for lunch

☆Farewell Nivitta☆ Today, we said goodbye to Nivitta from Ward C3. We wish you the best in your new adventure in York. Lots of changes to come - new home, married life, and a new job. But we are sure you will absolutely smash it ❤️ You will be missed on the ward!

☆Spiritual Care Box☆ Thank you to the Chaplaincy for delivering our Spiritual Care Box. This contains resources for four religious faiths: 1. Christians ✝️ 2. Muslim ☪️ 3. Jewish ✡️ 4. Hindu 🕉 Plus, non-religious items. Which can be easily accessed on the ward.

☆Patricia Kenyon☆ Well Done Pat on completing the Palliative and End of Life Care Champions Programme. 🌟

☆Activities☆ On this rainy Thursday afternoon 🌧 Nursing Assistants Paulina and Anna decided to get our activity box out and play Jenga with a few of the patients It got quite competitive, with lots of laughs & unfortunately, Anna was always the quickest to knock it down😅

☆Snack Round☆ We are proud to announce that our snack trolley is officially up & running This is available throughout the day and was very well received by our patients We were able to purchase the trolley with funds raised from the Raffles😊 Photo taken & shared with consent