Michelle Orr

Michelle joined the Palliative Outreach and Consult Team (POCT) in 2015. She brings with her 13 years of clinical experience, including eight years as a bedside nurse on the Palliative Care Unit at St. Paul’s Hospital. She is a certified Hospice Palliative Care Nurse with the Canadian Nurses Association. Her goal is to deliver person-centered care that focuses on enhancing the quality-of-life of those living with chronic, progressive and life-limiting illnesses, whether it is in a residential or an acute-care setting. Michelle works collaboratively with the POCT members to continuously support and reflect a person’s end of life needs as well provide education to inter-professional teams, the people we serve and their families. In 2016, Michelle participated in the research project "Integrating a Quality-of-Life Assessment and Practice Support System in Routine Clinical Practice" conducted by Trinity Western University at St. Paul's Hospital. The project used hand-held electronic tablets to administer standardized quality-of-life questionnaires to both patients and families receiving palliative support by POCT. It aimed to test the feasibility and utility of using tablets in the clinical setting. Michelle tries to find balance in her life with no-internet-connection-camping in her Airstream Trailer with her family.