2019, the University of Iowa <\/a>conducted a national survey of hospitals using products. It was unable to find any hospitals. In recent years, this has changed with more hospitals adopting more diverse products, but data is still limited.<\/p>\nEventually, the AdventHealth nurses found a product that was inclusive of patients\u2019 hair. The product came from a Tampa company already contracted with AdventHealth, Canviiy \u2013 a botanical-based scalp care product line made to soothe head skin irritation. AdventHealth was using Canviiy products for its pediatric cancer patients.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe product was originally made for them. It doesn\u2019t use a lot of chemicals. It helps with itchiness and growing the hair,\u201d Alexis said.<\/p>\n
And as it turns out, the shampoo works very well addressing different hair types, Alexis said. The hospital tried out Canviiy\u2019s shampoo and conditioner. After an 18-month vetting process, the hospital found that both patients and parents loved the product.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur partnership with AdventHealth is more than a milestone; it\u2019s a powerful affirmation that our mission to elevate the patient experience is not only resonating but making a meaningful impact within healthcare systems that prioritize compassion and quality care,\u201d Caviiy said in a press release.<\/p>\n
Alexis remembers giving the shampoo to a mother whose daughter was in the ICU for months.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer daughter was mixed. So she had mixed-textured hair. So it was very difficult to find something in the hospital to allow her to wash her hair and make her daughter feel better. But once that product came around, she was in love,\u201d Alexis said.<\/p>\n
Ross had a similar experience with a parent who had been waiting for her child in the ICU for days. She didn\u2019t have a change of clothes and hadn\u2019t gone home. Ross gave her extra clothes and a bottle of shampoo.<\/p>\n
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A Canviiy hair care kit including inclusive shampoo and conditioner. The Canviiy product underwent a trial run at the hospital for about a year and a half. In November, the company announced that it would be officially supplying the inclusive hair care kits to AdventHealth for Women and AdventHealth for Children. Discussions for further distribution at AdventHealth’s other campuses are ongoing.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was overjoyed,\u201d Ross said. \u201cWhen you feel clean, you feel good, or like it’s something about just being clean, that shower that you take when you get home, it’s like a reset.\u201d<\/p>\n
The supplies go fast. Many nurses use the products to help soothe patients. The nurses are with patients for 12 to 13 hours a day, three to four times a week. Ross and Alexis love what they do, but that doesn\u2019t make the work any easier.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don’t think people realize the mental exhaustion behind nursing,\u201d Ross said.<\/p>\n
Among the many nursing responsibilities: monitoring patients, keeping them alive, and communicating with doctors and families, why should nurses concern themselves so much with something as simple as shampoo?<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s part of being \u2018whole care.\u2019 You don’t just take care of someone’s left arm (when they\u2019re hurt), because that’s the only thing that’s messed up. When you take care of a patient, you don’t only take care of the patient; you take care of their family, too. So why wouldn’t hair be included?\u201d Alexis said.<\/p>\n
Since the hair care kits have become more inclusive, some of the non-Black nurses have been learning how to braid Black hair, Alexis said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat’s not an everyday thing you do as a nurse,\u201d she said. \u201cThe nurses finding joy in learning how to do people of color hair, I enjoy that a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s what it\u2019s about, feeling seen and healing the whole body.<\/p>\n
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