Delaney, Sandy. Interview. Sandy describes her education and career as an Occupational Therapist in St. John's Newfoundland from 1987-2022, with particular focus on her experience developing the occupational therapy service in acute care at the Janeway Children's Hospital, later called the Children's and Women's Health Program in Eastern Health.

• Main Author: Manolovich, Mary
• Other Authors: Delaney, Sandy, Sandy grew up on the west coast of Newfoundland; received a BScOT from Dalhousie University in 1987 as one of the first Newfoundland students in the program; received a 1 year bursary from the Waterford Hospital and returned to St. John's to work there from 1987-1990; worked at St. Clare's Mercy Hospital from 1990-1995; moved to Janeway Children's Hospital in 1995 to start an in-house Occupational Therapy service and remained there until retirement in 2022.
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Delaney; Sandy; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/occuptherapy/id/35

Sandy talks about her decision to become an occupational therapist; experience in Occupational Therapy school at Dalhousie; returning to work in St. John's; starting the in-house occupational therapy sevice at the Janeway Children's Hospital; interest in acute care; challenges in developing the service; overwhelming demands; work in Medicine and Surgery more familiar; work in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the Provincial Perinatal Program biggest challenges; development of service over the years; won Association of Allied Heath Professionals Clinician of the Year Award for work in NICU; interventions to affect developmental progression; cranial moulding; feeding interventions; positioning; environmental interventions; educating nurses in NICU about positioning; parent education; high risk inpatient and outpatient programs; teaching regional occupational therapists in the province to provide follow-up.