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AUDIOCONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ARCHIVE

Sponsored by How to Comply With CMS and Joint Commission Restraint and Seclusion Requirements

presented on January 31, 2008

Don’t let restraint and seclusion standards cause confusion in your hospital

Many facilities are scrambling to understand and implement CMS and Joint Commission restraint and seclusion requirements. Noncompliance can jeopardize patient safety and trigger a citation.

Get the help you need straight from industry experts Gay Howard and Cathy Willoughby during this 90-minute audioconference, Restraints and Seclusion: How to meet CMS and Joint Commission requirements. They review the standards and provide you with a sample policy. Plus, they explain policy development and share specific strategies and tools you can use to promote compliance in your facility right away!

TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA

1. Recent changes to restraint and seclusion standards
   1. CMS Hospital Conditions of Participation
   2. Joint Commission Standards
2. Components of a restraint and seclusion policy
3. Compliance strategies
   1. Decrease restraint utilization
      1. Create a culture that reduces need
      2. Improve recognition and management of delirium
      3. Teach/provide alternatives to restraint
   2. Develop strategies and tools that support compliance when restraint is required
      1. Forms that simultaneously educate and reinforce accountability
      2. Unit experts
4. Case study: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
   1. CMS survey lessons learned
   2. Tips and advice

A question and answer session follows the program

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of the program you will be able to:

1. Recognize restraint and seclusion standards changes from CMS and The Joint Commission
2. Construct a restraint and seclusion policy
3. Implement strategies and tools to promote compliance
4. Identify effective staff education methods

BONUS TOOLS INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIALS PACKET

In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audioconference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and

1. Self-auditing form for nurses
2. Sample restraint and seclusion policy
3. Sample documentation forms

These materials are provided with PDF links.

WHO SHOULD LISTEN

Patient safety directors, quality directors, nursing directors, nurse managers, survey coordinators, risk managers

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Gay Howard is a full time consultant with The Greeley Company. She brings more than 30 years’ experience to the identification and solution of complex challenges facing healthcare institutions and providers across the country. Her expertise spans the scope of healthcare: from regulatory compliance to quality assessment and performance improvement to infection control. A prolific author and speaker, Howard is equally at home in the hospital, medical group, and managed care settings.

Cathy Willoughby RN, MA, CNA-BS, has been a registered nurse for more than 30 years and in psychiatric nursing leadership for 25 years.  She is currently the Senior Associate Director of Clinical Services for Behavioral Health Services in the Department of Nursing at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Willoughby has experience in helping staff achieve compliance with CMS and Joint Commission restraint standards.  She has special interest in evidence-based approaches to behavioral restraint reduction.

Purchase a CD or audio archive of the program and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.

Publisher :  HCPro, Inc
 
Product Types :

• Audioconferences

Departments :

• Other Quality/Patient Safety Products

ORDER CLASS: Q_01-31-2008
SOURCE CODE: EHCM