Suicide Risk Assessment
Product Description:
AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ON-DEMAND
Sponsored by Patient Safety Monitor
presented on January 14, 2010
Inpatient suicide is the second-most reported sentinel event-get the tools you need to assess and protect your patients.
Listen to HCPro's audio conference that helps you clinically assess suicide risk in patients being treated for emotional and behavior disorders, as well as risks in the hospital's environment of care. Through case studies and recent survey experiences, expert speakers Sharon Chaput RN, C, CSHA, and Tasha Farrar, MD, will discuss Joint Commission and CMS requirements and introduce practical tools to develop a quick, effective scale to determine which intervention to use for compliance with this NPSG.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this audio conference, you will be able to:
- Explain the rationale behind NPSG 15.01.01
- Identify the key components of a suicide risk assessment
- List the prevalent suicide risk factors to monitor
- Identify when and what to document and tools to help your documentation be more complete
- Implement proven methods and lessons learned from case study examples
- Discover the benefits of self-reporting a sentinel event
AGENDA
- Overview and rationale for NPSG 15.01.01
- Elements of Performance
- Sentinel event statistics
- What other hospital settings besides psychiatric or behavioral health should do to comply with this goal
- Components of suicide risk assessment
- Suicide risk factors
- Various risk factors
- Protective factors
- Parasuicidal behavior
- Self Mutilation: Cutting in teens and adults
- Assessment and risk factors
- Treatment
- Documentation of suicide risk assessments
- What and when to document
- Suicide risk scales and sample tools/forms for emergency departments and other settings
- Environment of care (EC): What to assess for compliance
- Annual EC risk assessments: Sample tool
- Determine EC needs based on the setting
- Recent CMS and Joint Commission surveys
- Case studies
- Emergency department
- Outpatient therapy
- Labor/delivery unit: Postpartum depression
- A question and answer session follows the presentation
BONUS TOOLS
With this audio conference, you'll receive a slide presentation of the program materials and valuable takeaways, which you can use at your facility, including:- RN assessment of patient safety progress note
- Shift progress / reassessment note
- Therapeutic intervention survey
- Sample safety tool for kids
- SAD PERSONS scale
- Individual crises prevention plan for adults
- Sample environment of care risk assessment
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Quality improvement specialist, patient safety officer, regulatory officer, accreditation specialist, nurse manager, risk manager.
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Sharon Chaput RN, C, CSHA, director of standards and quality management, Brattleboro Retreat (Brattleboro, VT). Chaput has spent 20 years working in Behavioral Health in various positions as a charge nurse, nurse manager, and program director. Most recently, her focus has been working in accreditation and quality management for both acute care and behavioral health departments and providing consultation services as well.
Tasha Farrar, MD, medical director, outpatient services, Brattleboro Retreat (Brattleboro, VT). Dr. Farrar supervises the work of other outpatient psychiatrists and a psychiatric APRN, carries a full case load of psychiatric outpatients, and frequently offers consultation to primary care physicians and OBGYNs about patient care and risk management. Her areas of specialty include peripartum mood disorders and student health, both of which require a strong focus on risk assessment and management.
PROGRAM MATERIALS
Program materials are provided with PDF links.
AUDIO ON-DEMAND
In addition to the regular purchase options for HCPro audio conferences, we are pleased to offer another option, audio on-demand. Audio on-demand allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player. Purchase a CD or audio on-demand 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.
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