Simplifying Nursing Documentation
Meet Regulatory Requirements and Reduce the Burden on Your Staff
Product Description:
AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR ON-DEMAND
Sponsored by the Association of Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP)
presented on April 30, 2010
Cut your nursing documentation in half
Implement a "two-form" solution that will cut nursing documentation in half while fully complying with Joint Commission, CMS, and state expectations. Expert healthcare consultants Bud Pate, REHS, and Lisa Eddy, RN, CPHQ, help you increase compliance, improve communication among healthcare staff, promote patient safety, and boost staff, physician, and patient satisfaction.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this audio conference, you will be able to:- Identify common compliance challenges that have led to the current inefficient documentation processes
- Construct a process that will lead to simpler, more compliant nursing documentation
- Demonstrate compliant documentation to external regulators
- Explain the “two-form” solution to nursing documentation
TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA:
- How nursing documentation has become inefficient
- Excessive forms, check boxes, and structured documentation do not work
- Introducing the two-form solution
- Transforming the shift assessment into a one-stop, easy process that meets all regulatory expectations for:
- Care planning
- Assessment
- Reassessment
- Provision of care
- Patient family education
- Pain
- Restraint
- Falls
- Returning to the two-sentence professional nursing note to communicate essential information
- Transforming the shift assessment into a one-stop, easy process that meets all regulatory expectations for:
- Overcoming common challenges
- Watching out for frequent pitfalls
- Implementing the concept with existing computerized nursing documentation systems
- Succeeding in spreading critical thinking
- Putting it all together: Make your facility survey ready
- Question and answer session
BONUS TOOLS MATERIALS
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:
- Sample shift assessment tool
- A list of the most frequently cited compliance challenges
- Sample two-sentence professional nursing notes
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audio conference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials. These materials are provided with PDF links.
SPEAKERS
Bud Pate, REHS, vice president for content and development, The Greeley Company (a division of HCPro, Inc.). Prior to joining The Greeley Company, Pate spent 15 years with system-wide hospital quality and compliance responsibility for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California. Before that, Pate worked for the government, where he was responsible for all acute care licensing and CMS certification activities in Los Angeles County.
Lisa Eddy, RN, CPHQ, senior consultant, The Greeley Company (a division of HCPro, Inc.). Eddy brings more than 20 years experience in Joint Commission, CMS, HFAP, and NCQA accreditation and certification. Her background in nursing administration, quality, and risk management allows her to apply real world healthcare knowledge to the challenges of meeting regulatory requirements. She specializes in preparing organizations for accreditation and implementing solution-based, continuous accreditation readiness programs.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Quality improvement officers, risk managers, performance improvement specialists, patient safety officers, department managers, respiratory managers, clinical and non-clinical managers, directors of nursing, nurse managers, and case managers.
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.Product Types : Departments :
