Suicide Risk
Solutions to Rapid Assessment, Environment of Care, and Documentation Issues
Product Description:
AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR ON-DEMAND
Sponsored by: The Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals
Presented on Thursday, March 31, 2011
New Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert requires increased vigilance on preventing suicide in high-risk units
With limited resources it’s a challenge for hospitals to perform thorough suicide risk assessments. Join our expert speakers for a discussion on efficient and effective ways to address environment of care issues, improve clinical education, and utilize rapid assessment to reduce suicide risk at your facility.
More case studies by popular demand!
We are dedicating a large portion of the program to real-life case studies which provide solutions to challenging scenarios in the ED, and Med Surg departments, including how to handle the influx of potentially high-risk military personnel.
Benefits:
- Prevent occurrences by identifying risk factors quicker and more effectively among your patients
- Identify and assess at-risk patients using reliable screening and rapid assessment tools
- Evaluate your facility’s potential environmental risks
- Know what and when to document and how often to reassess
- Provide low-cost, high-value clinical education to personnel in high-risk units
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Implement at least three interview techniques to better determine an individual’s suicide risk
- Conduct a proactive environment of care risk assessment and identify strategies to reduce risk
- Demonstrate best practices and tools for documenting for suicidal risk
- Identify high risk behaviors and statistical risk factors associated with suicide
- Implement solutions and tools to overcome challenging suicide risk scenarios
- Identify legal and treatment issues related to suicidal individuals
Agenda
- Sentinel event update
- Differences in language from applicable standards
- Statistics and recent trends
- Clinical education
- Components of a risk assessment
- Documentation requirements
- Risk management
- Assessment tools
- Environment of care
- Low cost ways to reduce risk
- Best practices for renovations
- Standards of care
- CMS – COPs
- Case studies: Real-life examples of challenging scenarios with solutions and tools to overcome
- ED
- Med Surg
- Inpatient psychiatric hospitals
- Influx of military personnel
- Live Question & Answer Session
BONUS TOOLS INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIALS PACKET:
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audio conference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and tools, including
- Sample environment of care risk assessment
- Individual crises prevention plan for adults
- RN assessment of patient safety progress note
- Shift progress / reassessment note
- Therapeutic intervention survey
- Sample safety tool for kids
- SAD PERSONS scale
WHO SHOULD LISTEN:
Accreditation professionals, patient safety professionals, quality improvement officers, risk managers, directors of nursing, nurse managers, and staff nurses
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Sharon Chaput RN, C, CSHA, is the Director of Standards and Quality Management at the Brattleboro Retreat. Ms. Chaput has 22 years of experience as an RN with 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 as well as providing consultation services.
Kirk Woodring, LICSW, CGP, is a licensed independent clinical social worker and the Director of Access, Evaluation and Ambulatory Services at the Brattleboro Retreat. Mr. Woodring has presented nationally on the assessment of suicide risk, and has worked and consulted with emergency department doctors, nurses and social workers in hospitals throughout New England on developing skills for rapidly assessing risk. Formerly the director of a Massachusetts Emergency Services team, Mr. Woodring also serves as an adjunct Associate Professor at the Smith College School for Social Work.
AUDIO ON-DEMAND:
In addition to the regular participation options for HCPro audio conferences—live, CD, or combination packages—we are pleased to offer another option, an 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. It’s also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.
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