Session 9: Promoting a Safe Environment & Collaborative Care Model for Children Experiencing Behavioral Health Crises Boarding on an Inpatient Medical Unit

SPN Fall Virtual Conference Session 9: Promoting a Safe Environment & Collaborative Care Model for Children Experiencing Behavioral Health Crises Boarding on an Inpatient Medical Unit

Promoting a Safe Environment & Collaborative Care Model for Children Experiencing Behavioral Health Crises Boarding on an Inpatient Medical Unit

• Session Track: Clinical Practice
• Ana Maria Pires-Serisser, MSN, RN, CPN; Mary Ellen Green, MSN, RN, CPN, CNL
• This presentation will describe our medical center nurse-led efforts to improve patient safety and quality of care experiences for pediatric behavioral health patients boarding on a medical unit and for the nursing staff providing care. Attendees will leave with strategies for replicating this systems improvement project and tips for engaging key stakeholders.

Outcome: 85% of the participants will self-report having gained new knowledge and/or strategies to implement into practice based on the information provided. 

Continuing Education:  Society of Pediatric Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 16532.

Contact Hour: 0.5 NCPD Contact Hour

Successful completion:

1.        View session recording.

2.        Complete on-line course evaluation and attestation of completion

Relevant Financial Relationships:

Dr Ryan McDonough, DO, FAAP, is faculty for this educational event and is a consultant and speaker for Sanofi. The relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated. 

There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for others involved with the ability to control the content of this activity