Session Summary
In today’s healthcare setting, working together to keep everyone safe is so important. This presentation shares how Safe Patient Handling and Mobility (SPHM) can really help in Pressure Injury Prevention (PIP), making repositioning and mobility safer for everyone involved. As CMS continues to set higher standards, it’s great to see how a proactive, system-wide approach connecting SPHM and PIP can lead to better results for patients and caregivers alike.
Objectives
- Summarize the scope and impact of injuries associated with unsafe patient handling on patients, the care team, and healthcare organizations.
- Discuss how Safe Patient Handling & Mobility initiatives support Pressure Injury Prevention as reporting expectations evolve.
Topics
Skin/Wound Care, Patient Safety
Population
Adult
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Successful Completion
Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.
Accreditation
The American Association of Critical-Care 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 CEP 1036, {{contactHoursCalc}} contact hours.
Disclosure
Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content will be identified by the Nurse Planner within the activity. Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content has been mitigated.
Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education only and does not imply AACN, ANCC, or CBRN approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity.
Activities with pharmacology hours are to assist the APRN in fulfilling the pharmacotherapeutic education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.
Activities meet the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your own state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting your certificate of completion.
Refund Policy
Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.