Improving Competent Care of Pediatric Mental Health Patients in the Inpatient Setting

Activity Summary

Pediatric patients with mental health disorders require additional care considerations when admitted to the inpatient setting. Inpatient nurses often relate barriers to care of the mental health disorder to lack of comfortability in communication and confidence in performing screening and assessments. This session covers results of a performance excellence project with the aim of understanding barriers by eliciting the voice of the customer, seeking feedback from staff on the barriers to care of the mental health patient and developing PDSA (plan, do, study, act) cycles for improvement.

Objectives

Review literature on trending mental health disorders in the pediatric population.
Discuss comorbid mental health patients which require hospital stabilization in a small urban area.
Evaluate challenging case presentations and the considerations for management of care on the inpatient setting.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Criteria for Awarding Contact Hours

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

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, for {contactHours} contact hours.

Disclosures

The Nurse Planner has determined that no individuals with the ability to control content of this activity have relevant relationships with ineligible companies.

Activities with pharmacotherapeutic credit are to assist the APRN in fulfilling their education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.