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Forward2025 Inpatient Nurse Education Day - April 21, 2025
RN and LPN inpatient staff members currently have a baseline knowledge of the inpatient medical-surgical population, but NDNQI quality measures, average length of stay, HCAHPS reports, and incident reports indicate the ongoing education is needed. Information from key stakeholders on the medical-surgical departments state that additional learning is needed. Nurses who are new to these units also voiced a need for further education on included topics. The gap identified include knowledge, practice, and skill. Numerous changes have occurred over the past year in the in the medical-surgical departments which require education reinforcement to continue to provide high quality patient care and the best patient outcomes.
Target Audience
Registered Nurse
Licensed Practical Nurse
Learning Objectives
- Learners will demonstrate understanding of high-risk low-volume medications and equipment.
- Learners will demonstrate their role in the stroke alert process and the Yale dysphagia screening.
- Learners will discuss in class the benefits and barriers of policies, order adherence, and documentation.
- Learners will demonstrate application of restraints and discuss appropriate documentation.
- Learners will demonstrate resuscitation skills in a mock code scenario.
- Learners will verbalize criteria for calling an RRT.
- Learners will complete an EKG competency exam.
Additional Information
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Autumn Seifert, BSN, RN, CNRN
Stacey Cluck, BSN, RN
Tina Keck, MSN, MHA, RN, ONC
Aubrey Carberry, MSN, RN, CMSRN
Lisa Burns, MSN, RN, OCN
Jessica Biegler, MS, BSN, RN
Shelley Heinbaugh, MSN, RN, CEN
Matt Hopkins, BSN, RN, CEN
Maryalyce McCormick, MS, RN, ACNS-BC, ONC, CNRN, SCRN
Dawn Hippensteel, MS, BSN, RN, GCNS-BC, CDP
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hours.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 4.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 4.00 Attendance