Geriatrics-Intro to new Power Plan – Building an Age Friendly Trauma Program
UPMC Mercy is the Geriatric Center of Excellence for all geriatric patients and esp. the geriatric trauma patients. This lecture will share how we can use the new power plan to give even better care to our geriatric trauma patients
Target Audience
RN's, Case managers and social workers.
Learning Objectives
Discuss the benefits of geriatric power plans to care for the geriatric trauma patient.
Melissa Jones MSN, RN, GERO-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.
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.00 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
- 1.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 1.00 Attendance