The PARTNER Program, August 6, 2021
Giving nurses and social workers a large, well-defined role in supporting families of patients at high risk of death improves family psychological outcomes, improves patient outcomes, and improves nurse-physician collaboration.
Target Audience
Learning Objectives
State the goals of the PARTNER Program
Describe two core communication skills used in family meetings
Define what happens in a first meeting with family
Demonstrate two core communication skills when placed in a hypothetical situation
Verbalize the steps to make a family meeting happen
Identify the family’s question and concerns prior to the family meeting
Demonstrate how to conduct a pre-family meeting
Verbalize the skills required for daily check-ins with family
Demonstrate the skills required for daily check-ins with family
Verbalize how to integrate core communication skills into their practice
8:00--8:15 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast | Improvement Specialists |
8:15--8:45 a.m. | PARTNER Overview | Janet Leahy, CRNP
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8:45—9:15 a.m. | Core Communication Skills | Janet Leahy, CRNP
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9:15--9:45 a.m. | First Meeting with Family (Didactic/video) | Video |
9:45—10:30 a.m. | Skills Practice I: First Meeting with Family | Janet Leahy, CRNP
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10:30--10:45 a.m. | Break |
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10:45 —11:30 p.m. | Skills Practice ll: First Meeting with Family | Janet Leahy, CRNP
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11:30--12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
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12:00--12:15 p.m. | Making Family Meetings Happen | Janet Leahy, CRNP
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12:15--1:45 p.m. | Pre-Family Meeting/Question Prompt sheet (Didactic/video) | Janet Leahy, CRNP
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1:45--2:15 p.m. | Skills Practice lll: Pre-Family Meeting | Janet Leahy, CRNP
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2:15--2:30 p.m. | break |
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2:30--2:45 p.m. | Daily Check-in (Didactic/Video) | Janet Leahy, CRNP |
2:45--3:15p.m. | Skills Practice lV: Daily Check-in | Janet Leahy, CRNP
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3:15--3:30 p.m. | Taking the Skills Home | Janet Leahy, CRNP
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3:30--4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. | Next steps and Program Evaluation Adjournment | Improvement Specialists |
Janet Leahy, MSN, ACNP-BC, ACHPN
Anastasia Hook, MSN, RN, CPN, CCRN
Kimberly Emanuele, BSN, RN
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.
Available Credit
- 6.50 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 6.50 Attendance