The PARTNER Program - July 12, 2023

July 12, 2023

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

Nurses

Social Workers

Discharge Planners (Case Managers)

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

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 7.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 7.25 Attendance
Course opens: 
07/12/2023
Course expires: 
08/12/2023
Event starts: 
07/12/2023 - 7:45am EDT
Event ends: 
07/12/2023 - 4:00pm EDT
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7:45--8:00 a.m.

Registration and Breakfast

Improvement Specialists*

8:00--8:30 a.m.

PARTNER Overview (PP)

Janet Leahy, CRNP

 

8:30--9:00 a.m.

Core Communication Skills (PP)

Janet Leahy, CRNP

 

9:00--9:15 a.m.

First Meeting with Family (Didactic/Video)

Janet Leahy, CRNP

9:15—10:00 a.m.

Skills Practice I: First Meeting with Family

Janet Leahy, CRNP

 

10:00--10:15 a.m.

Break

 

10:15—11:00 a.m.

Skills Practice ll:  First Meeting with Family

Janet Leahy, CRNP

 

11:00--11:30 a.m.

Making Family Meetings Happen/Pre-Family Meeting/Question Prompt Sheet (Didactic/video)

Janet Leahy, CRNP

11:30--12:00 p.m.

LUNCH

 

 

12:00--1:00 p.m.

Skills Practice III: Pre-Family Meeting

Janet Leahy, CRNP

 

1:00--1:15 p.m.

Gentle Intervening (PP)

Janet Leahy, CRNP

1:15--1:45 p.m.

Skills Practice IV: Gentle Intervening

Janet Leahy, CRNP

1:45--2:00 p.m.

Break

 

2:00--2:45 p.m.

Skills Practice IV: Gentle Intervening

Janet Leahy, CRNP

 

2:45--3:00 p.m.

3:00--4:00 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

 

Taking the Skills Home

Documentation and Implementation

Adjournment

 

Janet Leahy, CRNP

Improvement Specialists

Improvement Specialists

 

*Improvement Specialists: Stacey Hook & Kimmy Emanuele*

UPMC LIT
Lititz, PA
United States

Janet Leahy, CRNP

Kimberly Emanuele, MSN, RN

Stacey Hook, MSN, RN, CPN, CCRN

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 7.25 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

  • 7.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 7.25 Attendance
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