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ForwardFrom Surviving to Thriving: An Overview of the Critical illness Recovery Center (CIRC) at UPMC Mercy
This presentation will discuss the what the critical illness recovery center can offer a patient who was in the critical care units. Patients who had an admission for over 5 days in the critical care unit for a critical illness can make an appointment with the critical illness recovery staff on discharge. At this appointment, team members from physicians, nurses, nutrition, physical, occupational, speech and respiratory therapist and discharge plan managers will assess and plan interventions to assist the patient in their recover.
Target Audience
Nurses, Social Workers and Case Managers
Learning Objectives
Discuss the purpose of the critical illness recovery center.
Identify the interventions that can be provided the by critical illness recovery center.
Describe the long term benefits of following up with critical illness recovery center.
Kathryn Geary MSN,FNP-Cm CRNP
Nurse Practitioner, Critical Illness Recovery Center
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