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ForwardPAS Charge Nurse Workshop October 15,2024
This course will prepare nurses for the charge nurse role.
Target Audience
RN
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course the learner will be able to:
- Describe the process to print downtime forms,
- Describe the process for crash cart maintenance
- Demonstrate the ability to utilize Shift Select to plan staffing for the unit.
- Have a better understanding of patient safety reporting and identify a “good catch"
- Be able to recognize and verbalize the process of testing staff for fitness for duty.
October 15, 2024
Time | Topic | Speakers |
9:00-9:10 | Welcome | Diane Ankney, MSN, RN, NEA-BC Director of Nursing |
9:10-9:30 | Charge Nurse role | Jessica Azzarello, BSN, RN, CMSRN Senior Clinician, Nursing Support |
09:45-10:15 | AOD and Bedflow Communication | Jessica Azzarello, BSN, RN, CMSRN Senior Clinician, Nursing Support |
10:15-11:00 | Patient Experience | Jessica Azzarello, BSN, RN, CMSRN Senior Clinician, Nursing Support |
11:00-11:45 | Patient Flow and Discharge Unit | Jessica Azzarello, BSN, RN, CMSRN Senior Clinician, Nursing Support |
11:45-12:15 | Lunch Break | |
12:15-13:00 | Building Relationships with the Emergency Department | Betsy Tedesco DNP, RN, CEN, NEA-BC, PHRN Clinical Director, Emergency Services |
13:00-13:45 | Informatics | Kathryn L. Fowler, MLS MSN RN MEDSURG-BC NI-BC Informatics Nurse II |
13:45-14:00 | Patient Safety and Risk Management | John Filipcic, MSN, RN Manager Patient Safety and Regulatory |
14:00-14:15 | Shift Select | Krista Schmidt, BSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC Unit Director, Resource and Cardiac Monitoring |
14:15-14:30 | Tele-Tracking | Jessica Azzarello, BSN, RN, CMSRN Senior Clinician, Nursing Support |
Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
No planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
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 5.5 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
- 5.50 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 5.50 Attendance