PA PQC LEARNING SESSION - November 13, 2024
Simulations play an important role in staff training and patient care. Members of the healthcare team will learn strategies for developing and implementing simulations with limited resources, as well as strategies for success. The importance of and strategies for conducting effective debriefs will also be covered.
Agenda:
11:00 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. – Welcome – Sara Nelis, RN, Program Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
11:05 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. – Obstetric Simulations and Debriefs – Kandis McLean, DNP, FNP-BC, MSN-ed, C-EFM, CHSE,RNC-OB, NEA-BC, Associate Professor Maternal Health Simulation and
Maternal Mortality Review Committee NYC DOH
11:45 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. – Q&A – Facilitated by Dr. Kandis McLean
11:55 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Wrap-up & Next Steps – Sara Nelis, RN
Target Audience
Nurse
Physician
Social Worker
Learning Objectives
- Review maternal sepsis early warning signs and diagnostic criteria in alignment with contemporary critical care practices.
- Discuss identified common etiologies for maternal sepsis and suggested treatment approaches.
- Discuss the impact of implicit bias and social determinants and impact on care prognosis and health care delivery.
- Summarize interprofessional team strategies for improving care coordination and communication in the treatment of Obstetrical infections and improve outcomes.
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Simulations play an important role in staff training and patient care. Members of the healthcare team will learn strategies for developing and implementing simulations with limited resources, as well as strategies for success. The importance of and strategies for conducting effective debriefs will also be covered.
Agenda:
11:00 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. – Welcome – Sara Nelis, RN, Program Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
11:05 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. – Obstetric Simulations and Debriefs – Kandis McLean, DNP, FNP-BC, MSN-ed, C-EFM, CHSE,RNC-OB, NEA-BC, Associate Professor Maternal Health Simulation and
Maternal Mortality Review Committee NYC DOH
11:45 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. – Q&A – Facilitated by Dr. Kandis McLean
11:55 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Wrap-up & Next Steps – Sara Nelis, RN
Sara Nelis, RN, Program Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Kandis McLean, DNP, FNP-BC, MSN-ed, C-EFM, CHSE, RNC-OB, NEA-BC, Associate Professor Maternal Health Simulation and Maternal Mortality Review Committee NYC DOH
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and The Jewish Healthcare Foundation. 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.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 continuing education credits.
Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 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 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 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 ASWB
- 1.00 Attendance

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