The PARTNER Program - August 31, 2022

August 31, 2022

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: 
08/31/2022
Course expires: 
09/30/2022
Event starts: 
08/31/2022 - 7:45am EDT
Event ends: 
08/31/2022 - 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)

Ashley Wills, CRNP

 

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

Core Communication Skills (PP)

Ashley Wills, CRNP

 

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

First Meeting with Family (Didactic/Video)

Ashley Wills, CRNP

9:15—10:00 a.m.

Skills Practice I: First Meeting with Family

Ashley Wills, CRNP

 

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

Break

 

10:15—11:00 a.m.

Skills Practice ll:  First Meeting with Family

Ashley Wills, CRNP

 

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

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

Ashley Wills, CRNP

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

LUNCH

 

 

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

Skills Practice III: Pre-Family Meeting

Ashley Wills, CRNP

 

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

Gentle Intervening (PP)

Ashley Wills, CRNP

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

Skills Practice IV: Gentle Intervening

Ashley Wills, CRNP

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

Break

 

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

Skills Practice IV: Gentle Intervening

Ashley Wills, 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

 

Ashley Wills, CRNP

Improvement Specialists

Improvement Specialists

 

*Improvement Specialists: Stacey Hook & Kimmy Emanuele*

UPMC PUH
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Ashley Wills, 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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