Title: B3 - Alphabet Soup and Leading Change: Using Nurse Sensitive Indicators to Improve Perinatal Care

Disciplines: Professional Issues (PI), Newborn Care (N), Childbearing (CB)

Learning Objectives:
  1. Identify three benchmarking sources for Perinatal Nurse Sensitive Indicators.
  2. Discuss the differences between Nurse Sensitive Indicators and Outcomes.
  3. Apply knowledge gained from this session to the work environment.
Submission Description:
How does your nursing care directly affect your patient’s outcome? Nurses must take the lead in demonstrating positive patient outcomes. The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses, National Association of Neonatal Nurses and other organizations have demonstrated improvements in perinatal safety using nurse sensitive indicators and evidenced-based guidelines. The presentation will demonstrate how data can assist you in measuring your patient safety success.
Monday, June 25, 2012: 1:30 PM-2:30 PM
Potomac A (Gaylord National Harbor)
Moderator:
Suzanne L. Ketchem, MSN, RNC-OB, CNS
Presenting Authors:
Rita Allen Brennan, DNP, RNC-NIC, APN/CNS and Suzanne McCoy, MS, RNC, NNP-BC