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H6C - Supporting Nurses to Navigate the Choppy Seas of a Critical Event

Wednesday, June 17, 2015 : 9:15 AM

Title: H6C - Supporting Nurses to Navigate the Choppy Seas of a Critical Event

Room 103 (Long Beach Convention Center)
Maureen Latham, BSN, RN, RNC-OB , LDR/Triage/ADC, Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns, San Diego, CA
Susan Faron, MN, RNC-OB, CNS , Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns, San Diego, CA
Jeanna Mora, BSN, RNC-OB , Jeanna.mora@sharp.com, San Diego, CA

Discipline: Professional Issues (PI)

Learning Objectives:
  • The learner will Identify emotions staff experience after a critical event
  • The learner will be able to describe the value of a timely critical event
  • The learner will navigate the implementation and evaluation of a critical event debrief and empower bedside staff to utilize

    • Submission Description:
    Harnessing the healing wind of a Critical Incident Debrief required enlightening the Labor & Delivery team of Mary Birch Hospital how to navigate a newly developed Debrief tool. The safe harbor of confidential, timely, debriefs anchors the team against overwhelming emotions that can accompany a critical event. In addition to sharing didactic content education included a video of three brave colleagues discussing their feelings after error events, and their thoughts on how a critical event debrief would help them to heal and inspire them to become a better nurse

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    The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.