A Teamstepps Approach to Improving Obstetrical Patients' Pain Experience

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Title: A Teamstepps Approach to Improving Obstetrical Patients' Pain Experience

Promenade Ballroom (Long Beach Convention Center)
Linda Gibbons, MS, RN , Women and Children's Department, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

Discipline: Childbearing (CB), Newborn Care (N), Women’s Health (WH)

Learning Objectives:
  • The learner will be able to identify key elements of a Pain Management Program, including how to identify unmet patient pain management needs.
  • The learner will be able to describe common barriers to effective pain management and identify pain management interventions applicable to their own work environment.
  • The learner will be able to identify sustainability strategies for a Pain Management Program.

    • Submission Description:
    This presentation highlights team based and technological interventions implemented by a multidisciplinary team to improve patients' pain experiences. It describes an approach for identifying pain management issues faced by the OB patient during hospitalization and identifies strategies for sustaining these improvements.

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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.