Navigating the Storm: Enhancing Clinical Support & Collaboration through Creation of a Standardized Critical Event Debrief Process

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Title: Navigating the Storm: Enhancing Clinical Support & Collaboration through Creation of a Standardized Critical Event Debrief Process

Promenade Ballroom (Long Beach Convention Center)
Susan Faron, MN, RNC-OB, CNS , Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns, San Diego, CA
Jacqueline B. Hiner, MSN/Ed, RNC-OB, CNS , Maternal Infant Services, Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns, San Diego, CA

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

Learning Objectives:
  • 1. Define a critical event
  • 2. Discuss the importance of conducting a debrief with staff after a critical event has occurred
  • 3. Review the process for conducting a critical event debrief

    • Submission Description:
    This presentation is intended to describe the development and implementation of a critical event debrief process to provide a forum for interprofessional clinicians to recount their experience of a critical event, gather facts, provide staff with emotional support, foster teamwork and identify hospital processes that need to be addressed in order to improve patient safety. A paper tool was developed to provide structure and guidelines for the debrief and facilitate standardization of the process.

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