I2 - Patient Safety and Extended Work Hour: An Evidence-Based Approach to Fatigue Management in the Work Place

Title: I2 - Patient Safety and Extended Work Hour: An Evidence-Based Approach to Fatigue Management in the Work Place

Disciplines: Professional Issues (PI)

Learning Objectives:
  • Understand sleep physiology, the sleep-wake cycle and sleep architecture.
  • Discuss the effect of nurse’s fatigue on patient safety and risk management for nurses
  • Identify three strategies for fatigue countermeasures.

  • Submission Description:
    Strategies for Surviving the Night Shift – Podium Presentation – August 2014 – 40 nurses Publication Workshop: Results Section – Podium Presentation – June 2014 – 15 nurses Evidence-Based Practice: Following the Evidence to Lead Your Clinical Practice – Podium Presentation – 100 nurses
    Wednesday, June 17, 2015: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM
    Grand Ballroom 1 (Long Beach Convention Center)
    Moderator:
    Jessica L. McNeil, BSN, RNC-OB
    Presenting Author:
    Ana-Maria Gallo, PhD, CNS, RNC-OB
    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.