design and implement case participation will be audiovisual conferences with conferences or Grand Rounds maintained by the Staff and faculty at Dartmouth College so that there is greater Organizational Development occur three times per year and knowledge, skills, and support Office. These data will be will move to a similar in working with class members reported in the Quarterly Thursday noon slot for the with challenging behaviors. Report. next academic year. Attendance list for the clinical case conference is now kept, in addition to those individuals who wish to fill in the appropriate sheets to obtain continuing medical education (CME) credits. It is noted that attendance at the clinical case conference for academic year 2015 increased to 1142 from 694 in academic year 2014. This represents a 65 percent increase in attendance at the clinical case conferences. Attendance by nursing staff, acuity specialists, and mental health workers continues to lag behind other disciplines. For this reason, academic year 2016 has been identified as the year to ensure marked increase in nursing, acuity specialist, and mental health worker attendance. I have met with the current nursing leadership to set the expectation for nursing attendance at clinical case conference. The response CONSENT DECREE Quality Improvement Actions Taken During the Measure Quarter Recommendation has been positive. The previous commitment from director of nursing, R. Pushard, to provide relief from senior nursing so that unit nurses and mental health workers could attend the clinical case conference did not
design and implement case conferences or Grand Rounds so that there is greater knowledge, skills, and support in working with class members with challenging behaviors. participation will be maintained by the Staff and Organizational Development Office. These data will be reported in the Quarterly Report. audiovisual conferences with faculty at Dartmouth College occur three times per year and will move to a similar Thursday noon slot for the next academic year. Attendance list for the clinical case conference is now kept, in addition to those individuals who wish to fill in the appropriate sheets to obtain continuing medical education (CME) credits. It is noted that attendance at the clinical case conference for academic year 2015 increased to 1142 from 694 in academic year 2014. This represents a 65 percent increase in attendance at the clinical case conferences. Attendance by nursing staff, acuity specialists, and mental health workers continues to lag behind other disciplines. For this reason, academic year 2016 has been identified as the year to ensure marked increase in nursing, acuity specialist, and mental health worker attendance. I have met with the current nursing leadership to set the expectation for nursing attendance at clinical case conference. The response CONSENT DECREE Recommendation Quality Improvement Measure Actions Taken During the Quarter has been positive. The previous commitment from director of nursing, R. Pushard, to provide relief from senior nursing so that unit nurses and mental health workers could attend the clinical case conference did not
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