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The goal of this activity is to enhance nursing staff competencies on the Surgical Care Unit (SCU) to ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care. The focus is on improving key areas, including safe medication administration, prevention of hospital-acquired conditions, strategies to prevent respiratory distress, and effective management of code blue situations. This training aims to equip the nursing team with the essential knowledge and skills needed to provide optimal care and ensure patient safety in critical situations.
Target Audience
Nurses
Learning Objectives
Learning Objective 1:
SCU nurse will identify safe medication administration processes.
Learning Objective 2:
SCU nurse will demonstrate interventions and skills to prevent hospital acquired conditions.
Learning Objective 3:
SCU nurse will apply emergency management skills in a CODE Blue response.
Learning Objective 4:
SCU nurse will verbalize how to care for broken-down skin around ostomy site.
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Children’s National Hospital. Children’s National Hospital is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Children’s National Hospital Accreditation Provider# 4008362.
Acknowledgement of Financial and In-Kind Commercial Support
No financial or in-kind commercial support was received for this educational activity.