FEATURED SESSIONS How Nursing Leaders Facilitate Safety, Quality, and Operational Excellence Through the Practice of Learning Teams
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
Speaker: Diana Swihart, CEO & Managing Partner at American Academy for Preceptor Advancement (AAPA)
Sponsored by: Capella University
This presentation will introduce the concept of Learning Teams within healthcare systems and explore how they can enhance the degree to which leaders effectively learn from their normal, daily operations. Learning Teams provide varying perspectives and approaches of functional diversity within healthcare for creating effective, safe, highly reliable, and stable performance through facilitated engagement within a group context. Participants share their knowledge, skills, concerns, and solutions within a positive learning environment. New approaches to solving complex problems emerge.
The Ramifications of the Vaught Conviction: The Quandary of Criminalizing Medical Errors
Time: 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM EST
Panelist:Patricia A. McGaffigan, Vice President of Safety Programs / President at Institute for Healthcare Improvement / Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety
Panelist: Lillee Smith Gelinas, Assistant Professor at Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine – MET 340Q / University of North Texas Health Science Center
Panelist: Keith E. Essen, VHA High Reliability Organization Support Team & Contractor Support at VHA Office of Healthcare Transformation
Presented by: PSQH
An expert panel will discuss the recent criminal conviction of former nurse RaDonda Vaught and what it could mean for nurse morale, the impact it could have on reporting future incidents, and how Just Culture can provide a different way to deal with these situations. |
