This half-day, 4-hour accredited course is designed for nurses, medics and other professional staff who work with families and want to sharpen their focus on enhancing the experiences children and their families receive in emergency departments or urgent care centers.
Developed and taught by an experienced pediatric emergency nursing educator and a certified child life specialist with years of experience in the emergency department, Sharpening Your Focus on Pediatric Standards of Care will arm you with the strategies and tactics you need to take your department's or center's child care to the next level.
But what you take away from the course doesn't stop there. As long-time "in the trenches" practitioners of emergency care, we recognize that in the midst of a busy department, we sometimes inadvertently focus more on the task than on the child in front of us. The techniques taught in this course will not only leave the children and families you serve less traumatized; it will leave you and your colleagues, as nursing professionals, feeling more satisfied with your jobs as well.
Comments of past attendees:
"On behalf of children, as a nurse and as a parent, please reach as many ERs as you can. This is great information and is presented very well!"
"Distraction techniques made me think about how we do things…. Will re-look at practices."
"Excellent program. The speakers were great. Don't change a thing!"
"Class was very well done and informative!"
"They spoke on and gave very good ideas that can be put into practice."
"Child life techniques were very helpful. Your knowledge, professional approach and enthusiasm are greatly appreciated."
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Course components include:
- Review of pediatric triage assessment skills
- Recognition of developmental differences in pediatric patients, and implications for nursing practice
- Use of child life distraction techniques to help children through procedures with developmentally appropriate toys, books, music and/or imagery
- Discussion of clinical areas particularly important in pediatric emergency care, such as
- General medical emergencies
- Respiratory emergencies
- Cardiac emergencies
- Neurologic emergencies
- Orthopedic emergencies and trauma care
- Special pediatric situations, including child abuse and death of a child
- Care of the pediatric patient in the community emergency department
- Focus on improved family satisfaction
- Medical-legal issues related to pediatric emergency nursing care
In addition to strategies and tactics for excelling in pediatric care, your department receives a "Distraction Kit" filled with items experientially proven to distract children during procedures. The kit includes tested and specially-selected toys, books and music CDs for various developmental ages. A CD player is also included.
*This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Approval valid through May 9, 2009. ONA #12,629-R07
To check for availability or to learn more, please contact Dr. Petrack at 216-371-8755 or epetrack@petrackconsulting.com.
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