While nurses have the responsibility to safely handle their patients during ambulation, transfer, and the normal course of care, they do not always know the best practices for doing so safely. This webinar provides an overview of the new Safe Patient Handling and Mobility (SPHM) National Standards. The ground-breaking multi-disciplinary effort to create the standards was spearheaded by ANA during 2012 and the document will be published in early 2013. The speaker will highlight key components and describe how the standards can be implemented to reduce injury and improve workplace health and safety.
Learining Objectives:
Following the webinar, attendees will be able to:
1) Describe key components ANA’s multi-disciplinary Safe Patient Handling and Mobility standards.
2) Identify ways to implement the standards into their nursing practice in order to improve workplace safety and reduce
musculoskeletal injuries in the workplace.
When: December 11, 2012 at 1pm – 2pm Eastern
Who should attend?
Quality Improvement Professionals, Nurse Managers, Staff Nurses, Hospital Administrators
Price
Individual ANA Member -$49
Individual Non ANA member -$79
Nursing Quality Network Members – FREE
NDNQI Hospitals - $179
Non NDNQI Hospitals-$279
Nursing Quality Network members – FREE
Payment
Members of the Nursing Quality Network can attend this event for free.
Nursing Quality Network members – enter your Network Membership code to access this webinar for Free. Contact QualityNetwork@ana.org if you need help remembering your Network code.
ANA Members and staff at NDNQI hospitals receive a discount. Select the appropriate option after adding the item to your cart, and enter the appropriate code.
ANA Members please enter the code ANA2012 (case sensitive)
NDNQI Members enter the code NDNQI2012 (case sensitive)
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Jaime Murphy Dawson, MPH
Senior Policy Analyst
Department of Health, Safety, and Wellness
American Nurses Association
Jaime Dawson, MPH is a well published expert on issues of occupational health and safety issues. Her body of work has focused on Safe Patient Handling, Needlestick Prevention, and Workplace Violence, among other areas of safety in the healthcare setting. At the American Nurses Association, Ms. Dawson is an authority not only on the standards of safe patient handling and mobility, but also in identifying resources and tools that nurses can use to protect their health and improve the safety of their work environment.
1.0 contact hour will be awarded to each participant who registers for and attends the webinar and completes an online evaluation.
The American Nurses Association Center for Continuing Education and Professional Development is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
ANCC Provider Number 0023.
ANA is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP6178.