Explore nursing's new "normal" by participating in Patient Safety NOW, PSQH's exclusive virtual event on May 12, 2022. Learn how your nursing leadership peers have adapted and adjusted their management methods in the wake of 2022’s healthcare sea of change. This free online summit will offer valuable and helpful insight as you continue to move forward.
How Nursing Leaders Facilitate Safety, Quality, and Operational Excellence Through the Practice of Learning Teams
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
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.
Speaker:
Diana Swihart, PhD, DMin, MSN, APN CS, NPD-BC, P-PCA, FAAN
CEO & Managing Partner
American Academy for Preceptor Advancement (AAPA)
The Ramifications of the Vaught Conviction: The Quandary of Criminalizing Medical Errors
02:15 PM - 3:15 PM EDT
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.
Speakers:
Patricia A. McGaffigan, RN, MS, CPPS
Vice President of Safety Programs / President
Institute for Healthcare Improvement / Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety
Lillee Smith Gelinas, DNP, RN, CPPS, FAAN
Diana Swihart, PhD, DMin, MSN, APN CS, NPD-BC, P-PCA, FAAN
- CEO & Managing Partner, American Academy for Preceptor Advancement (AAPA)
Lillee Smith Gelinas, DNP, RN, CPPS, FAAN
- Assistant Professor – Medical Education & Health Systems Science / Patient Safety Section Director, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine – MET 340Q - University of North Texas Health Science Center
- Editor-in-Cheif, American Nurse
Keith E. Essen, RN, PhD, MSS
- VHA High Reliability Organization Support Team and Contractor Support
Moderator: Jay Kumar
- Editor-in-Chief, PSQH