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Suicide Screening in Hospitals
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Hosted by Mike Smith
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February 20, 2008
Suicide Screening in Hospitals - Meeting the Joint Commission Standard of Suicide Risk Assessments in Hospitals
Presented by Monica Cooke
From QualityPlusSolutions, LLC (QPS)
http://www.qualityplussolutions.com
Attendees can download the presentation slides by clicking here
The Joint Commission Goal 15,
Suicide Risk Assessment, was to be implemented in January 2007. Facilities still
struggle with the process and procedures regarding this standard. Psychiatric
and acute care hospitals must deal with the challenges of the psychiatric
patient and the risk of suicide in their setting. Behavioral health
professionals generally utilize adequate screening and assessment tools, and
have multiple precautions/processes in place for these patients. But meeting the
needs of actual or potential suicidal patients in an acute care environment can
be daunting. This webinar is focused on assisting non-psychiatric hospital
settings deal with these challenges. Discussion with include: statistics
related to suicide/suicidality, the Joint Commission’s Goal 15, setting up
systems to meet the needs of the suicidal patients, and guidance on how to
perform a suicide screen on vulnerable behavioral health patients.
Objectives:
- Understand suicidality and risk
factors for screening.
- Understand organizational
processes that can improve suicide screening/assessment in non-psychiatric acute
care setting.
- Identify strategies for ensuring
the safety of the patient with actual or potential suicide ideation.
- Describe questions that
non-psychiatric nurses can to ask patients to screen for suicidality.
About Monica
Cooke:
Monica Cooke, BSN, RN, MA, C., CPHQ,
CPHRM is founder of Quality Plus Solutions LLC, a Behavioral/Substance Abuse
Healthcare Risk and Quality Consulting company. She has more than 30 years of
experience in the field of Behavioral Health/Substance Abuse in both
administrative and executive quality/risk positions. Ms. Cooke’s consulting
work provides risk and quality consulting services to local governmental
healthcare organizations, AIG Healthcare Consultants, Inc, the Risk Management
& Patient Safety Institute, and The Rozovsky Group. Additionally, she
provides legal nurse consulting services. Ms. Cooke is licensed to practice
nursing in the state of Maryland and in
Washington, DC. She is also a Certified Psychiatric/Mental
Health Nurse, a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality, and a Certified
Professional in Health Care Risk Management. She is a member of the American
Society of Health Care Risk Management, the Maryland Chapter of the Society of
Health Care Risk Management, the National Association for Health Care Quality,
and the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants.
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