Class Information for Competency Assessment and Skills Day: Mental Health CRN's and BHT's
Session: June 6, 2019
Type: In-person
Class Size: 15
# Openings: 4
Class Session Date(s): Thursday June 06, 2019
Registration Dates: 03/12/2019 01:38 PM - 12/31/2019 02:38 PM
Description
Competency assessment and validation of psychiatric high-risk yet low volume skills is a priority for ensuring safe and effective nursing care in a specialized clinical research setting. Fortunately, many of these skills are for psychiatric emergency situations and are not utilized on a regular basis. For this reason, a focused, interactive, experiential approach -dynamic and informative- is best utilized to reinforce the significance and sphere of our specialty as psychiatric clinical research nurses. 2019 Annual Core Competency •Clinical Emergency Response •Skin and Wound Care (pending) 2019 Behavioral Health Program of Care Competencies •Behavioral Health Positional Restraint, Children’s Holding, Control and Transport •Behavioral Health Positional Restraint, Team Holding, Control and Transport •Mechanical Restraint, Behavioral Health, Locked Leather or Papoose •Suicide-Self Harm Prevention Additional Skills/Education: Suicide Assessment Skill Building for the Psychiatric Nurse and Technician
Contact Hours
No contact hours offered.
Special Comments
You will be scheduled by your Nurse Manager and Clinical Manager to attend one of the 6 designated days in 2019. This will be scheduled through Course Registration and you will receive a confirmation email. May 2, 2019 May 8, 2019 June 6, 2019 June 12, 2019 September 5, 2019 September 11, 2019
Target Audience
All CCND Mental Health Clinical Research Nurses, Behavioral Health Technicians and Unit Based Per Diem Nurses.
Course Objectives
Objectives: •Provide a focused environment for competency assessment and skills education free from the demands of nursing care. •To better support competency driven education by allowing time for participant interaction and skill building. •Share the responsibility of validating competence, The Joint Commission’s requirement for annual competency. •Support consistency in competency validation for all Behavioral Health Nurses and Technicians within the NBHP Service.
Pre-requisites
CCND Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse or Technician
Session Schedule
| Date | Times | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday June 06, 2019 | 07:30 AM - 03:30 PM | NIH Clinical Center:Bldg. 10 FAES Classroom |
