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Overview
The goal of this course is to inform surgical technologists and nurses how to reduce errors by creating a culture of safety in the perioperative setting.Goals and Learning Outcomes
The OR is a complex environment. Highly trained individuals interact in a specialized setting with sophisticated and technically complicated devices, instruments, and equipment. There are also substantial differences among team members related to education, experience, skill level, influence, and formal and informal power. This course will inform nurses and surgical technologists of the evidence-based steps to take to create a culture of safety in the OR.
The goal of this course is to inform surgical technologists and nursing professionals how to reduce errors by creating a culture of safety in the perioperative setting.
- Describe communication processes that relate to reducing medical errors
- Discuss the components of a just culture that promote trust and accountability
- Review recommendations for the safe transfer of patient care information
- Discuss a 10-step process for creating a culture of safety in the OR
- Name organizations that are helping to create a culture of patient safety
- Identify the communication processes that aid in reducing medical errors and review recommendations for the safe transfer of patient care information.
- Name organizations that are helping to create a culture of patient safety and their recommendations to meet this goal.
- Determine the components of a just culture that promote trust and accountability and recall a 10-step process for creating a culture of safety in the OR.
Course Details
Course Originally Released on : 6/1/2022
REL-ACU-0-RMEO
Course Author
Ed.D., MBA, CST, CRCST
RN, MSN, CNOR, CRNFA, FAAN
RN, BSN
RN, CST, CNOR, MSN
Accreditations
NURSES
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791
Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.
CEBroker
Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Examiners For Registered Professional Nurses
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Disclosures
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.