Day One
8:00 – 8:30 am
Opening/Welcome: Moderator
Francine Westergaard, MSN, RN
Consultant
Joint Commission Resources/Joint Commission International
8:30- 10:00 am
Keynote: An Overview of The State of Children’s Health Care
The focus of Dr. Holl’s presentation will be an overview of the unique patient safety risks in pediatric health care; a discussion of pediatric health care organizational approaches and challenges for patient safety; and illustrations of safety and quality process improvement initiatives in pediatric health care.
Jane L. Holl, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine
Institute for Healthcare Studies, Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Medical Director for Patient Safety, Children’s Memorial Hospital
Medical Director, Patient Safety
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
10:00 – 10:15 am
Break
10:15 – 11:30 pm
A Culture of Safety: How the Clinical Patient Safety Coordinator and the Clinical Nurse Specialist Drove Positive Patient Outcomes
Learn how collaborative relationships between individuals, their roles and their departments improved the overall delivery of care and created a pediatric culture of safety at Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center.
Phyllis Turnage, RN, BC
Clinical Patient Safety Coordinator
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
Tracie Major, APRN, CNS, RN
Children’s Hospital Clinical Nurse Specialist
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
Baton Rouge, LA
11:30 am-12:30 pm
Lunch
12:30 – 1:45 pm
Medication Reconciliation: Making A List and Checking It Twice
Maintaining an accurate list of patient’s medications is a challenging yet vital task for patients and healthcare professionals. This multifaceted process is especially difficult for pediatric patients. During this lecture, we will identify the obstacles to maintaining continuity of drug therapy. Examples of successful implementation of this important National Patient Safety Goal will be presented.
Chris Steffensen, PharmD, MA
Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital
Oak Lawn, IL
1:45 – 2:00 pm
Break
2:00 – 3:15 pm
Preventing and Controlling Hospital Acquired Infections- Don’t Kid Around
Although routine infection control practices may seem too simple to address the complexity of preventing serious consequences, their faithful application has been shown to be effective, especially since within hours after admission, patients acquire characteristics of the surrounding bacterial pool. Good infection prevention and control are important with children and Dr Singh will discuss current practices and share strategies for successful implementation.
Nalini Singh, MD, MPH
Chief, Division Infectious Diseases
Children’s National Medical Center
Professor of Pediatrics, Epidemiology, and Global Health
GWU Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Children's National Medical Center
3:15 – 4:30 pm
Improving Communication through Family and Patient Centered Care
Both communication and patient and family centered care are essential to safe, quality and satisfying health care. Patients and families are integral allies and partners with health care providers. Important and necessary communication typically occurs without patients and families, such as medical rounds, nurse change of shift report, and transitions in level of care. Welcoming patients and families when health care providers exchange information insures accuracy and understanding.
Terry Griffin, RNC, MS, NNP
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
St Alexius Medical Center
Hoffman Estates, IL
4:30 pm
Adjourn Day 1
Day Two
8:00 – 8:15 am
Update/Announcements
8:15 – 9:30 am
Animal Therapy and Getting Kids Better
How does animal-assisted therapy make a difference in helping children who are ill, recovering from illness, or in need of rehabilitation services? This session provides in-depth information about the roles and goals of animal-assisted therapy in pediatrics as well as how the concept became a reality at Edward Hospital in Naperville, IL and is designed to provide you with a process for implementation at your organization.
Patty Kaplan, RN, BSN
Director of Animal-assisted therapy at Edward Hospital
President, Paws 4 Therapy, Inc
Diane Blevins, RN, MSN
Director of Children’s Services
Edward Hospital
9:30 – 9:45 am
Break
9:45 – 11:00 am
Emergency Services for the Pediatric Patient
The Emergency Department presents special challenges for children and Dr. Krug will share best practices, new strategies and the new joint policy from the AAP, ANA, AAEM on emergency preparedness for children.
Steven E. Krug, MD
Head, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics
Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine
11:00 – 12:15 pm
Emergency Evacuation – The Tulane Experience
This presentation will review the experience of staff involved when Hurricane Katrina hit the state of Louisiana. Hear first hand experience of what went wrong, what went right, building upon experience, and proactive changes to pediatric safety improvements.
William L. Gill, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Elsie Schaefer Chair in Neonatology; Professor and Interim Chief , Section of Neonatology
Medical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Executive Vice Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, Tulane Hospital for Children
12:15-1:15 pm
Lunch (provided)
1:15-2:15
Joint Commission Resources’ Pediatric Safety Assessment Tool: An Overview
Pediatric patient care is often complicated, involving many people and systems in the process. The patient and family can be vulnerable to harm if there is a breakdown in the system or processes of care. The purpose of these back-to-back sessions is to first provide an outline for conducting a comprehensive review of pediatric services provided in the emergency and inpatient settings, followed by a work session for applying the assessment tools.
Deborah M. Nadzam, PhD, FAAN
Practice Leader, Patient Safety Services
Joint Commission Resources
Francine Westergaard, MSN, RN
Consultant
Joint Commission Resources and Joint Commission International
2:15-3:45 pm
Pediatric Safety Assessment Tool Mini-Workshop
Dr. Nadzam and Ms. Westergaard will discuss and demonstrate tools and skills necessary to complete a thorough review of staff and departments that care for pediatric patients. Participants will be able to use the assessment tools to evaluate organizational preparedness for the pediatric patient; recognize gaps and vulnerabilities; and identify areas for improvement. Participants will be able to perform the assessment in areas where pediatric patients are most at risk including, but not limited to, medication management; infection prevention and control; and environment of care.
Deborah M. Nadzam, PhD, FAAN
Practice Leader, Patient Safety Services
Joint Commission Resources
Francine Westergaard, MSN, RN,
Consultant
Joint Commission Resources and Joint Commission International
3:45 pm
Conference Close
*Agenda subject to change. Last updated on June 17, 2009.