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How to teach: The other half of patient education
15th NATIONAL m TO TEACH: THE OTHER HALF OF PATIENT EDUCATION. Elizabeth W. Gersten, R.N., Ph.D. Educator, Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital, and Adjunct Psychology Faculty, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ. The nurse knows the patient, the patient must know to meet knowledge, nurses sometimes the information into patients’
the patient’s needs, and what those needs. Despite all this are not efficient at getting heads.
Discussed and practiced were methods of focusing your patient’s attention, appealing to your patient’s memory, and using written materials wisely. These same techniques were noted as valuable for family members and other people who will help care for the patient at home. References: Knowles, MS. (1970). Education. New York:
The Modem Practice Association Press.
Renner, P.F. (1992). The Instructor’s Survival Handbook for Teachers of Adults. Vancouver, Training Associates, Ltd.
of Adult
Kit: A B.C.:
THE NEW SURGICAL EXPERIENCE-ROBOTICS, TELEPRESENCE, TELEMEDICINE & VIRTUAL REALITY. Claire Mailhot, R.N.,Ed.D.,F.A.A.N. Stanford Health Services, Stanford, California
The high cost of health care and the Clinton Administration’s commitment to advances in technology to promote quality care while controlling cost has created tremendous changes in surgical technology. Scientists, fUeled by government support, have spearheaded the rapid growth in non-invasive or minimally invasive approaches to traditional surgical procedures. This presentation will review many new approaches to surgical interventions, including the applications of virtual reality, telemedicine and robotics. Through the use ofvideo and slides, the Post Anesthesia Care Nurse will be transported into the operating room of the future to see the application and implications of “telepresence” surgery An overview of clinical trials in orthopedics, urology, general, plastic & reconstructive, ENT, cardiac and vascular surgery will highlight evolving surgical technology that will have a dramatic impact on the role of the Post Anesthesia Care Nurse.
ASPAN CONFERENCE
HEMODYNAMIC
MONITORING: Stephanie Western
Sedlock,
ABSTRACTS
PERFECTING
YOUR
SKILLS
RN, MSN
Critical Care Institute Tiburon. California
Participants will learn the clinical significance of hemodynamic pressures. so it will be easier to diagnose cardiopulmonary complications and to evaluate fluids and positive inotropic agents.
When this information is combined with changes in waveforms, and other parameters like vascular resistance and ventricular stroke work it will be easier to anticipate and detect cardiopulmonary complications so therapeutic interventions can be implemented earlier.
Lectures will be combined with exercises with abnormal hemodynamic pressures to facilitate transfer of this information to real patient situations.
COMPUTERS IN THE WORKPLACE Debra Anne Slye, MN, RN SpaceLabs Medical, Inc., Redmond, Washington Automated clinical pathways that are multidisciplinary, timebased and outcomes-oriented enhance the organtzafion, timeliness and quality of patient care. Multidisciplinary pathways help all members of the healthcare team better understand time frames in which orders/interventions need to be completed. organize and sequence care, coordinate care with other disciplines, decrease patient variations from expected pathways, and communicate expectations to the patient in order to ensure optimal outcomes. In this era of managed care, the use of standardized clinical pathways is a method of enhancing care efficiency and promoting quality of care for a given patient population. Solutions to improve the cost-effectiveness of care can only be proposed following systematic evaluation of aggregated patient data to ensure relevancy to current processes and statistical validity. Armed with comprehensive data, clinicians can accurately describe current practice and propose value-oriented improvements. Progress will be reviewed from the perspective of three healthcare institutions who have demonstrated how automated multidisciplinary clinical pathways have improved interdisciplinary communication, encouraged timely interventions, enhanced the analysis of patient outcomes, facilitated concurrent quality improvement, reduced length of stay, and contained costs.
the patient’s needs, and what those needs. Despite all this are not efficient at getting heads.
Discussed and practiced were methods of focusing your patient’s attention, appealing to your patient’s memory, and using written materials wisely. These same techniques were noted as valuable for family members and other people who will help care for the patient at home. References: Knowles, MS. (1970). Education. New York:
The Modem Practice Association Press.
Renner, P.F. (1992). The Instructor’s Survival Handbook for Teachers of Adults. Vancouver, Training Associates, Ltd.
of Adult
Kit: A B.C.:
THE NEW SURGICAL EXPERIENCE-ROBOTICS, TELEPRESENCE, TELEMEDICINE & VIRTUAL REALITY. Claire Mailhot, R.N.,Ed.D.,F.A.A.N. Stanford Health Services, Stanford, California
The high cost of health care and the Clinton Administration’s commitment to advances in technology to promote quality care while controlling cost has created tremendous changes in surgical technology. Scientists, fUeled by government support, have spearheaded the rapid growth in non-invasive or minimally invasive approaches to traditional surgical procedures. This presentation will review many new approaches to surgical interventions, including the applications of virtual reality, telemedicine and robotics. Through the use ofvideo and slides, the Post Anesthesia Care Nurse will be transported into the operating room of the future to see the application and implications of “telepresence” surgery An overview of clinical trials in orthopedics, urology, general, plastic & reconstructive, ENT, cardiac and vascular surgery will highlight evolving surgical technology that will have a dramatic impact on the role of the Post Anesthesia Care Nurse.
ASPAN CONFERENCE
HEMODYNAMIC
MONITORING: Stephanie Western
Sedlock,
ABSTRACTS
PERFECTING
YOUR
SKILLS
RN, MSN
Critical Care Institute Tiburon. California
Participants will learn the clinical significance of hemodynamic pressures. so it will be easier to diagnose cardiopulmonary complications and to evaluate fluids and positive inotropic agents.
When this information is combined with changes in waveforms, and other parameters like vascular resistance and ventricular stroke work it will be easier to anticipate and detect cardiopulmonary complications so therapeutic interventions can be implemented earlier.
Lectures will be combined with exercises with abnormal hemodynamic pressures to facilitate transfer of this information to real patient situations.
COMPUTERS IN THE WORKPLACE Debra Anne Slye, MN, RN SpaceLabs Medical, Inc., Redmond, Washington Automated clinical pathways that are multidisciplinary, timebased and outcomes-oriented enhance the organtzafion, timeliness and quality of patient care. Multidisciplinary pathways help all members of the healthcare team better understand time frames in which orders/interventions need to be completed. organize and sequence care, coordinate care with other disciplines, decrease patient variations from expected pathways, and communicate expectations to the patient in order to ensure optimal outcomes. In this era of managed care, the use of standardized clinical pathways is a method of enhancing care efficiency and promoting quality of care for a given patient population. Solutions to improve the cost-effectiveness of care can only be proposed following systematic evaluation of aggregated patient data to ensure relevancy to current processes and statistical validity. Armed with comprehensive data, clinicians can accurately describe current practice and propose value-oriented improvements. Progress will be reviewed from the perspective of three healthcare institutions who have demonstrated how automated multidisciplinary clinical pathways have improved interdisciplinary communication, encouraged timely interventions, enhanced the analysis of patient outcomes, facilitated concurrent quality improvement, reduced length of stay, and contained costs.