INTRODUCTION

This module covers several aspects of health promotion and disease prevention in our acute care population. In the Barkley readings there are a lot of facts to put into context of our population. Safety section has some key players of The Joint Commission goals and AHRQ news and never events. SBAR is an approach to communications that is now commonly used. Miscommunication is a major safety hazard so knowing effective communication techniques is important. Our acutely ill patients have special needs that we must manage. Over 30% of the USA citizens practice some form of complementary and/or alternative medicine that may help or interfere in your treatment so having an understanding in this area is also important. So do the readings and watch the video. The exam on this content will be online.

PREPARATION

Health Promotion:

Read Barkley Chapters 87, 88, 89
Levels of Prevention preventionintopractice-long.pptx

AG-ACNP Safety Strategies:

The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals Effective 2018

Link https://www.compass-clinical.com/the-joint-commission-national-patient-safety-goals-for-2018/

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality – Patient Safety Network. Review what is current on their home page then scroll to bottom left of pate and click on the Patient Safety Primers “Never Events.” https://psnet.ahrq.gov/
SBAR https://www.medprodisposal.com/sbar Structure for effective communications like hand offs. Do some practicing so you can use it effectively.

Acutely ill special needs management:

Summary by Dr. Thompson Acutely Ill Special Needs Management

Complementary and Alternative Medicine:

Overview by Dr. Burkhart Complementary and Alternative Medicine.docx
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health https://nccih.nih.gov/health/integrative-health
What is cam whatiscam(2).pdf
It is only fair to give you a presentation that says this is all magic and quackery. The central dogma of Alternative Medicine – Dr. David Gorski – Skepticon 7 (length is 55 minutes)

Link

Exam 4 = Module 3 and 4 March 29th in class