2019 ACA Boston Program Book_149th Congress of Correction

to ensure clinical proficiency and safety for our professionally licensed and unlicensed nursing colleagues. The professional nursing standards are also used to provide a framework for developing clinical competency checklists or proficiency evaluations for a specific clinical unit or employer. Objectives: Participants will identify how professional standards assist us, our management team and our health care organization to develop safe staffing practices, delegate appropriate acuity tasks to licensed and unlicensed personnel, ensure adequate documentation and even create policies for new technology such as social media; analyze how professional standards guarantee that we’re accountable for our clinical decisions, actions and for maintaining competence during our careers; identify ways professional standards are patient centered, promoting the best possible outcome and minimizing exposure to risk of harm; utilize professional standards to identify areas for improvement in our clinical practice and work areas, as well as to improve patient and workplace safety. Moderator: Michelle Viets, RN, Clinical Placement and Acuity Administrator, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Columbus, Ohio Speakers: Brenda Boyd, RN, Director of Clinical Services, Tennessee Department of Correction, Nashville, Tennessee; Veronica Kwarteng-Amaning, Director of Patient Care Services, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

A-1C Health Care Performance-Based Standards and Expected Practices for Jails

Workshops Saturday, Aug. 3 t 8:30–10 a.m.

and Prisons: Exemplary Practices in Correctional Health (CE, CME) Room 308 Correctional systems are responsible for providing health care services to a population with many pre-existing health conditions. Delivering quality health care services in this environment distinctly differs from other health care settings. Utilization of health care performance-based standards and expected practices in the delivery of correctional health services programs are important to the provision and availability of quality health services. This workshop will cover the importance of the performance-based standards and expected practices in the operation of a health program. Objectives: Participants will be introduced to the stand-alone health care accreditation process, including the benefits of the process and the components of the Performance-Based Standards for Correctional Health Care. The workshop will outline the functional areas of a health services program mandatory expected practices and outcome measures contained in the standards. Moderator: Kenneth Williams, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Tennessee Department of Correction, Nashville, Tennessee Speakers: Stuart Hudson, Assistant Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Columbus, Ohio; John May, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Centurion, Miami, Florida

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