Presenter:
Janet Palutke, RN, MSN
Administrative Director, Nursing Support Services
Valley Health System, Winchester, VA

Title:
Reducing Non-clinical Tasks from Nurses
An encore presentation of the AONE 2010 Concurrent Session

Description:
With the demands placed on today's nurses and the increasing expectations of patients, introducing strategies to reduce the workload of nurses and drive higher levels of patient engagement are an important part of today's patient care strategies. This session will explore how GetWellNetwork's Interactive Patient Care was coordinated with hospital support services at Winchester Medical Center and how the strategy has impacted not only patient engagement and quality results, but also has been effectives in reducing the number of nursing call lights for non-clinical tasks. The presentation also will define how the bedside technology aligns and builds upon the work conducted by AONE and ARAMARK Healthcare around nursing satisfaction with support services in the clinical setting over the past three years.

This continuing nursing education activity was submitted for approval to the Illinois Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Absence of conflict of interest: As required by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Accreditation Program, we would like to make you aware of all the potential conflicts of interests. This educational activity's planners and presenters have indicated they have no bias or conflict of interest.

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