1. Expanding access to team-based care
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- Style: Presentation (information provided to audience, with opportunity for audience to ask question)
- Focus: Practical (e.g. Presentation on how to implement programs and/or practices in the team environment)
- Target Audience: Leadership (ED, clinical lead, board chair, board member, etc.), Clinical providers
Learning Objectives
Demonstrate the wide breadth of the nursing role in primary care practices. Highlight how the updated handguide, now inclusive of RPNs, with added details based on feedback from team members and newly hired nurses, and a summary of relevant guidelines, can be used to improve skills and knowledge for nurses in primary care. Facilitate knowledge sharing with other nurses.
Summary/Abstract
Nurses support patients in family health teams and are often the first point of contact. When working to their full scope and alongside a wide range of interdisciplinary healthcare providers, programs, and services, they are able to deliver comprehensive care which includes wellness and prevention, chronic disease management, diabetes care, mental health, and system and care navigation and coordination. The updated handguide, now inclusive of RPNs and enriched with additional details and a summary of relevant guidelines, serves as a valuable reference to help nurses develop and refine the competencies, enabling them to act more autonomously and with greater confidence. By consolidating this information into a single document, nurses can increase efficiency and time management, allowing them to focus on delivering direct patient care.
Presenters
- Alejandra Heddon RN NYFHT
- Nureen Ladha MSN, RN, Director Programs and Services NYFHT