TELECONFERENCE

Beyond the “5 Rights” of Medication Administration:
A Safety Bolus for Nursing Leadership

Registration for the teleconference has expired.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW Is nursing leadership in your organization losing sleep over medication administration errors? Are you wondering why the “5 Rights” aren’t working? Don’t let a medication-related sentinel event be your wake-up call! Join ISMP on October 6, 2009 for Beyond the “5 Rights” of Medication Administration: A Safety Bolus for Nursing Leadership and learn where risk is present, but “hidden” in your medication administration system and the high-leverage error-reduction strategies you can implement now to reduce drug errors and patient harm. ISMP medication safety experts will also discuss the common at-risk behaviors that lead to error in medication administration and the role of nursing leadership in establishing a learning culture for medication safety.

INTENDED AUDIENCE (Interdisciplinary teams are encouraged to attend together):

• Nurse Administrators
• Nurse Managers
• Nurse Educators
• Pharmacy Administrators and Managers
• Risk and Quality Managers
• Patient and Medication Safety Officers
• Nursing Faculty

OBJECTIVES

Following completion of this teleconference, participants should be able to:

• Expose the latent failures hidden in the medication administration system that can lead to patient harm
• Identify common at-risk behaviors that can lead to errors in drug administration
• Design error-reduction strategies that expand thinking beyond the “5 Rights,” new policies, and remedial staff education
• Discuss the role of nursing leadership in establishing a learning culture for medication safety

MODERATOR

• Allen J. Vaida, BSc, PharmD, FASHP, Executive Vice President, Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Horsham, PA

SPEAKERS

• Lauren Denney, MSN, RN, Medication Safety Specialist, Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Horsham, PA
• Michelle Mandrack, MSN, RN, Director of Consulting Services, Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Horsham, PA
• Susan Paparella, MSN, RN, Vice President, Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Horsham, PA

PRICING INFORMATION

Live Teleconference	$215.00
Live Teleconference and Teleconference CD	$245.00 (Plus $5.00 S&H)
Teleconference CD	$215.00 (Plus $5.00 S&H)
*CD includes a file of the audio recording of the teleconference as well as PowerPoint files containing slides of each presentation.

TELECONFERENCE POLICIES

Registration

• One telephone line connection is allowed per registration. Others may listen on this telephone line via an internal extension, or a speakerphone may be used for larger groups.
• You may not set up conferencing capabilities for other sites outside the facility. Each specific site may be used for larger groups. Each specific site must register individually.
• We cannot accept registrations without an email address and the name of a contact person.
• Registration for this teleconference will end at midnight ET on 10/5/2009.
• CDs will be available for purchase after the teleconference.

Cancellations

• Cancellations must be requested via an email message to our teleconference department.
• Cancellations received before the start (1:30 pm ET) of the teleconference will receive a full refund or credit.
• Cancellations received after the start (1:30 pm ET) of the teleconference and within 3 business days after the teleconference will be assessed a cancellation fee of $50.00.
• If your organization does not cancel within 3 business days after the date of the teleconference and does not participate, the full registration fee will be charged.

Materials

• If your organization's registered participant does not receive the teleconference materials that are sent out approximately 2 days before the teleconference via email, please send an email message to our billing department prior to the start of the teleconference.
  
• When registering, please be sure to provide the email address of the person to whom ISMP should send these materials.

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Accreditation Information:

NOTE: There is no additional charge for continuing education credits for this teleconference.

Pharmacy Continuing Education Continuing education credits will be provided by The Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group. PPAG is an approved provider of continuing pharmacy education by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). This program has been approved for 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUs). The UPN is: 1-180-999-09-509-L04-P. Nursing Continuing Education Debora Simmons is approved by the California Board of Nurse Examiners as a provider of continuing nursing education. This program has been assigned the Universal Program Number CEP 13677 and is approved for 1 contact hours (0.1 CEUs) of continuing nursing education.