Speakers:
Toni Cesta, Ph.D., RN, FAAN

Interdisciplinary care rounds are moving front and center as a key strategy for coordinating care, managing length of stay and improving patient and family satisfaction as well as being a component of the Joint Commission’s Safety Standards. Case managers play a key role in these rounds as either leaders or participants in the process. This session will identify the key stakeholders needed for effective interdisciplinary rounds, and review the best practice rounding processes including scripting and time management.

Learning Outcomes:

• List the Joint Commission’s Patient Safety Goals.
• Differentiate between rounds and other modalities such as huddles, change of shift and teaching rounds.
• Discuss walking rounds versus other rounds formats.
• Identify key members for the walking rounds team.
• Describe the structural components of walking rounds.
• Identify the roles of each member of the interdisciplinary care team.
• Review a walking rounds check-list.

Credit Information
The Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC) is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

This program has been pre-approved by The Commission for Case Manager Certification to provide continuing education credit to CCM® board certified case managers. The course is approved for 1 CE contact hour(s). Activity code and Approval number will be awarded on your certificate of completion.

This program has been pre-approved by The Commission to provide continuing education credit to CDMS® board certified disability managers. The course is approved for 1 CE contact hour(s). Activity code and Approval number will be awarded on your certificate of completion.

To earn contact hours/CEs: In order to earn your contact hour(s)/CE, you will have to watch the presentation in its entirety and complete the survey. Once both the presentation and survey are marked as complete, you will receive your Certificate of Completion. If you are a CCM, your CEs will automatically record in your CCMC account.

Disclosures:
All planners and speakers have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships or conflicts of interest with commercial interests related directly or indirectly to this educational activity.

Commercial Support or Non-Commercial Sponsorship:
There is no commercial support for this activity. The planners and faculty have no relevant relationships to disclose.

Expiration date: 02/28/2027