Nurses: Understanding Risk & Trauma-Informed Documentation #059

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This week we are examining maybe one of the more uncomfortable conversations that we have when we talk about creating change and striving for trauma-informed patient-centered care: folks concerned about their level of risk. What does it mean if we truly trust patients?
If we really embrace folks making autonomous decisions about their health, where does that leave us in our role as healthcare workers?
How do we think about the risks associated with poor or unexpected outcomes? What have we been taught or taken in about liability as it relates to prenatal care? And these are the important, necessary conversations that I believe have to happen if we are ever want to reach a different relationship with those who are in our care.
Our guest today, Jen Atkisson, is a labor and birth nurse, clinical educator, speaker, patient and nurse advocate, and a consultant on standard nursing care. We invite your reflection as she shares with us, what reasonable and prudent nursing care really looks like. We are diving into the nitty gritty of documentations and the steps you can take to make sure you provide safe and patient-centered care.
Listen in to explore:
~How fear is used to control nurses' actions
~Understanding risk, duty, and liability
~The perpetuation of "us vs them" themes in patient safety
~Nursing the chart vs nursing the patient
~Best practices for trauma-informed documentation
and so much more!

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