AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ON-DEMAND
Sponsored by: The Long-Term Care Nursing Desk Reference, Second Edition
presented on April 14, 2009
F309 expands its scope to cover pain, are you ready?
Avoid survey deficiencies and comply with F309 by listening to this 90-minute program with Rena R. Shephard, MHA, RN, RAC-MT, C-NE.
CMS has unveiled a draft of the revised guidance for F-Tag 309 which expands the scope of the tag to cover pain. It is in your facility’s best interest to create an effective pain management process that complies with this draft.
Treat pain using a five-star approach
Listen to HCPro and nationally renowned expert Rena R. Shephard, MHA, RN, RAC-MT, C-NE, for this 90-minute audio conference Don’t Let the Pain Tag Lead to Survey Citations: Improve Quality of Care and Comply with F309. Rena is ready to provide examples of how pain deficiencies happen along with the various levels of citations so you know what’s at stake. She’ll explain how to use past pain evaluations to help determine compliance and improve quality.
A pain violation of any kind portrays your facility in a negative light which not only results in survey deficiencies, citations, and penalties but it also can cost your facility its reputation under the new five-star rating system.
Whether the pain guidance is implemented on time or not, the facts are clear. You should already be conducting thorough pain assessments and employing effective pain management strategies. Get the information you need to know now to improve quality, avoid citations, and keep residents safe and comfortable.
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Describe the barriers to effective pain management and methods for overcoming them
- State the key components of a thorough pain assessment
- Develop and implement effective pain management programs
- Describe the Investigative Protocol for assessment and management of pain
- List the criteria for compliance with the new scope of F309