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RTN1602_A_HIghlights
State & Psychiatric Hospital Compliance Collaborative’s Reading Tips Newsletter (RTN) February 2016, Volume 11, Issue 2 ** PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR FEBRUARY 2016 ** Article of the Month Vital Signs: The Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) The Source, February 2016, Vol 14, #2, Pg 4 Suicide continues to be one of the most frequent sentinel…
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RTN1602_B1_Assessing Patients with Delirium
Recommended Readings, Tips & Pearls *TS: “Things Fall Apart”: Ensuring the Safety of Patients with Delirium (PDF/QV)[REF:MD, Psy, RN, Tool] The Source, Month 2016, Vol 14, #2, Pg 1 JCs1602_B1 In this article, delirium as defined by the Society for Critical Care Medicine is “a syndrome characterized by the acute onset of cerebral dysfunction with…
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RTN1602_B2_BHC Patient Pain Screening
*TS: 5 Sure-Fire Methods: Screening Behavioral Health Care Patients for Physical Pain (PDF/QV) [REF: BHC, RN, Tool] The Source, February 2016, Vol 14, #2, Pg 2 JCs1602_B2 This article focuses on organizations surveyed under the BHC standards. As such, a few of its 5 recommendations have long ago been adopted by most psychiatric hospitals. Still, recommendation…