Everyone working in health care today is responsible for maintaining patient safety. This presentation will provide you with some of the tools needed to validate related employee skills in the endoscopy lab, following JCAHO standards. Infection control, procedural pause, laboratory specimen handling, patient confidentiality and identification, and pain assessment are some of the topics to be covered. We will play a fun Health Care "Monopoly" game to reinforce concepts.

Section Description

We are pleased to present the abstracts from SGNA's 33rd Annual Course, SGNA on a Mission: Exceeding Expectations. The diversity of these topics certainly reflects the richness and breadth of our specialty. In keeping with the tradition of the Annual Course, we hope the following abstracts will encourage discussions for improving nursing practice and patient care outcomes.