NPSG #15A: Crafting a suicide risk assessment policy
Accreditation Connection, January 11, 2008
Creation of a policy to meet the requirements of National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) #15A-suicide risk assessment-has proven trickier than expected for many hospitals. This has to do in part with prescriptive versus nonprescriptive components of the goal and finding a way to gently handle a sensitive, volatile topic.
"When this first arrived on my desk, we took immediate notice. Initially, it had looked fairly simple to accomplish, but that turned out to not be the case," says Maureen Kolomeir, MBA, MSN, RN, education resource coordinator for quality, performance improvement, safety, and regulatory compliance for Presbyterian Kaseman Behavioral Health (PKBH) in Albuquerque, NM. "It really is a three-pronged patient safety goal," she says.
Hospitals are expected under this NPSG to identify patients at risk, provide for the safety needs of those patients, and have a method of prevention. Access the full story in the January issue of Briefings on The Joint Commission; access is free for subscribers, nonsubscribers can sign up for a 30-day free trial of BOJExtra! or purchase a copy of the story for $10 by clicking here.
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