Patient Education Committee

E Tower Board Room

November 4th,2010

1300

Present: / Kate McCord, CNO; Cathy Byham, Informatics Clinical Specialist; Eileen Hurd, Cln Mgr CVU; Jean Baumann, RN, Diabetic Teaching; Andi McDonough, Mgr Rehab; Rose Ann Moore, PH Dir. Pt Care; Lynn Plummer, Infection Control; Jolene Bedford, Family Education Birth Center Kelli Saucerman, Dir CE/QI;
Absent / Keathe Hanley, Dir.CVS; Chris Hildebrant, Dir HLC; Dennis Bruens, Dir. Cancer Center; Larry Benner, Respiratory Therapy; Ginger Karbousky, Pt. Rep;.
Agenda Items / Discussion / Action/Outcome / Responsible
Reflection / Kate McCord
Approval of minutes / Last meeting in September 2010. Send corrections to Kathy Creech / Approved
Smoking Ed / Set up distribution of smoking materials with Volunteer Office – managers can pick up booklets from volunteer office.
“The Smoke Around You” ACS brochure versus printing in black and white–get to Kate copy of both. Will see about adding to patient information booklet---check with Kathy Parham and volunteers? / Kate McCord
Preop Spine Booklet- / Distributed draft.Feedback
  • Not 6th grade level
  • Fonts not consistent
  • Preop and PSF not consistent through out
  • Headers format not consistent
  • Some slides too long
  • Too wordy
  • Categorize topics; i.e., before surgery, after surgery, etc and add page numbers
  • Opening slide should be in letter form not
  • Phone number to end of book
  • Too wordy under general spine surgery info
  • Spine versus spinal
  • Checklist be perforated and located in front or back of book
  • Need to add no smoking – medical marijuana as well?
  • Under smoking need to work on sentence structure.
  • Items to bring list—why bring 2 sets of clothes?
  • Med list language in layman term and last dose, how often do you take and how much do you take
  • Meds to avoid—should we list or state talk to your physician about herbal supp patient is taking.
  • Blood transfusion—some punctuation issue
  • Need to ask how much alcohol patient consumes prior to surgery—if possible CIWA patients.
  • Add definition of anesthesia
  • Daily goals—re-word title
  • Add will have pain post surgery around pain scale
  • Pain have own section to discuss pre, post pain and epidural, etc.
  • Foley dc 2nd day post-op
  • Was this evidence based?
  • Spine Precautions ( formatting-numbering and bullets used—use one or the other)
  • Exercise—delete first bullet—start with second bullet
/ Will give changes to Kim Booton. / Kate McCord
OP Rehab Brain Injury / Distribute draft on traumatic brain injury packet. Information directed primarily to family.
Need to keep all landscape or portrait / Need feedback before next meeting. Send to Andi.
Patient Channel / Foundation will help finance patient channel starting in January.

Next Meeting: January 5th @ 1300 hrs E-Tower Board Room

Recorder Kathy Creech, Nursing Admin