PFC 103: Incorporating Mindfulness into Clinical Practice
PFC 103: Incorporating Mindfulness into Clinical Practice
Note: This course is available as an individual course and in select subscription plans.
Overview
Clinicians juggle many tasks all day long: assessing patients, making critical decisions, administering medications, documenting care, admitting and discharging patients, and much more. But when the clinician is able to embrace an aware, focused, and present state — that transcends the execution of tasks — that is practicing mindfulness. This course will show you how to incorporate mindfulness into your practice. You’ll learn how it can improve patient safety, quality of care, the patient experience, and joy in work in any health care setting.
Course Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Describe the need for mindfulness practices in the health care setting, including how these practices relate to quality of care, patient safety, patient experience, and joy in work.
- Explain the difference between informal and formal mindfulness practice.
- List several examples of mindfulness exercises for the health care setting.
- List four situations in health care when mindfulness is especially important.
- Conduct a body scan.
Estimated Time of Completion: 1 hour
This content was made possible through grant funding awarded to the primary author, Kate FitzPatrick, DNP, RN, ACNP, NEA-BC, FAAN, by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Executive Nurse Fellowship Program, 2014 Cohort).
Continuing Education Credits
Course completion typically earns 1 Continuing Education credit. Please read the full details to ensure that this course offers your desired credit type. Learn more about Continuing Education credits
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Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
In support of improving patient care, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the health care team.
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement designates this internet enduring activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement designates this internet enduring activity for a maximum of 1 credits for nurses and pharmacists. This activity is approved to award 1 credits toward Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) recertification.
This activity/program is approved by NAHQ® for 1 CPHQ CE credit.
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Subscriptions
This course is available in the following IHI Open School subscriptions: