Week 8: S-BAR, Meetings, & Presentations
Good morning/afternoon/evening everyone! Another week has come and gone, and we’re getting closer and closer to our final presentations. It’s been a simple last few days as nothing too big happened, so this post should be fairly short. I’m just glad I got my post done, and posted for the week of Spring break (sorry for having you guys read 2 posts last week)!
What I’ve Done So Far:
As I mentioned in the first post from last week (not the one talking about the interview with Brian C.), I’ve been creating S-BAR Sheets for each of the screenings I’m analyzing. There are 6 screens in total, not including the one from the ER, that I’m looking at, and the process takes awhile to do. For the “Background” Section of the S-BAR, I wrote notes on trauma-informed care (TIC), including terms, and notes on Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), and terms as well to give some background on what I’m specifically looking for. I also research more on the screening, and any information that can help me better understand what the survey/screen focuses on. This is one of two parts that makes the process long because I have to read through the websites that talk about the screenings, and pick out any important information in regards to that screening. The other part that takes a while is the actual analysis of the questions itself. I moved from looking at all the questions to just looking at the questions that fall into the “Safety” Domain. It made the process go a little bit faster, but it still takes a minute to do. I plan to have all 6 done by Thursday (tomorrow) because I’ll be meeting with Floye B., Sedona S., and Alejandra F. to go over 4 different things:
- What CMS is looking for for SDOH Screenings
- Review all the screenings
- Which questions address Abuse/Trafficking
- If the questions are trauma-informed
The meeting I mentioned that I had with Shawn B., Sedona S., and Floye B. went well, and it led to Floye B. and I combining Brian C.’s presentations on TIC (the one for the Quality Care Nurses) and the ER/ED’s screening to be used as part of a teaching presentation for other organizations to use in part of their training for using the ER’s screening. The presentation will be an audio recording one. Sort of like a webinar. Floye B. and I started combining the two presentations this past Monday, so I just have to go in and edit a few things.
What I’ll Be Doing This Week:
As I mentioned above, I’ll be meeting with 3 people tomorrow to go over the 4 things mentioned in the bullet points. I’ll also continue making the S-BAR Sheets, and edit the presentation I explained above. From there, I’ll figure out more details about the next steps in what we’ll be doing. Other than that, I’ll start putting together my own presentation for our final presentations using the presentation I already made for the Quality Care Nurses a while back.
Thank you again for reading my blog! See you next week!