Nurse Educator Council

Minutes
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Purpose: To support clinical employees lifelong learning, and to provide activities to assist in developing and
maintaining clinical competence, enhanced safe, quality patient care and achievement of professional goals.
Date: April 3
rd
, 2014
Present: Staci Aden, Kalene Anundson, Maude Becker, Annsley Buffington, Kristen Case, Katie Creviston, Andrea
Elmore, Deb Ford, Kyle Hammond, Elyse Hansen, Shannon J ohnson Bortolotto, Alyson Kelleher, Barb
Krumbach, Michaela McCarthy, Heidi Monroe, J en Moore, Melissa Moore, Mandy Moorer, Brandi Schimpf,
Gabrielle Shamsabadi, Linda Staubli, Deb Stewart, Kristin Stockman, Amanda Swedhin, Sarah Ward, Barb
Wenger
Time: 10:00-11:00AM
Absent: Stephanie Cox, Angie Dangler, Deb Davis, Kathy Foss, Sara Knippa, Allison Lowe, Kaci Meddings, Trese
Moore, Karie Poelman, Robin Scott, Pol Senecal, Kari Waterman
Location: AIP 2007
Guest(s): Robin Saucier, Aurora Davis Chair: Kari Waterman
CoChair: Sarah Ward
Next Scheduled Meeting: April 17
th
, 2014 Recorder: Kassidy Straub

AGENDA ITEM ISSUES ACTIONS
RELATIONSHIP TO
MAGNET COMPONENTS
Welcome, Introductions,
Recognitions
-All Members
Wished Deb Davis a happy birthday and team enjoyed cake.
Diet Orders in Epic
-Robin Saucier
Robin presented the new changes in Epic concerningdiet orders.
These changes are already live in Epic for North and South
campuses.
These will go live April 22
nd
for Central campus.

The changes that are most notable are:
-Therapeutic diet, which includes most therapeutic diets such as
heart healthy, carb controlled, high calorie, dysphagia 1/2/3, etc.
-Renal diet is a separate option as it is the most restrictive
-Surgical diets are separate as well for gastric bypass and similar
diets
-offering third modality for meal delivery of room service with
assistance. This is a nutrition assistant that comes to the room to
help the patient order (can communicate but cannot order via phone
independently)

Michaela asked what time of day the assistants will come during the
day. Robin did not know, but the assistant will order the next three
meals during one trip.
Heidi asked about language barriers and what languages would be
Robin will get back to the team
concerning the language
barriers and calling the nutrition
assistants.
New Knowledge, Innovations
and Outcomes
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AGENDA ITEM ISSUES ACTIONS
RELATIONSHIP TO
MAGNET COMPONENTS
available. Spanish in person but can use the phone for other
languages.
Sarah asked how the physicians are being made aware of this new
change. Through the provider pathways via Epic and a short email.
Elyse asked if the nutrition assistants would be available for guidance
for the patients about their diet. Robin discussed that the assistants
will be available but for limited assistance. They will defer to
nutritionist as needed.
Pain Charting in Epic
-Max Swedhin
-Barb Krumbach
Barb and Max presented some wording changes occurring in Epic
concerning pain.
WILDA Changes are:
-Instead of Patient Pain Goal, it will say Patients Comfort Function
Goal
-New custom list choice, Pain level acceptable per patient. In the
Response to Relieve Measure row.

OB Labor Pain Management changes are:
-Instead of Labor Pain Goal it will say Patients Labor Comfort
Goal
- New custom list choice, Pain level acceptable per patient in the
OB row Response to Relieve Measures

Kristen Case recommended to include the Pain Charting in Epic and
the Patient Pain Education Tool together as a rollout, which was
agreed, and then it was decided that this would be a level 2 rollout.


Waiting on Approval from
stakeholders. Will be a level 4
rollout.
New Knowledge, Innovations
and Outcomes
Patient Pain Education Tool
-Aurora Davis
Aurora introduced herself and presented a PowerPointabout the
new patient pain education tool as well as passed around a TIP
sheet.
Due to UCH not meeting the combined HCAHPS goal of 74.3% of
patients reporting that their pain is always well controlled, this new
patient education tool was created in order to adequately educate
patients on their pain and how we regard it.
This new pain-teaching tool will be printed on bright orange paper
and will be added to the patients road map to care packet upon
arrival to the hospital. This should be used to open a dialogue with
the patient about pain. This will also be available in Spanish. And is
available via the DOD #of PED05219
Included in this sheet are answers to:
What is pain?
How do I report pain? (utilizing the pain scale)
How can I make my pain better?
What is a pain goal (also known as comfort-function goal)?

Shooting for a May 1
st
go-live
Kassidy will email out the
PowerPoint to educators to
utilize.

Added as a level 2 rollout.
Structural Empowerment
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AGENDA ITEM ISSUES ACTIONS
RELATIONSHIP TO
MAGNET COMPONENTS
Standards of Excellence
-Maude Becker
Maude gave this to Sarah Ward for excellent communication. Transformational Leadership
Update Ed Rollout
-All Members
Added Diet Order in Epic as alevel 4
Added Pain Charting in Epic as a level 4
Added Patient Pain Education Tool as a level 2
Completed Closed Tube Feeding.
Kassidy will update the
document as needed.
Roundtable
-All Members
Mandy discussed that all new graduates take DISC during seminar 1
and if any educators want to utilize this please reach out to Tim
Wilson in HR. As the CCNE accreditation approaches, Mandy would
like to get feedback from star previous new graduates. Mandy will
email the educator group for help in finding these previous new
graduates.
Barb discussed that there will be floor patients being housed in the
PACU. This will be 8 beds and will be managed by Angie Hill.