2025 Mental Health Unit RN Competency Day Session

Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

1| Review the falls risk policy and how to properly identify a falls risk patient.

2| Perform the application and removal of restraints.

3| Verbalize DMH documentation requirements for restraint and seclusion.

4| Verbalize situations in which seclusion would be necessary.

5| Demonstrate moving a patient who is prone to a supine position.

6| Identify ligature risks on the unit.

7| Review risk mitigation plan.

8| Perform safety search of valuables and belongings identifying safe versus unsafe objects on the unit.

9| Review and document in an interactive flowsheet problems 1, 2, and 3.

10| Verbalize frequency of documentation for problems, when to start a new problem, goals, and resolution of the problem.

11| Review appropriate documentation of DMH admission denial forms.

12| Review group facilitation and group scenarios.

Presenter(s): 

Kimberly Niedzwiedz MPH, BSN, RN