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January 11th, 2023 – The SPHM Unsung Heroes
Presented and recorded live January 11th, 2023 from 2 PM – 3 PM Eastern Overview Does your organization struggle with buy-in and support to utilize the lift equipment? Are your nursing injuries on the rise? Are you having any difficulty with sustaining your SPHM program due to high staff turnover? If you answered yes to […]
Read MoreDecember 14th, 2022 – Evaluating your SPHM program. How to focus your energy where it is most needed for program success and sustainability
Presented and recorded live December 14th, 2022 from 2 PM – 3 PM Eastern Overview One of the ANA interprofessional standards is program evaluation but where do you start? In this webinar, we will share the key elements of a comprehensive SPHM program evaluation and will share tools and templates for you to use in […]
Read MoreApril 27, 2022 – Challenging Safe Patient Mobilization Clinical Case Scenarios: Live interactive discussion
Presented live April 27, 2022 2 pm – 3 pm Eastern Overview This webinar will include a combination of video and live scenarios, which we will discuss live in this interactive webinar format. We will include mobility goals for the applied scenarios, mobility screening and decision-making for choice of equipment used to achieve mobility goal […]
Read MoreDecember 8, 2021 – In Step with Our Patient: Our Continued Quest to Keep Patients Active and Safe
Presented live December 8th, 2021 2 pm – 3 pm Eastern Overview Hospitalized patients admitted to non-ICU settings are at risk for hospital-acquired physical impairments affecting their activities of daily living. Evidence suggests that applying structured quality improvement strategies help improve patient mobility scores and make a difference in patient length of stay, re-admission, transfers […]
Read MoreMay 12, 2021 – Practical Applications of Ergonomics in Patient Handling
Presented live May 12th, 2021 2 pm – 3 pm Eastern Overview The presentation will discuss ergonomics, body mechanics and effects of positioning on risk of injury. With this information at hand, patient handling scenarios will be presented with examples of both awkward and good posturing. Objectives – After this session, participants will be able […]
Read MoreMarch 10, 2021 – What about Benchmarking your SPHM program? Why metrics are important.
Presented live March 10th, 2021 2 pm – 3 pm Eastern Overview One hour interactive seminar to discuss benchmarking practices for SPHM programs. SPHM success can be measured in many different ways. Why measure the SPHM program? What are the metrics that your facility is desiring to change? What would be the methods of documentation […]
Read MoreJanuary 13, 2021 – Safe Patient Handling: A Skilled Nursing Facility’s Perspective
Presented live January 13th, 2021 2 pm – 3 pm Eastern Overview Skilled nursing facilties (SNF) bridges the gap between hospital and home. Patients are divided into two categories, long term and short term patients. For long term patients, SNF becomes the permanent solution for patient care. Short term patients on the other hand are […]
Read MoreDecember 9, 2020 – Obesity, COVID-19 and SPHM
Presented live December 9th, 2020 2 pm – 3 pm Eastern Overview Patients and residents who have morbid obesity are at greater risk for developing COVID-19, they typically have a more complex course of treatment and recovery can be prolonged. The risk of patient and worker injury are profound not only because of the many […]
Read More2023 ASPHP National SPHM Education Event
Register Now! Visit our event official site for more information. See you at 2023 ASPHP National SPHM Education Event at the Renaissance, Glendale AZ, March 20 – 23, 2023! Need approval for funding? ASPHP can help. Use this “Funding Request Justification Letter” template to send your request. Call for Poster Abstracts Submission Deadline: October 26, […]
Read MoreLegislative Updates
What you need to know about current and pending regulation Dec 2017 ASPHP Commitment Statement on Clinical Well-Being The mission of the Association of Safe Patient Handling Professionals (ASPHP) is to improve the safety of caregivers and their patients by advancing the science and practice of safe patient handling and mobility. Inherent in our mission […]
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