2014-18: Standardizing a Trauma-informed Body Search for Contraband on an Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit

This presentation demonstrates how a child and adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit resolved inconsistencies in body searches for contraband by implementing a new policy that details procedure instructions sensitive to the unique concerns of child and adolescent psychiatric populations. This policy accommodates recent trauma-related anxieties and developmental considerations.

Presenters:  Avery Anderson, BSN, RN; Kimberly Brabb-Wheeler, BSN, RN; Hamidullah Cashmere, RN

Disclosures:  The presenters and planners have no conflict of interest or commercial support to disclose.  Off-label uses will not be discussed during this presentation.

Session Length:  45 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

Learning Outcome:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

• Identify steps to complete a trauma-informed body search for contraband.

Keywords:  Trauma-Informed Care, Inpatient Psychiatric, Body Search

Continuing Nursing Education:
0.75 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to presentation, complete an evaluation, and earn a passing score on the post-test before the expiration date. You will have 5 tries to correctly answer the questions on the post-test and a score of 80% is required to pass. Once you have passed and completed an evaluation, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. You cannot earn credit unless all steps are completed.

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Originally Presented
APNA 32nd Annual Conference
Columbus, Ohio
Thursday, October 25, 2018
10:15am - 11:00am

The contact hours for this session expire:  January 1, 2022