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NURSING PRACTICE COURT GOES TO MLA

This Spring in Chicago on May 20^th in a presentation by the New England Regional Advisory Counsel – Hospital Library Subcommittee the Play ‘NURSING PRACTICE COURT” written by Jean Slepian and the Evidence Based Nursing Group at Cheshire Medical Center, Keene, New Hampshire will be presented as a teaching tool and an educational concept.

Quote by Barbara Davis of Newport Hospital, Newport, RI (Barbara is a member of the RAC):

The purpose of Nursing Practice Court is to provide a mechanism for cross-disciplinary nursing staff members to identify a topic of concern in their institution, to find evidence based literature to support decisions about a particular issue or process, to make decisions that are based on the available evidence, and to present findings in a humorous and non-threatening environment. Often in health care, things are done in a particular way because “we have always done it that way” rather than because evidence supports a new method of practice. This play or “psycho-drama” might also be considered a form of “play therapy” in the sense that it allows health personnel from many disciplines to “play” together creatively to find a solution.

During the 2007 NAHSL Conference the Play was presented to many attendees in the Woodstock Court House. That night the MLA representative Carla Funk was approached to see if MLA would be interested in having the Play presented in Chicago.

Sheila Hayes, Portsmouth Regional Hospital, wrote an abstract and at the end of January the Play was accepted to be presented by the RAC. The time available for the presentation does not allow for the actual Play production. In the last few months Sheila Hayes; Mimi Guessferd, Parkland Medical Center, Derry, NH; & Barbara Davis have been diligently working on a presentation that will explain the concept. A DVD of the Woodstock version will be available at MLA for those who want to see the whole production. This winter Sheila, Mimi, & Barbara have written a new version of the Play covering the topic of MRSA.

This new version of the Play will be preformed at Portsmouth Regional Hospital on September 25^th from 6:00 – 7:30 PM in Classrooms 1, 2, & 3. The rewrite of the Play is from Jean’s original play. The original play fits the RAC Players perfectly. Jean also has various versions of the Play with many more parts and subjects. The future of Nursing Practice Court is yet to be seen – so stay tuned. Many thanks to Jean and her team for beginning it all.

New: Minutes of the Spring 2007 HSLNH/VT meeting have been posted to the site. Please check them out here!

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