Restraint and Seclusion: Navigating a Problematic CMS Standard
Speaker: Kim Maryniak
Speaker Designation: PhD, MSN, BN, RNC-NIC, NEA-BC
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Speaker: Kim Maryniak
Speaker Designation: PhD, MSN, BN, RNC-NIC, NEA-BC
The topic of restraints and seclusion is hot for CMS and accreditation agencies and is an area of high risk for hospital non-compliance. Solid policies, procedures, and processes are required for success with the use of restraints or seclusion. One of the most cited areas of deficiencies for CMS Conditions of Participation (CoP) is restraints and seclusion.
This training will cover the requirements for restraints and seclusion per CMS standards. The information provided will inform and help address potential gaps that could be areas of deficiency during CMS or accreditation surveys.
After completing this program, the participant will be able to:
Kim Maryniak, PhD, RNC-NIC, NEA-BC has over 33 years of nursing experience in medical/surgical, psychiatry, pediatrics, progressive care, long-term care, and adult and neonatal intensive care. She has been a staff nurse, charge nurse, educator, instructor, manager, director, and chief nursing officer.
Kim graduated with a nursing diploma from Foothills Hospital School of Nursing in Calgary, Alberta in 1989. She achieved her Bachelor in Nursing through Athabasca University, Alberta in 2000, her Master of Science in Nursing through University of Phoenix in 2005, and her PhD in Nursing through University of Phoenix in 2018.
Kim is certified in Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing and as a Nurse Executive, Advanced. She is active in the American Nurses Association and American Organization of Nurse Leaders. Her current and previous roles include nursing leadership, research utilization, nursing peer review and advancement, education, use of simulation, quality, process improvement, professional development, infection control, patient throughput, nursing operations, professional practice, and curriculum development.