Postgraduate residency presentation #2 from recruitment to graduation
PHPN Symposium 2013-CCHS
1. Greater Than the Sum of
It’s Parts:
The PH Treatment Team
Sharon Jones, RN, MSN
Jacqueline Brewer, RN, BSN
2. Disclosures
This continuing education activity is managed and
accredited by Professional Education Services Group.
Neither PESG nor any accrediting organization supports or
endorses any product or service mentioned in this activity.
Commercial Support was not received for this activity.
3. Disclosures
• Sharon Jones, RN, MSN
Has no financial interest or relationships to disclose
• Jacqueline Brewer, RN, BSN
Has no financial interest or relationships to disclose
-and-
• CME Staff Disclosures
Professional Education Services Group staff have no
financial relationships to disclose.
4. Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, the
participant will be able to:
1. Identify 2 PH teams’ approaches to
managing their PH populations.
2. Define the roles of the multidisciplinary PH
team members.
3. Describe the “nuts and bolts” of developing a
PH team from creation to current state.
12. IN THE BEGINNING…
• First Steps of PH Patient Care-Late ‘90s
• Dr. Gerald O’Brien-Physician Champion
13. CCHS PH Team Timeline
1998-2000 2007 2009 2012-Present
No Team Informal Formal Team PH Clinic Opens Team Expansion Program Expansion
First Flolan PH pts seen Addition of Pts seen by CM takes over Nurse Navigator
pt. in Pulm office NP & MD, NP & all drug responsible for
Inpts seen Case Manager Office RN enrollments entire continuum
by of pt. care
Pulmonologists,
Nurses,
Clinical Spec
&
Pharm Specialist
20112000-2007
14. Multidisciplinary Team at CCHS
• Gerald O’Brien, MD, Medical Director
• Carol Gray, APN, Nurse Practitioner
• Megan Farraj, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
• Maureen Seckel, APN, Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Sharon Jones, RN, Nurse Navigator
• Julie Adams, RN, Research Nurse
• 3D Unit Nurse PH Committee
15. CCHS PH Program
• 100 Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients
• 12 IV/SQ patients
• 1 Clinic Day Per Week
• Industry Sponsored Clinical Trials
• Monthly PH Team Meetings
• 24/7 PH On-Call System
• Patient Support Group
