LIFEBEAT SOLUTIONS
Transforming Healthcare
Through Cutting-Edge Education
to Enhance Patient Safety and Outcomes
LIFEBEAT SOLUTIONS
Transforming Healthcare Through Cutting-Edge Education
to Enhance Patient Safety and Outcomes
Lifebeat Solutions Providing healthcare professionals with self-paced, expert-led courses that deliver real-world strategies for safer patient care.
Lifebeat Solutions Providing healthcare professionals with self-paced, expert-led courses that deliver real-world strategies for safer patient care.
Is Your Healthcare Team Prepared?
Is Your Healthcare Team Prepared?
Addressing the Challenges in
Nursing Education and Readiness
Addressing the Challenges in
Nursing Education and Readiness
Tackling the challenges within healthcare's safety net, particularly in nursing education and readiness, is essential.
These issues are not just theoretical or statistical—they affect real patient lives every day.
Missed nursing care and errors, contribute to financial burdens, diminished trust in healthcare systems, and increased legal risks.
This is where Lifebeat Solutions, designed by Dr. Julie Siemers, comes into play.
Tackling the challenges within healthcare's safety net, particularly in nursing education and readiness, is essential.
These issues are not just theoretical or statistical—they affect real patient lives every day.
Missed nursing care and errors, contribute to financial burdens, diminished trust in healthcare systems, and increased legal risks.
This is where Lifebeat Solutions, designed by Dr. Julie Siemers, comes into play.
With over 45 years of nursing expertise, Lifebeat Solutions offers proven techniques to minimize patient harm, enhance nurse competency, and reduce healthcare costs.
With over 45 years of nursing expertise, Lifebeat Solutions offers proven techniques
to minimize patient harm, enhance nurse competency, and reduce healthcare costs.
Lifebeat Solutions offers a groundbreaking solution for healthcare organizations. Leveraging over three decades of nursing expertise and educational leadership, this interactive training program addresses the critical educational shortfall, empowering nurses with the essential skills of critical thinking and clinical judgment needed for patient safety.
So, why Lifebeat Solutions? Because it's NOT just another course. It's a solution rooted in decades of research and hands-on experience.
The comprehensive courses are built on proven research and real-world application, specifically targeting the deficiencies in current nursing education.
Our approach not only ensures nurses are competent but also enables them to excel in their roles, reducing errors and enhancing patient care.
Ignoring this opportunity means continuing the cycle of patient harm, soaring healthcare costs, and growing legal liabilities.
Choosing Lifebeat Solutions means investing in the safety of your patients, the competence of your nursing staff, and the future of your healthcare organization.
With over 45 years of nursing expertise, Lifebeat Solutions offers proven techniques
to minimize patient harm, enhance nurse competency, and reduce healthcare costs.
Lifebeat Solutions offers a groundbreaking solution for healthcare organizations. Leveraging over three decades of nursing expertise and educational leadership, this interactive training program addresses the critical educational shortfall, empowering nurses with the essential skills of critical thinking and clinical judgment needed for patient safety.
So, why Lifebeat Solutions? Because it's NOT just another course. It's a solution rooted in decades of research and hands-on experience.
The comprehensive courses are built on proven research and real-world application, specifically targeting the deficiencies in current nursing education.
Our approach not only ensures nurses are competent but also enables them to excel in their roles, reducing errors and enhancing patient care.
Ignoring this opportunity means continuing the cycle of patient harm, soaring healthcare costs, and growing legal liabilities.
Choosing Lifebeat Solutions means investing in the safety of your patients, the competence of your nursing staff, and the future of your healthcare organization.
Patient Safety Certification!
Become Patient Safety Certified when you complete the first 10 courses in our program
Patient Safety Certification!
Become Patient Safety Certified when you complete the first 10 courses in our program
PATIENT SAFETY™ COURSES
Level 1: Rescue Readiness™ (10 courses, 10 Hours)
Foundational skills for recognizing and responding to deteriorating patients
Course 1 : Recognizing and Responding to Deteriorating Patients (1 hour)
Learn the fundamentals of failure to rescue, including recognition, action, and communication. This course covers healthcare errors of commission and omission, providing the foundation for preventing adverse patient outcomes.
Key Topics
• Failure to Rescue overview
• Failure to Recognize, Act, and Communicate
• Healthcare errors of commission and omission
Course 2: The Healthcare Professional's Critical Role in Failure to Rescue (1 hour)
Explore your critical role in preventing failure to rescue through understanding standards of care, developing clinical reasoning skills, and applying clinical judgment for optimal patient outcomes.
Key Topics
• Standards of care
• Clinical reasoning (analytical and intuitive)
• Clinical judgment for optimal outcomes
Course 3: Primary Assessment Essentials (1 hour)
Master systematic patient assessment techniques using the ABCDE method and head-to-toe assessment approach to recognize life-threatening conditions early.
Key Topics
• Head-to-toe assessment
• ABCDE method
• Recognizing life-threatening conditions
Course 4: Mastering Vital Signs (1 hour)
Develop expertise in vital sign assessment and interpretation, including the use of early warning scores to identify patients at risk for deterioration.
Key Topics
• Respiratory assessment and oxygen saturation
• Pulse, temperature, blood pressure
• Early warning scores
Course 5: Critical Neurological Assessment (1 hour)
Learn focused neurological assessment techniques essential for identifying increased intracranial pressure, stroke, and head trauma.
Key Topics
• Focused neuro assessment
• Increased intracranial pressure
• Stroke assessment and head trauma
Course 6: Pain Assessment: The Fifth Vital Sign (1 hour)
Understand the physiology of pain and master assessment tools and management strategies to optimize patient comfort and identify deterioration.
Key Topics
• Physiology of pain
• Pain assessment tools
• Pain management strategies
Course 7: Understanding Critical Laboratory Values (1 hour)
Interpret critical laboratory values that indicate patient deterioration, including electrolytes, hematology, and blood chemistry parameters.
Key Topics
• Electrolytes and acid-base
• Hematology and coagulation
• Blood chemistry and endocrine function
Course 8: Fluid Balance & Nutrition (1 hour)
Learn to assess fluid balance and manage parenteral and enteral nutrition in acutely ill patients.
Key Topics
• Assessment of fluid balance
• Parenteral and enteral nutrition
• Acute disease management
Course 9: Essentials of Monitoring Perfusion (1 hour)
Master perfusion principles, monitoring techniques, and management strategies for patients with impaired perfusion and shock.
Key Topics
• Perfusion principles and monitoring
• Managing impaired perfusion
• Shock and perfusion disorders
Course 10: Communication Essentials (1 hour)
Develop essential communication skills for interprofessional collaboration and understand the impact of communication failures on patient safety.
Key Topics
• Communication skills
• Interprofessional communication
• Failure to communicate impact on safety
Level 2: Safe & Reliable Healthcare Practice™ (11 courses, 11 hours)
Preventing errors and optimizing clinical outcomes
Course 11: Medication Error Management (1 hour)
Learn to identify, prevent, and manage medication errors with emphasis on safe administration practices and high-risk medications.
Key Topics
• Understanding and preventing medication errors
• Safe administration practices
• High-risk medications
Course 12: Documentation Errors and Patient Data Communication (1 hour)
Understand the documentation process, recognize the impact of documentation errors, and learn effective strategies for communicating patient data.
Key Topics
• Understanding documentation process
• Impact of documentation errors
• Effective communication of patient data
Course 13: Surveillance, Attentiveness, & Vigilance (1 hour)
Develop skills in effective patient surveillance and learn the critical role of attentiveness in identifying high-risk patients.
Key Topics
• Effective patient surveillance
• Role of attentiveness in healthcare practice
• Identifying high-risk patients
Course 14: Mastering Clinical Reasoning & Clinical Judgment (1 hour)
Enhance critical thinking and decision-making skills for gathering and interpreting patient data in uncertain and complex situations.
Key Topics
• Gathering and interpreting patient data
• Critical thinking and decision-making
• Dealing with uncertainty and complexity
Course 15: Preoperative Surgical Care (1 hour)
Learn comprehensive preoperative patient evaluation, safety protocols, and risk assessment strategies to optimize surgical outcomes.
Key Topics
• Patient evaluation and education
• Checklists and safety protocols
• Risk assessment and medication management
Course 16: The Healthcare Team's Role in Harm Prevention (1 hour)
Understand the team's role in preventing common hospital-acquired conditions including falls, VTE, pressure ulcers, and healthcare-associated infections.
Key Topics
• Recognizing deterioration and RRT
• Preventing falls, VTE, pressure ulcers
• Preventing healthcare-associated infections
Course 17: Sepsis & Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) (1 hour)
Master sepsis recognition and clinical management along with HAI prevention and control strategies.
Key Topics
• Introduction to and clinical management of sepsis
• HAI prevention and control
• Advanced topics in sepsis and HAIs
Course 18: Interventions for Enhanced Patient Safety (1 hour)
Learn patient safety principles, strategies for protecting vulnerable patients, and approaches to risk assessment and quality improvement.
Key Topics
• Patient safety principles adherence
• Protecting vulnerable patients
• Risk assessment and quality improvement
Course 19: Interpretation of Authorized Orders (1 hour)
Develop skills in interpreting provider orders, communicating for clarification, and understanding legal and ethical considerations.
Key Topics
• Provider order interpretation
• Communicating and clarifying orders
• Legal and ethical considerations
Course 20: Professional Responsibility & Patient Advocacy (1 hour)
Explore professional responsibility, patient advocacy, empowerment, and ethical decision-making in healthcare practice.
Key Topics
• Professional responsibility in healthcare
• Patient advocacy and empowerment
• Ethical decision-making
Course 21: Mandated Reporting in Healthcare (1 hour)
Learn to recognize signs of abuse and neglect, understand the reporting process, and support patients and families appropriately.
Key Topics
• Recognizing signs of abuse and neglect
• The reporting process
• Supporting patients and families
Level 3 : Level 3: Defensible Practice™ (14 courses, 14 hours)
Preventing errors and optimizing clinical outcomes
Course 22: Failure to Follow Standards of Care (1 hour)
Understand standards of care, consequences of non-compliance, and strategies to ensure adherence to established standards.
Key Topics
• Defining standards of care
• Consequences of ignoring standards
• Strategies to ensure compliance
Course 23: Failure to Assess and Monitor a Patient (1 hour)
Learn comprehensive patient assessment and monitoring techniques, including communication and documentation requirements.
Key Topics
• Introduction to patient assessment/monitoring
• Monitoring physiological parameters
• Communication and documentation
Course 24: Failure to Act as Patient Advocate (1 hour)
Explore the role of patient advocacy, including legal and ethical considerations and strategies for effective advocacy.
Key Topics
• Introduction to patient advocacy
• Legal and ethical considerations
• Strategies for effective advocacy
Course 25: Failure to Use Equipment in a Responsible Manner (1 hour)
Understand the role of medical equipment in patient safety, competency requirements, and risk management strategies.
Key Topics
• Role of medical equipment in safety
• Competency and training
• Risk management strategies
Course 26: Postoperative Complications: Prevention and Management (1 hour)
Master early recognition and management of postoperative complications including hemorrhage, respiratory issues, and cardiovascular emergencies.
Key Topics
• Early recognition of hemorrhage, shock
• Respiratory and airway complications
• Cardiovascular and neurological emergencies
Course 27: Blood Transfusion Safety (1 hour)
Learn safe blood transfusion practices from pre-transfusion preparation through administration and reaction management.
Key Topics
• Pre-transfusion preparation
• Administering blood transfusions
• Recognizing and managing reactions
Course 28: Sentinel & Never Events: Preventing Catastrophic Failures (1 hour)
Understand sentinel and never events, conduct root cause analysis, and learn the healthcare professional's role in prevention.
Key Topics
• Introduction to sentinel and never events
• Root cause analysis
• The healthcare professional's role in prevention
Course 29: Psychological Safety for Teams (1 hour)
Explore the meaning of psychological safety, understand the cost of silence, and learn to build a speak-up culture.
Key Topics
• What psychological safety really means
• The cost of silence
• Building a speak-up culture
Course 30: Error Reporting and Systems Improvement (1 hour)
Learn the importance of error reporting, understand human error, and contribute to building a culture of safety.
Key Topics
• Importance of error reporting
• Understanding human error
• Building a culture of safety
Course 31: Managing Patient Aggression in Acute Care Settings (1 hour)
Develop skills to understand, recognize, and de-escalate patient aggression in healthcare settings.
Key Topics
• Understanding the rise of aggression
• Recognizing early signs and triggers
• De-escalation skills
Course 32: Addressing Patient Suicide Risk in Acute Care Settings (1 hour)
Learn to identify suicide risk factors, conduct comprehensive risk assessments, and implement appropriate interventions.
Key Topics
• Understanding suicide risk factors
• Comprehensive risk assessment
• Treatment approaches and interventions
Course 33: Patient and Family Engagement and Shared Decision-Making (1 hour)
Master strategies for engaging patients and families in care, utilizing effective communication and supporting families as care partners.
Key Topics
• Foundations of patient/family engagement
• Effective communication
• Supporting families as care partners
Course 34: Health Literacy and Patient Education (1 hour)
Learn to assess patient health literacy and implement strategies to enhance understanding and health outcomes.
Key Topics
• Introduction to health literacy
• Assessing patient health literacy
• Strategies for enhancing health literacy
Course 35: Medication Reconciliation and Discharge Planning (1 hour)
Master medication reconciliation processes, best practices for discharge instructions, and innovative approaches to discharge planning.
Key Topics
• Understanding medication reconciliation
• Best practices for discharge instructions
• Technology and innovation in discharge planning
R4 INTERPROFESSIONAL MODULES (10 hours)
Specifically designed for rural team-based rescue readiness with interprofessional focus
Module 1: Failure to Rescue Framework (1.5 hours)
Gain comprehensive understanding of the Failure to Rescue framework, its impact on patient outcomes and reimbursement, and the R4 Recognition Program.
Key Topics
• Defining FTR: Recognition, Response, Communication
• Impact on mortality and CMS reimbursement
• R4 Recognition Program overview
Module 2: Recognition - Early Warning Signs (2 hours)
Master early warning systems, vital sign interpretation, and the ABCDE assessment methodology for identifying subtle deterioration.
Key Topics
• Vital sign mastery and early warning scores
• ABCDE assessment methodology
• Recognizing subtle deterioration in complex patients
Module 3: Systematic Patient Assessment (2 hours)
Develop systematic assessment skills specific to deteriorating patients, including comprehensive neurological and pain assessment.
Key Topics
• Head-to-toe assessment for deteriorating patients
• Neurological assessment essentials
• Pain assessment and its relationship to deterioration
Module 4: Critical Clinical Data Interpretation (2 hours)
Learn to interpret critical clinical data including laboratory values, fluid balance, and medication considerations that predict deterioration.
Key Topics
• Laboratory values predicting deterioration
• Fluid balance and perfusion monitoring
• High-risk medication recognition
Module 5: Team Communication & Escalation (1.5 hours)
Master team communication techniques and escalation protocols essential for timely intervention in deteriorating patients.
Key Topics
• SBAR for urgent communication
• Closed-loop communication techniques
• When and how to escalate effectively
Module 6: Sepsis Recognition & Response (1 hour)
Develop expertise in sepsis screening, bundle compliance, and role-specific response actions for this time-sensitive condition.
Key Topics
• Sepsis screening tools and qSOFA
• Hour-1 bundle compliance
• Role-specific sepsis response actions
Program Completion
Upon successful completion of all 45 hours of coursework, participants will have comprehensive knowledge and skills in patient safety, rescue readiness, and interprofessional team-based care, with particular emphasis on rural healthcare settings.
The Patient Safety Standard™ - Training Program:
Advancing Excellence in Patient Safety
Level 1: Patient Safety Certification™ (10 courses)
Category 1 (2 Courses): Rescue Readiness Series™
Avoid unnecessary death, deterioration,
and the expense of failing to rescue patients in time
Failure to Rescue. Improving early recognition and timely response to patient deterioration is critical to reducing mortality rates. This program equips nurses with the knowledge and skills to proactively intervene and prevent life-threatening situations.
Benefits of This Program
Reduce medication and documentation errors with proven strategies, develop strong clinical judgment for better decision-making and foster a proactive approach to harm prevention and quality care.
Category 2 (8 Courses): Safety Pillars Mastery™
Recognizing Life Threatening Conditions and
Responding with Certainty
The Critical Pillars of Patient Safety. Prevention is the cornerstone of patient safety. This program provides foundational skills in assessment, monitoring, and communication to prevent adverse outcomes and ensure optimal patient care.
Benefits of This Program
Strengthen core nursing assessment techniques for better patient care, enhance early detection of potential complications and improve communication skills to foster interdisciplinary collaboration.
Level 2: System-Proofed Practice™: Advanced Safety Skills
(11 courses)
Category 3 (11 Courses): Error-Free Nursing Practice™
Training for Safer Care: Preventing
Errors, Improving Patient Outcomes.
Preventing Errors and Optimizing Outcomes in Nursing Practice. This program focuses on refining nursing practices to minimize errors and enhance patient safety. Nurses will learn essential techniques to improve clinical reasoning, communication, and error prevention strategies.
Benefits of This Program
Reduce medication and documentation errors with proven strategies, develop strong clinical judgment for better decision-making and foster a proactive approach to harm prevention and quality care.
Level 3: Defensible Practice™: Expert-Level Safety Leadership
(11 courses)
Category 4 (4 Courses): Accountable Care Defense™
Nursing Negligence and Malpractice
Prevention to avoid Ethical and Legal repercussions
Nursing Negligence and Malpractice Prevention. Understanding the legal and ethical responsibilities of nursing practice is crucial to avoiding malpractice. This program provides insights into standards of care and how to mitigate liability risks.
Benefits of This Program
Gain a thorough understanding of nursing standards and responsibilities, reduce legal risks through accurate documentation and communication and enhance patient trust by delivering care with accountability and precision.
Category 5 (2 Courses): Adverse Event Awareness™
Preventing catastrophic events in
healthcare
Understanding and Managing Adverse Events in Healthcare. Patient safety incidents can have severe consequences if not handled properly. This program equips nurses with the skills to identify, report, and learn from adverse events to prevent recurrence.
Benefits of This Program
Improve patient safety reporting and accountability, foster a culture of transparency and learning within healthcare teams and minimize the recurrence of preventable adverse events.
Category 6 (3 Courses): Patient Partnership Advantage™
Partnering and Engaging with
Patients for Safer Care
Partnering and Engaging with Patients for Safer Care. Effective patient engagement enhances healthcare experiences and outcomes. This program empowers nurses to build strong partnerships with patients and families for shared decision-making and adherence to care plans.
Benefits of This Program
Strengthen relationships with patients and families to improve outcomes, enhance patient education and health literacy and boost adherence to treatment plans through shared decision-making.
Category 7 (2 Courses): Behavioral Health Challenges™
Promoting Safety and Compassion in Acute Care Settings
Behavioral health challenges are becoming increasingly prevalent in acute care, requiring nurses to be equipped with specialized skills to manage patient aggression and suicide risk effectively. This program focuses on practical, evidence-based strategies to ensure safety, promote healing, and support both patients and care teams.
Benefits of This Program
Recognize and respond to behavioral health risks before they escalate. Develop skills to strengthen team-based safety practices in high-stress situations. Emphasizes patient-centered approaches to suicide prevention and mental health care, promoting long-term support and recovery.
Category 8 (2 Courses): Surgical Safety™
Enhancing Outcomes Before and After the Operating Room
Surgical care requires a precise balance of preparation, vigilance, and rapid response. This program equips nurses and care teams with the knowledge and tools to improve surgical safety at every phase from preoperative risk reduction to postoperative complication management. Grounded in evidence-based practices, these courses prioritize patient well-being, timely interventions, and seamless team coordination.
Benefits of This Program
Ensure safe and effective preoperative care through informed consent, checklists, and risk assessment.
Prevent and manage serious postoperative complications through early recognition and response strategies.
Improve patient outcomes with proactive pain control, VTE prevention, and comprehensive safety protocols.
Lifebeat Solutions Testimonials
What People Are Saying
Brilliant! Every Preceptor Program should be using this curriculum!!
BS - DNP Pittsburgh, PA
Loved it! Easy and practical. The way nursing school used to be.
JMH - MSN Pittsburgh, PA
Great! Most of what vital sign trends mean and what to look for comes from experience.
SE - Floor Nurse, Veteran's Administration Pittsburgh, PA
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By partnering with Lifebeat Solutions, your organization can identify the best strategies to educate and empower your nursing staff to improve patient safety and outcomes.
By partnering with Lifebeat Solutions, your organization can identify the best strategies to educate and empower your nursing staff to improve patient safety and outcomes.
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