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Paws in the ICU Julie Miller, RN, BSN, CCRN President: Paws to Learn Abstract: Meeting the needs of all patients is the goal of critical care nurses. Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) in the acute and critical care settings is an innovative treatment tool, which motivates many patients to participate in the healing process. This presentation will focus on defining the use of AAT in these settings, prerequisites for setting up an AAT program and areas of research past, present and future. The target audience for this session includes practicing nurses, advance practitioners, and administrators. Participants should bring a desire to incorporate innovative approaches to the bedside care of their patients as prerequisite knowledge for this session. Objectives: Describe the difference between animal assisted therapy and animal visitation in the acute care setting. List prerequisites for setting up an AAT program in an acute/critical care setting. Outline a strategy to institute an AAT program in an acute/critical care setting. Format and Method of Instruction: Interactive format with, case studies and audiovisuals. Therapy animal demonstration based on availability. 75 to 90 minutes expandable to 3 or 6 hours Primary Speaker: Julie Miller, RN, BSN, CCRN President: Paws to Learn 7313 CR 2192 Whitehouse, TX 75791 C: 903–245–1223 Fax: 903–839–0894 Email: [email protected]
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