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www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/teamstepps/officebasedcare/module8/office_teach.html
February 01, 2016 - Focus on conflict resolution and threat management and avoidance.
300-level tools include:
CUS. … CUS.
DESC script.
Collaboration. … What skills is she using to teach the CUS tool to Nurse Larry?
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April 24, 2017 - that apply)
Providing task assistance
Providing and receiving feedback
Two-Challenge Rule
CUS
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October 01, 2014 - CUS words.
How can the administration team help with this issue? … CUS words.
Activating the RRS.
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May 01, 2017 - Materials: Slides 42-47, Example of Speaking Up audio, CUS technique
Audience: All employees in operating
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February 01, 2024 - Assistance
Formative Feedback
Advocacy and Assertion
Conflict in Teams
Two-Challenge Rule
CUS
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July 01, 2018 - Stabilization
Response, Assessment & Stabilization Huddle
Response, Assessment & Stabilization CUS … Communication
Check-back
Call Out
Tools/Strategies:
Mutual Support
Task Assistance
CUS … Return to Top
Response, Assessment & Stabilization CUS Words
(Image: 3-part illustration of CUS
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September 01, 2020 - CUS words: an agreed-upon communication tool that any team member can use to stop the action at any time … The CUS words are Concern ("I am concerned that..." ), Uncomfortable ("I am feeling uncomfortable because
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www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/teamstepps/officebasedcare/handouts/obstool.html
December 01, 2015 - Effectively advocates for patient safety using the Assertive Statement, Two-Challenge Rule, or CUS
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March 01, 2014 - Effectively advocates for patient safety using the Assertive Statement, Two-Challenge Rule, or CUS
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January 01, 2024 - Limited English Proficiency Safety: CUS Words
Using plain language to describe specific procedures
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July 01, 2023 - Advocacy and Assertion
Concept: Conflict in Teams
Tool: Two-Challenge Rule
Tool: CUS
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February 28, 2022 - Use supervisor or chain of command.
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15
Please Use CUS Words
but only when appropriate!
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May 01, 2017 - surgical environment
The barriers to speaking up
The solution – the use of structured language
The CUS … Language
Communication and Teamwork | ‹#›
AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
46
The CUS … for Ambulatory Surgery
53
Checklist demonstration video
Closed-loop communication audio recording
CUS
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July 01, 2023 - Slide 21: CUS
Say:
CUS is an acknowledgment of an unsafe situation. … When you use CUS, you state your concern, you state why you are uncomfortable, and then you state that
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September 01, 2015 - Penguins illustrate the statements that make up the acronym CUS: C - I am Concerned!
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November 01, 2015 - Another technique, "CUS" (I am concerned! I am uncomfortable! This is a safety issue!)
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March 01, 2014 - Resolution
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19,21
29,35
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51,52
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74,84
85,86, 90,95, 96,99, 110, 116
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CUS
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July 01, 2017 - File , 2.4 MB; Text Version )
Endoscopy Checklist Template ( Word File , 2.4 MB; Text Version )
CUS
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July 01, 2023 - Check-Back
Two-Challenge Rule
Handoff
(I-PASS the BATON)
DESC Script
CUS … Slide 21: CUS 1
I am C ONCERNED!
I am U NCOMFORTABLE!
This is a S AFETY ISSUE!
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May 01, 2017 - The solution is structured language using the CUS technique, which we will listen to some examples of … We are going to use “CUS” to indicate safety concerns, but other words are also used. … Slide 47: The CUS Technique
Say:
A feature of structured language is escalating speech that gradually … Teaching team members structured language like CUS and closed-loop communication can lead to improved … These include—
The checklist demonstration video
The closed-loop audio recording
The CUS technique