The Inpatient Behavioral Health Policy and Procedure Manual covers every topic your inpatient behavioral health unit will need, from Assessment to Utilization Management in one easy-to-use volume. This comprehensive manual includes over 750 pages of comprehensive policies, procedures and forms to meet The Joint Commission's standards. And, all documents can be customized in Word. MCN cross-references the policies to the current TJC standards in the table of contents, so you don't have to!

The Inpatient Behavioral Health Policy and Procedure Manual addresses all of the frequently cited Joint Commission requirements, including patient rights, consents, assessment, performance improvement, patient safety plan, competencies and much more!

Why re-invent the wheel, when MCN has covered all of your regulatory compliance bases in the Inpatient Behavioral Health Policy and Procedure Manual !

Topics covered in the Inpatient Behavioral Health Policy and Procedure Manual include:

• Patient Rights
• Certification Review Hearings
• Involuntary Hold Notice
• 72-Hour Detention for Evaluation and Treatment
• 14-Day Holds
• 30-Day Intensive Treatment Certification
• Medication Capacity Hearings
• Complaint and Grievance Procedure and Resolution
• Conservatorship
• Patient Photos for Identification
• Psychopharmacological Medication Consent
• Denial of Rights
• Assessment
• Criteria for Admission
• Substance Abuse
• Assessment for Self-Harm/Suicidality
• Suicide Precautions
• Identification and Reporting of Suspected Abuse/Neglect
• Fall Assessment/Precautions
• Psychosocial Assessment
• Nursing Assessment
• Unlocked Time Out for Behavior Management
• Electroconvulsive Therapy
• Psychological Services
• Management of Assaultive/Combative Patients
• Treatment Planning
• Summary/Review of Response to Treatment Plan
• Multidisciplinary Treatment Plan
• Treatment Interventions
• Seclusion and Restraint Use
• Social Service Assessment
• Elopement
• Patient Aftercare Plan
• Discharge Planning
• Transfer of Patients
• Elopement
• Utilization Management Plan
• Performance Improvement Plan and Performance Measures/Outcomes
• Risk Management Plan
• Patient Safety Plan
• Patient Satisfaction Survey
• Sentinel Event
• Medication Errors
• Plan for the Provision of Nursing Care in Psychiatric Specialty Areas
• Inpatient Staffing
• Job Descriptions and Competencies
• Preceptor Checklists
• Staff Rights and Ethical Dilemmas in Patient Care
• Management of Information Plan
• Assessment of Information Management Needs
• Release of Information/Medical Records
• Release of Substance Abuse Information
• Infection Control Policies

... and much more!