Everything You Need to Know About High-Risk Low-Volume Competency Issues

Join Donna Wright for another piece of her new virtual competency event series, ‘Everything You Need to Know About High-Risk Low-Volume Competency Issues’. Discover practical strategies for identifying, assessing, and verifying high-risk low-volume competencies to improve patient safety, clinical readiness, and staff confidence.

Special Competency Series Offer

Register for 2 or more competency workshop sessions and pay just $25 per event with code:

‘2FOR50’

*****Limited-time series promotion.

Continued Education:

• 1.5 contact hours will be awarded to individuals who attend the full activity and complete an evaluation.
• Creative Health Care Management is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Why High-Risk Low-Volume Competencies Matter

Many healthcare organizations struggle with procedures and situations that:

• Occur infrequently
• Carry significant patient safety implications
• Require immediate staff competence
• Are difficult to assess through routine practice

When these competencies are not effectively managed, organizations face increased risk, reduced staff confidence, and potential patient safety concerns.

This workshop explores practical approaches for identifying and managing high-risk low-volume competency issues in healthcare environments.

Workshop Learning Outcomes

Participants Will Learn How To:

• Identify high-risk low-volume competency issues
• Prioritize competencies that have the greatest impact on patient safety
• Develop meaningful competency assessment strategies
• Select appropriate competency verification methods
• Reduce unnecessary competency burden
• Improve staff readiness for infrequent clinical situations
• Build sustainable competency management processes
• Strengthen accountability and ownership of competency

Common High-Risk Low-Volume Competency Challenges

Healthcare organizations frequently face challenges related to:

• Emergency response situations
• Rare clinical procedures
• Specialized equipment use
• Crisis interventions
• Infrequently encountered patient conditions
• Low-frequency high-consequence events

Participants will explore strategies for ensuring staff remain competent and prepared even when these situations occur rarely.

Who Should Attend

Ideal for:

• Nurse leaders
• Nurse educators
• Nursing professional development specialists
• Clinical competency coordinators
• Patient safety leaders
• Quality leaders
• Magnet® leaders
• Pathway to Excellence® leaders
• Directors of education
• Clinical managers and supervisors

Learn from Donna Wright

Donna Wright is internationally recognized for her work in competency assessment and competency verification in healthcare.

Her competency framework has helped healthcare organizations worldwide create more meaningful, sustainable, and practical competency systems.

Donna is the author of:

The Ultimate Guide to Competency Assessment in Health Care

and is widely known for helping organizations move beyond checklist-based competency systems toward approaches rooted in accountability and ownership.

Practical Strategies You Can Apply Immediately

This workshop goes beyond identifying risks.

Participants will leave with:

• practical implementation strategies
• competency prioritization tools
• verification approaches
• readiness assessment techniques
• methods for sustaining competency over time

All strategies are designed to be immediately applicable within healthcare organizations.