Rapid Response, Reliable Change: A BERT Program's Replicable Model and Year One Results
- Presenter(s): Dalton Meister; Julibeth Lauren
- Session Length: 60 minutes
- Date: Mar 31, 2026
Explore how Children’s Nebraska implemented an enterprise Behavioral Escalation Response Team (BERT) to address pediatric behavioral crises. This session highlights leadership strategy, operational infrastructure, early outcomes, and lessons learned, offering nursing leaders a practical framework to scale trauma-informed crisis response, strengthen workforce safety, and improve patient care.
Learning Outcome
Learning Outcome
- Identify practical strategies that can be applied to scale, sustain, or adapt behavioral emergency response infrastructure in diverse healthcare settings.
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Explore how Children’s Nebraska implemented an enterprise Behavioral Escalation Response Team (BERT) to address pediatric behavioral crises. This session highlights leadership strategy, operational infrastructure, early outcomes, and lessons learned, offering nursing leaders a practical framework to scale trauma-informed crisis response, strengthen workforce safety, and improve patient care.
Learning Outcome
Learning Outcome
- Identify practical strategies that can be applied to scale, sustain, or adapt behavioral emergency response infrastructure in diverse healthcare settings.
