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Concurrent A60M482

Cultivating Excellence: The Role of APRNs in Fostering Healthy Work Environments

Facilitator(s): Elizabeth M Duxbury, DNP, RN, CNS, CCRN, ACNS-BC; Kiersten Henry, DNP,ACNP-BC,CCRN-CMC,CCNS

Contact Hours 1.00
CERP C 1.00
San Diego Conference
Date Tuesday 5/19/2026
Time 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PT

Session Summary

This session examines how Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) contribute to creating and sustaining Healthy Work Environments (HWEs) that support high‑quality care and team well‑being. Participants explore the six Healthy Work Environment Standards and consider their impact across interdisciplinary teams. The session highlights the essential leadership and organizational responsibilities required to ensure APRNs experience the supportive, safe and empowering conditions necessary to thrive in practice.

Objectives

  • Examine the six Healthy Work Environment Standards and their impact on interdisciplinary teams.
  • Explore the role of the APRN in promoting a Healthy Work Environment.
  • Discuss how leaders and organizations create and sustain supportive conditions for APRNs and interdisciplinary team members.
Topics Healthy Work Environment
Role APRN

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Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for 1.00 contact hours.

Disclosure

Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content will be identified by the Nurse Planner within the activity. Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content has been mitigated.

Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education only and does not imply AACN, ANCC, or CBRN approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity.

Activities with pharmacology hours are to assist the APRN in fulfilling the pharmacotherapeutic education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Activities meet the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your own state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting your certificate of completion. 

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.