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Concurrent C75M456

From Bedside to Bold Action: Nurses Advocating for Change

Facilitator(s): Steven Bocchese, PhD, RN, AGACNP-BC, CCRN; Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN; Kathryn A Connell, PhD, RN, CCRN; Kali Dayton, DNP, AGACNP

Contact Hours 1.25
CERP B 1.25
San Diego Conference
Date Monday 5/18/2026
Time 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM PT

Session Summary

Learn the definition of advocacy and how AACN advocates on behalf of our community. Listen and learn from individual nurses who have expanded their reach about important issues through their advocacy work. Attend this panel discussion to hear from nurses who face challenges head-on and become advocates for change.

Objectives

  • State the definition of advocacy.
  • Discuss AACN’s advocacy activities.
  • Identify strategies to become an advocate for change.
Topics Advocacy
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 1.25 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.