Session Summary
Grassroots advocacy gives nurses the power to influence change beyond the bedside. In this session, participants learn what grassroots advocacy is, why it matters and practical steps they can take as individuals to make an impact. Led by a critical care nurse educator and workplace violence advocate, this session blends real-world experience with evidence-based strategies. Participants leave with tools to confidently use their voice for meaningful change.
Objectives
- Define grassroots advocacy and distinguish it from traditional lobbying approaches.
- Identify key components of effective grassroots advocacy, including goals, messaging and stakeholder engagement.
- Apply a step-by-step framework to develop an individual advocacy action plan within their own practice or community.
Topics
Advocacy
Role
Manager, Educator, APRN, Staff, Researcher
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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.