Session Summary
This session provides an update on the outcomes of recommendations made by The National Nurse Staffing Task Force from a panel of key stakeholders. These outcomes include AACN’s Standards for Appropriate Staffing and the incorporation of appropriate staffing as a National Performance Goal by The Joint Commission. The inextricable link of appropriate staffing to the Healthy Work Environment standards is discussed. Resources and exemplars for appropriate staffing are included and audience questions and participation encouraged.
Objectives
- Describe the work of the Partners for Nurse Staffing and the recommendations of the Nurse Staffing Think Tank and Nurse Staffing Task Force.
- Define AACN’s Standards for Appropriate Staffing for Adult Critical Care, Adult Progressive Care and Pediatric Critical Care.
- Explain the key aspects of the Joint Commission National Performance Goal 12.
Topics
Healthy Work Environment, Staffing
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.