Critical Care Nurses’ Physical and Mental Health, Worksite Wellness Support, and Medical Errors

Author(s): Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, Alai Tan, PhD, Andreanna Pavan Hsieh, MPH, Cynthia Arslanian-Engoren, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, Lynne T. Braun, PhD, CNP, Sandra Dunbar, DSN, RN, Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, PhD, RN, Lisa M. Lewis, PhD, RN, Angelica Millan, DNP, CNS, NP, Liana Orsolini, PhD, RN, Lorraine B. Robbins, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, Cynthia L. Russell, PhD, RN, Sharon Tucker, PhD, APRN-CNS, NC-BC, EBP-C, and JoEllen Wilbur, PhD, APN

Contact Hours 1.00

CERP A 1.00

Expires May 31, 2026

Topics: Patient Safety, Well-Being

Role: Staff

Fees
Member: Free
NonMember: $10.00

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Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Critical care nurses experience higher rates of mental distress and poor health than other nurses, adversely affecting health care quality and safety. It is not known, however, how critical care nurses’ overall health affects the occurrence of medical errors.

Objectives

  • Identify the relationships among critical care nurses' health, perceived wellness support and medical errors.
  • Describe how hospital/healthcare system leaders can improve nurses' health and well-being and reduce errors in critical care units.
  • Discuss evidence-based interventions that are effective in reducing nurses' depression, anxiety, and stress.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Criteria for Awarding Contact Hours

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

Accreditation

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 {contactHours} contact hours.

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

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