Patient Safety: Cognitive Assessment at Intensive Care Unit Discharge

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Ten percent of adults discharged from an intensive care unit (ICU) with high-risk conditions are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days. The health care burden associated with these readmissions exceeds $26 billion annually. Assessing the patient’s functional cognition assessment and advocating for appropriate resources are needed to improve patient and clinical outcomes to ensure that the transition of care is successful. Older adults who are discharged from the ICU are at high risk for readmission. Hospital standards do not include the assessments needed to ensure the safety of discharged patients. Strategies to bridge the transition from hospital discharge to home are needed to prevent hospital readmissions in high-risk populations such as older adults discharged from the ICU.

Objectives

Describe three complications associated with delirium.
Describe how the Cue Response Theory can be used to guide nursing care for patients
Identify two ways nurses can assist with reducing readmission

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.

Disclosures

The Nurse Planner has determined that no individuals with the ability to control content of this activity have relevant relationships with ineligible companies.

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

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.