Prone Positioning in Patients With COVID-19 and Non–COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Patients critically ill with COVID-19 develop acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and may undergo prone positioning. Literature suggests that early prone positioning benefits oxygenation and mortality rates. Our 5-year retrospective medical record review found that fewer patients with ARDS received prone positioning before the COVID-19 pandemic than during the pandemic. The pandemic brought prone positioning procedures and evidence-based practice to the forefront of nursing skills.

Objectives

Discuss implications for clinical practice and research for prone positioning.
Analyze how to incorporate findings of this project into your unit practice.
Discuss the value of early prone positioning for your critically ill ARDS patients.

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Successful Completion

Learners must attend/view/read the entire activity, read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes, and complete the associated evaluation to be awarded the contact hours or CERP. 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 1.00 contact hours.

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