Beyond the Bar Graph: How to Interpret Graphs and Charts for Every Nurse

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Is graph reading baffling? Not anymore! Come if you would like to better understand how to interpret forest plot graphics, scatter plots and more. This session includes foundational principles for how to interpret research data, especially data presented in graphic/chart form. Graphs and charts from recent critical care nursing and medical literature are included.

Objectives

Describe key principles for interpretation of clinical research data.
Recognize the utility of various graph and chart types used in nursing and medical literature.
Apply the concepts learned by interpreting relevant example graphs and charts.

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.