Leadership Pearls from Restructuring to a Mixed-Acuity ICU

Activity Summary

The restructuring of a nursing unit can be a time of chaos and uncertainty. This session outlines leadership strategies to foster a culture of teamwork during significant change, and educational approaches to orienting an entire unit to a higher level of care. Learn about the complexities of merging from leaders who transitioned an ICU and PCU into one patient-centered, mixed-acuity unit. We share challenges, successes and outcomes of the change.

Objectives

Examine reasons for the restructure of a cardiac ICU and a cardiac PCU into a mixed-acuity unit.
Assess leadership and educational strategies used during the process of merging two critical care units.
Evaluate patient, staff and unit outcomes one year after transition to a mixed-acuity ICU.

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.