Ensure Your Practice Is Rooted in Evidence

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

National organizations state that current best evidence should be embraced and moved into practice, as they provide foundational knowledge and thereby improve patient outcomes. Nurses need to reflect, question practice traditions and challenge sacred cows to ensure practice is rooted in current best evidence to improve outcomes. This session identifies selected practice traditions, reviews current evidence, including technology advancements to move practice forward based on science, not tradition.

Objectives

Explain how research and other forms of evidence are applied to your nursing practice.
Verbalize two practice changes you are making in your role as a practicing nurse.
Identify two solutions that are used to address barriers in implementing evidence-based practice.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must attend/view/read the entire activity and complete the associated evaluation to be awarded the contact hours or CERP. No partial credit will be awarded.

Disclosure

This activity has been reviewed by the Nurse Planner. It has been determined that the material presented here shows no bias. No conflicts of interest have been identified for any individual with the ability to influence the content of this activity. Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education only and does not imply AACN or ANCC approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity.

Accreditation

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC's) Commission on Accreditation, ANCC Provider Number 0012. AACN has been approved as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the California State Board of Nursing (CBRN), California Provider number CEP 1036. This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.

AACN programming meets the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education contact hours for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting CE to fulfill continuing education requirements.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.