Walking Home from the ICU: How to Improve Patient Outcomes

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Prolonged deep sedation on mechanical ventilation deeply impacts the psychological and physical burden on patients and staff. Updating sedation and mobility practices to prevent and alleviate delirium is the future of critical care medicine. We can help patients walk through and out of the ICU and straight back to their lives. Case studies with pictures and videos from the Awake and Walking ICU brings the ABCDEF bundle to a new level and empowers the learner to revolutionize their ICU. Pharmacology content = 10%.

Objectives

Explain the patient perspective of sedation, delirium, and immobility.
Identify the research supporting changes to sedation and mobility practices.
Apply the knowledge and tools to prevent and treat delirium.

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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.

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