Leaders as Innovators: Creating Cultures of Innovation

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Today’s healthcare industry and workforce is challenging, complex and chaotic. With the recent global disruption of healthcare and society at large, there is a need to combine creativity, collaboration and cleverness to achieve results for staff and patients. This session helps clinicians and leaders embrace change and chaos as an accelerator for innovating. Leaders define innovation, learn the design process and apply innovation or transformation to their unit culture or organization.

Objectives

Describe innovation and the process of innovation design.
Integrate the principles of leadership and innovation to create cultures of innovation.
Apply the concepts and tools of innovation into a real-time example and create an action based plan.

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.