Nurses as Data-Driven Advocates to Reduce the Impact of Firearm Injury

Author(s): Therese Richmond

Contact Hours 1.25

CERP B 1.25

Expires Dec 31, 2025

Topics: Advocacy

Role: Staff

Fees
Member: Free
NonMember: $10.00

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Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Firearm injury in the United States contributes to roughly half of all suicides and is the leading cause of mortality in children and adolescents. Nurses care for patients who are victims of firearm injury and for families affected by this public health threat. In this foundational session, nurses learn the ways in which firearm injury should be treated as a disease and how to leverage their unique expertise to advocate at local, state and national levels.

Objectives

  • Describe the ways in which firearm injury is a public health issue.
  • Examine nursing’s role in harm reduction and firearm injury prevention.
  • Formulate strategies to promote change with local, state, and national advocacy to leverage nursing expertise.

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.

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Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.