Dueling Burnout: The Dual Role Nurse

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Nursing burnout is nothing new, but impacts us all at a higher level in the COVID-19 pandemic era. Nurses are often plagued with moral distress, compassion fatigue and general burnout. Dueling Burnout describes an initiative implemented in a cardiothoracic intensive care unit to reduce the level of burnout nurses endure by encouraging dual roles with collaborating departments.

Objectives

Assess national data on nursing turnover, the cost of turnover and nursing shortages.
Review nursing burnout and its contributing factors.
Identify key components of the dual role program and strategies to implement in other spaces.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

The 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.

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