Role of the APRN in Promoting a Healthy Work Environment

Author(s): Kiersten Henry

Contact Hours 1.00

CERP C 1.00

Expires Aug 15, 2026

Topics: Healthy Work Environment

Role: APRN

Fees
Member: Free
NonMember: $10.00

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Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Through knowledge and role modeling of the HWE standards, APRNs can promote interdisciplinary team resilience and support healthy work environments. This session focuses on the role of APRNs in promoting a healthy work environment (HWE). In this foundational session, the HWE Standards and factors associated with an unhealthy work environment are reviewed. Strategies for APRNs promoting and implementing components of the Healthy Work Environment Standards, including a case study approach, are presented. This session also reviews HWE Standards as a strategy for building team resilience and reducing interdisciplinary burnout.

Objectives

  • Identify the six Healthy Work Environment Standards.
  • Discuss the impact, including burnout, of unhealthy work environments on interdisciplinary team members.
  • Explain strategies for APRNs to promote a healthy work environment and foster resilience among interdisciplinary team members.

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.

Disclosures

Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content will be identified by the Nurse Planner within the activity. Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content has been mitigated.

Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education only and does not imply AACN, ANCC, or CBRN approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity. Activities with pharmacology hours are to assist the APRN in fulfilling the pharmacotherapeutic education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Activities meet the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your own state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting your certificate of completion.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.