Role of the APRN in Promoting a Healthy Work Environment

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

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.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.