ACNPs in Critical Care Provider Teams: Challenges, Model Development and Successful Programs

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

With the ongoing shortage of ICU/PCU providers, ACNPs enhance the care delivery system, as well as the safety and quality of patient care. This session discusses solutions to billing challenges, reimbursement, state specific practice variances and institutional privileging. Successful critical and progressive care team models from a major health system are shared. Participant discussion, knowledge sharing and collaboration are welcome.

Objectives

Identify key care enhancement made by ACNPs in critical care provider teams from literature.
Discuss solutions to challenges regarding billing, reimbursement, state-specific practice variances and institutional privileges.
Describe successful ACNP-inclusive ICU/PCU provider team models with retention strategies specific to advanced practice.

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.