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

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.