Rising Together: Bringing Our Nurse Home

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

A US RN sustains a sudden traumatic event while abroad touring with her husband and is left paralyzed from the chest down. An ICU Team/hospital unites/rise together to bring our nurse home collaborating with CR ICU Team and overcoming complex barriers while her husband navigates a foreign medical system and shares their story with the press to help bring his wife home. Join members of the team, the patient-Deanne Niedziella and her husband Ken Niedziella as they use storytelling to chronicle the journey of healing.

Objectives

Relate the physiological insult of spinal cord injury and the impact on body systems to critical care priorities
Describe the complex elements of negotiating with insurance, benefits, & funding to support medivac extraction/ transfer back to the US
Identify the benefits of story retelling on patient/family/team healing following a traumatic event

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.

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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.

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