Engaging Patients and Families in High-Acuity Care: What’s Hard and What Helps

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Patient and family engagement in care improves crucial clinical outcomes during high-acuity illness. However, partnering with patients and families often strains the resources of nurses on short-staffed units. In this foundational session, participants analyze a video case study, design realistic engagement strategies and explore ways to balance patient and family needs. Attendees gain communication tips and timely, evidence-based approaches to support patient/family engagement.

Objectives

Examine trends and research evidence on the benefits, barriers and challenges to patient and family engagement during high-acuity illness.
Formulate realistic, evidence-based innovative strategies for partnering with patients and families to ease workload strain.
Evaluate specific family challenges, nursing interventions, and measurable outcomes from the perspective of clinical nurses and managers.

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.