NTI Recorded Session NTI24427
Author(s): McHugh Matthew D
Contact Hours 1.25
CERP C 1.25
Expires Dec 31, 2026
Topics: Staffing
Role: Manager, Educator, APRN, Staff
Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes
This session begins with a short description of AACN’s newly published Staffing Standards for Adult Critical Care. Two experts then present their work on staffing. Dr. McHugh participated in the Nurse Staffing Task Force and shares the existing evidence related to numeric staffing standards, including policies which establish minimum nurse-to-patient ratios. Dr. Blake participated in the workgroup that created the AACN Staffing Standards and provides her experience as a nurse leader in establishing and supporting unit-level staffing standards, specifically criteria for 1:1 assignment. Both presenters discuss the complexity of ratio legislation and the known and potential outcomes.Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.
AccreditationAmerican 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
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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 PolicyContinuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.