Beacon Award Reimagined: Your Definitive Guide to the Process

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Acute and critical care nurses impact patient outcomes, nursing practice and the work environment-all key elements for achieving the Beacon Award. The award provides meaningful recognition, an essential component of a Healthy Work Environment and positively impacts staff satisfaction. Do you want to learn how to get your nurses recognized for what they do every day? If so, then this session is for you. Come and learn about the essential components and questions in the application. We also discuss what you need to consider to help your unit prepare to apply in the future.

Objectives

Explain the value of unit-based recognition and how it contributes to a Healthy Work Environment.
Describe the required elements within each module of the Beacon Award.
Summarize the Beacon application timeline and online submission process.

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.