​From Hide-and-Seek to Ready-to-Show: Practical Strategies for Joint Commission Partnership

Author(s): Ken Grubbs, DNP, MBA, RN; Elizabeth M Duxbury, DNP, RN, CNS, CCRN, ACNS-BC

Contact Hours 1.25

CERP C 1.25

Expires Dec 31, 2028

Topics: Standards

Population: Adult, Pediatric, Neonatal, Across-the-Lifespan, Geriatric

Role: Manager, Educator, APRN, Staff, Researcher

Fees
Member: Free
NonMember: $10.00

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Activity Summary

Before you Begin

Reflect on the following question:What new knowledge or perspective do you hope to gain from this activity?

Description

Joint Commission surveys don’t have to feel like a game of hide-and-seek. This interactive session reframes the survey process as an opportunity for partnership rather than inspection. Participants explore real-world strategies to help organizations move from reactive preparation to a culture of continuous readiness. Through practical examples, leadership insights and frontline-focused tactics, attendees learn how to confidently show, rather than just tell about, their work, engage staff at all levels and build systems to support ongoing compliance and patient safety, long before surveyors arrive.

Objectives

  • Evaluate and reduce survey-related anxiety.
  • Apply actionable approaches that foster collaboration with Joint Commission surveyors.
  • Illustrate how to support ongoing compliance through everyday operational practices.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Criteria for Awarding Contact Hours

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation. 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.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.