Webinar Series WB0086

2026 Adult & Pediatric Sepsis Guideline Updates

WB0086

Part of AACN Critical Care Webinar Series

Presenter(s): Lauren R Sorce, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, CCRN, FCCM, FAAN

Contact Hours 1.00

CERP A 1.00

Date Oct 26, 2026

Time 10:00AM - 11:00AM PT

Topics: Sepsis

Population: Adult, Pediatric

Role: APRN, Staff

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Webinar Summary

Before you Begin

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

2. Review: Implicit Bias and its Impact on Patient Outcomes (License requirement for California)

Description

Objectives

  • Describe key recommendations in the current adult and pediatric sepsis guidelines that influence clinical practice.
  • Recognize the role of early identification and timely intervention in improving outcomes for patients with sepsis and septic shock.
  • Discuss considerations for incorporating updated sepsis guideline recommendations into clinical practice.

Presenter

Lauren R Sorce, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, CCRN, FCCM, FAAN

Lauren R Sorce, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, CCRN, FCCM, FAAN

Lauren R. Sorce,, is senior director of nursing research and operations at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute. She is also a senior scientist in pediatric critical care medicine and an assistant professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. A pediatric critical care nurse practitioner for 28 years, Dr. Sorce has been a leader in advancing the APRN role and pediatric critical care practice. She has held leadership positions with AACN, the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board, NAPNAP, the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), where she served as president. In that role, she co-led the SCCM task force that developed updated pediatric sepsis definitions, contributing to a new framework for its identification.

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 1.00 contact hours.

Disclosure

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.


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