Navigating Beyond the Crisis: Using Tiered Staffing and a Novel Orientation Approach to Improve Care

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Patient flow, acuity, staffing and nurse competency present daily challenges for effectively meeting patient needs. Collaboration and communication are necessary to create a healthy work environment in which staff can thrive. The facilitators discuss tiered staffing models and orientation processes which are sustainable beyond the pandemic. This foundational session provides attendees with flexible options in which crisis practice can transform daily operations.

Objectives

Analyze and apply innovative and appropriate staffing strategies and orientation that ensure nurse competency and patient needs are aligned.
Identify opportunities for staff collaboration to enhance nurse and technical personnel orientation.
Summarize challenges associated with implementing tiered staffing models and apply methods for sustainable change beyond the pandemic.

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.