Ethics Rounds in the ICU: Principles and Practice

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Conflicting values can make providing critical care extremely challenging for the multidisciplinary team. We review evidence-based recommendations for early identification of ethical concerns and discuss how to analyze such situations based on widely accepted ethical principles. Evidence on defusing emotionally charged complex situations and promoting effective communication is reviewed. Participants are shown tools to use in their own practice to analyze clinical ethics cases.

Objectives

Examine clinical cases in the ICU for the presence of ethical conflict or compromise.
Analyze complex clinical cases and apply core principles of biomedical ethics to identify potential courses of action.
Apply concepts to minimize conflict among providers/patients/families while respecting one another’s values and professional duties.

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.