Factors Contributing to Turnover Among Critical Care Nurses in the Transition-to-Practice Period

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

This session speaks to the effect of the work environment as it relates to meeting the needs of the new graduate nurse and subsequent nurse retention. New graduate nurses are increasingly being offered and elect to accept positions in critical care. The findings of two validated measurement tools, the AACN Healthy Work Environment Assessment Tool and the Casey Fink New Graduate Nurse Experience Survey, are discussed

Objectives

Apply the concept of the complexity gap in local setting.
Identify the reasons for nursing turnover from the perspective of the nurse.
Evaluate turnover in the present work environment, identifying three solutions.

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.