Past as Prologue: Why History Matters in Nursing Education and Practice

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

In today’s complex healthcare environment, knowledge of nursing history matters. While it seems counterintuitive, a historical perspective not only offers context for understanding today’s practice issues, but also provides insight into future challenges. This session reveals the ways in which history promotes the cognitive flexibility required for nursing practice. Attendees gain foundational understanding of why history is important and how to incorporate it into nursing curricula.

Objectives

Describe the importance of historical knowledge in preparing nurses for clinical practice.
Employ historical evidence to explain how history shapes professional identity and promotes cognitive flexibility.
Identify strategies for incorporating nursing history content into curricula at the pre-licensure and/or graduate level.

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.