Resuscitation of the Nurse

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Healthcare workers have survived a once-in-a-hundred year global calamity, and it is time for the profession of nursing to rethink burnout. In this presentation, we explore burnout through the lens of survival - relating it to other forms of distress and identifying strategies to revive our profession. Insights for recognizing when we are in trouble and understanding the neurophysiological and neuropsychological consequences of unrelenting stress and the physiological approach to how our minds compartmentalize trauma are discussed.

Objectives

Understand the cause and associated concepts of nursing burnout.
Relate the phenomena of burnout to other forms of distress.
Identify protective strategies to reduce distress.

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.