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Nurses who care for neurologically impaired patients must have the knowledge, skill and time to confidently perform comprehensive neurological assessments to identify changes and evaluate trends that require quick diagnosis and intervention by the multidisciplinary team. Article in Critical Care Nurse provides an overview of methods to assess patients with altered level of consciousness.

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An initiative at Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s hospital campus in Gainesville created a hospital culture that values organ donation as a standard of care for patients and families, leading to a sustained increase in referrals, donors and transplanted organs.

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Theresa Davis, of Inova Health System, becomes president of AACN, the world’s largest specialty nursing organization.

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AACN Certification Corporation offers 15 specialty, subspecialty and advanced practice nursing certification programs and has granted more than 135,000 certifications. The FY2024 board begins its term July 1, 2023.

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Older adults with Alzheimer disease and related dementia who were admitted to an ICU were much less likely to be discharged home and faced almost twice the risk of dying soon after discharge and within the 12 months afterward.

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An updated version of "AACN Scope and Standards for Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice” is now available. It delineates the acute care CNS scope of practice, standards of practice, and standards of professional performance.

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The PICU bereavement/wellness committee at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago developed a tailored debriefing process to allow time for reflection and communication after critical patient events. The process was designed as a hot debriefing to be completed during the current shift, with all staff members who were involved in the event invited to participate.

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The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses brings together thousands of nurses and other healthcare professionals who care for acutely and critically ill patients and their families during its National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (NTI, #NTI2023). AACN presents NTI this year in-person May 22-24

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The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses hosts its annual National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (NTI) May 22-24 in Philadelphia. NTI -- the world’s largest conference for nurses who care for acutely and critically ill patients -- includes the Critical Care Exposition, the largest and most comprehensive trade show specifically for progressive care and critical care nurses.

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A newly released practice alert from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses aims to standardize how nurses care for patients undergoing prone positioning therapy for extended periods of time. It summarizes expected nursing practice to reduce the risk of complications related to manual prone positioning.

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Mentors can help RNs navigate into new roles as acute care nurse practitioners with confidence and help them evolve as clinicians and grow into leadership roles. Article in AACN Advanced Critical Care offers specific strategies for mentors to support novice ACNPs as they move into advanced practice roles.

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An experiential educational program led to sustained improvements in nurses' skills in mindfulness, resilience and competence in confronting ethical challenges. In the study, more than 95% of the 245 participating nurses reported confronting ethical challenges in their workplace, but only 15% had previously received formal ethics training.

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The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) honors Therese Richmond, PhD, RN, FAAN, with its 2023 Marguerite Rodgers Kinney Award for a Distinguished Career.

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Transhealth CEO Dallas Ducar receives the AACN Pioneering Spirit Award for her efforts to expand access to gender-affirming primary care, mental health services and community healthcare.

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ANA past president Ernest Grant will receive the AACN Pioneering Spirit Award in recognition of his leadership and service to the nursing profession.

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The research team of Brenda Pun and E. Wesley Ely, of Vanderbilt University's Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center, will receive the AACN Pioneering Spirit Award in recognition of their collaborative work over more than 20 years to develop evidence-based tools for clinicians that have proven to optimize ICU patient recovery and outcomes.

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A Florida hospital's surgical ICU used the CEASE bundle to improve nurses’ alarm management practices and reduce nurses’ self-reported alarm fatigue, according to a study in Critical Care Nurse.

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The 15 nurses recognized with Circle of Excellence awards this year are noted for solution-oriented approaches to challenges, including reducing HAI rates, improving the work environment, and helping their organizations respond to the pandemic. They will be recognized during AACN’s National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (NTI), Philadelphia, May 22-24.

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As part of Certified Nurses Day March 19, a few progressive care, critical care and advanced practice nurses told AACN why they chose to get certified. They are among more than 133,000 nurses who hold AACN Certification Corp. credentials.

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New research from UPMC points to the potential for patient-specific checklists as a valid way to effectively translate the latest evidence into clinical practice. The study published in American Journal of Critical Care measured performance on the ABCDEF bundle during rounds.