Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are less likely to occur in favorable critical care work environments, according to a study of more than 3,200 nurses in the November issue of American Journal of Critical Care (AJCC).
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses selects seven New York hospitals to serve as the sixth and final cohort in the preliminary national rollout of its hospital-based nurse leadership and innovation training program.
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses joins the Healthcare Technology Safety Institute and other leading healthcare organizations to present a seven-part webinar series to help healthcare teams comply with The Joint Commission’s new National Patient Safety Goal on alarm management.
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses has selected nurse scientist Cindy Munro as its 2014 Distinguished Research Lecturer. Munro leads research efforts at the University of South Florida (USF) College of Nursing, Tampa, as associate dean for research and innovation, in addition to teaching and mentoring students as a professor.
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses invites clinicians and researchers to apply for its grants, with awards ranging from $10,000 to $50,000. This year, AACN makes available nearly $200,000 in research funding, including three Impact Research Grants of $50,000 each. Applications due by Nov. 1.
Recently updated cardiac medicine (CMC) and cardiac surgery (CSC) review courses from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses are designed to help direct-care cardiac nurses achieve subspecialty certification by reaffirming clinical knowledge and boosting their test-taking confidence.
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses expands its growing body of evidence-based resources with a new clinical toolkit, NTI ActionPak: Strategies for Managing Alarm Fatigue. Now available online to all AACN members, NTI ActionPak is filled with evidence-based strategies, resources and best practices for reducing the threat of environmental alarms to improve patient safety and increase workplace effectiveness.
A new AACN Practice Alert, “Assessing Pain in the Critically Ill Adult,” provides evidence-based recommendations and supporting documentation on assessing pain in critically ill patients.
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses adds research reviews from The Cochrane Collaboration as a regular department in its clinical practice journal, Critical Care Nurse.
Progressive care has matured into a distinct practice area on the critical care continuum, and the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses has developed resources specifically for clinicians who care for the complex needs of high acuity patients.
To help hospitals put new guidelines for managing pain, agitation and delirium in critically ill patients into practice, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses will devote the next three sessions of its monthly AACN Critical Care Webinar Series to this high-interest clinical issue.
The AACN Nurse Manager Priorities conference, presented by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), is designed to meet the unique needs of nurse managers in high acuity patient care settings. The third annual conference will be held Sept. 18-20, 2013, in Las Vegas.
AACN Certification Corporation announces its leadership for fiscal year 2014, with terms effective July 1, 2013. Linda Harrington, RN-BC, PhD, DNP, CNS, CPHQ, CENP, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, vice president and chief nursing informatics officer at Catholic Health Initiatives, Englewood, Colo., leads the board as chair.
AACN announces new leadership and members of its board of directors. Vicki Good, CoxHealth, Springfield, Mo., becomes board president, and Teri Lynn Kiss, Fairbanks Memorial Hospital (Banner Health), Alaska, begins term as president-elect.
A new AACN Practice Alert outlines evidence-based protocols to reduce false or non-actionable alarms and improve the effective use of these monitoring aids. The guidelines aim to increase patient safety, minimize alarm fatigue.
Vicki Good, president-elect of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses board of directors, was recently named one of the “50 Experts Leading the Field of Patient Safety” by Becker’s Hospital Review.
A bundled protocol to guide bedside care for infants and children receiving mechanical ventilation may lead to lower rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia, a common healthcare-associated infection that has no official guidelines specifically for pediatric patients.
The documentary, “NURSES, If Florence Could See Us Now,” reached its largest audience to date when thousands of nurses attended a special screening during the annual conference of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.
The Critical Care Societies Collaborative, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, recognizes eight hospitals and health care facilities for their successful and sustained efforts to prevent health care associated infections.
More than 7,000 nurses are registered for AACN's National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, Boston, May 18-23. NTI, the world’s largest conference for nurses who care for high acuity and critically ill patients, includes the Critical Care Exposition, the largest and most comprehensive tradeshow specifically for acute and critical care nurses.
AACN's National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition features evidence-based best practices in patient care, newest healthcare technology and more May 18-23 in Boston.
The Lefkofsky Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago receives the ICU Design Citation — co-sponsored by American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, Society of Critical Care Medicine and American Institute of Architects Committee on Architecture for Health. The award recognizes intensive care units that successfully combine functional design with humanitarian delivery of care.
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is recognizing 14 of its more than 235 chapters worldwide for their exemplary efforts to make a difference in the healthcare profession and their communities. Awards will be presented during the 2013 National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, Boston, May 18-23.
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) will bestow the 2013 Circle of Excellence Award on 25 nurses nationwide at the National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, Boston, May 18-23.
Mary Fran Hazinski — professor, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing — will be honored by AACN at its National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, Boston, May 18-23. She is recognized as one of the most influential clinicians in the field of cardiopulmonary resuscitation practice and science.
AACN honors Anne Alexandrov — assistant dean and professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham — with its Flame of Excellence Award at the 2013 National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, Boston, May 18-23. Alexandrov is considered the leading international nursing expert in acute stroke management.
AACN honors Sally Millar — director, Patient Care Services Informatics, Massachusetts General Hospital — for extraordinary contributions to critical care and AACN mission, vision. She will receive the award during the 2013 National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, Boston, May 18-23.
AACN posthumously recognizes Denise Thornby — former director of education and professional development, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System — for advocating for healthy work environments and changing the face of high acuity and critical care nursing. Her family will accept the award in her honor at the 2013 National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, Boston, May 18-23.
JoAnn Grif Alspach — a pioneer in nursing preceptorship and 27-year editor-in-chief, Critical Care Nurse — will be honored for her innovative work in staff development and competency-based education. She will receive the award during AACN's National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, Boston, May 18-23.
Richard Irwin — professor of medicine and professor of nursing, University of Massachusetts — will be honored for his advocacy of collaborative leadership and interdisciplinary practice between medicine and nursing. He will receive the award during AACN's National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, Boston, May 18-23, 2013.
AACN will honor the Healthcare Technology Safety Institute, a program of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) Foundation, for its innovative efforts to strengthen development, management and use of healthcare technology for improved patient outcomes. The award will be presented during AACN's National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, Boston, May 18-23, 2013.
Clinical expertise is paramount to a rapid response team’s effectiveness, but strong teamwork and good communication among its multidisciplinary members are critical for optimal patient safety, according to a study in American Journal of Critical Care.
Martha A.Q. Curley, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, receives $50,000 AACN grant to further investigate tools to assess risk of developing pressure ulcers among pediatric patients
Meg Campbell, Wayne State University College of Nursing, receives AACN grant to investigate the impact of an algorithmic approach to ventilator withdrawal for patients at the end of life.
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, National Patient Safety Foundation collaborate to hold Patient Safety Summit May 22 in Boston.
New series of free, 30-minute, monthly webinars provides nursing community with current evidence-based practices and implementation resources in caring for acutely and critically ill patients.
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses expands AACN Clinical Scene Investigator Academy to fifth region. Nurses from a total of 35 hospitals are now participating in the hospital-based leadership and innovation training program.
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses issues the first authoritative document to define practice guidelines specifically for the emerging subspecialty of tele-ICU nursing.
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses joins hospitals and other healthcare groups March 19 to celebrate and recognize the essential work of certified nurses as part of Certified Nurses Day.
AACN recognized 98 units from 78 hospitals with its Beacon Award for Excellence in 2012. The program lauds top hospital units that employ evidence-based practices to improve patient, family outcomes and align those practices with AACN’s Healthy Work Environment Standards.
AACN Certification Corporation has launched the ACNPC-AG certification exam for advanced practice nurses, which aligns with the requirements of the Consensus Model for APRN Regulation.
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses opens registration for 2013 National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, May 18-23, Boston.
AACN expands its national hospital-based nurse leadership and innovation training program to a fourth region with the addition of eight Austin-area hospitals.
Teams of critical care professionals and healthcare institutions with a record of reducing or eliminating healthcare-associated infections are encouraged to submit their best practices to a national awards program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and Critical Care Societies Collaborative.
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses continues the national rollout of its new hospital-based nurse leadership and innovation training program with the addition of seven Boston-area hospitals.
A new edition of “AACN Scope and Standards for Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Practice” is now available from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, in downloadable PDF, mobile-friendly and print versions.
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses has selected seven hospitals in North Carolina to participate in its new hospital-based nurse leadership and innovation training program, AACN Clinical Scene Investigator (CSI) Academy.
AACN PEARL, a collection of online clinical resources now available free from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, provide one-stop convenience to evidence-based ABCDE Bundle tools and implementation materials.
AACN makes available nearly $200,000 in research funding this year, including three Impact Research Grants of $50,000 each, to support inquiry that drives change in high acuity and critical care nursing practice. Applications due by Nov. 1.
Nancy Albert, Cleveland Clinic senior director of nursing research and innovation, receives national honor from American Association of Critical-Care Nurses for her significant contributions to high acuity and critical care research.
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