Special In-Brief Sessions: Staff Engagement on a Shoe String Budget: Yes, You Can!; The Decisional Involvement Scale: The Actual Involvement of Ambulatory Care Nurses in Decisions about Practice and Their Preference for Involvement

Contact hours available until 4/18/17.

Requirements for Successful Completion:
Complete the learning activity in its entirety and complete the online CNE evaluation. You will be able to print your CNE certificate at any time after you complete the evaluation.

Disclosures:
No faculty, planning committee members, poster presenters, or presenters disclose a potential or actual conflict of interest.

Commercial Support and Sponsorship:
No commercial support or sponsorship declared.

Accreditation Statement:
This educational activity is jointly provided by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. (AJJ) and AAACN.

Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

AAACN is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 5366. 

Objectives:

1. Describe opportunities to align nursing strategies with organizational priorities, including quality, safety, and optimal patient outcomes. (Mack) 
2. Examine the use of the nurse sensitive indicators, patient satisfaction data, and other strategic initiatives. (Mack) 
3. Discuss effective tools to improve the level of staff engagement and demonstrate improved nursing engagement by telling the story behind the pictures. (Mack)
4. Describe the decisional involvement scale. (Thies) 
5. Explain the results of the study using the decisional involvement scale with ambulatory care nurses. (Thies)
6. Discuss implications of shared governance for ambulatory care nurses. (Thies)