Leadership

Ambulatory care registered nurses (RNs) are essential to healthcare access, quality outcomes, and cost containment through efficient and effective resource allocation…

This session uses a panel format to discuss the role of ambulatory care in conjunction with Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) grants to provide equitable health care to the nation’s highest-need communities…

The town hall session allows for an open forum for discussion between AAACN ambulatory care leaders and attendees on health policy and advocacy issues in ambulatory care nursing…

Aiming to improve the transition of patients from hospital to home, a team at one healthcare organization completed a performance improvement project leveraging the registered nurse to lead the transition of care phone call and visit in collaboration with the primary care physician…

Avoiding patient falls involves being able to learn from each event. Implementing a standardized root-cause-analysis across ambulatory care practices assists in learning how to reduce investigations and offers clinical staff a better understanding of the causes of patient falls…

This session outlines the development of an innovative residency program to increase expanded nursing roles by providing structured training using an established ambulatory care curriculum, expert mentorship, and co-design with practice administration…

This session explores the historical context of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work along with the current existing work completed and in process in healthcare institutions across the country to create a more equitable space for internal and external stakeholders within these organizations…

Presenters from the NSI SIG Advisory Group engage participants in dialog and help them learn the scope of the NSI SIG work plan and how it supports and contributes to the overall plans of the AAACN Board of Directors and the AAACN Research Committee…

While there are several issues impacting ambulatory care nurses, the AAACN Board of Directors (BOD) has charged the newly formed AAACN Advocacy Committee with advancing the issue of reimbursement for ambulatory care services provided by RNs…

In these short rapid-fire presentations, multiple speakers highlight approaches to managing issues related to social determinants of health in the practice environment…

Still in the minority, black women who are registered nurses are venturing into new opportunities to design and lead change that will impact health equity and health access and to do so from their unique experience…

At the 2023 AAACN Annual Conference, the AAACN Staff Patient Education Special Interest Group asked participants to share their main concerns and interests…

The Ambulatory Care Registered Nurse Residency Program: Transition to the Specialty of Ambulatory Care manual identifies preceptors are essential not only to maximize new learners’ competence and confidence, but also contribute to professional socialization and overall success…

Medical assistants (MA) and licensed practical nurses (LPNs)/licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) have seen the expansion of their scope of responsibility that often does not align with their training and education—and RNs usually have oversight of these roles…

Purpose: Ambulatory care nursing models can vary by location, specialty, or nursing role. This variation was true for primary and specialty clinics across a large academic health system. Ambulatory care workflows lacked clarity for nursing roles within the interprofessional care team model…

Learning outcome: The audience will be able to discuss the benefits of a centralized model compared to a decentralized model for prescription renewal management, understand the components required for a prescription renewal program, evaluate best practices with prescription renewal management, and…

Leadership in a new era of work is defined by adaptation, flexibility, innovation and creativity. Modern leaders must be both inclusive and responsive to the needs of those they lead and the communities they serve. But most importantly, they must be true and authentic to themselves…

A health care organization recognized that staff may wish to pursue a more clinical-focused career path but may lack the time, support, or resources to do so…

This session shares how a medical assistant apprenticeship program at one academic medical center aims to simultaneously address the MA vacancy rate while promoting top of license work…

Brosschot’s Generalized Unsafety Theory of Stress (GUTS) offers new insights and a mechanism through which health care providers, including RNs, may intervene to improve health outcomes of patients from minority communities…

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nursing is one of the unhealthiest professions, and the pandemic has shone a spotlight on the critical need to address nurses' mental health and overall well-being…

Join us for a town hall discussion focusing on workplace safety in the ambulatory care nursing environment, with an opportunity to share your own ambulatory care experiences in practice…

This presentation shares how one ambulatory care organization established a plan and infrastructure to achieve Magnet® recognition…

This session describes the role development, responsibilities, contributions, and early lessons learned associated with the newly create role of an ambulatory care nurse scientist…