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Research, Quality, & Safety

- Identification245DateMay 22, 2025Credits1 CH | Available until May 24, 2027Presenters highlight NSI SIG accomplishments and provide education on two nurse-led processes in the care of the patient with hypertension…
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Annette S. Hamlin, MSN Ed, AMB-BC, RNNursing Professional Development Specialist, Akron Children's HospitalCindy Garrett, MBA, BSN, RN, AMB-BCSenior Director of Nursing, Dignity Health Medical FoundationSue Weiss, MM, MHHSA, BSN, RNExecutive Director, Practice - Medical Group, Advocate Aurora Health$33Standard Price - Identification242DateMay 22, 2025Credits1 CH | Available until May 24, 2027This session is a collaboration between the AAACN research committee and ambulatory nurse-sensitive indicators (NSI) research sub-committee. To move the science of ambulatory care forward, we need more rigorous approaches to development and measurement of ambulatory care NSIs…
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Kristen Shear, PhD, MSN, RNCNSCI Deputy for Research, US ArmyKathy Mertens, DNP, MN, MPH, RNAssociate Chief Nurse for Ambulatory Care and Population Health, University of Washington Medicine - Harborview Medical CenterBrenda Luther, PhD, RNProfessor, College of Nursing, University of Utah$33Standard Price - Identification215DateMay 22, 2025Credits1 CH | Available until May 24, 2027Attend this session to learn the results from a national survey on nursing professional development in ambulatory care…
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Elizabeth Fritz, PhD, RN, NPDA-BC, EBP-CSSM Health, RN Program ManagerSpecialtiesGeneralTracks$33Standard Price - Identification214DateMay 22, 2025Credits1 CH | Available until May 24, 2027This session discusses workplace safety and workforce well-being. Focus includes telephone and cyber incivility, staff well-being of safety and security in general and following an event, and an ambulatory care workplace violence risk assessment…
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Dawn Fletcher, DNP, RN, NEA-BCNurse Administrator, Mayo ClinicElizabeth Sparks, MSN, RN, NE-BCSenior Director, Vanderbilt University Medical CenterSpecialtiesGeneralTracks$33Standard Price - Identification212DateMay 22, 2025Credits1 CH | Available until May 24, 2027With the rapid growth of telehealth over the last few years, front-line telehealth nurses raised the need for team specific quality metrics…
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Brandon Janco, PMPSenior Manager, Business Practice of Telehealth Nursing, Emory HealthcareNatalie Rogers, BSN, RN, AMB-BCSenior Manager, Clinical Services and Operations, Emory HealthcareSpecialtiesGeneralTracks$33Standard Price - Identification144DateMay 21, 2025Credits1 CH | Available until May 24, 2027In this presentation, we aim to share the collective efforts of the Nurse-Sensitive Indicator (NSI) and Care Coordination and Transition Management (CCTM) Special Interest Groups (SIGs) to highlight the AAACN resources to provide actionable steps to address the gaps in defining and measuring the RN…
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Billie L. Allard, MS, RN, FAAN, FAONLPopulation Health/Value-Based Care ConsultantDeborah Cantlin, MSN, AMB-BC, RN, CHFNNurse Educator, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical CenterFaith Jones, MSN, RN, NEA-BCCare Coordination and Lean Consultant, HealthTech$33Standard Price - Identification142DateMay 21, 2025Credits1 CH | Available until May 24, 2027This presentation from members of the AAACN Research Committee is designed increase the confidence and capabilities of novice authors. Attendees are encouraged to bring a manuscript idea or draft with them to apply lessons to their own work…
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Kristen Shear, PhD, MSN, RNCNSCI Deputy for Research, US ArmySusan B. Fowler, PhD, RN, CRRN, NE-BC, FCNSChief Nurse, Research and Innovation, Orlando VA Healthcare SystemJessica Varghese, PhD, RNAssistant Professor, Nursing, New York Institute of TechnologySpecialtiesGeneralTracks$33Standard Price - Identification133DateMay 21, 2025Credits1 CH | Available until May 24, 2027Nurses from diverse ambulatory care roles and practice settings participated in advancing AAACN’s new research agenda to move the ambulatory care nursing specialty forward…
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Margo Halm, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAANNurse Scientist ConsultantJessica Varghese, PhD, RNAssistant Professor, Nursing, New York Institute of Technology$33Standard Price - Identification123DateMay 21, 2025Credits1 CH | Available until May 24, 2027This session provides information on how to implement evidence-based practice in a variety of outpatient settings and offer ideas for accessing resources. Discussion includes walking through an evidence-based project from start to finish, using a completed project as an exemplar…
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Kathleen Ellis, PhD, RN, CCRN, CNENurse Scientist, Children's Health DallasBrittney Saldierna, MSN, RN, CPNRN Program Manager, Children's Health Dallas$33Standard Price - Identification251DateApril 4, 2024Credits1 CH | Available until April 6, 2026Avoiding 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…
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John Murphy, DNP RNSpecialtiesGeneralTracks$38Standard Price - Identification242DateApril 4, 2024Credits1 CH | Available until April 6, 2026This session shares results of the AAACN Research Committee’s ongoing ambulatory care nursing scoping review and assist attendees to identify an experience of their own that could be developed into a publication to fill gaps identified by the scoping review…
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Marianne Hutti, PhD, WHNP-BC, FAANP, FAANNurse Scientist, Ambulatory Services, University of Kentucky HealthCareKristen Shear, PhD, MSN, RNCNSCI Deputy for Research, US ArmySpecialtiesGeneralTracks$38Standard Price - Identification233DateApril 4, 2024Credits1 CH | Available until April 6, 2026This session explores ambulatory care nurses’ knowledge about social drivers of health and existing community resources, perceived confidence to discuss social needs with their patients, and the challenges and opportunities they perceive in integrating the social drivers of health into their care…
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Carla Parker, MSN, RN, AMB-BCDirector of Nursing Operations in Ambulatory, Inova Health SystemKaitlyn Hegarty, BSN, RN, OCN, CBCNSpecialtiesGeneralTracks$38Standard Price - Identification214DateApril 4, 2024Credits1.25 CH | Available until April 6, 2026This session addresses the development of a full-time program to provide continuity and dedicated education for all patient-aligned care team (PACT) members in outpatient clinics…
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$38Standard Price - Identification212DateApril 4, 2024Credits1 CH | Available until April 6, 2026Falls are a persistent problem for community-dwelling older adults, and they impact nearly one-third of the population in rural and urban settings. While fall risk management has been identified as suboptimal, little is known about the use of fall prevention guidelines in primary care…
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Kristen Shear, PhD, MSN, RNCNSCI Deputy for Research, US Army$38Standard Price - Identification211DateApril 4, 2024Credits1.25 CH | Available until April 6, 2026In these short rapid-fire presentations, multiple speakers highlight approaches to managing issues related to social determinants of health in the practice environment…
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Barry Owen, MBA, BSN, RN, NEA-BCMonica Fuller, BSN, RN, CPNJessica Newland, MBA, MSN, RN, CPEN, SANE-PCheryl Davis, MBA, BSN, RN, HCMAdam Updegraff, DNP, CRNPSenior Clinical Director, WellSpanMissi Dehoff, LPN$38Standard Price - Identification201DateApril 4, 2024Credits1.25 CH | Available until April 6, 2026Workplace violence, incivility, and bullying decrease patient quality of care and safety. Nurses must demand safe and secure care environments for themselves and their patients, striving for zero tolerance…
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Dawn L. Fletcher, DNP, RN, NEA-BCNurse Administrator, Mayo ClinicSpecialtiesGeneral$38Standard Price - Identification143DateApril 3, 2024Credits1 CH | Available until April 6, 2026Addressing therapeutic inertia in diabetes care, this session explores the positive impact of a collaborative partnership between primary care nurses and diabetes educators (DE) on improving the quality of care for patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus and elevated Hgb A1c (A1c) levels…
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Susan Erickson, MPNA, BSNNurse Manager, Mayo Clinic Health SystemShannon Shoden, BSN, CDCESSpecialtiesGeneralTracks$38Standard Price - Identification132DateApril 3, 2024Credits1 CH | Available until April 6, 2026Explore the impact of intentional caring and the incorporation of evaluating and treating pre-procedure anxiety to improve patient satisfaction…
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Lucy Marshall, DNP, MBA, MPA, BSN-RN, CLNCSpecialtiesGeneralTracks$38Standard Price - Identification124DateApril 3, 2024Credits1 CH | Available until April 6, 2026During the 2023 AAACN conference, attendees of the Pediatric Special Interest Group (SIG) session were asked to identify topics they viewed as most critical to their nursing practice in pediatric ambulatory care…
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Samantha Styne, MSN, RN, CPNSpeakers
Annette S. Hamlin, MSN Ed, AMB-BC, RNNursing Professional Development Specialist, Akron Children's HospitalMarti Dudones, BSN, RN, CCCTMAmanda Batlle, MSN, RN, ANPD$38Standard Price - Identification113DateApril 3, 2024Credits1 CH | Available until April 6, 2026Take your practice and professional growth to the next level by learning evidence-based techniques to present your research and practice improvement work! In this session, members of the AAACN Research Committee share pearls on how to write a winning abstract, create an effective poster presentatio…
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Elizabeth Fritz, PhD, RN, NPDA-BC, EBP-CSSM Health, RN Program ManagerSpecialtiesGeneralTracks$38Standard Price - Identification111DateApril 3, 2024Credits1 CH | Available until April 6, 2026This session discusses the design and implementation of one institution's new ambulatory care staffing model to maximize equity in workload distribution for the portal messages to prevent missed care events…
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Karla Schroeder, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, NE-BCBrandon Janco, PMPSenior Manager, Business Practice of Telehealth Nursing, Emory HealthcareNatalie Rogers, BSN, RNSpecialtiesGeneralTracks$38Standard Price - IdentificationOD02DateApril 16, 2023Credits0.75 CH | Expired April 15, 2025Veterans Administration primary care nurses perform activities that are often uncaptured, leading to these nurses not receiving credit for their work. These activities also are difficult to quantify or capture within the electronic health record (EHR)…
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Chelsea McConnell, DNP, BSN, RNVA Quality Scholar Fellow, Ralph H. Johnson VASpecialtiesGeneralTracks$38Standard Price - IdentificationOD01DateApril 16, 2023Credits0.75 CH | Expired April 15, 2025Brosschot’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…
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Leigh Hubbard, MS, RNMagnet Program Manager, The Miriam HospitalCassie S. Coats, ScMProgram Manager for Leadership Development , Brown UniversitySpecialtiesGeneralTracks$38Standard Price - Identification320DateApril 14, 2023Credits1.25 CH | Expired April 15, 2025According 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…
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Katie Boston-Leary, PhD, MBA, MHA, RN, NEA-BC, CCTPDirector of Nursing Programs, American Nurses AssociationErnest Grant, PhD, RN, FAANPresident, American Nurses AssociationSpecialtiesGeneral$38Standard Price