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Critical Care Nurse Researchers Receive AACN Grants

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses awarded three AACN Impact Research Grants of up to $50,000 each, bringing its total support to more than $1.5 million in funding since 2011.
12-Nov-2024 11:40 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Stress Linked to Perceptions of Miscommunication for Parents of PICU Patients

A survey of parents of children admitted to a PICU found that 16.5% of respondents agreed that miscommunication had occurred during their child’s hospital stay. Perceptions of miscommunication with clinicians are significantly associated with the...
30-Oct-2024 11:10 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Virtual Reality Shows Promise for Assessing New Nurses’ Clinical Skills

A Minnesota academic medical center incorporated immersive virtual reality (IVR) into its nurse residency program, demonstrating how the technology can be used for feedback and assessment of clinical competencies.
15-Oct-2024 6:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Nurses Hone Clinical Skills Through Military-Civilian Partnership

A regional partnership allowed active-duty military critical care nurses to complete rotations of standard 12-hour shifts at a civilian trauma center, enhancing their clinical readiness relevant to both combat medicine and general hospital care.
26-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Sepsis Survivors Remain at Risk for Readmission

Sepsis survivors remain at significant risk for readmission, with unexpectedly high rates of returning to the hospital for those discharged to home health care or home settings, according to a study published in American Journal of Critical Care
27-Aug-2024 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Adtalem’s Chamberlain University Partners with AACN to Launch Critical Care Nursing Practice Ready. Specialty Focused.™ Course

Adtalem's Chamberlain University expands its Practice Ready. Specialty Focused.™ program for Bachelor of Science nursing students to include the Critical Care Nursing Course, in partnership with the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.
28-Aug-2024 7:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Beyond the Bundle: Focused Rounds Address CLABSI Risks

The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania used nurse-driven central catheter rounds to identify specific areas for improvement, decreasing the CLABSI rate in its cardiac progressive care unit to 0.0.
29-Jul-2024 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Collaborative Approach Standardizes Criteria for 1:1 ICU Nurse Staffing

L.A. County Hospitals, operated by the Department of Health Services, developed unit-specific guidelines for appropriate staffing to standardize 1:1 and 1:2 patient assignments in its critical care units
23-Jul-2024 10:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites


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For more than 50 years, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has been dedicated to acute and critical care nursing excellence. The organization’s vision is to create a healthcare system driven by the needs of patients and their families in which acute and critical care nurses make their optimal contribution. AACN is the world’s largest specialty nursing organization, with more than 130,000 members and over 200 chapters in the United States.

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