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Kathy Van Dusen MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, NHDP-BC, FAEN Every day, critical care nurses show up for others, often during the hardest moments of patients' lives. We advocate, intervene, educate and support. We are the calm in the chaos, the steady presence amid crisis. But while we're trained to care for everyone else, it's all too easy to forget something essential: We need care, too. That's why NTI — the National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition is more than a nursing conference. It's a space for you. A time to reconnect with the why behind your work. A place to learn, to breathe and to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with thousands of other nurses who get it. You Deserve to Be Seen One of the most powerful parts of NTI is how deeply it validates your experience. Whether you're a new nurse finding your rhythm or a seasoned clinician, NTI offers sessions, networking and connections that can help guide you on your professional journey. The energy is electric. The learning is relevant. And the people? They're your people. Real Learning for the Real World The sessions at NTI are built for critical care, progressive care, advanced practice and pediatric nurses. From clinical deep-dives to leadership tools, NTI delivers the kind of knowledge you can take home and actually use. You'll gain access to the latest evidence-based clinical content, presented by world-renowned nursing experts. You'll leave with new strategies, new insights and new confidence in your ability to care, not just for your patients and their families, but for yourself and for sharing with your team. Explore what's planned for NTI 2025 sessions are grounded in evidence-based practice, frontline relevance and meeting the challenges nurses face right now. A Chance to Just ... Be When was the last time you had space to think, reflect or feel inspired? NTI creates those moments. The keynote speakers, interactive events and wellness activities are designed to fill your brain and also to fill your cup. It's a reminder that your work is noble, your voice is vital and you are never alone in this profession. Reconnect With Purpose Attending NTI is more than professional development. It's a time for personal renewal. And in a field that demands so much of your heart, that kind of renewal is necessary. Thousands of nurses return to NTI year after year. They come for the education and they come back for the community, the connection, the inspiration and the clarity that NTI brings to their practice and their purpose. Learn more about what NTI can offer you, and start planning your path forward. Bonus: Resources to Help You Attend Need support to attend NTI? AACN offers toolkits to help you build a case with your employer, tips for budgeting and scholarship opportunities. Because this experience should be within reach and not out of it. Come for the education. Stay for the inspiration. Leave with what you need most. We hope to see you at NTI. -
With more than 37.5 continuing education (CE) contact hours, the outstanding and diverse learning opportunities and inspirational gatherings promise to reignite your commitment to your practice and our profession. Hundreds of learning activities feature the latest innovations in practice, technology, and healthcare delivery, evidence-based practice and research to meet your clinical and professional practice education needs. Connecting with friends and colleagues at special events throughout the week will round out this inspirational experience. There are more than 275 sessions. There are also 2.5 hour sessions at the mastery level. For advanced practice nurses, the Advanced Practice Institute will allow you to obtain pharmacology contacts and to build on your advanced practice nursing skills. Update your knowledge, refine your skills and learn something new in critical care. This educational conference features the latest innovations in high-acuity and critical care practice, technology, healthcare delivery, evidence-based practices and research. When and Where May 21 through May 24, 2018 Boston Convention and Exhibition Center 415 Summer Street Boston, Massachusetts 02210 (800) 899-AACN (2226) Hotel Westin Boston Waterfront 425 Summer Street Boston, MA 02210 (617) 532-4600 Education and Sessions For attendees that come early, there are pre-conferences that offer opportunities for hands-on experiences with 3- and 6-hour sessions providing deeper coverage on relevant topics. If you are an early morning person, consider the Sunrise Sessions which are funded by unrestricted grants from corporate supporters. Reservations are required. SuperSessions are where you can share the joys and challenges of caring for acutely and critically ill patients and their families with thousands of your colleagues. The keynote presentations from AACN leaders and popular motivational speakers will motivate, inspire and celebrate our profession. At the National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, there are so many educational opportunities that align with the needs of high-acuity and critical care nurses. Choose from hundreds of sessions covering 30 diverse clinical and professional development topics, and visit over 400 exhibitors at the Critical Care Exposition. Attendees practice in many areas in many diverse roles ranging from staff nurse to manager and APRN. Whether you are a new or experienced nurse, the curriculum offers in-depth content using the most up-to-date evidence-based guidelines and practice standards. The Critical Care Exposition is the largest, most comprehensive trade show for high acuity and critical care nurses. Attendees will experience hands-on interactions with exhibitors. The Critical Care Exposition offers 14 hours of exhibit time over three days, with 10 hours unopposed by clinical sessions. There is more than 300,000 square feet of exhibits including the newest equipment, devices, pharmaceuticals, supplies, and technology. Also, there are hundreds of ExpoEd education sessions where you'll receive continuing education recognition points (CERPs). And don't forget all the product demonstrations. Attendees Come to a conference where there will be over 7,000 critical care nurses. Registration and Pricing Registration is CLOSED. Register by April 4, 2018 and save $80.00 Member Pricing Early-bird full conference - $450.00 Regular full conference - $530.00 Pre-Conference - $106.00 - $212.00 Daily registration; Mon/Tue/Wed - $225.00 Daily registration; Thu - $144.00 Non-Member Pricing Early-bird full conference - $580.00 Regular full conference - $660.00 Pre-Conference - $140.00 - $280.00 Daily registration; Mon/Tue/Wed - $280.00 Daily registration; Thu - $196.00 Reservations Book your reservations today at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
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The 2018 Marguerite Rodgers Kinney Award for a Distinguished Career was awarded to Beth Tamplet Ulrich, EdD, RN, FACHE, FAAN at the 2018 American Association of Critical Care - National Teaching Institute annual conference. While at the NTI conference, Mary Watts, BSN, RN, allnurses.com Community Director interviewed Dr. Ulrich and discussed her career and some of her accomplishments. Dr. Ulrich received her bachelor's degree from the Medical University of South Carolina, her master's degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and her doctorate from the University of Houston in a collaborative program with Baylor College of Medicine. When she moved to El Paso, Texas; due to her husband's job, she started in dialysis and learned from the ground up as dialysis was in infancy. She worked to set standards of care and is a past president of the American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA). While earning her doctorate, she worked in hospital administration developing nursing simulations and nurse residency programs. She became interested in the healthy work environment and began her work with the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN). She assisted with development of the first Healthy Work Standards survey in 2005. Dr. Ulrich stated that AACN brought together "an expert panel to create the standards.” In 2006, it was decided to "obtain opinions from those nurses with boots on the ground; the staff nurses who do the doing every day.” She further explained that AACN is "absolutely committed" to obtaining information to help the bedside nurse work in the safest environment possible. The 2005 survey was a snapshot. By the 2008 survey, AACN began to assemble comparisons of data which expanded when the 2013 survey data was added and AACN was able to took at trends. Now in 2018, AACN has received over 8000 responses to their current survey. Every time the survey is done, there are more and more nurses responding. Mary stated, "nurses see the value in these surveys because they want changes" via the published results. Dr. Ulrich continued, "When we first looked at this, we were looking for a baseline. In 2013, we saw the down turn of the economy: nurses were returning to work, they were changing from part time to full time, or for those who were working full time, they were looking for overtime.” In this scenario where the economy dictated how much you needed to work, there were not a lot of changes in the work environment regarding safety as income was the number one reason to work. Mary asked, "What contributes to an unhealthy work environment?” Dr. Ulrich answered that inappropriate staffing - results showed that 39% of the respondents reported they had appropriate staffing. Another more concerning result was that 32% stated that <50% of the time, they had adequate staffing. "This is pretty scary for the patients and the nurses". Dr. Ulrich pointed out that "staffing isn't just about the patients; it's about the nurses too, because when staffing isn't adequate, nurses don't practice at the top of their license. They get done what they have to get done. They don't get to do the things only nurses can do - the critical thinking things, the discharge planning, comforting, teaching patients and families. They have to do tasks and then nurses aren't satisfied with their jobs.” This results in decreased job satisfaction. Staffing is more than just about enough nurses to take care of the patients. It reflects on everything in the work environment. "I was surprised at the high number of incidents of discrimination with the 2018 survey.” This included verbal and physical abuse experiences. "We capped it at 200 incidents in the survey.” Nurses aren't leaving nursing, they are leaving the hospitals - they have many options. They aren't limited to work in the hospitals. "Once a nurse, always a nurse,” stated both Mary and Dr. Ulrich in unison. The survey results are published in Critical Care Nurse, AACN's clinical practice journal. Link to study Allnurses.com extends their gratitude to Dr. Ulrich and AACN for continued support in disseminating vital information for nurses.
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Nursing certification is a goal we should all aspire to - it shows dedication and the willingness to go above and beyond. And it can help your career.... AllNurses.com's Content and Community Director, Mary Watts recently interviewed Karen Kesten, DNP, APRN at NTI 2018 on the subject of nursing certification. Dr. Kesten is the past chair of the national board of directors for the AACN Certification Corporation, as well as an associate professor George Washington University School of Nursing. Many nursing certifications are available from AACN Certification Corp. for both RNs and APRNs. Dr. Kesten recommends certification for all nurses as a "mark of excellence and distinction." She went on to state that this proves credibility of knowledge and leads to higher patient and nurse satisfaction. New Certifications Two new certifications; CCRN-K and PCCN-K are now available. These certifications are for nurses who do not currently deliver direct bedside care but who indirectly affect patient care thru management, instruction or staff development. The "K" stands for "knowledge." This is a way for nurses to continue to use their knowledge even though they are no longer bedside. Other new certifications include palliative care, and forensics nursing. These specialties show patients and colleagues that the nurse has attained a level of expertise in their specialty. Dr Kesten foresees possible future certifications for nurse navigators and nurses who are involved in transitions of care. APRNs and the Consensus Model Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) also need to consider the Consensus Model when choosing their educational pathway. The APRN roles are: Nurse Practitioner Clinical Nurse Specialist Certified Nurse Midwife Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist "To help take APRN practice to the next level, AACN collaborated with over 40 nursing organizations to address the inconsistency in APRN regulatory requirements throughout the United States. The result was the Consensus Model for APRN Regulation: Licensure, Accreditation, Certification, and Education (LACE)." The Consensus Model sought to improve patient access to APRNs, support nurses to work more easily across different states, and enhance the certification process by preserving the highest standards of nursing excellence. Through consistency and clarity of APRN Consensus Model criteria, APRNs were empowered to work together to improve health care for all." LACE also determines what patient population and focus the APRN certifications cover. This is an effort to delineate out each APRN specialty and to develop more consistency. Dr. Kesten encourages nurses to consider a primary care APRN role as nurse practitioners are in great demand especially in underserved and more rural communities. With the current physician shortage, nurse practitioners are filling many provider roles. More and more nurse practitioners are seeking roles in specialty care, which extends the availability of providers. Why Certification is Needed Dr. Kesten encourages nurses to obtain certifications. She emphasized that nurses are in a life-long learning pattern and with certification, they have more options. There are many faces of nurses so there are many certifications and she expects that nurses will have many more opportunities in the future. Dr. Kesten advocates for nurses having a louder voice in order to advocate for their patients. Overall there are many more opportunities available for certified nurses. Consider certification! References: AACN Certification Corporation APRN Consensus Model
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Each year, AACN presents awards to outstanding nurse for their significant contributions to the nursing profession. Celine Gelinas receive an award for her work in developing the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) Pioneering Spirit Award The American Association of Critical Care Nurses awards the Pioneering Spirit Award to medical professionals who have "significant contributions that influence acute and critical care nursing. Successful applicants exemplify a pioneering spirit, influencing the direction of acute and critical care nursing. The recipient addresses or resolves a significant issue facing acute and critical care nursing on a regional or national scale.” Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) One of the 2019 award winners is Celine Gelinas, PhD, RN in recognition of "her work developing the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT), one of the most valid and reliable behavioral pain scales for assessing pain in critically ill adult patients unable to communicate pain.” She is an associate professor at Ingram School of Nursing, McGill University, and a researcher at the Centre for Nursing Research and the Lady Davis Institute of the Jewish General Hospital in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Interview With Celine Gelinas, PhD, RN She was interviewed recently by Mary Watts, BSN, RN, allnurses.com Content and Community Director at NTI 2019 in Orlando, Florida. Vital signs alone can not be used to assess pain in a patient that can't communicate. Dr. Gelinas commented that as a critical nurse there was no consistent assessment for pain prior to 2000. She was frustrated with her inability to gauge her patient's pain and relay that to the physician in a meaningful and consistent manner. She wanted to develop a tool that could be used by any nurse to adequately and successfully assess their patients' pain and relay this to the physician in order to obtain pain relief. "We had no evidenced based tool and we had discussions about this need. This is what motivated me to do something about it and even change practice.” Mary also asked about the subjective nature of the tool and Dr. Gelinas stated, "It's not clear-cut. We try as much as we can to make the parts of the tool to be as subjective as possible but of course, there will always be a difference in perception of the individual observer.” Dr. Gelinas commented that there are several components of this assessment including grimace or facial expression which can consist of "brow lowering, eyes clenching, and cheek contractions.” There is also "muscle tension which the nurse can assess when turning the patient. We also have another item selection which we choose based on a patient's compliance. If they are on a ventilator; are they fighting it, or trying to over breathe.” Body movements is a fourth part of the CPOT tool. Patients are scored on four components of the assessment and it is expected that the score will decrease after successful pain reduction intervention. Dr. Gelinas added that it's very important to have a tool that all nurses can utilize and that provides consistent clinical information for the physician to determine comprehensive pain management. The CPOT tool can be used for pain reassessment as well with the goal to reduce the CPOT score by at least 2 points. This tool was originally developed in French and then translated into English. Currently, it has been utilized around the world and translated into at least 15 languages. The original CPOT has been revised to include hearing loss in the assessment and they have added additional assessments for patients with brain injuries who are deeply sedated. This new version for use with brain injuries is referred to as CPOT-Neuro. Education on the use of this tool is easily accomplished by watching a free 15-minute video training video which was funded and developed by Kaiser Permanente Northern California Research.
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AACN offers the premier critical care conference, National Teaching Institute (NTI) annually. Recently allnurses.com’s Content and Community Director Mary Watts, BSN, RN, interviewed Anna Dermenchyan, MSN, RN, CCRN-K. In 2010, she founded the first hospital-based chapter of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). As the first chapter president, she began an annual Leadership Symposium for nurses and nursing students within the hospital and the community. Issues Associated with the Job Anna started her nursing career in a CVICU at UCLA. She relates; “they cared for such critically ill patients and provided such an enriching environment for a new nurse. What I was not prepared for was the issues associated with my job.” She progressed in her nursing career and had many roles including resource nurse, preceptor, and charge nurse. Approximately five years down the road, she wanted to take on a quality role. She went back to school and is currently working on a PhD looking at outcomes for HF patients in primary care. Idealism as a New Nurse allnurses.com asked about the issues surrounding nursing care. Anna discussed the idealism that is felt in nursing school, “you don’t know the expectations of the new job.” She went on to discuss the need for teamwork and that sometimes this isn’t always there and “the patients suffer.” One of the stressors at the start of her career was that the CVICU manager left within six months and the unit felt “lost.” Another issue was that she had numerous preceptors which added to her stress. Healthy Work Environment Anna also commented that AACNs healthy work environments (HWE) initiatives are so important for critical care nurses. The six initiatives are: Skilled communication True collaboration Effective decision making Appropriate staffing Meaningful recognition Authentic leadership The Importance of Networking Next, they talked about networking which is a great way to make connections that will lead to success in your nursing career or any career. Mary asked, but how do you network successfully at a large conference like NTI? Anna replied, “It is a place to learn clinical topics and there are 300 sessions, motivating. It’s also a value-added commodity. You can let your guard down and network and it's an amazing experience. It’s not only about practice education but also a great way to connect and make new members. You can find a mentor.” Don’t take learning for granted. Collaborate with others. Here is the complete interview presented in 2 videos:
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Progressive Care nursing is nursing of patients that don't meet ICU criteria but need a higher level of care than a medical-surgical unit. This type of nursing can be found in step down units, telemetry floors, and even the emergency department. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) first coined the term "progressive care nursing" in 2001. As all areas of nursing have evolved, so has progressive care. AACN now offers certification for this specialty. There are core competencies that form the basis of education and training of progressive care nurses. An Interview With Linda Bay, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, PCCN-K, CCRN-K Mary Watts, BSN, RN, allnurses.com's Content and Community Director recently interviewed Linda Bay, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, PCCN-K, CCRN-K and discussed progressive care nursing. Dr. Bay is a Clinical Nurse Specialist at Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She recently presented on the topic Why Building a Strong Foundation to Care for the Progressive Care Patient is Important. Mary asked how Dr. Bay got involved in progressive care nursing and she stated, "I wanted to reinvent myself. I spent 10 years as an acute care CNS.” She added that she wanted to have a different type of impact on patient care. Goal They discussed that the goal of progressive care is to keep patients out of the ICU. Typical patients found in a progressive care unit include a patient with respiratory distress who needs a higher flow of oxygen or more intensive monitoring. These types of units also care for patients with sepsis who might need simple hemodynamic monitoring in an effort to avoid an ICU admission. It may seem like these units care for a wide variety of patients. However, in reality, they care for patients whose commonality is the need for a higher level of care than the usual medical-surgical unit. Nurse/Patient Ratios They also talked about nurse/patient ratios and Dr. Bay said, "this should always be what the patient needs. Hopefully, not more than one nurse to three patients.” Mary then asked if the need for progressive care nursing was increasing. Dr. Bay agreed and stated that there are certain factors in our country that make progressive care a growing specialty: Older age of the patient More comorbidities Technology that is allowing patients to live longer with chronic illness Progressive care costs less than ICU level of care Adds another tier of care to the hospitalized patient Next, they talked about the "identity crisis" that these types of units experience. Different hospital systems refer to these units by many different names: Progressive Care Units Step-Down Units Telemetry Units Direct Observation Unit Clinical Decision Unit Intermediate Care Unit This results in confusion among patients, visitors, and even staff. When a nurse applies for a job at a particular hospital, it is helpful to have an understanding of the unit. On a related noted, Dr. Bay indicated that a Progressive Care Unit is a good place for new grads, "I believe nurses need these skills. Assessment is the key and this is a nice bridge to an ICU.”
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Come and join your fellow critical care nurses at NTI 2019 in Orlando, Florida from May 20-23rd. With more than 37.5 hours of CEUs offered, this conference is sure to teach, inspire and impress all high acuity and ICU nurses. Reasons to attend NTIIt would be easy for us to tell you the reasons. However, here are a few of the of the comments from recent attendees: "It pumps me up." "Chance of a lifetime." "Makes me motivated to be a better nurse." "Gave me back my enthusiasm to be a bedside nurse." There are many reasons to attend and some of the past attendees have stated some of these reasons. The sessions are also a solid reason to attend NTI. They are divided into pre-conference offerings that include Chapter Leadership for those nurses who want to advance to an AACN leadership role. The pre-conference sessions also cover other topics such as a cadaver lab for APRNs, advanced 12-lead EKG interpretation, certification prep courses, in addition to other critical care exploration options. The pre-conference topics are offered on Sunday and run most of the day so that you have the ability to more fully explore the topic. Concurrent sessions are usually 60-75 minutes in length and cover such topics as: 12-lead EKG Interpretation, Candida: The Fungus Among Us and From the Playground to the Nurses Station: Understanding and Eliminating Workplace Bullying. NTI 101One of the most interesting topics is NTI 101. This is an introduction to the conference, how to navigate it, how to get the most out of the experience. Here's what AACN says about NTI 101: "Perhaps it’s your first time or you need a refresher; attending the National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition (NTI) can be an adventurous and sometimes, an overwhelming experience. The Program Planning Committee Chairs offer strategies to help you navigate your way through NTI. Please be sure to bring your mobile devices so you can participate fully in this dynamic session. Learn how to plot your educational journey through hands-on use of the NTI Program Guide, Program Schedule, Learning Action Journal and ExpoEd Guide which can be found in your NTI bag. Join the API or NTI Chair in this interactive and engaging session to explore how to develop a personalized education schedule, identify available resources and use My NTI. This session is designed to answer questions about the multitude of diverse opportunities available to every attendee and to help make your NTI an enjoyable and rewarding professional experience." This session will lead you on your way to a satisfying and enjoyable NTI 2019 and its offered several days and times so fitting it in shouldn't be difficult. The Advanced Practice Institute (API) offers some great options for the APRNs; whether you are just beginning your APRN journey or have been around the block several times. The ECMO session is always a highlight, as is the cadaver lab. Some other topics include: Vasoactive Pharmacology for Pediatric Shock, Neuromuscular Blockade in the ICU: A Review of Practice, Top Sepsis Studies 2018-2019 and Acute Decompensated Heart Failure, Management and Prevention of Recurrence. And these are only a few of the selections. The Exposition HallThis is where you learn, see, and experience all the new technology that is currently available or soon to be available for your critical care units. Its also where you can learn about educational opportunities to advance your career and also where the jobs are found. There are over 300,000 square feet of experience and you can truly spend the entire day here and not see everything. The opportunities are endless - pick up a brochure about a new piece of equipment, listen to a seminar about a new process to make patient care more efficient, network with other critical care nurses about the challenges and rewards. Registration Register NowWhere to StayAACN has a very comprehensive list of available hotels with pricing included here. There are a wide variety of options with many hotels located near the convention center. There is also a shuttle that runs between many of the hotels and NTI. We have just briefly touched on what NTI 2019 offers you. AACN has a very comprehensive site with all the details. Several allnurses.com staffers will at NTI 2019. We love to meet our members. Please let us know if you are attending. Also, we do have the opportunity to interview some of the speakers - who would YOU like us to interview? Tell us!
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Marian Altman RN, MS, CCRN-K, CNS-BC, ANP is a Clinical Practice Specialist at AACN (American Association of Critical-Care Nurses) who works with the AACN Clinical Scene Investigator (CSI) Academy, a 16-month nursing leadership and innovation training program to empower hospital-based staff nurses as clinician leaders and change agents whose initiatives measurably improve patient outcomes and hospital bottom lines. CSI projects have dealt with Behavioral/Psychosocial, Cardiovascular, Infectious Disease, Pulmonary, and Patient Safety Issues. Marian facilitated a series of sessions at NTI focused on how to impact change on your unit, particularly as it relates to implementing evidence-based knowledge or best-practices. Some of the topics covered were Key concepts of a change project. Team roles and their impact on project outcomes. Social entrepreneurship and how to apply the concepts to a nursing change project. How to apply the steps of Kotter's Change Theory to a nursing change project. Components of an Influence Map and how to apply to a project. The difference between process and outcome measures and how they relate to clinical outcomes and change initiative. How to quantify the fiscal impact of a practice change. How to apply components of a logic model and drill down plan. Redosing strategies that lead to sustaining a change project. How to scale a project to another unit, hospital-wide or system-wide. Methods to disseminate project outcomes. Components of innovative project management. How to develop, plan and implement an innovative project that targets a patient/family or clinical outcome on the unit. Using tools from the CSI Academy to create measurable improvements in patient/family, clinical or organizational outcomes. In a recent NTI allnurses interview, Marian Altman answers the following questions: What is a change agent? How can nurses be effective change agents? What are some challenges or obstacles to accepting change? What are some important skills nurses learn in the CSI Academy? How can nurses use innovation to create business opportunities that benefit patients? Define social entrepreneurship and describe how to apply the concepts to a nursing change project.
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Last year at the AACN National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition (NTI), I had the opportunity to interview Mary Fran Tracy, Editor of the AACN Advanced Critical Care Journal and a Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview. Mary Fran's association with AACN spans several years beginning as a critical care staff nurse. She benefitted greatly from the resources offered by AACN. She is a former president of AACN and a board member. When her term as president ended, she became a journal editor. AACN has 3 journals. Two are members journals: The American Journal of Critical Care (AJCC) and Critical Care Nurse (CCN). Mary Fran is Editor of AACN Advanced Critical Care which is a subscription journal for the more advanced critical care nurse, critical care educators, and staff nurses who are really experienced in critical care. It is published quarterly. According to Mary Fran, "We are always looking for articles for the journal and ways for people to publish." How do nurses feel about publishing articles for AACN and how do you convince them of the importance of being published? "Each year the 4 editors have a panel discussion at NTI for people who are interested in publishing. They can come to this panel session, hear a little more about the journals, and how to get published in them. The facilitators then ask the questions... Why are you hesitant? What do you want to know about publishing? "What we frequently hear is that people think 'I'm not doing anything innovative. No one wants to hear this. It's just what everyone else is doing. I don't need to do a poster.' Then they come to NTI and 'see people presenting on what I had done, the same topic. I see a publication come out and think well really I could've written that.' So I think people tend to underestimate their knowledge, their skill, they think writing is hard. It is hard but you have to try. If you don't try, then you'll never get published. So I try to convince people they can get a start...get mentors and really they can publish. Their ideas are worthwhile to get out there because we are all struggling with the same problems. Presenting is great, but when you present you do it to a room of 50 or 100 people for one time. When you publish it's in the literature for many years for people to access." After you get them to do the initial article, how many come back and do another one? "After they publish once or twice, people sort of get a feel for it... Then they do come back, maybe not to my journal, but to other journals. People feel if they could just get mentored once or twice, then I feel like they could go mentor the next person to write an article so more people would feel more comfortable. It's the guidance... the how-to... that is overwhelming." "There is research that says the more you write, if you write every day, the more likely you are going to be prolific, and it doesn't matter whether you are a novice or an academic. You have to write, you have to do it and just keep doing it and practice and get in the mode of writing to be successful." What are you waiting for? There are always people who dream about doing things, but they wait too long and then somebody else does it. Then they think "I could've done that." Don't be the one who waits too long. Just Do It! If you are one of those nurses who has been hesitant to follow your dream of being published and would like some help, NTI will be having 2 sessions on publishing. Publishing In AACN Critical Care Journals - Monday, May 22, 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Writing for Publication: Demystifying the Publishing Process - Tuesday, May 23, 11:45 am - 2:15 pm If you cannot attend NTI this year, feel free to post your questions in our Innovators Hub here on allnurses. Some of our published writers will be glad to assist you.
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allnurses is participating in the virtual AACN -NTI conference this week. We have enjoyed meeting some of our members in person as we attended the conference every year for more than a decade. But COVID got in the way. Last year the conference was canceled. This year is the first year AACN has hosted a virtual conference, While it doesn't provide quite the exhilarating experience as coming together in person, it is great to connect in this way. Dr. Anthony Fauci was the featured speaker at yesterday's Super Session. He had plenty of words of admiration and appreciation for nurses as well as words of wisdom and hope for the future. There is usually a Nurses Out on Wednesdays, but tonight it will be Nurses Night In with Keith Urban. Too bad this is not in person... One of the songs that was shared with the attendees is "Compassionate Combat". I want to share this with all of you. We are in this together as we continue to fight the war... Thank you for your heroic efforts that are "all in the day of a nurse".
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In 2001 AACN made a commitment to actively promote the creation of healthy work environments that support and foster excellence in patient care wherever acute and critical care nurse's practice. I downloaded from the AACN web site a copy of these standards, copyright is 2005. They recently sent me a survey so I could tell them how my unit is doing to fulfil these standards. I'm curious as to how much you all have heard about HWE and what your unit does to address these 6 essential standards. They are well worth the read!! EG. If a doctor yells at you or treats you in a disrespectful manner, do you have a process to report this AND is it addressed? Or if you routinely have concerns about staffing, do you have a form to report it or do you just "grit and bear it"? I wasn't really aware of these standards, found them on my own. Am I just 'out to lunch' or are others not aware,also????
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I was recently told "In 2015 AACN is ending MSN practice degrees." I thought the AACN was just an organization and could say that they thought and how they want it but they do not make the decisions...the same person that told me above said that "AACN has recommended that AS be allowed with BSN in 5 years and MSN 10 years after that for bedside nurses."...so when does it go from them reccomending to them ending a practice?
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Hi, I am new to the site and have been trolling around without making posts for some time now. I have a bachelor's in biology but want to go back to get my RN and have the dream of being a NP some day. http://www.aacn.nche.edu/dnp The AACN has mandated that in 2015, all NP's have to have a doctorate level education. (first question--is this true?) There are some great masters degree programs out there that I have been looking at, but in light of this mandate, I worry that getting a masters degree will make me, in the long run, not as competitive and not as desired as a NP. I want to go into the field of migraine headache management, and so a 2-year master's degree sounds like it would be ideal, as I would probably want to take additional pain-management fellowships. Does anyone else worry about this? I have seen other nurses on other threads take it lightly "oh I'll worry about it when it becomes 2015", but I don't want to waste my money and time on a master's degree when I could have just gotten a DnP in the first place. That said, I would rather get a master's than a DnP. Advice? Thanks!
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I have a question for Acute Care NPs. I will be graduating at the end of summer with my Masters in ACNP. My concern is on being certified. Is there a difference between AACN and ANCC. I was leaning towards AACN since i already have my CCRN through them but most people I know have ANCC. looking forward to your thoughts.
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Soon after I graduated I joined the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, because I thought it might help me with my new job in the ICU. And I was kind of idealistically thinking that joining your supporting association is good. But frankly, I don't glean much from the three publications they offer. I mean, I have a personal interest in, say, how hypoplastic left heart babies are managed (I'm not being facetious; I almost applied to a pediatric heart unit) but it's not helping me as a new adult ICU nurse. I suppose they aren't meant to. At any rate, I'm probably going to switch to online delivery. They keep asking me to switch to online delivery anyway, which I suppose saves publication costs but also leads me to wonder if these articles are really meant to be read, or if the value is more for the writers, i.e. meeting milestones for academic or career advancement; for instance, to achieve the highest tier of pay in our hospital, you have to organize and publish a nursing research study. Half the mailings I get were trying to get me to go to the NTI conference, which I'm not yet financially able to do. I also didn't appreciate having my mailing address farmed out to different insurance companies, not just malpractice insurance (which kind of makes sense, though it's still just marketing) but dental as well? Like I need junk mail. Some of the political aspects of ICU nursing I'm interested in, such as improved palliative care, don't seem to be a main focus of the group. I do like the AACN Newswire email, but I believe that's free. Should I renew next year? It doesn't seem worth $78. Chris
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Hi everyone, I am set to graduate as an AGACNP in December. I have applied to take the AACN certification sometime in January/February. I haven't seen much out there other than a few practice questions and a review course posted by AACN. Does anyone have experience passing this exam, and if so - what did you study? Thanks in advance!
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Hi there, I know that this may come up frequently, but I have a more specific question regarding study materials for the Pediatric CCRN exam. I already have the Core Curriculum book, as well as a book of practice tests. I *really* wanted to attend a live review but for the peds test, these seem pretty hard to find! So I guess I'll settle with self-study. The AACN offers 3 formats of the same content by Kathryn Roberts... online, CD-ROM, and MP3. I just want to know what visual materials accompany the online/CD-ROM versions, and if it's worth the extra $65 to get the visual material. I tried writing to the AACN education people but all they did was copy and paste what shows up in the bookstore... Has anyone used these materials? What advice can you give me? Thanks for your help!
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Has anyone ever taken the AACN online review course? I want to start studying for the CCRN just because I feel like it would make me more competent in the NICU since I barely have 6 months experience and my prior background is 1.5 years of oncology. I've tried reading the pass ccrn text but I honestly benefit from a structured class. Any constructive feedback is appreciated! ChronicSG RN, BSN
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Just wondering if anyone has taken the AACN CCRN SAE and the CCRN and how the two compare. I realize the SAE is only 60 questions in comparison to the 150 on the real exam but are the questions pretty comparable in difficulty? I did the SAE and passed with an 83% after listening to the lectures the AACN produced. Im debating if I need to study more or just scheduled a date and take the darn test. I know I am weak in cardiac since we don't really do that at my ICU and as for invasive monitoring we only really use art lines and cvp's...... very rarely even ICP so those were areas I kinda flubbed on.
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Just wanted to share my experience because I thought I had done my research before choosing to take the AACN board exam. Coming from a critical care background I read that it would more closely align with my experience. I read that anecdotally some facilities preferred AANP but none that outright refused one or the other. I just got my first job offer, was finishing up all of the credentialing paperwork and the woman from HR wrote me that AACN is not accepted at the facility at this time. She said the certification committee could choose to accept my credentials, but I won't be able to recert, I'll have to take another board exam at that time. As long as they allow me to work I'm not too upset, but if I have to take another board exam, (at my expense) before they allow me to start I'm going to be very disappointed. I don't have ANY information about why they don't accept AACN and I couldn't find anywhere on the internet that others have had this problem. The position is with a state university teaching hospital, if I find out any more information I'll share it here so others have a heads up.
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