2023 Together - P452 - Use of Contingency Staff to Provide Safe Staffing and Cost Avoidance - On Demand

As the pandemic shifts to an endemic, the utilization of workforce resources has also changed. Support from contingency staff has become essential to manage workforce complexity. We have seen that multiple staffing models are needed to address the current nursing shortage.
Category
Format
- Enduring Material - Online
Credits
- 0.50 ACPE Pharmacist
- 0.50 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
- 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 0.50 ANCC
- 0.50 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
- 0.50 General CE – Attendance
- 0.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
2023 Together - P453 - Virtual Acute Care Nursing: Impacting Experience With One Click - On Demand

Discover how a nurse-led, interprofessional team implemented virtual acute care nursing (VACN) practice in a new and innovative care delivery model.
Category
Format
- Enduring Material - Online
Credits
- 0.50 ACPE Pharmacist
- 0.50 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
- 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 0.50 ANCC
- 0.50 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
- 0.50 General CE – Attendance
- 0.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
2023 Together - P454 - Transforming a Nurse Residency Program Through Vizient - On Demand

Grady Health System, a level-1 trauma center, has used the Vizient/AACN Nurse Residency Program™ platform since 2017. Historically, Grady onboarded nurse residents in cohorts twice annually to capture spring and fall graduates.
Category
Format
- Enduring Material - Online
Credits
- 0.50 ACPE Pharmacist
- 0.50 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
- 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 0.50 ANCC
- 0.50 General CE – Attendance
- 0.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
2023 Together - P455 - What Is the Cost of Care? - On Demand

As hospitals navigate decreasing margins and increasing expenses for labor and supplies, it remains vitally important to balance quality and costs.
Category
Format
- Enduring Material - Online
Credits
- 0.50 ACPE Pharmacist
- 0.50 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
- 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 0.50 ANCC
- 0.50 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
- 0.50 General CE – Attendance
- 0.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
2023 Together - P456 - A Multidisciplinary Approach to Decreasing Clostridioides difficile Events - On Demand

Clostridioides difficile is a life-threatening disease that can lengthen and complicate a patient’s hospitalization. Parkview Health, a hospital system in Northeast Indiana, is on a journey toward zero harm and high reliability.
Category
Format
- Enduring Material - Online
Credits
- 0.50 ACPE Pharmacist
- 0.50 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
- 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 0.50 ANCC
- 0.50 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
- 0.50 General CE – Attendance
- 0.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
2023 Together - P457 - Systemwide HAI Reduction: One Size Does Not Fit All - On Demand

Staying at the forefront of medicine, innovation and research are the key drivers of success for many academic medical centers. Lessons learned from such institutions are routinely applied to community hospitals.
Category
Format
- Enduring Material - Online
Credits
- 0.50 ACPE Pharmacist
- 0.50 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
- 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 0.50 ANCC
- 0.50 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
- 0.50 General CE – Attendance
- 0.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
2023 Together - P458 - End of the Line: Pharmacist Impact on Multidisciplinary CLABSI Mitigation - On Demand

In conjunction with enterprisewide efforts to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) rates, a group of pharmacists created a tool within the electronic medical record (EMR) to evaluate the need for central lines for vesicant medication administration.
Category
Format
- Enduring Material - Online
Credits
- 0.50 ACPE Pharmacist
- 0.50 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
- 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 0.50 ANCC
- 0.50 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
- 0.50 General CE – Attendance
- 0.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
2023 Together - P459 - Beyond the Bundle - On Demand

The COVID-19 pandemic created many challenges in critical care. One was an increase in central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs). For these patients, their high acuity level increases their risk for CLABSI beyond the point where evidence-based bundle elements can mitigate it.
Category
Format
- Enduring Material - Online
Credits
- 0.50 ACPE Pharmacist
- 0.50 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
- 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 0.50 ANCC
- 0.50 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
- 0.50 General CE – Attendance
- 0.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
2023 Together - P460 - QR Equals Quick Response to Simplify OR Equipment Setup - On Demand

Quick response (QR) code technology is already used in various industries, but its use in the operating room (OR) is an innovative concept. A typical OR can include more than 100 different pieces of equipment, posing a challenge for OR nurses who must be competent in their use.
Category
Format
- Enduring Material - Online
Credits
- 0.50 ACPE Pharmacist
- 0.50 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
- 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 0.50 ANCC
- 0.50 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
- 0.50 General CE – Attendance
- 0.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
2023 Together - P461 - Evaluation of a Discharge Clinic and 30-Day Readmission Rates - On Demand

Patients transitioning from an inpatient hospital stay to self-care are at risk for readmission within 30 days of discharge, which leads to increased costs and resource utilization as well as decreased quality of life.
Category
Format
- Enduring Material - Online
Credits
- 0.50 ACPE Pharmacist
- 0.50 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
- 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 0.50 ANCC
- 0.50 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
- 0.50 General CE – Attendance
- 0.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)