The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses has selected six Indianapolis hospitals as participants for its hospital-based nurse leadership and innovation training program.
The hospitals are the first to be selected in the national rollout of AACN Clinical Scene Investigator (CSI) Academy. The program’s objective is to empower bedside nurses as clinician leaders and change agents whose initiatives measurably improve patient outcomes and save money.
Over the next three years, AACN will implement the program nationally, selecting partner hospitals in other areas of the country and providing each with a $10,000 grant to support its team’s learning and project implementation.
"AACN CSI Academy offers tremendous potential benefits for nurses, patients and hospitals, from strengthening clinician confidence to preventing adverse events and shortening hospital stays," Susan Lacey, RN, PhD, FAAN, who serves as director of the program, said in a news release. "The program is an important part of AACN’s ongoing commitment to empowering direct care nurses and supporting their vital role in the transformation of healthcare."
The participating Indianapolis hospitals are Franciscan St. Francis Health, Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital, Indiana University Health University Hospital, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, St. Vincent Hospital and Wishard Health Services.
For the next 18 months, teams of up to four nurses from each hospital will work with CSI faculty, an internal mentor and their CNO to identify issues related to patient care and develop and implement unit-based projects resulting in quantifiable improvements in patient outcomes and decreases in hospital expenses. The program integrates learning into nurses’ existing patient care responsibilities.
Staff nurses from participating hospitals will engage in hands-on training that enhances leadership, project management and social entrepreneurship skills, and will gain an understanding of the financial impact of nursing interventions. Upon completion, AACN CSI Academy participants will share their experiences and results online to extend the reach of the program and foster industry-wide nursing innovation.
AACN CSI Academy expands a successful pilot program originally developed by the Bi-State Nursing Innovation Center in Kansas City, Mo.
In that program, initiatives developed by nurse participants resulted in substantial improvements in patient outcomes, including an 80% reduction in heel ulcers at one hospital and significant reductions in communication errors, medical errors and injury-causing falls at another. In total, nurse-led projects saved $2.6 million across the seven hospitals participating in the program.
The hospitals are the first to be selected in the national rollout of AACN Clinical Scene Investigator (CSI) Academy. The program’s objective is to empower bedside nurses as clinician leaders and change agents whose initiatives measurably improve patient outcomes and save money.
Over the next three years, AACN will implement the program nationally, selecting partner hospitals in other areas of the country and providing each with a $10,000 grant to support its team’s learning and project implementation.
"AACN CSI Academy offers tremendous potential benefits for nurses, patients and hospitals, from strengthening clinician confidence to preventing adverse events and shortening hospital stays," Susan Lacey, RN, PhD, FAAN, who serves as director of the program, said in a news release. "The program is an important part of AACN’s ongoing commitment to empowering direct care nurses and supporting their vital role in the transformation of healthcare."
The participating Indianapolis hospitals are Franciscan St. Francis Health, Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital, Indiana University Health University Hospital, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, St. Vincent Hospital and Wishard Health Services.
For the next 18 months, teams of up to four nurses from each hospital will work with CSI faculty, an internal mentor and their CNO to identify issues related to patient care and develop and implement unit-based projects resulting in quantifiable improvements in patient outcomes and decreases in hospital expenses. The program integrates learning into nurses’ existing patient care responsibilities.
Staff nurses from participating hospitals will engage in hands-on training that enhances leadership, project management and social entrepreneurship skills, and will gain an understanding of the financial impact of nursing interventions. Upon completion, AACN CSI Academy participants will share their experiences and results online to extend the reach of the program and foster industry-wide nursing innovation.
AACN CSI Academy expands a successful pilot program originally developed by the Bi-State Nursing Innovation Center in Kansas City, Mo.
In that program, initiatives developed by nurse participants resulted in substantial improvements in patient outcomes, including an 80% reduction in heel ulcers at one hospital and significant reductions in communication errors, medical errors and injury-causing falls at another. In total, nurse-led projects saved $2.6 million across the seven hospitals participating in the program.
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