AAH Nursing Grand Rounds Recordings 2025: Leveraging Advancement Projects To Improve Care

Advocate Health offers advancement programs (e.g., Advancement/ExCEL) for Registered Nurses (RNs) to participate in professional development activities aimed at building skills, competence, and influencing nursing practice. This session will include a program overview and presentations from three RNs who have recently completed projects. They will discuss their projects, and the outcomes achieved.

Target Audience

This course is intended for Nurses (all levels of preparation)

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, learners should be able to:

  1. Discuss the key aspects of three nurse-led advancement projects.
  2. Identify the personal and professional lessons learned
  3. Describe 1-2 takeaways for your nursing practice
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
  • 1.00 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)
    Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 1.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
Course opens: 
03/23/2026
Course expires: 
12/31/2027
Cost:
$0.00
Part of: 
Advocate Health Nursing Grand Rounds Recordings
Rating: 
0

Faculty

Clinical Advancement Programs

Heather Ludy, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, CWOCN, CHRN, Magnet Program Manager, Aurora Medical Center Washington County

Kara Hedvig Evans, PhD, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC, Director Nursing Education and Professional Development, Advocate Health

“Using Gamification to Improve First Case On Time Starts in the Operating Room”

Cara McShane BSN, MPH, RN, CPAN, Manager Pre & Postoperative Surgery, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

“Development of the Sepsis Huddle in the ED”

Michelle 'Shelly' Gissing, MSN, RN, CEN, Emergency Department Registered Nurse, Aurora Medical Center Grafton

“DetectED Increasing HIV Screening Rates in ED”

Paul Smith, BSN, RN, CEN, Greater Charlotte

 

Disclosure

The planner(s) and speaker(s) have indicated that there are no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies to disclose.

 

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Advocate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Credit Statement(s)

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 
Advocate Health designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
  • 1.00 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)
    Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 1.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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If you have any questions regarding the presentation, please contact Carissa Blumenshine at [email protected]

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