For questions, please contact CIDALIA VITAL via email at Cidalia.Vital@baystatehealth.org

Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1|Discuss the importance of nursing research to better understand the work of nurses
2|Discuss the role of frontline nurses and nursing leaders in bringing evidenced-based practice improvements to the bedside
3|Describe areas where evidence-based practice is still needed and provide examples of nursing practice and/or the use of instruments/tools at the bedside is not evidence-based

Faculty

Ellen Smithline, PhD, MS, RN, CEN
Program Director of Professional Practice, Quality, and Outcome
Emergency Department & Trauma Center

Ellen Benjamin, PhD, RN, CEN
Nurse Scientist - Baystate Medical Center

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

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

Nurses
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hour(s).
Nurses should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.