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Activity Steps

Description

This article has been approved by the National Association for Neonatal Nurses Certification Board for Category B Credit toward Recertification as an NNP.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Identify the elements of the assessment tools the authors compared for their study of assessments of pain/agitation and sedation in a NICU.
  2. Recognize the characteristics of the patients assessed for the study.
  3. Select the results of the study that might offer insight to NICU clinicians.

Learning Outcomes

Seventy-five percent of participants will demonstrate knowledge of a study conducted to determine N-PASS clinical validity and utility by evaluating agreement of N-PASS scores with bedside nurses? assessments of pain/agitation and sedation in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) by achieving a minimum score of 70% on the outcomes-based posttest.
Price: $21.95

Credits:

  • ANCC 2.0 CH
  • DC - BON 2.0 CH
  • FL - BON 2.0 CH
  • GA - BON 2.0 CH
  • NM - BON 2.0 CH
  • SC - BON 2.0 CH
  • WV - BOERN 2.0 CH

Lippincott Professional Development is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This activity is also provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11749. Lippincott Professional Development is also an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the District of Columbia Board of Nursing, Florida Board of Nursing, Georgia Board of Nursing, New Mexico Board of Nursing, South Carolina Board of Nursing, and West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses, #50-1223.













Test Code: ANC0423
Published: April 2023
Expires: 3/7/2025
Required Passing Score: 8/10 (80%)
Authors: Keri Benbrook, BSN, RN, BS; Renee C. B. Manworren, PhD, RN-BC, APRN, PCNS-BC, AP-PMN, FAAN; Rebecca Zuravel, DNP, RN, FNP-BC; Ashley Entler, BSN, RN; Kimberly Riendeau, BSN, RN; Catherine Myler, BSN, RN, BS; Paige Ricca, DNP, MS, MBA, RN