Becker's Healthcare March 30, 2023
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses’ Clinical Scene Investigator Academy has provided more than a 600 percent return on investment; the 97 participating hospitals realized a fiscal savings of $84.2 million, Marian Altman, PhD, RN, clinical practice specialist and supervisor of the AACN’s CSI Academy, told Becker’s.
This isn’t about detectives working together to solve a crime like on TV’s popular CSI shows. However, AACN’s CSI is focused on enabling nurses to work together to take on innovative in-hospital projects that “give nurses a seat at the table” when it comes to leadership and decision-making, explained Dr. Altman, while also recognizing hospital nurses as “change agents.”
“Nurses have innovation intelligence. They have insights into the problems in hospitals because...