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Course applies toward state CE requirements and hours needed for your FL RN license renewal. View Terms
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This is a fabulous course! Every nurse should know this information to improve patient outcomes. early detection and rapid response of patient deterioration saves lives. Nurses know the data, this education helps develop that critical thinking "nursing gut"/intuition that can prevent a patient from coding. The infor was organized well, easy to understand and interesting.
Former rapid response nurse here. This is excellent, and should be taken by all hospital nurses. If you need a confidence boost in calling a rapid- start here to learn how to articulate the importance of a trend.... especially if you're facing a grumpy doc or rapid response team in your local environment.
I feel better equipped to assess for deteriorating trends in conditions and how to respond to them. I will take respiratory rate measurements more closely, since I see how much they matter from this course.
The information was well-organized and the most important points were stated multiple times, which helped with information recall. I was also impressed with how up-to-date the information was, with research almost exclusively from the past 2 years.
Learn how nurses can recognize early clinical deterioration during the golden hour, apply timely interventions, and improve patient outcomes through rapid assessment and prompt clinical response.
Learn how nurses can recognize early clinical deterioration during the golden hour, apply timely interventions, and improve patient outcomes through rapid assessment and prompt clinical response.
Upon completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
Describe Failure to Rescue as a preventable patient safety event in acute care.
Identify early physiologic and behavioral signs of clinical deterioration that precede cardiac arrest or unplanned ICU transfer.
Apply Early Warning Score criteria to determine when escalation or rapid response activation is warranted.
This course provides nurses with essential strategies to identify and act on early signs of patient decline before they escalate into a crisis. You will explore the "Failure to Rescue" framework and learn to recognize the subtle respiratory, cardiovascular, and behavioral signals that often precede cardiac arrest or unplanned ICU transfers. By mastering structured assessment tools like the National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2), you will gain the confidence to interpret clinical trends and initiate timely life-saving interventions.
Despite advanced monitoring technology, preventable in-hospital deterioration remains a major cause of patient harm because early warning signs are often underrecognized or not escalated in time. This course addresses common barriers to action—such as alarm fatigue and normalization of gradual changes—by equipping frontline nurses with the objective tools needed to bridge the evidence-to-practice gap in acute care.
Failure to Rescue and the Nurse's Role in Prevention
Warning Signs of Deterioration
Early Warning Scores and Rapid Response
Key Takeaways and Conclusion
Patricia Dunn DNP, APRN, FNP-BC is a Nurse Practitioner with over 20 years of experience as an Advanced Practice Nurse and 20 years as a Registered Nurse. She has served as an APRN for Florida Pain Institute, Heart Rhythm Associates of Brevard, House Calls of Central Florida. She earned her Doctorate of Nursing Practice from Walden University, Minneapolis.
This continuing education course is especially relevant for these healthcare professions, but other professionals may also benefit
AchieveCE is an approved provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This course, "Power of Nurses: The Golden Hour of Early Deterioration Detection", provides 1 contact hour of continuing education credit upon successful completion.
Yes, this course is accredited by Nursing. AchieveCE is an approved provider of continuing education for healthcare professionals.
This course is especially relevant for: Registered Nurse Practitioner, Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered Nurse, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse. Other healthcare professionals may also benefit from this continuing education content.
Your credits are automatically and instantly reported to CE Broker upon successful completion. No manual reporting is required on your part.
Yes, you will receive a certificate of completion immediately after finishing the course and passing the assessment. The certificate can be downloaded and printed directly from your account.
We offer a 30-day money-back guarantee. If you are not satisfied with your purchase, you can request a full refund within 30 days of purchase.
You have unlimited time to complete the course at your own pace. Once purchased, the course is available in your account until its expiration date. You can pause and resume at any time.
From licensed professionals who completed this course.
This is a fabulous course! Every nurse should know this information to improve patient outcomes. early detection and rapid response of patient deterioration saves lives. Nurses know the data, this education helps develop that critical thinking "nursing gut"/intuition that can prevent a patient from coding. The infor was organized well, easy to understand and interesting.
This course is guaranteed to meet or exceed your expectations for convenience and quality. View Terms
Includes all state CE requirements and hours needed for your license renewal. View Terms
This activity was developed by AchieveCE free of any commercial support. The following individuals have indicated that they have no financial relationships with an ineligible company that may impact upon this activity:
Patricia Dunn DNP, APRN, FNP-BC - Nurse Planner, Content Expert and Faculty
Gracielle Tubera - Content Reviewer
Luke Porter – Content Reviewer
Dianne Arroyo - Activity Publisher
To earn credit, participants must complete the entire activity, score at least 70% on the post-test, and submit the activity evaluation. The post-test has no time limit and may be taken as many times as needed.
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