• Clareen A Wiencek, Ruth Kleinpell, Marc Moss, and Curtis N Sessler.
• Clareen A. Wiencek is an associate professor of nursing and director of advanced practice, University of Virginia School of Nursing, Charlottesville, Virginia. Ruth Kleinpell is a professor and assistant dean for clinical scholarship, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, Tennessee. Marc Moss is the Roger S. Mitchell Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado. Curtis N. Sessler is the Orhan Muren Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. caw2pa@virginia.edu.
• Am. J. Crit. Care. 2019 Nov 1; 28 (6): 434-440.

BackgroundTo promote the use of appropriate testing, and decrease unnecessary treatments, the ABIM Foundation established the Choosing Wisely campaign in 2012. Initially targeting physicians, the campaign has evolved to encourage all providers to promote high-value care; however, information related to critical care nursing is limited.ObjectivesTo assess nurses' reports of the use of Choosing Wisely recommendations in critical care settings.MethodsResponses from nurses were examined as part of a critical care survey of members of 4 societies in order to assess awareness and use of the Choosing Wisely recommendations.ResultsOf the 1651 acute and critical care nurses who were members of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses and responded to the survey, 632 (38.3%) reported being familiar with the Choosing Wisely campaign. Of these respondents, 200 identified as advanced practice nurses. A total of 620 reported implementing the 5 Critical Care Society Collaborative recommendations, including reducing diagnostic testing (n = 311 [50.2%]), reducing the number of red blood cell transfusions (n = 530 [85.5%]), not using parenteral nutrition in adequately nourished patients (n = 293 [47.3%]), not using deep sedation in patients receiving mechanical ventilation (n = 499 [80.5%]), and offering comfort care for patients at high risk for death (n = 416 [67.1%]). Staff education, specific protocols, electronic medical record alerts, and order sets all raised nurses' awareness of the recommendations.ConclusionsAcute and critical care nurses are directly involved with measures to reduce unnecessary testing and treatments. Greater awareness and championing of the Choosing Wisely recommendations by acute and critical care nurses can help to promote high-value care for acute and critically ill patients.©2019 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

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