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A healthy work environment is imperative to ensure patient safety, enhance staff satisfaction and retention, and maintain an organization's financial viability. Using the web-based AACN Healthy Work Environment Assessment, you and your team can collectively measure your work environment's current health against the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Standards for Establishing and Sustaining Healthy Work Environments.

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There is mounting evidence that unhealthy work environments contribute to medical errors, ineffective delivery of care, and stress among healthcare professionals. Do you know how healthy your work environment is?

The AACN Healthy Work Environment Assessment provides:

  • A baseline measurement of how your team perceives the health of its work environment
  • References to resources that will help you improve the health of your work environment
  • A tool to track progress in implementing the AACN Standards for Establishing and Sustaining Healthy Work Environments

The Web-based AACN Healthy Work Environment Assessment is a free tool you can use for any healthcare environment—not just critical care—to:

  • Understand team members' perceptions of the current work environment
  • Click here to view the assessment questions
  • Generate aggregate reports while maintaining individual anonymity - Download sample report
  • Survey a group of any size—from small teams to entire organizations
  • Compare the results of multiple groups
  • Create a baseline study or follow up study to assess progress

The AACN Healthy Work Environment Assessment follows a step-by-step process that leads you along the journey to a healthier work environment. This process includes the ability to:

  • Invite participants
  • Monitor status
  • Review reports and recommendations
  • Share report data
  • Create an action plan
  • Conduct follow-up assessments

You must sign in to create or track a survey. You must    to continue your experience with the AACN Healthy Work Environment Assessment.

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Click here to download a sample assessment report

For more information visit www.aacn.org/hwe

Download the AACN Standards for Establishing and Sustaining Healthy Work Environments

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