Accredited continuing education (ACE) release date: September 10, 2024 
SCCM Product Code: WEBSPON24A
ACE expiration date: September 10, 2025 
Estimated time for activity completion: 1 hour

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• Explain the significance of urine output monitoring in critically ill patients and its role in assessing renal function and overall patient status
• Apply best practices for accurate urine output measurement and interpretation, including the use of advanced monitoring technologies and techniques
• Identify early signs of complications related to urine output and implement appropriate interventions to optimize patient outcomes

This continuing education activity is intended to meet the needs of all practitioners who care for critically ill patients, including: 

• Advanced practice nurses
• Clinical nurse specialists
• In-training practitioners
• Medical directors
• Nurses
• Nurse educators
• Nurse managers
• Physicians
• Physician assistants
• Surgeons

This Live activity will provide insights into best practices for accurate measurement, interpretation of results, and early detection of potential complications. Learn tips for troubleshooting common issues and optimizing urine output monitoring protocols.

The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) supports recommendations that will promote lifelong learning through continuing education. SCCM promotes activities that encourage the highest quality in education that will enhance knowledge, competence, or performance in critical care practice. This activity will meet the following competencies: 

• Medical knowledge
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Patient care
• Practice-based learning and improvement

Physicians:

The ACCME credits that physicians earn from this activity will be submitted to ACCME’s CME Passport, a free, centralized web application where you can create a personalized account to view, track, and generate transcripts of your reported ACCME credit. Visit www.cmepassport.org to create your account. 

Nurses: The Urine Output Monitoring in Critically Ill Patients activity has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider
No. 8181, for up to 1.0 contact hours. 

Physician Assistants:
The American Academy of Physicians Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 1.0 Category 1 credits for completing this activity.  

To provide due process in the evaluation and mediation of grievances concerning ACE activities, this Grievance Procedures Policy was developed. Grievances may concern, but are not limited to, the awarding of credit for individual participation and/or registration fees issues.

• A written complaint or grievance should be submitted to the Education Department.
• The Education Department will attempt to resolve the grievance of the complainant.
• If the initial response is unsatisfactory to the complainant, the matter will be referred to the CEO/EVP for action.
• If the response from the CEO/EVP is unsatisfactory to the complainant, the matter will be referred to the SCCM Executive Committee. The ruling of the Executive Committee will be final.