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I looked into this, and I have been assuming she has +2AC this whole time from having the shield as her holy symbol. I seem to recall us talking about this earlier but Ashley was confused why you wouldn't have your shield up explicitly. I do not account for that with her.
So no, not only do you not have to worry about it taking an action to use, is also seems to be a permanent bonus just to make things simpler.