Credit Available - See Contact Hours tab below.
Total Contact Hours: 13 including 12 ANCC Approved
RN, CNS, NP
This course is designed to prepare the participant for the ANCC Cardiac-Vascular Nursing Exam. This concentrated review will focus on the key aspects of caring for patients with cardiac and vascular disease across the spectrum of care. Included is a review of cardiac anatomy and physiology, risk factors and risk reduction strategies and professional aspects of caring for this patient population. Participants will also complete review questions to prepare them for the types of questions that will be on the exam, as well as test-taking strategies.
Contact Hours: 12 (Includes 3 Pharmacology Contact Hours)
MED-ED, Inc. is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
MED-ED, Inc. is an approved provider by the following State Boards of Nursing: Florida/FBN 50-1286 and California #CEP10453.
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| Day 1 PPTs (10.9 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Day 2 PPTs (13.6 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Dr. Klacman currently resides in Dallas-Ft. Worth. She is an assistant tenure-track professor at Texas Woman’s University-Dallas in the Houston J. and Florence A. Doswell College of Nursing, where she teaches in both the undergraduate and graduate nursing programs. She is the former system education specialist of critical care for Texas Health Resources, a large healthcare system across DFW. She is an experienced critical care nurse and practiced at the bedside for eight years prior to moving into education. She was the first person globally to implement the Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI)™ Program at an organization during her time as the American Heart Coordinator/Life Support educator. Her interests include best practices in resuscitation education, care of critically ill cardiac patients and basic/advanced ECG interpretation.
Dr. Klacman has been with MED-ED since 2016 and teaches a variety of cardiac and critical care courses. She has been a presenter at multiple local, state, national and international conferences. She has been a reviewer for AACN’s Essentials of Critical Care Orientation (ECCO) modules related to pulmonary and cardiac disorders. Alex obtained her research doctorate in nursing from the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), where she studied outcomes from the RQI Program. Her research interest focuses on CPR quality in morbidly obese patients. She currently works PRN in the CVICU at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital-Dallas and is an acute care nurse practitioner student at UTA. She has been honored as a Great 100 Nurse of DFW and as a winner of the D Magazine Excellence in Nursing Award.
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Tuition Includes
Program Handout, Electronic PowerPoint Slides and CE Certificate.
The Day Of
Sign-in begins at 7:30 am. The day includes a one-hour lunch (on your own), as well as a morning and afternoon break of 15 minutes each. The order of lectures presented and break times may vary according to speaker preference.
Locations (4 Ways to Attend)
In-Person Viewing #1:
HCA Healthcare Center for Clinical Advancement
11200 Broadway St.
Building 200
Pearland, TX 77584
Teleconference Location #2:
Corpus Christi Medical Center Doctors Regional
MOB Classroom 500
3315 S. Alameda Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
Teleconference Location #3:
HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball
Connected Classroom
605 Holderrieth Blvd.
Tomball, TX 77375
Teleconference Location #4:
HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest
Connected Classroom
710 Cypress Creek Parkway
Houston, TX 77090
Hosting Hospital |
HCA Healthcare Center for Clinical Advancement |
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