Credit Available - See Contact Hours tab below.
Total Contact Hours: 14 including 14 ANCC Approved
RN, CNS, CRNA, NP
This 2-day course is designed to provide the critical-care nurse with a review of AACN’s core curriculum. Provided in a lecture format, the instructor will review anatomy and physiology, physical assessment (including utilization of non and invasive assessment tools), and pathophysiology in a systems approach. Topics that are discussed include cardiac, respiratory, neurological, renal, endocrine, hematological, gastrointestinal, psychological and legal aspects of care. This review is not an introduction to the environment of the critical-care area but a comprehensive update for the professional already in practice at the critical-care bedside and preparing for the CCRN Certification Exam.
This program prepares the learner to:
Contact Hours: 14 (Includes 5 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.
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.
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.
Location
CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System
Professional Office Building (POB) Conference Center
2nd Floor
2600 St. Michael Drive
Texarkana, TX 75503
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Office Hours
Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm EST By Email
CustomerCare@mededseminars.net By Phone
Toll Free: 800-763-3332 Local: 704-333-1090
By Fax
704-333-5020 By Mail
MED-ED, Inc. 1911 Charlotte Dr.
Charlotte, NC 28203
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Contact Hours: 7
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Contact Hours: 7
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