Credit Available - See Contact Hours tab below.
Total Contact Hours: 6.25 including 6.25 ANCC Approved
RN, CNS, LPN/LVN, NP
This program offers an overview of complications encountered in the critical care environment. Topics include the causes and management of chest pain along with an in-depth discussion of acute coronary syndromes that includes distinguishing myocardial ischemia vs. infarction. Management strategies for each will be included. Heart failure will be discussed and includes differentiating between systolic and diastolic dysfunction and recommended treatment modalities for each. The neuro portion of the course will cover changes in mental status as well as possible differentials. The pulmonary section will review assessment skills and provide a thorough review of arterial blood gas analysis and interpretation. The incidence and causes of acute and chronic renal failure will also be reviewed. The course concludes with a discussion of current data related to patients with sepsis and recognizing the signs. Early goal-directed therapy is included with the emphasis placed on early recognition and initiation of recommended protocols to improve patient outcomes.
This program prepares the learner to:
• Apply advanced critical thinking skills in the management of the complex critically ill patient.
• Identify current evidence-based practices for patient management of complex patients.
• Discuss rationales for selected interventions, including invasive and noninvasive therapies.
Contact Hours: 6.25
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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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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