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In-Person Seminar

Demystifying X-Ray and Lab Findings: Are You Understanding the Clues?


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Speaker:
Kendra Menzies Kent, MS, RN, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN, TCRN, MSCN
Course Levels:
Intermediate to Advanced
Duration:
1-Day Event
License:
Not Applicable
Location:
Delta County Performing Arts & Education Center - Delta, Colorado

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Overview

Target Audience

RN, CNS, LPN/LVN, NP


Course Description

No matter what your area of expertise, no field in medicine spends enough time training you for radiographic or lab interpretation. Join us as we demystify the interpretation of both X-rays and lab findings to help you gain the clues you need to provide better care to your patients. What we understand, we can then use to set up the plan of the day, to progress the patient towards good outcomes and to predict the next step in the treatment goal. Data collection and understanding are important steps in the development of critical thinking. Join us and hone those critical thinking skills in this one-day program.

Program Learning Outcomes

This program prepares the learner to:

  • Describe the intricacies of the CBC differential.
  • Outline a three-part tool to facilitate the interpretation of ABGs.
  • List five quick assessment tools to identifiy chest X-ray abnormalities.
  • List abnormal lab findings, and their causes, that predict possible acute renal failure.
  • Calculate the corrected calcium indicating need for intervention.
  • Outline new lab findings that indicate high risk for severe sepsis.

Contact Hours


ANCC Approved

ANCC Accredited Provider

 

Contact Hours: 6.5 

 

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.



Course Materials

Speaker

Kendra Menzies Kent, MS, RN, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN, TCRN, MSCN Related Seminars and Products

Director of Neuroscience Programs

MED-ED, Inc


Kendra graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1985 with her BSN. She graduated from Parkland Memorial Hospital’s Critical Care & Trauma Nurse Internship. She has worked in the surgery/trauma, thoracic and neurosurgical ICU at Parkland Memorial Hospital as a staff nurse and nurse educator. Kendra has been a manager on a trauma floor and the director of critical care at Zale Lipshy University Hospital in Dallas.  She has her Master of Nursing from Texas Woman’s University as a clinical nurse specialist and has worked as a CNS in the surgical trauma ICU. 

Kendra moved to Florida and is currently the director of the Marcus Neuroscience Institute neuroscience programs associated with Boca Raton Regional Hospital.  Kendra is known for providing engaging presentations and supports continued education for nurses.


General Information

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

elta County Performing Arts & Education Center
822 Grand Avenue
Delta, CO  81416

Parking


15.    Complimentary parking is available in parking lot across street.
 

Hosting Hospital

Hosting Hospital

Delta Health

In conjunction with...

MED-ED, Inc. A Leader in Nursing Continuing Education

 

How to Register

Registration for this seminar is being handled through the hosting hospital.
Please download the brochure for more information or to register.

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Delta County Performing Arts & Education Center

822 Grand Avenue, Delta, Colorado 81410, United States

Agenda

Day 1
Date/Time: Mon, Oct 21, 2024 - 08:00 AM to 04:00 PM (MDT)

Contact Hours: 6.5

Topics Covered

  • Why are Labs So Important?
    Findings and the Patient's Plan | Cost of Healthcare and Testing
  • CBC
    Changes to WBC Counts | RBCs—Anemias and Polycythemia | H & H | Platelets | Critical Values for the CBC | The Differential—Now We're Looking for Clues! | Shift to the Left, Shift to the Right | Example of Shift to the Left
  • Coag Labs
    The Coag Panel: APTT, PT, INR | The Clotting Cascade | Meds and the Coag Panel
  • DIC Panels, Including D-Dimer
    Understanding DIC | Reading the DIC Panel | Treating DIC | Case Study
  • Cardiac Labs and ECG Changes
    The Coronary Artery Tree | STEMI vs. NSTEMI | ECG Clues to Cardiac Muscles Ischemia and Infarct | Telling ACS from an Acute MI | Cardiac Panels | Troponin "Leaks"—Identifying Non-Cardiac Causes | Understanding the BNP | Case Study
  • ABGs
    Understanding Compensatory Mechanisms | Normal Ranges | Abnormal ABG Findings and Common Causes | Three-Step Tool for Making Interpretation Fast and Easy | Practice Reading ABGs
  • Labs of Sepsis
    SIRS, Sepsis, Severe Sepsis, Septic Shock and MODS | Identifying High Risk Populations | Lactate | Procalcitonin | Base Excess | WBCs and the "Shift" | Cultures and Sensitivities
  • X-Ray Interpretation
    Points of Normal Chest X-Ray | Clues on the Chest X-Ray for Pulmonary Reasons | Clues on the Chest XRay for Cardiac Reasons | Fractures and Healing | Other Points of Interest
  • The CMP = BMP + LFTs
    Understanding the Liver | Liver Function Tests | What are Abnormal Findings Telling Us? | Breaking the Total Bilirubin Down | Common Liver Failure Complications