Credit Available - See Contact Hours tab below.
Total Contact Hours: 7 including 7 ANCC Approved
RN, CNS, CRNA, LPN/LVN, NP, RT, EMT/Paramedic, Tech, PA
This course is designed to provide the progressive care healthcare provider with a review of AACN’s core curriculum, as of November 2023. Provided in a lecture format, the instructor will review anatomy and physiology, physical assessment (including hemodynamics and utilization of invasive assessment tools) and pathophysiology in a systems approach. Topics that are discussed include: cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, renal, endocrine, hematological, gastrointestinal and psychological and legal aspects of care. This review is not an introduction to the environment of the progressive care area, but a comprehensive update for the professional already in practice at the progressive care bedside and preparing for the PCCN Certification Examination.
This program prepares the learner to:
Contact Hours: 7
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. Johnson has spent the last 15 years teaching test prep courses as well as a variety of lectures in critical care and emergency nursing in hospitals and nursing schools. He has spent the majority of his career working at the bedside in various emergency and critical care settings, as well as obtaining several postgraduate degrees in various fields of biology. He has reviewed several critical care textbooks and contributed to numerous medical and nursing publications in the areas of critical care and emergency medicine. To date, while keeping an active nursing license, Dr. Johnson also works as a practicing internal medicine physician and chief of aerospace medicine in the U.S. Air Force. Dr. Johnson brings clinical and academic experience and knowledge to his lectures. He is also known for his ability to communicate complex physiology and anatomy in a humorous and easy-to-learn manner.