Credit Available - See Contact Hours tab below.
Total Contact Hours: 14 including 14 ANCC Approved
RN, CNS, NP
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: 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.
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Handout A printed handout will be provided at the seminar. |
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PDF Handout Will be available within two weeks of the seminar start date. |
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PDF PowerPoint Will be available within two weeks of the seminar start date. |
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Kristen’s professional experience includes working as an RN for nearly 25 years in the pediatrics, medical-surgical, telemetry, intensive and coronary care areas. She has served as a nurse educator for her entire career, currently works as a full-time cardiac nurse practitioner and has also been a collegiate adjunct professor. Kristen is currently triple certified with critical care clinical certifications, along with her nurse practitioner license, and prides herself in working with critical care and progressive care nurses at the bedside and sitting for those certification exams every 3 years.
Her entrepreneurial lectures on various evidence-based subject matters focus on a variety of topics, but mostly on the current guidelines and evidence for bedside nurses. She has been published three times on evidence-based improvement projects and was the lead writer for her unit’s Beacon Award, received four times from AACN. Kristen has spoken at the national level on targeted temperature management and on analyzing the laboratory data on infection.
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
Health Park Medical Center
Shipley Auditorium
9981 S HealthPark Drive
Fort Myers, FL 33908
Parking
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Lee Health |
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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
Topics Covered
Hematology
Platelet Function | Use of Blood ProductsAcute Hypo– and Hyperglycemia and Treatment Options | Acidosis, Blood Glucose and Electrolytes | Hydration, Insulin and Electrolyte Replacement | Serum Sodium and Urine Osmolality
Anatomy and Physiology of the Intestinal Tract | GI Bleeding | Liver Function and Failure | Inflammation of the Pancreas | Surgical Intervention
Contact Hours: 7
Topics Covered
Antisocial Behavior | Pain, Agitation and Delirium | Mood Disorders and Depression | Substance Abuse
Electrolyte and Acid/Base Balance | Acute Renal Injury (Failure) Stages | Chronic Renal Failure and Dialysis |
Electrolyte Imbalance
