Credit Available - See Contact Hours tab below.
Total Contact Hours: 7 including 7 ANCC Approved
RN, CNS, LVN/VPN, NP
This comprehensive day course will provide the bedside nurse and members of the rapid response team (RRT) with the tools necessary to recognize clinical deterioration and avert failure to rescue. The course will begin with an overview of the rapid response system (RRS) and the subsequent development of an RRT. This is followed by an overview of the roles for the bedside caregiver and members of the RRT. Detailed scenarios will be presented that will challenge the attendee to critically think through the process of assessment, identification of the problem and then strategies for management.
This program prepares the learner to:
Please refer to the table below to determine your registration category.
Regisration Categories | Description |
Host Registrant | Ascension Providence Employees |
Contact Hours: 7 (Includes 1 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.
Full Agenda (239 KB) | 2 Pages | Download |
Full Course Handout (5 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Full Course PPT slides (10.2 MB) | Available after Purchase |
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.
Please refer to the table below to determine your registration category.
Regisration Categories | Description |
Host Registrant | Ascension Providence Employees |
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
Ascension Providence Hospital
Classroom 3/4
6901 Medical Parkway
Waco, TX 76712
Parking
Complimentary parking available.
Hosting Hospital |
Providence Healthcare Network & McLennan Community College |
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Contact Hours: 7
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