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1. Breakdown the nursing assessment for patients with airway or ventilatory problems.
2. Evaluate the pathophysiologic changes that occur causing the signs and symptoms associated with airway or ventilatory problems.
3. Determine appropriate interventions for airway or ventilatory problems.
4. Inspect the difference between ventilator modes and the use of NPPV.
5. Evaluate appropriate treatment strategies for high-risk ECG findings.
6. Plan for emerging treatments in heart failure.
7. Analyze management options for acute coronary syndromes.
8. Communicate the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of inflammatory cardiac disease.

Hemodynamics

• Do you need a Swan-Ganz?
• Preload/Afterload
• Contractility
• Cardiac output
• Cardiac index
• Mean arterial pressure

Respiratory Diagnoses

• Will the real cause of SOB please stand up: Complicating the respiratory diagnosis
• Clinical presentation, signs/symptoms, interventions, management of:
  • Pneumonia
  • Asthma
  • COPD
  • Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • Pulmonary embolism (Air, Fat, Amniotic)
• Anaphylaxis
• Acute Respiratory Failure
• Pleural effusions
• Pneumothorax
• Foreign body aspiration

Respiratory Interventions and Medications

• Pharmacology
• ABGs: Simplifying the numbers
• Chest Tubes: Indications, set-up, troubleshooting
• Capnography: Interpreting what it tells us
• Ventilation and NPPV basics: Modes of ventilation and appropriate uses

Cardiac Diagnoses

• Bradycardic & tachycardic rhythms: Essentials that you need to know
• Is This Patient Having an MI?
  • Pericarditis
  • Myocarditis
  • Endocarditis
  • Etiology, Clinical Presentation, ECG changes, Treatment
• Aortic Stenosis
• Heart Failure
• Current best practice recommendations
• Long-term prognosis

Acute Coronary Syndrome

• Unstable Angina
• STEMI
• Non-STEMI
• Differentiating the Three

Cardiac Interventions and Medications

• Pharmacology
  • Vasopressors vs. Inotropes Ace Inhibitors, Beta blockers
  • Anticoagulants
• Stabilization & Treatment procedures
• Stents, CABG, LVADS
• What's Trending? Current trending technology
• Case Presentations & Identify Probable Diagnosis

Robin Gilbert, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, has over 25 years’ experience in emergency nursing. She is both a certified emergency nurse and certified pediatric emergency nurse. Robin has experience as an emergency department manager, manager of cardiac & pulmonary rehabilitation and currently as the regional manager for staff development at Central Main Medical Center. She instructs the NCLEX review class for Kaplan and tutors nursing students online for a local college of nursing. Her experience also includes having been an item writer for the Board Certification of Emergency Nursing and a former chairperson. In her current role, Robin is able to remain up to date in the trends and best practice standards for care in emergency nursing. Robin received her BSN from Curry College, Massachusetts and her MSN from Saint Joseph’s College, Maine. Robin is an active member of the Emergency Nurses Association, the American Nurses Association, Society of Critical Care Medicine, and is a reviewer for the ANCC’s Pathway to Excellence.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Robin Gilbert has employment relationships with EBSCO, Central Maine Medical Center, Rumford Hospital, Pathway to Excellence, and Kaplan University. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Robin Gilbert is a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, and the Emergency Nurses Association.

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Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

Certificates of Successful Completion are available for email, download and/or printing from your online account immediately following the successful completion of the post-test/evaluation.

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Nurse Specialists - Credit Expired: 11/7/2020
No CE available for this board.

California Nurses: PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #:17118 for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

Florida Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

Iowa Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 6.0 self-study contact hours.

Copies of the evaluation may be sent to the IBON. You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

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Pharmacology Nurse Practitioners
This self-study program offers 120 instructional minutes of pharmacology content which is designed to qualify for 2.0 contact hours toward your pharmacology requirement.

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Other Professions
This self-study activity qualifies for 6.0 clock hours of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

Disclaimer: **Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.
**It is your ethical responsibility to report accurate hours to your licensing board.
**All self-study participants must complete and pass (80% or better) a post-test and evaluation prior to receiving a certificate of completion. If you require a copy of the test/evaluation for CE purposes, please print at the time you take the test. Or you may call our customer service department and a copy of your test/evaluation will be emailed to you. Please allow 30-45 days.

Nurses, Respiratory Care Practitioners and other Health Care Professionals