Cardiac Education Series: Pediatric Medication Management Activity 2025

Pittsburgh, PA US

The course will look at emergency medication management in pediatric cardiac patients, focused on correct dosing, medication administration techniques, effectiveness of interventions, and special considerations for the drug. Learners will complete a self-learning worksheet to provide practice with pediatric emergency medication management. Learners will complete a series of multi-step questions related to different emergency medications and submit answers in a test format to receive credit for participation

Target Audience

Registered Nurses 

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, the learner will be able to:

  • Increased performance of utilizing emergency medication equipment
  • recognition of medications needed
  • identify dosing for specific patient weight.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 0.50 Attendance
Course opens: 
01/05/2025
Course expires: 
02/05/2025
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
4401 Penn Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
United States

Conflict of Interest Disclosure:

No planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 0.5 contact hours.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.  

Available Credit

  • 0.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 0.50 Attendance
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