Same day surgery & PACU clinical education series: neurologic considerations

Pittsburgh, PA US

Self‑learning worksheet designed to provide practice with neurologic assessment and clinical decision‑making in the pediatric population, with emphasis on recognizing and responding to acute neurologic changes and common postoperative neurologic considerations. Learners will complete a series of multi‑step questions focused on identifying, assessing, and responding to neurologic findings such as altered level of consciousness, seizures, emergence delirium, increased intracranial pressure, and other neurologic red flags encountered in pediatric same‑day surgery and PACU settings. Responses will be submitted in a test‑style format to receive credit for participation. Upon completion of the 8-10 page worksheet, staff will be required to review relevant policies, Lippincott guidance, and unit‑based resources to support accurate clinical reasoning and safe nursing practice. Staff will have the opportunity to collaborate with the educator to ask questions, review case scenarios, and strengthen clinical judgment related to pediatric neurologic assessment, escalation of care, and postoperative monitoring. Nurses will submit completed answers via Microsoft Forms. A score of 100% is required to be eligible for CEU credit.

Target Audience

Registered Nurses 

Learning Objectives

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

  •  identify signs and symptoms associated with common neurologic changes in pediatric patients recovering from anesthesia, including altered level of consciousness, seizures, emergence delirium, and focal neurologic deficits
  • identify at least one critical consideration related to the safe postoperative neurologic management of pediatric patients, such as monitoring parameters, assessment of neurologic baseline, recognition of red flags indicating deterioration, or indications for escalation of care according to policy.

Additional Information

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
05/01/2026
Course expires: 
06/13/2026
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.

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 1.0 contact hour.

Available Credit

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