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ForwardCardiac Education Day, 4.29.25
RN and LPN inpatient staff members currently have a baseline knowledge of the inpatient cardiac population, but NDNQI quality measures, average length of stay, HCAHPS reports, and incident reports indicate that ongoing education is needed. Information from key stakeholders on the cardiac departments state that additional cardiac specific learning is needed. The gap identified include knowledge, practice, and skill. Numerous changes have occurred over the past year in the cardiac service department which require education reinforcement to continue to provide high quality patient care and the best patient outcomes.
Target Audience
Registered Nurse
LPN
Learning Objectives
- Learners will be able to list core care measures of stroke patients and describe stroke alert process
- Learners will be able to verbalize care expectations for heart failure patients
- Learners will demonstrate understanding of high-risk low volume medications and equipment
- Learners will be able to discuss the monitoring and care of the patient on a cardiac infusion
- Learners will actively participant in a simulated mock rapid response and code and demonstrate use of the Lifepak
Additional Information
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Kelsey Wesko BSN, RN-BC
Briana Bloom BSN, RN
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.
Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 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
- 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 4.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 4.00 Attendance