CCRN Review Course - October 21,2024

October 21, 2024

This review course will prepare the critical care nurse to successful prepare to take the CCRN certification exam.

Target Audience

Critical care nurses at UPMC 

Learning Objectives

Identify test taking tips to successful pass the CCRN certification examination.

Review cardiovascular emergencies such as cardiac tamponade, cardiac rhythms, heart failure and heart transplant nursing assessments and interventions to successfully pass the CCRN certification.

Discuss the nursing assessment and management of the different shock states- sepsis, hypovolemic, cardiogenic and neurogenic shock.

Discuss the nursing management of DKA in a critically ill patient and other endocrine emergencies. 

 Describe the nursing assessment of a critically ill patient with pulmonary diseases- such as COPD, ARDS and pneumonia 

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 7.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 7.25 Attendance
Course opens: 
10/21/2024
Course expires: 
11/23/2024
Event starts: 
10/21/2024 - 7:30am EDT
Event ends: 
10/21/2024 - 4:00pm EDT
UPMC
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Brady Bielewicz DNP, CRNP, CNS, CCRN, TCRN

Michele Buraczewski MSN, RN, CEN, CCRN, TCRN, CBRN

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 7.25 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

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