Emergency Department Journal Club | May 3, 2023

Pittsburgh, PA US
May 3, 2023

Journal Club is designed to give participants experience with appraising current literature and identifying best practice based on research.

Target Audience

This course is open to anyone interested in the topic.

Learning Objectives

The learner will be able to:

  • Review common terms used in the analysis of literature
  • Evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on hospital occupancy and emergency department boarding
  • Discuss reasons for patients leaving the ED without being seen in the US
  • Review use of thrombolytic therapy in cardiac arrest related to pulmonary embolism
  • Discuss patient outcomes in patients receiving Tenecteplase in patients with wake-up stroke
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 2.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
05/03/2023
Course expires: 
05/17/2023
Event starts: 
05/03/2023 - 4:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
05/03/2023 - 6:00pm EDT
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UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15215
United States

Cory Hanlon, BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, CSRN, PHRN, AWEP
Clinician, Emergency Department
UPMC St. Margaret

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.

This activity is approved for the following credit: ANCC.  Other healthcare professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 2 contact hours.

Available Credit

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