Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes in the PICU

Pittsburgh, PA US
May 2, 2022 to May 6, 2022

This course was designed because this education will likely improve nursing understanding and knowledge on sepsis and antibiotic administration and improve the PICU’s time to administration to more closely align with IPSO’s guidelines.

Target Audience

Registered Nurses

Learning Objectives

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

  • List the signs and symptoms of sepsis
  • Describe the importance of administering antibiotics within 60 minutes
  • List the resuscitation bundle outlined by IPSO
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: 
05/02/2022
Course expires: 
05/20/2022
Event starts: 
05/02/2022 - 7:00am EDT
Event ends: 
05/06/2022 - 8:00am EDT
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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 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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