Lunch & Learn: Abdominal Transplant: Intro to Rejection

October 27, 2023

There are new nurses who are learning to care for patients diagnosed with rejection. There is currently no nursing-driven content educating on rejection. This presentation will review the immune systems role in rejection as well as forms of treatment.

Target Audience

Nurse

Learning Objectives

Following the presentation 

  1. Learners will be able to discuss the immune system’s role in rejection
  2. Learners will be able to identify the basic mechanism driving each type of rejection
  3. Learners will be able to detail the treatment plans for each type of rejection
  4. Learners will be able to review the methods of surveillance used to monitor for rejection by graft type
  5. Learners will be able to identify the potential complications of graft rejection
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: 
10/27/2023
Course expires: 
11/10/2023
Event starts: 
10/27/2023 - 11:00am EDT
Event ends: 
10/27/2023 - 3:00pm EDT
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UPMC: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Merel Duursma, 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.

  • Nursing: The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 0.5contact hours.

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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