Pulmonary Edema in Pediatric Postoperative Patients
This course was designed because new nursing staff in recovery room may not be able to directly correlate laryngospasm to an increased risk of pulmonary edema and therefore cannot recognize signs and symptoms of pulmonary edema.
Target Audience
Registered Nurses
Learning Objectives
After completing the activity, the learner will be able to:
- identify three signs and symptoms of pulmonary edema.
Jennifer Kundick CRNA
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.
Accreditation Statement:
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 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 0.50 Attendance