Transplant Class January 2024

January 17, 2024

This course was designed to educate staff members who are new to caring for pediatric transplant patients and families. 

Target Audience

Registered Nurses 

 

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course :

  1. Participants will be able to define intestinal failure.
  2. Participants will be able to describe the process for involving CORE for donation.
  3. Participants will be able to describe the listing criteria put forth by UNOS.
  4. Participants will be able to state potential complications of liver, intestine and kidney transplant.
  5. Participants will be able to discuss infection concerns for transplant recipients
  6. Participants will be able to define specific labs values for liver, intestine and kidney recipients
  7. Participants will be able to discuss care of the child with acute liver failure
  8. Participants will be able to state functions of the liver
  9. Participants will be able to state consequences of ascites
  10. Participants will be able to discuss why we do liver transplants for metabolic disorders
  11. Participants will be able to describe the aspects of nursing care of the post-operative transplant recipient.
  12. Participants will be able to discuss the different forms of immunosuppression used to prevent rejection in the transplant recipient
  13. Participants will be able to discuss the different roles of members of the transplant psychosocial care team both pre- and post- transplant
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 11.00 AAPA Category I CME
  • 11.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 11.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
01/17/2024
Course expires: 
01/31/2024
Event starts: 
01/17/2024 - 7:00am EST
Event ends: 
01/17/2024 - 11:59pm EST
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UPMC: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Merel Duursma BSN RN

 

Tracey Presel MSN RN CRNP

Diane Shelmlmer PHD psychologist liver transplant

Louisa Novak MSW LCW Social work Intestinal Care

Jessica SMith MS CCLS

Jordan Serio PharmD BCPPS

Jessica Adams MSN RN CRNP-AC

Kaitlyn Auel MSN RN 

Marci Czachowski MSN RN CCRN

Whitney Vavra BSN RN CPN

 

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 6.75 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

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