Transplant Class July 2023

July 12, 2023 to July 21, 2023

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

Target Audience

Registered Nurses 

Physician Assistants

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: 
07/12/2023
Course expires: 
08/04/2023
Event starts: 
07/12/2023 - 7:00am EDT
Event ends: 
07/21/2023 - 11:59pm EDT
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UPMC: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

 
Merel Duursma BSN, RN – Clinical Nurse Educator


Tracey Presel MSN, RN, CRNP – Nurse Practitioner, ICARE


Kyle Soltys MD – Surgeon, Transplant Attending

 


Leslie Lash MSN, RN – Professional Services Liaison, CORE


Tammy Martin MPAS, PA-C – Physician Assistant, Transplant


Ty Tracy MSN, RN, CCRN – Programmatic Nurse Specialist, Transplant


Eric Mason MPAS, PA-C – Physician Assistant, Transplant (2)


Mike Green MD, MPH – Co-Director, Transplant Infectious Disease

 


Ajai Khanna MD – Surgeon, Transplant Attending

Liz Meinert King MS, RD, CNSC – Clinical Dietitian, ICARE, Liver and Small Bowel Transplant

Vikram Raghu MD, MS – Physician, Gastroenterology/Transplant Hepatology


Melissa Anslow – Physician, Nephrology

Rachel Margolies MSW, LCSW – Social Work, Kidney Transplant

Katie McIntrye PsyD – Psychologist, Intestinal Transplant

Dawn Wilkerson MSN, RN – Director, Transplant Services

Jim Squires MD, MS – Physician, Gastroenterology/Transplant Hepatology

Geoff Bond MD – Pediatric Surgery & Pediatric Transplant Co-Director;
Surgical Director, Intestinal Care & Rehabilitation Center

Beverly Kosmach-Park DNP, RN, FAAN – Clinical Nurse Specialist, Liver and Intestine Transplant, Director of Transplant Transition, MyPATH

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 11 contact hours.

The University of Pittsburgh has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for _11__ AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. 

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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