UPMC Medical-Surgical Certification Review Course

This self-paced course will help prepare medical-surgical nurses to sit for the medical-surgical certification exam by reviewing the pathophysiology of various conditions, the care of the medical-surgical patient, and test-taking strategies.

Target Audience

This course is open to nurses practicing in the medical-surgical setting.

Learning Objectives

The learner will be able to:

  • Describe techniques for preparing for a medical-surgical certification exam
  • Relate the pathophysiologic basis of various disease states to the nursing assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation process
  • Identify outcome criteria and evaluative criteria used by nurses to determine effectiveness of nursing care of medical-surgical patients
  • Outline the legal, ethical, and professional responsibilities inherent as a medical-surgical nurse to care for this patient population
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 16.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 16.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
06/19/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2023
UPMC
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Arley Henry
MSN, RN, CDCES, CCTN
Programmatic Nurse Specialist
UPMC Presbyterian

Deborah Hess
DNP, RN-BC
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist
UPMC Hamot

Kimberly Klamut
MSN, RN, CCNS, Alumnus CCRN
Programmatic Nurse Specialist
UPMC Shadyside

Linda Lakdawala
DNP, RN, CPAN
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist
UPMC Shadyside

Wendy Lucas
MSN, RN, CCNS, CCRN-K, BMTCN
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist
UPMC Shadyside

Sarah Londono
MSN, RN, CCRN
Clinical Education Specialist
UPMC Passavant

Nancy Miller
MSN, RN, ONC
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist
UPMC Shadyside

Michelle Parks
BSN, RN, ONC
Senior Clinician
UPMC Passavant

Zachary Perpetua
MSN, RN, CMSRN, CNL
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist
UPMC Passavant

Victoria Perla
BSN, RN, OCN
Nurse Educator
UPMC Shadyside

Markie Rearick
MSN, RN, BMTCN
Clinical Education Specialist
UPMC Shadyside

Benjamin Schneider
BSN, BA, BS, RN, CHN
Nurse Educator
UPMC Shadyside

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.

This activity is approved for the following credit: ANCC.  Other healthcare professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 16 contact hours.

Available Credit

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