UPMC St. Margaret Annual Perianesthesia Nurses Conference | 2025

Pittsburgh, PA US
February 8, 2025

The Annual Perianesthesia Nurses Conference is presented by the UPMC St. Margaret Perianesthesia Department.

Target Audience

This program is designed for nurses who provide care for surgical patients, including perianesthesia, surgical, and intensive care unit nurses.

Learning Objectives

As a result of participation in this conference, learners will be able to:

  • Identify and describe new surgical and medical interventions for colorectal and vascular surgery
  • Identify risk factors of heart disease in women and how this impacts surgical procedures
  • Discuss toxicology in perianesthesia patients including the impact of psychostimulants and xylazine
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 4.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
12/16/2024
Course expires: 
02/22/2025
Event starts: 
02/08/2025 - 8:00am EST
Event ends: 
02/08/2025 - 12:30pm EST
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7:30 A.M.

Registration and Breakfast

 

8:00 A.M.

Updates in Colorectal Surgery

Sean Whelan, MD

9:00 A.M.

Advancements in Carotid Disease

Eric Hager, MD

10:00 A.M.

Break

 

10:15 A.M.

Updates in Cardiovascular Disease in Women

Natalie Stokes, MD, MPhil, MSC

11:15 P.M.

Toxicology

Darien Stratton, MD

12:15 P.M.

Questions and Evaluation

Denise Krall, BSN, RN, CCRN, CEN

12:30 P.M.

Adjournment

 

UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15215
United States

Planning Committee

Denise Krall, BSN, RN, CCRN, CEN
Professional Staff Nurse, Expert
UPMC St. Margaret

Presenters

Eric Hager, MD
Chief of Vascular Surgery, UPMC St. Margaret and UPMC East
Co-Director of Venous Services at the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institutes Vein Center

Natalie Stokes, MD, MPhil, MSC
Assistant Professor Heart and Vascular Institute
Associate Program Director, UPMC Cardiovascular Fellowship Program

Darien Stratton, MD
Medical Fellow, Medical Toxicology Emergency Medicine

Sean Whelan, MD
Chair of Surgery, UPMC St. Margaret
Associate Professor of Colon and Rectal Surgery Division and General Surgery Residency

No 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 with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

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 4 contact hours.

Available Credit

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