VAD Management Considerations 2022

May 4, 2022

This course will review transplant care prior to transplant / bridging to transplant.

Target Audience

Nurse

Learning Objectives

Following this presentation:

 Learners will be able to identify common congenital and acquired heart disease that would require a ventricular assist device.

Learners will be able to identify ventricular assist devices commonly used at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

 Learners will be able to explain the functionality and purpose of ventricular assist devices commonly used at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

 Learners will be able to apply basic practices of nursing care related to ventricular assist device dressing changes.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
05/04/2022
Course expires: 
05/18/2022
Event starts: 
05/04/2022 - 8:00am EDT
Event ends: 
05/04/2022 - 3:00pm EDT
UPMC: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

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 _1_ 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

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