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This class will serve new hire RNs in Shadyside NSICU and Neurology units to aid in their orientation by increasing their knowledge on neuroscience related disease processes and nursing evidence-based, best practices to improve patient outcomes.
Target Audience
Nurse
Learning Objectives
-The RNs should be able to describe, explain, and define neuroscience nursing disease etiology and pathophysiology when performing patient and family education.
-The RN should be able to recognize signs and symptoms of a decompensating neurology patient, implement appropriate nursing treatment options, and communicate with the interdisciplinary team based on those signs and symptoms.
-The RN should be able to perform necessary neuroscience nursing competencies and maintain devices such as maintaining an epidural, EVD, lumbar drain, and eeg.
This class will serve new hire RNs in Shadyside NSICU and Neurology units to aid in their orientation by increasing their knowledge on neuroscience related disease processes and nursing evidence-based, best practices to improve patient outcomes.
Shannon Kudlawiec, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN
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.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 4.0 contact hours.
Other Healthcare Professionals: 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
- 4.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 4.00 Attendance