Transplant Class October 2024

Pittsburgh, PA US
October 4, 2024

Participants are new to caring for pediatric transplant patients and their families. This course was designed to provide knowledge regarding underlying pathology, intestinal failure, laboratory data, psychosocial concerns and implications, transplant medications, laboratory values, and nursing skills how they relate to transplant patient care.

Target Audience

Registered Nurses 

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, the learner should be able to:

  • define intestinal failure 
  • state potential complications of liver, intestine and kidney transplant.
  • define specific labs values for liver, intestine and kidney recipients 
  • discuss care of the child with acute liver failure
  • state functions of the liver
  • state why we do liver transplants for metabolic disorders
  • describe the aspects of nursing care of the post-operative transplant recipient.
  • name the different drugs of immunosuppression used to prevent rejection in the transplant recipient
  • discuss the different roles of members of the transplant psychosocial care team.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 6.75 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 6.75 Attendance
Course opens: 
10/04/2024
Course expires: 
11/30/2024
Event starts: 
10/04/2024 - 7:00am EDT
Event ends: 
10/04/2024 - 3:30pm EDT
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UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
4401 Penn Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
United States

Conflict of Interest Disclosure:

No planners, 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 to disclose.

Accreditation Statement:

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 6.75 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

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