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ForwardPerioperative Nursing Conference 2025
Annual Periop Nursing Conference that will be virtual from 8a-12p. The 4 topics of discussion have been identified by staff members as areas in which they would like additional education/information. Topics include, language barriers, pain blocks along with family discharge education, post-operative delirium, and surgical complications.
Target Audience
Registered Nurses
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, the learner will be able to:
- Explain how pre-operative preparation and patient/family education can reduce the risk of delirium and alleviate distress
- List 2 common treatments for post-operative delirium.
- List two evidence-based strategies that can be implemented during the perioperative period to reduce surgical complications in patients undergoing epilepsy-related.
- Compare and contrast at least two types of neurosensory or muscular blocks used for post-operative pain management.
- Identify three resources available to support communication with patients and families who are not English-speaking.
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 4.0 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
- 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