Home Study: Nurses are SUPERHEROS! And superheroes don’t have stroke. Right?

Overview

Nurses are SUPERHEROES: And superheroes don’t have strokes. Right?
Discussion of stroke risk factors pertinent to nurses with strategies to reduce the risk of stroke.

Target Audience

UPMC Mercy Nurses

Learning Objectives

1. Discuss healthy alternatives to high-sugar foods
2. Discuss one behavior change to improve sleep.
3. Identify the risk factors related to stroke.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
Course opens: 
05/06/2021
Course expires: 
05/06/2022

Program

Nurses are SUPERHEROES: And superheroes don’t have strokes. Right?
Discussion of stroke risk factors pertinent to nurses with strategies to reduce the risk of stroke.

Venue

Enduring Activity UPMC Mercy
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
United States

Faculty

Jenn Stivason DNP, RN, CEN- Stroke Programmatic Nurse Specialist at UPMC Mercy
Jenn has been at UPMC Mercy for 6 months serving as the Stroke Programmatic Nurse Specialist. She has been a nurse with UPMC since 2003, with most of her career spent in the Emergency Department. She obtained her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Chamberlain College of Nursing in 2020. Jenn holds a certification in Emergency Nursing.

 

Conflict of Interest Disclosure:  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 entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients to disclose.

Accreditation

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 0.5 contact hours.

Available Credit

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

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