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- Date: November 7, 2012 to November 8, 2012
- Time: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Location: Educational Service Unit (ESU) #3, 6949 South 110th Street, Omaha, NE 68128
Target Audience
Nurses working in progressive care, stepdown units, or telemetry units who are preparing to take the certification exam or who want a review of current best practices.
Cost
Value: $400
Cost is $ 180 with promo code 55PD2012
This program offers additional discounted pricing. See section description on registration page for more details.
Course Description
Purpose Statement:
This 2-day course is designed to prepare nurses working in progressive care units, stepdown units, or telemetry units to take the PCCN exam. Content is based on AACN's blueprint for the PCCN exam and includes a review of the pathophysiology, assessment, monitoring, and management of patients typically cared for in a progressive care or stepdown unit.
Systems covered include cardiovascular, pulmonary, endocrine, hematology/immunology, neurology, gastrointestinal, renal, and multisystem problems. Behavioral and psychosocial issues are discussed and professional caring and ethical practice topics are addressed.
Participants will be able to:
- Describe pathophysiology, clinical presentation, assessment, and monitoring of patients in progressive care units who have problems involving the following systems: cardiovascular, pulmonary, endocrine, hematology/immunology, neurology, gastrointestinal, and renal.
- Discuss pharmacological and nonpharmacological management strategies for patients in progressive care units who have problems involving the above systems.
- Discuss behavioral and psychosocial issues common to patients in progressive care units.
- Discuss the following professional caring and ethical practice concepts: advocacy/ moral agency, caring practices, collaboration, systems thinking, response to diversity, clinical inquiry, and facilitation of learning.
Agenda
| Agenda |
|---|
| Day 1, November 7, 2012: PCCN |
| 7:50am- 8:00am Announcements |
| 8:00am- 10:00am Cardiac (Carol Jacobson) |
| 10:00am-10:15 Break |
| 10:15am-12:15am Cardiac (Carol Jacobson) |
| 12:15pm- 1:00pm Lunch |
| 1:00pm- 1:45pm Endocrine (Cindy Webner) |
| 1:45pm- 3:00pm GI (Cindy Webner) |
| 3:00pm- 3:15pm Break |
| 3:15pm- 4:30pm Neurology (Karen Marzlin) |
| 4:30pm- 5:00pm Practice Questions |
| Day 2, November 8, 2012: Joint PCCN/CCRN |
| 7:50am- 8:00am Announcements |
| 8:00am- 10:00am Pulmonary (Karen Marzlin) |
| 10:00am-10:15 Break |
| 10:15am-10:45am Pulmonary (Karen Marzlin) |
| 10:45am-12:15pm Renal (Karen Marzlin) |
| 12:15pm- 1:00pm Lunch |
| 1:00pm- 1:45pm Professional Caring and Ethical Practice (Cindy Webner) |
| 1:45pm- 2:45pm Behavioral / Psychosocial (Cindy Webner) |
| 2:45pm- 3:00pm Break |
| 3:00pm- 3:45pm Hematology (Cindy Webner) |
| 3:45pm- 4:30pm Multisystem (Sepsis and shock states) (Cindy Webner) |
| 4:30pm- 5:00pm Test Blue Print / Test Taking Strategies (Carol Jacobson) |
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Speakers
- Carol Jacobson, MN, RN is a partner in Cardiovascular Nursing Education Associates and has co-authored a book Cardiovascular Nursing Practice: a Comprehensive Resource Manual and Study Guide for Clinical Nurses.
- Karen Marzlin, DNP, RN, CCNS, CCRN-CMC is a legal nurse consultant with Cardiovascular Nursing Education Associates and is a national consultant and educator.
- Cynthia Webner, DNP, RN, CCNS, CCRN-CMC is a legal nurse consultant with Cardiovascular Nursing Education Associates and is a national consultant and educator.
Nebraska Methodist College Professional Development awards educational credit to the disciplines listed below. Each professional is accountable to understand their accrediting/licensing body's standards and requirements. The definitive source of information on continuing education requirements is your state or national regulatory board.
In order to obtain contact hours or CEU's for a continuing education event, participants are required to attend the entire event and return a completed evaluation.
Nurses
15.5 contact hours awarded. Code #NE10-13C32.
Nebraska Methodist College Professional Development is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Nebraska Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Education Credit
15.5 Education hours. Nebraska Methodist College Professional Development assigns education hours based on 60 minutes of classroom instruction for each offering. Participants may use these for their professional continuing education hours and toward re-licensure if so approved within the standards and guidelines of their discipline.
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