

Accreditation Information:
Course Outline:
Hour 1
- Symptoms of importance of HF to assess and monitor, per stage
- Evidence based monitoring systems most significant to Heart Failure.
- Nursing priorities to care plan for Heart Failure
- Symptoms of significance, to include how they may differ in males and females
- Critical Timing and treatments for AMI.
- Care plan activity intolerance levels per patient with AMI
- Managing risk for excess fluid volume.
- Research-based review of the co-morbidities with Pulmonary Disease.
- Symptoms most critical to assess and monitor throughout acute and post-acute stay.
- Systems critical to managing the ineffective airway clearance.
- Nursing priorities to prevent complications
- Research based recommendations to decrease infection risk, following joint replacements
- Address impaired physical mobility and maintain affected joint in prescribed position and body in alignment
- Manage risks for peripheral neurovascular dysfunction
- Evidence based practices for managing acute pain
- Review of each level and monitoring systems of the INTERACT tools for post-acute care
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- Stop and Watch Tool
- Care Path Tool
- SBAR Tool
- Interdisciplinary follow-up communication is critical at all levels.