GSH RN Advanced Skills - Respiratory and Stroke 2025: February
Overview
This course is designed to enhance nursing skills after orientation for nurses that care for patients that have respiratory diagnosis, such as COPD and hypercapnia, and strokes. It is an in-person course includes a lecture with active learning strategies, such as small group discussion and simulations. It also includes hands-on portions with basic ventilator training and how to care for patients with tracheostomies.
This site is for credit claiming purposes only. Please contact Kathryn Matthies for registration: Kathryn.Matthies@aah.org.
Target Audience
This course is intended for Good Shepherd RNs.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, learners should be able to:
- Differentiate "stroke mimics" from stroke-like symptoms and correctly perform the NIH, discuss site-specific plans for Stroke Alerts, and apply current DNV stroke standards in daily practice.
- Recognize oxygen delivery devices and apply them to patient specific scenarios.
- Identify standards of care for patients with an artificial airway including emergency response
- Describe nursing responsibilities and assessments related to oxygen delivery and artificial airways
Venue
Faculty
Faculty
Laurel Hook MSN, RN, SCRN, Stroke Coordinator, Good Shepherd Hospital
Kathryn Matthies MSN, RN, Med/Surg Nursing Professional Development Specialist, Good Shepherd Hospital
Disclosure
The planner(s) and speaker(s) have indicated that there are no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies to disclose.
Accreditation
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Advocate Health 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.
Credit Statement(s)
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Available Credit
- 5.00 AttendanceAttendance Credit
- 5.00 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 5.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
Register/Take course
Price
This site is for credit claiming purposes only. Please contact Kathryn Matthies for registration: Kathryn.Matthies@aah.org.
Click “Take Course” to claim credit for this program.
If you have any questions, please contact the IPCE Office at cme@aah.org