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CARDIOVASCULAR TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS

Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) recognizes programs and providers approved by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC). This course will qualify for 6.3 contact hours.

NURSES/NURSE PRACTITIONER/CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALISTS

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PESI, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 

Nurses in full attendance will earn 6.3 contact hours. PARTIAL CONTACT HOURS WILL BE AWARDED FOR PARTIAL ATTENDANCE. 

NURSE PRACTITIONERS

This program offers 60 instructional minutes of pharmacology content which is designed to qualify for 1.0 contact hours toward your pharmacology requirement to receive credit. It is your responsibility to submit your certificate of successful completion and a copy of the seminar brochure to your licensing board. 

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS

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This program has been reviewed and is approved for a maximum of 6.25 hours of clinical Category I CME credit by the American Academy of Physician Assistant Review Panel. Physician assistants should claim only those hours actually spent participating in the CME activity. This program was planned in accordance with AAPA’s CME Standards for Live Programs and for Commercial Support of Live Programs. 

OTHER PROFESSIONS

This activity qualifies for 380 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your course outline and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.

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Did you ever wonder why your patient with a myocardial infarction will have dyspnea?

Or have a hard time explaining how beta-blockers work?

Or become confused about ejection fractions, let alone hemodynamics?

If you have a hard time explaining to your patients about which blood vessel perfuses what part of the heart, or why they have an arrhythmia, or how their heart failure is causing their kidney problems, then you need to join Cyndi Zarbano, a mentor who can really make the information easy and understandable. 

Designed with the bedside clinician in mind, this seminar is appropriate for all healthcare professionals wanting to improve their assessment skills, build a firm foundation of cardiac anatomy and physiology and apply these skills in daily patient care. Understanding these essential concepts will help you find patient complications faster and respond to them more appropriately. Cyndi's teaching style allows for an informal interactive discussion. You will leave with a systematic approach to interpreting ECGs, an understanding of common cardiac pathologies, and a renewed commitment to achieving excellence in patient care.

Describe the basic electrophysiology of the heart: Electrical versus mechanical function.

Utilize the "Thumbs Technique" to determine the ventricular axis of the heart.

Review the more common cardiac arrhythmias and discuss the causes.

Define hemodynamic principles in the body.

Relate coronary artery perfusion to cardiac musculature and the conduction system.

Interpret ischemia, injury, and infarction patterns on a 12-lead ECG, 15-lead, and right-sided ECG.

Integrate new evidenced-based guidelines to treat Acute Coronary Syndrome.

Explain the process of valvular dysfunction and state treatments for aortic and mitral valve disease.

Describe heart failure and relate physical assessment findings to hemodynamic parameters in a patient with decompensated heart failure.

State the evidenced-based treatments to include medications and invasive procedures for chronic and acute heart failure.

Differentiate dilated from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Discuss pericarditis to include causes, ECG changes and treatment modalities.

CYNDI ZARBANO, MSN, BSN, CCRN, CEN, PCCN, CMSRN, CLNC, NLCP

Cyndi Zarbano is an intensive care nurse with over 20 years of nursing experience who is currently practicing in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. She is a nationally-recognized seminar speaker who has opened multiple national symposiums and speaks on several topics for PESI, as well as a variety of other companies in the US and Canada. In addition to her speaking engagements, Cyndi is a published author with a variety of books including Clinical Nursing Assessment Skills Pocket Guide and the Med-Surg Pocket Guide. Her products also include textbooks, webcasts and webinars. 

Along with her MS and BSN in nursing, she has 3 other undergraduate degrees and multiple nursing certifications. She served as a US Naval Officer for 10 years, leaving service as an LCDR (Lieutenant Commander) in 2001. Prior to nursing, she worked as a counselor with the mentally ill and dangerous in a facility in southern Minnesota. She returned to that facility as a Lead Psychiatric Nurse for two years after leaving the military. Additionally, Cyndi has a legal nurse consulting business and continues to serve as a testifying expert in medical related cases. Cyndi's teaching style is dynamic and high energy while informal and easy to understand. You will leave her program with a renewed commitment to achieving nursing excellence in critical care. 

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Cyndi Zarbano has an employment relationship with Fairview South. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: Cyndi Zarbano has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.

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Group registrations not allowed

Accompanying persons not allowed

We don’t accept Online Abstracts

Double Tree Atlanta perimeter Dunwoody

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Submission Info

Contact No.: (800) 844-8260

Email: info@pesi.com

Contact No.: (800) 844-8260

Email: info@pesi.com