Full Course Description
Critical Skills for Managing a Patient in Crisis
Program Information
Target Audience
Nurses and other Healthcare Professionals
Objectives
- Evaluate common bedside emergencies.
- Analyze which patient populations are at risk for bedside emergencies.
- Organize how to integrate assessment data, labs and other diagnostic findings into the plan of care with a life-threatening emergency.
- Prioritize interventions for prevention and management for selected complications/ emergencies.
- Breakdown presentation and assessment findings for specific cardiac, gastrointestinal and neurological emergencies.
- Evaluate volume and pressure concepts as they relate to intracranial pressure.
- Explore a strategic approach in evaluating abdominal pain for the most accurate assessment.
- Assess the difference between hypovolemic shock, septic shock and cardiogenic shock in both assessment and treatment priorities.
Outline
Identification & Management of Crisis
- High-Risk Populations
- Impending Doom: Recognizing the Red Flags
- Critical Thinking During a Crisis
- Accurate Interpretation of Vital Signs & Oxygenation
- Fluid & Electrolyte Disturbances
Neurological Emergencies
- Neuro Assessment: Critical Indicators
- Stroke Emergencies: TIA vs. Ischemic vs. Hemorrhagic
- Symptoms & Recognition
- Management: Emergent vs. Non-emergent
- Early Signs of Increased Intracranial Pressure
Gastrointestinal Emergencies
- Abdominal Assessment: Critical Clues
- Abdominal Pain: What does it really mean?
- Acute Abdomen
- Ileus/Small Bowel Obstruction
- Gastrointestinal Bleed
- Acute Pancreatitis
Cardiac Emergencies
- Action for, “I’m having chest pain”
- Acute Coronary Syndromes
- Angina vs. Myocardial Infarction
- Recognition & Management
- 6 Fail-Proof Steps to Rhythm Interpretation
- The Dynamics of Shock
- Hypovolemic
- Cardiogenic
- Septic
- Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
- SIRS Criteria
- Presentation & Management
Copyright :
10/06/2016
Key Interventions & Documentation Strategies During a Patient Emergency
Program Information
Target Audience
Nurses and other Healthcare Professionals
Objectives
- Dissect the most common causes of arterial blood gas abnormalities.
- Implement critical interventions for the patient in respiratory distress.
- Evaluate chest tube management.
- Breakdown common causes of delirium in the post-operative patient.
- Explore legal implications of bedside emergencies.
- Investigate appropriate documentation for high-risk situations.
- Communicate how documentation is used to determine guilt or innocence in a lawsuit.
Outline
Respiratory Emergencies
- ABG Interpretation in 3 Easy Steps
- Atelectasis
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Respiratory Failure
- Chest Tube Management
Post-Op Complications & Emergencies
- Uncontrolled Pain
- Compartment Syndrome
- Confusion/Delirium
- Recognizing Infection
- Acute Kidney Injury
Now on to Documenting the Emergency…
How Well Would Your Documentation Hold up in Court?
- Common Pitfalls in Documentation
- What your Words Really Mean in Court
- Strategies for Writing Legally Defensible Notes
- Case Studies: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
How to Document High Risk Situations
- Patient Refusals
- Nurse-MD Notification
- Chain of Command
- Changes in Patient Condition
- Assessment Findings
- Discharge Instructions
- Documentation Methods
- Electronic vs. Traditional (paper)
- Clarifying the Myths of Charting by Exception
Copyright :
10/07/2016