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Perianesthesia Challenges


Speaker:
Delores "Dolly" Ireland, MSN, RN, CAPA, CPN
Duration:
Full Day
Format:
Audio and Video
Product Code:
LWC077315
Brochure Code:
PLW52339
Media Type:
Live Webcast - Also available: Digital Seminar

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Normal Price:      $249.99 - Now:  $49.99 - Exclusive offer when combined with this live training.

Description

MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA

Have you seen it? It’s still an emergency! Know what to do.

ANESTHETICS & ADJUNCTS

Ever wondered how or why they choose one over another? Find out the facts.

LOCAL ANESTHETIC SYSTEM TOXICITY – LAST

Do you have that Lipid infusion ready? Did you know why you should? Case studies revealed!

NURSING MALPRACTICE

You are named in malpractice litigation! Now what? Learn from an expert witness/legal reviewer what NOT to do!

CPAN or CAPA CERTIFICATION

Do you WANT those initials? Learn from an ABPANC coach!

PAIN ADMINISTRATION

Exploring the mystery of what’s new and the old favorites. Let’s think outside the box!

If you care for patients in the perianesthesia, operative, interventional or diagnostic setting who receive sedation, anesthesia and analgesia, this seminar is for YOU! Attend this seminar and learn from someone who has “walked” in YOUR shoes! Dolly has over 46 years of nursing experience and 40 years of experience in the specialty of perianesthesia nursing. She understands your challenges and will give you standard specific solutions to those challenges!

Delores “Dolly” Ireland, MSN, RN, CAPA, CPN, will tell you the story of the 17-year-old patient who developed severe malignant hyperthermia . . . before Dantrolene and he walked out of the hospital without side effects!! Hear his amazing journey and share the emotions of the health care team. Learn the latest protocols to stop local anesthetic toxicity in its tracks! Gain knowledge from an expert legal witness on how to prevent malpractice situations. Create positive teamwork and make it FUN to go to work!

Learn skills from a certification coach on resources, core knowledge, and essential skills necessary for successful CPAN/CAPA certification. Have your patient be the one who tells others about their “certified nurse”! Whether you work in the outpatient or inpatient setting, this seminar will increase your confidence in caring for your patients, increase patient satisfaction and create optimal patient outcomes.

OUTLINE

ANESTHESIA AGENTS & ADJUNCTSUNDERSTANDING THE PLAN!

  • Ever wondered why one anesthetic is chosen over another? What about that COPD patient or that patient with liver problems? Answers to these and other challenging anesthesia situations will be discussed
    • Anesthetics: General, regional, moderate sedation, benzodiazepines, opioids
    • Waste gas concerns
    • Specific patient challenges

COMPLICATIONS

  • Have you witnessed or taken care of MH? Do you think it no longer exists or isn’t a medical emergency? Think again!
    • Malignant Hyperthermia (MH) pathophysiology
    • Signs and symptoms – Immediate recognition!
  • Do you have lipid infusions immediately available when performing local anesthesia? Why?
    • LAST (Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity) pathophysiology
    • Signs and symptoms – Know the earliest!
    • Learn “why” lipids and hear relevant real life case scenarios!
  • Other pertinent post-op complications
    • Hemodynamic, cardiac, pulmonary, respiratory

NURSING MALPRACTICE

  • You are being named in a medical malpractice case! What now?
    • How do you prevent this from happening? What you should and shouldn’t do!
    • Legalities, negligence, and torts
    • Documentation – Hear from an expert witness/legal reviewer how your documentation will be viewed and how to improve it!
    • ASPAN standards

PAIN ADMINISTRATION

  • What’s new on the horizon for pain control?
    • What is EBP research showing?
    • New medications
    • Old medications still being used
    • Thinking outside the box
    • Economic strategies

TEAMWORK

  • Why do some departments sail through the changes in health care without problems?
    • Why do some nurses tell you they LOVE to go to work and others are struggling daily?
    • Learn through hands-on applications and role playing from a leader in the field of “building teams”
    • Put your hospital at the TOP of the HCAHPS!
    • CASE STUDIES AND SCENARIOS!

OBJECTIVES

  1. Identify the “whys” and “hows” of specialty certification.
  2. Differentiate the pharmacology and physiology of frequently-used induction, inhalation, neuromuscular blocking and reversal agents used in the perianesthesia setting.
  3. Discuss appropriate management strategies for acute pain in the postoperative setting.
  4. Determine interventions for postop complications, Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity (LAST), and Malignant Hyperthermia (MH)
  5. Analyze malpractice concerns, ASPAN standards, and effective documentation as driving forces in appropriate patient care.
  6. Demonstrate the effectiveness of a team-centered approach on perianesthesia practice and values.

Satisfaction Guarantee
Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to PESI, Inc., PO Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000 or call 1-800-844-8260.

ADA Needs

PESI would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at 800-844-8260.

Credit


* Credit Note - *

NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the on-line post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). 

Continuing Education Information: Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this live interactive webcast. This webcast is a broadcast of a live event. You will be able to type questions to the speaker. The speaker will see the questions and address them during the presentation as time allows. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether web based activities are an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.

For Planning Committee disclosures, please see the statement above.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

CE Information is based on 100% attendance.

 


Pharmacology Nurse Practitioners

This program offers instructional minutes of pharmacology content which is designed to qualify for 1.0 contact hours toward your pharmacology requirement. 


Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists

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

Nurses in full attendance will earn 6.3 contact hours.


California Nurses

PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17118 for 6.0 contact hours. Full attendance is required. No partial contact hours will be issued for partial attendance. 


Florida Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Nursing, Provider # FBN2858. This course qualifies for 6.0 contact hours. 

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Iowa Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Full attendance at this activity qualifies for 7.6 contact hours. Full attendance in the activity is required; no partial contact hours will be issued for partial attendance. These contact hours are used for your license renewal. Please email cepesi@pesi.com with your license number, include the webcast title, speaker name and date. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid for the webcast.


Nursing Home Administrators

This educational offering has been reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) and approved for 6.25 clock hours and 6.25 participant hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.


Other Professions

This activity qualifies for 6.25 continuing education minutes as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements. 



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Speaker

Delores "Dolly" Ireland, MSN, RN, CAPA, CPN Related seminars and products


Delores “Dolly” Ireland, MSN, RN, CAPA, CPN, has over 46 years of nursing experience with 40 of those years dedicated to the specialty of perianesthesia nursing. She has provided clinical care at the bedside for pre- and post-op cases in all disciplines and has provided leadership and management within the perianesthesia specialty for over 15 years.

Ms. Ireland serves as adjunct faculty in the Nursing program at Baker College and as an expert witness and legal reviewer for perianesthesia malpractice cases. Dolly is a past president of ASPAN, the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses and serves as a certification coach for ABPANC, the American Board of Perianesthesia Nursing Certification. She has authored leading articles in perianesthesia journals, book
chapters and association newsletters.

Dolly is a sought-after speaker, providing humor and case-based stories to emphasize content topics. She has shared her expertise on the perianesthesia specialty both nationally and internationally.

 

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Delores (Dolly) Ireland is Lead Faculty/Area Chair, College of Nursing for University of Phoenix. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Nonfinancial: Delores (Dolly) Ireland is a member of the American Society of Perianesthesia Nurses (ASPAN).


Additional Info

Access Period for Live Webcast

For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time. You will have access for 90 days after the program for review. 


Webcast Schedule

Please note: There will be a lunch and two 15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion.


Target Audience

Nurses, Nursing Home Administrators, and other Healthcare Professionals.

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"I would have liked to hear more information about the use of Haldol and Decadron for treatment of PONV. I would have liked to hear rationale for using caffeinated beverages for spinal headache."

Satisfaction Guarantee
Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to: PO Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000 or call 1-800-844-8260.

ADA Needs
We would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at 1-800-844-8260.

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