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Live Webcast

2-Day Advanced Medical Surgical Skills: Current Trends, Risks & Challenges


Speaker:
Casseopia Fisher, MSN, RN, CMSRN
Duration:
2 Full Days
Format:
Audio and Video
Product Code:
LWC077540
Brochure Code:
PLW57926
Media Type:
Live Webcast

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Description

Are you ready to expand your skills in med surg care? Do you want to improve your emergency response and successfully advocate for your patient’s needs? Do you want to earn a certificate in your specialty field?

Our field of Medical Surgical Nursing is fast paced and continually changing. We must be up to date and ready to provide care to the widest variety of patients. This intense 2-day course will include the most current clinical information and will prepare you with the necessary skills to take on the most complex patient needs. You will leave this educational event being able to…

  • Address your biggest challenges related to med/surg patients
  • Advance your skills with the best tips and tricks
  • Immediately recognize symptom clusters and the interventions necessary when minutes count!
  • Practice your skills immediately with clinical scenario drills
  • Communicate effectively with other medical professionals and successfully advocate for your patient
  • Improve your response to high-stress emergency situations
  • Be ready to pursue advanced certification

You will get practice evaluating situations, interpreting test results, developing new skills and learning from memorable case studies. Master your specialty and take your practice to the next level!

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.

 


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 12.6 contact hours.


California Nurses

PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17118 for 12.5 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 12.5 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 12.6 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.


Other Professions

This activity qualifies for 12.5 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. 



Handouts/Brochure

Speaker

Casseopia Fisher, MSN, RN, CMSRN Related seminars and products


Casseopia Fisher, MSN, RN, CMSRN, has practiced nursing in multiple hospital post-surgical environments, including Trauma, Orthopedics, and Surgical Specialties. She is currently Nurse Manager of a Med-Surg unit and ICU, and a graduate of Oregon Health and Science University and Western Governors University.

Casseopia has a passion to share her expertise with healthcare audiences through a variety of presentations that draw from her background. As such, she is a sought-after national presenter on topics that draw from her areas of expertise. She holds her certification in Medical-Surgical Nursing and has a special interest in the management of alcohol withdrawal/drug abuse in the inpatient population.

 

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Casseopia Fisher has employment relationships with Providence Seaside Hospital and Columbia Memorial Hospital. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Casseopia Fisher is a member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and the Medical Surgical Nursing Certification Board.


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.


Outline

Physiological Response to Trauma and Surgery

  • The phases - and why you see what you see
  • What cells need to survive and heal
  • When it all goes wrong - what your patient needs to survive
  • Newest evidence in complication prevention

Sepsis and Shock

  • Types of shock and how to identify them early
  • SIRS/Sepsis current criteria and critical interventions

Current Concerns with Infectious Diseases

  • Newest resistant infections
  • The future of antibiotics
  • To vaccinate or not to vaccinate hospitalized patients

Cardiovascular Complications

  • Pump failure
  • Conduction failure
  • Rescue interventions

Updates in Neurovascular Care

  • Most recent NIH stroke recommendations
  • Falls and head trauma

Respiratory Failure

  • Identifying cause to be able to treat

Complex Lab Interpretation

  • What’s what in ABGs
  • WBC shifts & anion gaps
  • Linking value to symptoms

Acute Kidney Injury

  • The phases and treatments

Endocrinology

  • Adrenal, thyroid, and pancreatic

Diabetes and DKA

  • Complex GI management
  • Post-surgical complications
  • Inflammatory/auto-immune emergencies

Managing Psychiatric Comorbidities in Inpatient Care

  • Differentiating appropriate management strategies
  • Limit setting and behavior management – symptom based approach
  • Trauma informed care

Current and Advanced Wound and Skin Care

  • When it just won’t heal!

Alcohol Withdrawal

  • Neurotransmitter imbalance
  • CIWA and symptom based management

Drug Abuse and Recovery

  • Common drug dependencies in our inpatient population
  • How to differentiate and guide withdrawal

Ethical Challenges in Med Surg care

  • The things that keep you up at night
  • Documentation issues

Advanced Education Techniques

  • What is REALLY going to get through

Advancing Nursing Practice and Research

  • How do I find the answers?

Objectives

  1. Analyze crucial pathophysiology encountered in med surg care.
  2. Explain the necessary steps in surgical recovery.
  3. Decide the most appropriate interventions for a patient experiencing sepsis.
  4. Recognize the early signs of shock.
  5. Choose the most up-to-date tools in stroke assessment.
  6. Interpret ABGs and complex lab values.
  7. Perform the skills to identify acute kidney injury.
  8. Understand current advancements in diabetes care.
  9. Prioritize the comprehensive care needs for both DKA and HHNK.
  10. Select the best interventions for patients experiencing psychological comorbidities.
  11. Recommend new strategies to address wound and stoma care challenges.
  12. Understand the focused treatment needs for patients experiencing alcohol and drug withdrawal.
  13. Plan ways to avoid the current legal and ethical risks encountered in med surg care.
  14. Use teach back and appropriate education strategies that have the most impact.
  15. Evaluate successful communication strategies to effectively and positively influence others.

Target Audience

Nurses and other Healthcare Professionals

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