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At the completion of this program, you should be able to:

1. Identify 5 essentials components of a “down and dirty” assessment in your patient when they have a sudden decomposition in health status.
2. State 3 rapid interventions that can stabilize a patient who is symptomatic with a low blood pressure.
3. Recognize the most common causes of arterial blood gas abnormalities.
4. Quickly identify the 3 most common dysrhythmias using rhythm strip interpretation.
5. Manage the risk to avoid re-expansion pulmonary edema in the patient with a chest tube for pleural effusion.
6. Review the correct technique for opening an occluded central line lumen.
7. Summarize the difference between failure to capture and failure to sense in a pacemaker and how each is resolved.

1. Identification & Management of Crisis
1. Master “down and dirty” prompt assessment skills
2. End the “Red Flags”
3. Rapid stabilizing interventions for the unstable patient
4. Manage the decompensating patient
5. Better outcomes through quick intervention
2. Easy Steps to ABG Analysis
1. Acid base imbalance
2. 4 abnormal findings when reading your lab result
3. A simple tool to rapidly and efficiently interpret ABG’s!
3. The 5 Steps to Rhythm Strip Interpretation
1. Systematically reviewing the major components of a rhythm strips
2. Identifying rhythm changes and management of:
3. Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter
4. Paroxysmal Supra-Ventricular Tachycardia (PSVT)
5. V-Tach and V-Fib
4. Managing Chest Drainage
1. Indications for chest tubes
2. Circumventing re-expansion pulmonary edema
3. Avoiding common complications of chest drainage
5. Master Central Line Care
1. Common issues experienced with central lines
2. Using which port for what on a triple lumen PICC
3. Use of a “cell-saver” to reduce lost hemoglobin during blood draws
4. The challenge of CVP monitoring
6. Pacemakers & AICDs
1. Indications for pacemakers
2. Meaning of pacemaker codes
3. Types of Pacemakers
4. Device management
5. Practical solutions to common pacemaker problems

Cyndi Zarbano, MSN-Ed, CCRN, CMSRN, LNC, has been a nurse for nearly 30 years specializing in intensive care. She earned her legal nurse consultant training through the Vickie Milazzo Institute in 2008 and has worked on nearly 250 cases for various boards of nursing. She has worked with attorneys on pre-corrective action and with nurses to meet consultation requirements to fulfill corrective action guidelines.

Additionally, Cyndi has worked as a legal nurse consultant responsible to analyze medical records, determine merit, assist with client interviews, attend medical appointments, locate testing experts, complete chronologies, review billing for accuracy, provide deposition/jury question development, and assist in court strategy development. Cyndi is a renowned national seminar speaker having spoken for numerous companies since 2008, including her own, Clinical Review Consultants. She works for Mayo Clinic in Minnesota continuing her passion for bedside nursing in critical care. Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Cynthia Zarbano is the owner of Clinical Review Consultants and has an employment relationship with Mayo Mankato. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Cynthia Zarbano has no relevant non-financial relationships.

Save time and $10 off the price of other submission methods – purchase & take the CE test online for $9.99 USD per participant. Additional processing fees apply for other submission methods (i.e. mail, fax, etc.). Please contact our Customer Service at 1-800-844-8260 for more details.

Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

Certificates of Successful Completion are available for email, download and/or printing from your online account immediately following the successful completion of the post-test/evaluation.

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. 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 professions standards.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Nurse Specialists - Credit Expired: 10/5/2019
No CE available for this board.

California Nurses: PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #:17118 for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

Florida Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

Iowa Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 6.3 self-study contact hours.

Copies of the evaluation may be sent to the IBON. You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

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Other Professions
This self-study activity qualifies for 6.25 clock hours of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

Disclaimer: **Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.
**It is your ethical responsibility to report accurate hours to your licensing board.
**All self-study participants must complete and pass (80% or better) a post-test and evaluation prior to receiving a certificate of completion. If you require a copy of the test/evaluation for CE purposes, please print at the time you take the test. Or you may call our customer service department and a copy of your test/evaluation will be emailed to you. Please allow 30-45 days.

Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Physician Assistants, Respiratory Care Practitioners