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2 Minute EBP Challenge

Monday, March 08, 2010
Restoring Hemoglobin
One of the goals for a patient who has a large blood loss is the restoration of normal hemoglobin levels.  This is partially done by blood transfusions, usually to a hemoglobin level of about 10g/dL.  A hemoglobin level that low will leave the patient feeling fatigued, but should be high enough to protect the heart from anemic ischemia.

Sunday, February 28, 2010
Renal Dysfunction
Mrs. Mersa is admitted with sepsis and hypotension.  Her labs indicate:
BUN 58 mg/dl
Serum creatinine 2.1 mg/dl
Urine sodium 70 mEq/L
Urine specific gravity 1.010, with cellular casts and RBCs in the urine.
Based on these findings you would consider:

Friday, February 12, 2010
Which action first?
Which information about a patient who has just been admitted to the hospital with nausea and vomiting will require the most rapid intervention by the nurse?

 

Update on Heart Failure

According to The American College of Cardiology and The American Heart Association, Heart Failure (HF) affects nearly 6 million people in the US with one in eight deaths mentioning HF. It's the number one admitting or secondary diagnosis in hospitals today. Despite advances in both treatment and care of HF and acute myocardial infarctions (AMIs) the number of HF deaths in the US continues to rise. As the most common Medicare diagnosis related group, the US is estimated to spend 37.2 billion dollars directly and indirectly, on HF in 2009.
 
This one-hour web-based seminar (webinar) is designed to give you insight into the latest treatments for heart failure along with the pathophysiological underpinnings of the disease process. You will explore several causes for heart failure, along with the latest diagnostics and cutting-edge treatments.
 
You will learn to:
 
1. Describe the process of impaired cardiac compensation that leads to the progressive decompensation of heart failure.
2. Compare and contrast common diagnostic tests for their efficiency and effectiveness.
3. Plan care for patients with heart failure.
 
If you want to feel more confident in your care of patients with heart failure, then plan to join us on April 22, 2009 at 12 noon for the webinar "Update on Heart Failure."
 
You will need a computer with internet access and a long-distance phone line to participate in the webinar.)
Update in Heart Failure 

Webinar $9

Institutional Webinar $97

You'll "get it", I guarantee it! - 
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