Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Identify signs of early decompensation and treatment modalities in the patient with neurological compromise.
2. Relate functional cardiac anatomy and physiology to hemodynamic concepts and values.
3. Identify signs and symptoms of a variety of gastrointestinal conditions and emergencies and  appropriate nursing interventions.

Faculty

Kim Desautels, MSN, RN, CCRN
Clinical Educator
D5A
Baystate Medical Center

Lynn Morris, MSN, RN-BC
Clinical Educator
SW5, SW6
Baystate Medical Center

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.

Nurses
Baystate Health Continuing Interprofessional Education has approved this course for continuing education units in accordance with the regulations of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration in nursing.  This activity is awarded at the end of the required sessions.