Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Identify the signs of shock
2. Describe the nursing interventions of managing a critical patient
3. Describe the critical care medication and the administration methods
4. Identify the components of the hemodynamic assessment and management for the nurse
5. Describe the nursing considerations and care for managing an intubated patient.

Faculty

Gina St.Jean MSN, RN CCRN
Clinical Nurse Educator
Emergency Department
Baystate Medical Center

Melissa Shaw MSN, RN
Clinical Nurse Educator
Emergency Department
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 planners or faculty for this educational activity have a relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.