Target audience: Nurses and LPNs newly hired into Heart & Vascular Telemetry M5, M6, & M7

For questions or more information about the program, email Carol.Lynn@baystatehealth.org 

Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1|Analyze the signs and symptoms of an acute coronary event.
2|Determine treatment and nursing interventions for an acute coronary event.
3|Describe the pathophysiology and treatment of the patient with advanced heart failure.
4|Determine the nursing interventions associated with the patient who has advanced heart failure.

Faculty

Marsha Chappel CCRN
Clinical Nurse Educator
Baystate Medical Center

David Bennett RN CV-BC 
Staff Nurse Heart Failure Unit
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. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have 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. 

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Nurses
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.0 contact hour(s).
Nurses should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.