Target audience: Nurses and LPNs new hired into Heart & Vascular Telemetry M5, M6, & M7
For questions contact Carol Lynn via email at Carol.Lynn@baystatehealth.org
Objectives
1|Define the standards of practice in relation to the care of the patient undergoing vascular surgery.
2|Summarize the process of preparing and sending a patient to the HVOR.
4|Describe the surgical site infection prevention interventions for a cardiac surgery patient.
Faculty
Carol Lynn MSN RN CV-BC
Clinical Nurse Educator
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.
- 4.00 ANCC Contact Hours