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Cardiovascular Certificate Course: Conquer Cardiac Emergencies

CE Information
14.0 CE credits (2.0 pharmacology)
Completion Time
13 hours, 21 minutes
Available Until
December 31, 2025
Posted By
PESI
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Overview

Specialties
Acute Care, Cardiology, Emergency/Trauma, and Neurology
Clinical Topics
Acute Coronary Syndrome, Acute Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, Cardiovascular Disease, Heart, and Heart Disease

Enhance your cardiac skills or earn a cardiovascular certificate with practical tools and clinical insights, earning 14.0 CE hours including 2.0 ANCC-approved pharmacology hours.

Learning Objectives

  • Analyze EKG changes associated with ischemia, injury, and infarction patterns.
  • Evaluate current medical management for complicated STEMI and NSTEMI patients.
  • Distinguish between the features and best treatments for each heart block.
  • Diagnose common cardiac and pulmonary disorders using the chest x-ray.
  • Develop a systematic approach to chest x-ray interpretations.
  • Incorporate clinical pearls of EKG and CXR interpretation into daily practice.
  • Analyze the treatment plans for the different types of cardiomyopathy.
  • Implement new pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments for heart failure patients in your clinical setting.
  • Assess troubleshooting and emergency management of the LVAD patient.
  • Interpret the earliest signs and symptoms of aortic aneurysms.
  • Investigate assessment cues and complications associated with endovascular stent grafts.
  • Analyze challenging case studies to recognize the borderline and abnormal patient findings that you may have previously missed.

Speakers

Cyndi Zarbano
Cyndi Zarbano MSN-ED, CCRN, PCCN

Qualified Professional/Case Management at MRCI WorkSource

I am clinically active as an intensive care nurse at a 16 bed ICU for Mayo. I work with a wide variety of specialties including neuro surgery, ventilator patients, balloon pumps, CRRT, Flotrak, etc.... I have a legal nurse consulting business (see website for both services offered and testimonials). I also develop and deliver seminars during the week for companies nationwide on medical related topics and work with the MN Board of Nursing working with nurses who have gotten Corrective Action or Suspensions. I work with them as a consultant to meet the criteria of their corrective action and get them back to work. I have two pocket guides currently published in 2013 and 2014, both available on Amazon.com. One is on Assessment Skills and the other on Medical Surgical Nursing. Currently a pocket guide on laboratory findings in in the editing stage. I am in the process of negotiating a contract with Springer Publishing Company as well for a manual to prepare for the Medical Surgical Certification test. I also have numerous recorded programs that are available for purchase through PESI Healthcare, Ed4Nurses and Med Ed Seminars. I am a US Naval veteran leaving service as a Lieutenant Commander (LCDR). Specialties: Medical/Surgical, Intensive Care, psychiatric nursing, certified legal nurse consulting, seminar development and delivery. I am certified in ICU, Progressive Care, Med/Surg, as a legal nurse consultant and as a nurse life care planner.

Cheryl Herrmann
Cheryl Herrmann RN, MS, APRN, CCRN, CCNS-CSC/CMC

Cheryl Herrmann, RN, MS, APRN, CCRN, CCNS-CSC/CMC, has 31 years of nursing experience—15 years as a bedside nurse in SICU, Neuro ICU, and CVICU, and 16 years as a cardiac clinical nurse specialist. As a cardiac CNS, she cares for patients in cardiac prep and recovery, cardiac catheterization, surgery, ICU, telemetry/progressive units, and at discharge. In addition, Ms. Herrmann is a Prehospital RN for the local ambulance service. In 2005, Ms. Herrmann was honored with the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Circle of Excellence—Excellent Clinical Nurse Specialist Award and the Twenty-Five Women in Leadership Award in central Illinois. She is the recipient of the 2009 University of Illinois Alumni Award.

CE Information

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