Clinical Pearls - 2020 Annual Convention

Oct 22, 2020 ‐ Oct 25, 2020

This specialty CNE / NCPD package features varied clinical topics of interest to the medical-surgical nurse including nursing management of the obese patient, infectious complications of IV drug use, hepatitis/liver failure/cirrhosis, NASH, Proactive A1c screening, and reducing refusals of VTE prophylaxis in surgical patients.

This package includes 5.75 contact hours.

Contact hours available until 10/25/2022.

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Proactive A1c Screening and Education for the Elective Total Joint Patient

Oct 20, 2020 6:15pm ‐ Oct 20, 2020 7:00pm

Identification: OD12

Credits: None available.

Speaker(s):

• Jennifer Miller, MSN, RN, CMSRN, ONC, System Total Joint RN Coordinator, NCH Healthcare System

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NASH (Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis): The Silent Epidemic

Oct 21, 2020 3:30pm ‐ Oct 21, 2020 4:30pm

Identification: OD23

Credits: None available.

Speaker(s):

• Darlene Lovasik, MN, RN, CCRN-K, CCTN, Transplant/Surgery Program Nurse Specialist, UPMC Presbyterian, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

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Obesity: Prevalence, Comorbidities, and Nursing Management

Oct 22, 2020 3:00pm ‐ Oct 22, 2020 4:15pm

Identification: 111

Credits: None available.

Speaker(s):

• Antoinette Falker, DNP, RN, GCNS-BC, CMSRN, CBN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Barnes-Jewish Hospital

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Beyond the Opioid Crisis: Infectious Complications of Intravenous Drug Use

Oct 23, 2020 12:00pm ‐ Oct 23, 2020 1:15pm

Identification: 211

Credits: None available.

Speaker(s):

• Lynne Kokoczka, MSN, APRN-CNS, ACCNS-AG, CCRN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cleveland Clinic

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Hepatitis, Liver Failure, and Cirrhosis: Reversible or Path to Liver Transplantation?

Oct 24, 2020 3:00pm ‐ Oct 24, 2020 4:00pm

Identification: 321

Credits: None available.

Speaker(s):

• Darlene Lovasik, MN, RN, CCRN-K, CCTN, Transplant/Surgery Program Nurse Specialist, UPMC Presbyterian, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

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Getting to Yes: A QI Intervention to Reducing Refusals of Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Surgical Patients

Oct 25, 2020 11:45am ‐ Oct 25, 2020 1:00pm

Identification: 413

Credits: None available.

Speaker(s):

• Victoria Saunders, BSN, RN, CMSRN, Charge Nurse, UC Health