Course Summary
Contact Hour(s):
1.5 Contact Hours
Author:
Alyssa King, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, PMHNP-BC, PMH-C, CLC, CNE)
David Tilton, RN, BSN
This peer-reviewed course is applicable for the following professions:
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), CCI Credentialed Specialists, Certified Nurse Practitioner, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN), Nursing Student, Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Nurse Practitioner
Accreditations:
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
State Approvals:
Alabama, Provider #ABNP1485; California BRN Provider #CEP # 13509; Kentucky Board of Nursing Provider #7-0085; Florida Board of Nursing Provider 50-353
Course Description:
This course discusses the Framingham Heart Failure Diagnostic Criteria, acute Heart Failure, cardiac remodeling, Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD), Progressive Cardiac Pump Failure, and acute dysrhythmias that are associated with Heart Failure.
Outcomes:
≥ 92% of participants will know the different presentations of acute Heart Failure.
Objectives:
After completing this continuing education course, the participant will be able to:
- List the tools and tests used for the diagnosis of Heart Failure.
- Describe the Framingham Heart Failure Diagnostic Criteria.
- State the associated symptoms of acute Heart Failure.
- Explain what happens to the heart anatomically in cardiac remodeling.
- Differentiate Sudden Cardiac Death from Progressive Cardiac Pump Failure.
- Describe the acute dysrhythmias that are associated with Heart Failure.
Disclosures:
CEUFast Inc. and the course planning team for this educational activity do not have any 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.