Karen M. Marzlin – Advanced Concepts in Cardiovascular Care 2-Day Conference: Day Two: Advanced Management Strategies for Complex Cardiac Patients – PESI

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Advanced Concepts in Cardiovascular Care 2-Day Conference: Day Two: Advanced Management Strategies for Complex Cardiac Patients

Speaker: Karen M. Marzlin, DNP, RN, CCNS, CCRN-CMC, CHFN
Duration: Full Day
Format: Audio and Video

Description

DAY TWO: ADVANCED MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR COMPLEX CARDIAC PATIENTS

The complexity of today’s cardiovascular patient can challenge even the most experienced healthcare provider. You need to be up to date on the most current and cutting-edge strategies and interventions to care for these high acuity patients. Get the latest and greatest in this comprehensive seminar where expert, Karen M. Marzlin, DNP, RN, CCNS, CCRN-CMC, CHFN, will inspire you to take your knowledge to the next level. We will go far beyond the basics discussing the complicated scenarios that demand expert clinical reasoning and judgement. You will have the opportunity to enhance your critical thinking skills, improve your ability to interpret the difficult dysrhythmias and ECG findings, analyze cardiac case scenarios and explore the latest in management strategies. You will leave with a renewed commitment to achieving excellence in cardiac care!

Speaker

Karen M. Marzlin, DNP, RN, CCNS, CCRN-CMC, CHFN
Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist/Co-Owner
Key Choice

Karen M. Marzlin, DNP, RN, CCNS, CCRN-CMC, CHFN, is an acute care Clinical Nurse Specialist practicing with medical cardiology patients in a 56-bed variable staffing CCU. Karen has been a nurse for over 26 years and has spent her entire career working with the cardiac patient. Karen also dedicated 10 years of her career to management and cardiovascular program administration. She has a passion for creating excellence at the bedside that is evident in her daily practice.

Karen, in addition to maintaining a part-time clinical practice, is a co-owner of Key Choice, a training and consulting business. She travels nationally and provides continuing education on a wide variety of cardiovascular and critical care topics as well as leadership/management consulting. Her presentations are enthusiastically delivered and offer practical tips that help everyone achieve excellence at the bedside. Linking knowledge to practice is the goal of every education program.

Karen collaborated on Cardiovascular Nursing Practice: A Comprehensive Nursing Resource Manual published by CNEA in 2007.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Karen Marzlin receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Nonfinancial: Karen Marzlin has no relevant nonfinancial relationship to disclose.

Outline

ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR ASSESSMENT & DISEASE MANAGEMENT

* Complications of Acute Coronary Syndrome

   * Guideline Directed Medical Treatment
   * Complications Related to Type of MI
   * Complications Related to Electrical Instability:

• Ventricular Arrhythmias
• Bundle Branch Blocks
• Heart Blocks

   * Complications Related to Mechanical Failure:

• Cardiogenic Shock
• Myocardial Rupture
• Cardiac Tamponade
• Ventricular Aneurysm

* Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF)

   * Identification of ADHF
   * Causes
   * Diagnostic Tools
   * Treatment Strategies

• Utilization of Forrester Subsets
• Differentiating Forward Failure from Backward Failure
• Adjusting Preload, Afterload & Contractility

   * Advanced Therapies
   * Discharge Readiness and Preparation
   * Decreasing Readmissions

ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOLOGY

* Guideline Directed Medical Therapy

   * Heart Failure

• ACE Inhibitors
• Beta Blockers
• Aldosterone Antagonist
• Special Consideration in African Americans
• Diuretics
• Digoxin
• Impact of Abnormal Renal Function

   * Acute Coronary Syndromes

• Beta Blockers
• Antiplatelet Medications
• Statins

*Prescribing /Monitoring Pearls
* Polypharmacy and Patient Engagement

Objectives

1. Discuss evidence-based treatment strategies used in ACS.
2. Identify the 5 mechanical complications of ACS.
3. Categorize Advanced Decompensated Heart Failure by subset.
4. Correlate HF practice recommendations to the supporting evidence.
5. Differentiate rate versus rhythm control management strategies in Atrial Fibrillation.
6. Define therapeutic success for the patient with atrial fibrillation.
7. Recognize dangerous drug-drug interactions of medications used in treating cardiovascular conditions.

Target Audience

Cardiovascular Technology Professionals, Nurses, and other Healthcare Professionals

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