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| Registration Types | Early June 12 - Sept. 18 | Advance Sept. 19 - Oct. 16 | Standard Oct. 17 - Nov. 20 |
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Program Description
This cardiovascular clinical symposium provides the most up-to-date evidence-based practices for nurses who care for cardiovascular patients to promote optimal patient outcomes. Case studies will be presented to provide an opportunity for nurses to enhance critical thinking skills when caring for patients with cardiovascular disease.
This cardiovascular clinical symposium provides the most up-to-date evidence-based practices for nurses who care for cardiovascular patients to promote optimal patient outcomes. Case studies will be presented to provide an opportunity for nurses to enhance critical thinking skills when caring for patients with cardiovascular disease.
Objectives
• Identify specific evidence-based strategies to optimize clinical outcomes in select cardiovascular condition
• Apply critical-thinking skills in the assessment, diagnosis and management of complex cardiovascular patients through analysis of case studies.
• Describe emerging “best practices” for patients with cardiovascular disease.
Target Audience
This conference will benefit frontline clinicians who are at the bedside taking care of complex cardiovascular patients in acute and chronic settings.
Accreditation (CME/CE)
Continuing Education Credits:
The American Heart Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. The maximum number of hours awarded for this CE activity is 9.0 contact hours. Accredited status does not imply endorsement by the American Heart Association or the American Nurses Credentialing Center of any commercial products displayed in conjunction with this activity. To successfully complete the activity, learners must fully participate in the sessions. In addition, learners must provide feedback that will be used for evaluative and outcomes measurement purposes. Learners will check in onsite for attendance verification purposes and will be required to provide evaluative feedback before CME/CE credit can be claimed.
Why Attend?
Why attend? There are many great reasons!
- Expand your knowledge – learn from programming on evidence-based practice and complex case studies.
- Ask the leaders – Bring your questions and discuss them with nationally recognized experts in your field
- Meet other nurses – network with peers and experts in your field.
- Earn CE credit – The American Heart Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
- Help your patients – the American Heart Association and its Scientific Sessions conference serve the mission of building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
Programming
CVSN Clinical Symposium Program
Final Program (PDF) | Program Committee | Learning Objectives
| Tuesday, November 19 1:00 PM – 4:20 PM | |
| 1:00 | Welcome/Opening Remarks |
| Deborah Klein, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, CCRN, CHFN, FAHA, Chair, Program Committee, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH Mariann Piano, RN, PhD, FAHA, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
| 1:10 | Keynote Lecture: Digging Through the Mountain: How to Navigate the Guidelines |
| Presenter: Anna Gawlinski, RN, DNSc, FAAN, FAHA, Chair, Program Committee Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and UCLA School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA Moderator: Deborah Klein MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, CCRN, CHFN, FAHA, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH | |
| 1:55 | Time is Brain: Evidenced-Based Care of the Stroke Patient |
| Presenter: Dawn Meyer, PhD, Nurse Practitioner, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA Moderator: Anthony McGuire, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, CCRN, California State University, Long Beach, CA | |
| 2:40 | Refreshment Break |
| 2:50 | Renal Denervation: The New Treatment of Hypertension |
| Presenter: Nicholas Ruggiero, MD, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA Moderator: Barbara “Bobbi” Leeper, RN-BC, MN, CNS M-S, CCRN, FAHA, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX | |
| 3:35 | Improving Outcomes in Adults with Congenital Heart Disorders |
| Presenter: Vicki Zeigler, PhD, RN, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX Moderator: Sara Paul, RN, DNP, FNP, FAHA, Western Piedmont Heart Centers, Hickory, NC | |
| 4:20 | Adjourn |
| Wednesday, November 20 8:00 AM – 3:15 PM | |
| 8:00 | Cardiac Diagnostic Testing: Which Test Do We Do When |
| Presenter: John Teerlink, MD, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA Moderator: Robin Trupp, PhD, ARNP-BC, CHFN, HF NP, FAHA, Duke University, Durham, NC | |
| 8:45 | Understanding Pacemakers: Keeping the Beat |
| Presenter: Rose Shaffer, RN, MSN, CRNP,CCRN,FAHA, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA Moderator: Barbara “Bobbi” Leeper, RN-BC, NM, CNS M-S,CCRN, FAHA, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX | |
| 9:30 | Tackling Mysterious Dysrhythmias |
| Presenter: Barbara Drew, RN, PhD, FAAN,FAHA, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Moderator: Rose Shaffer, RN, MSN, CRNP, CCRN, FAHA Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 10:15 | Refreshment Break |
| 10:45 | Cardiovascular Pharmacology: 2013 Update |
| Presenter: Robert Page, PharmD, MSPH, FCCP, FASHP, FASCP, FAHA, BCPS, CGP, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO Moderator: Sara Paul, RN, DNP, FNP, FAHA, Western Piedmont Heart Centers, Hickory, NC | |
| 11:30 | New Approaches to Valve Repair and Replacement |
| Presenter: Samir Kapadia, MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH Moderator: Deborah Klein MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, CCRN, CHFN, FAHA, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH | |
| 12:15 | Lunch |
| 1:00 | Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm: Diagnosis and Treatment |
| Presenter: Barbara “Bobbi” Leeper, RN-BC, NM, CNS M-S,CCRN, FAHA, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX Moderator: Rose Shaffer, RN, MSN, CRNP, CCRN, FAHA Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1:45 | Advancing Your Cardiovascular Assessment Skills |
| Presenter: Jane Linderbaum, RN, CNP, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Moderator: Bonnie Tong, MSN, RN, ACNP-BC, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY | |
| 2:30 | Cultural Diversity: Implications for Practice |
| Presenter: Lola Coke, PhD, RN, CNS, Rush University, Chicago, IL Moderator: Marcia Murphy, DNP, APRN, FAHA, Rush University College of Nursing, Chicago, IL | |
| 3:15 | Adjourn |
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The American Heart Association is grateful to the members of the Cardiovascular Nursing Clinical Symposium Program Committee for their dedication and leadership in the organization of the program.
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