KU Medical Center Continuing Education

Overview

This program is designed to provide nurses up-to-date information on cardiology and cardiothoracic treatment modalities.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, the participant will:

• Identify recent advances in the management of cardiac arrhythmias in the Electrophysiology Lab.
• Review of commonly used natural products in the treatment of cardiovascular disease.
• Define treatments for heart failure that provide either symptom control or survival enhancement.
• Identify, assess and triage patients with chest pain.

Accreditation

The University of Kansas Hospital Education and Development is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

The Cardiac Nursing Symposium is offered for 6.25 contact hours applicable towards RN/LPN re-licensure. No partial credits will be given.

Questions?

E-mail Ginny Donohue, gfrye@kumc.edu