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TECH141-0711: Advanced Nursing-Critical Care Module 2
INSTRUCTOR: Andrea Steele, BSc, RVT, VTS (ECC)
COURSE OPEN: July 6-August 13, 2011
REAL TIME SESSIONS: Wednesdays, July 13, 20, and 27, and August 3, 2011; 9:30pm-11:00pm ET (USA)
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Practice Sessions: In order to prepare you for a successful experience in your CE course, we request you attend a practice session prior to the first RTS. Times and dates will be listed in your course confirmation email. Expect to spend up to 1 hour at one of the 2-4 practice sessions held prior to the first RTS.
Level and Prerequisites: This advanced course is focused toward the experienced technician who routinely deals with emergent or critical cases, or has an interest in specializing in Emergency and Critical Care. Module 1 is a prerequisite for Module 2; this is to help insure a complete understanding of advanced nursing techniques of critical care. VIN CE/VSPN CE Course open to VIN and VSPN members. This course has been submitted for RACE approval for veterinary technicians.
The course consists of four (4) Real Time Sessions of ninety minutes (90) each covering library course materials, discussion of situations and cases, interactive message boards to discuss the Real Time Sessions, and multiple choice online quizzes as well as well as a mandatory end-of-course exam. Successful completion (scoring 80% or better) on the end-of course-exam is required to be considered for the certificate of completion.
Course Description:
This is module 2 of a two part course in Advanced Nursing Skills for emergent and critically ill patients. Throughout the series, technicians will be encouraged to critically think, problem solve, and develop new skills. These courses will be presented in a systems approach, beginning with nursing techniques that may be universal to any critical illness, followed by techniques that focus on the various body systems.
Upon completion of this course, the participant should be able to discuss and interpret
TEXTBOOKS: There are no required texts for this course; however, the instructor recommends the following:
Course Outline:
Week 1 (Real Time Session July 13): Renal
Content: Patients in acute renal failure can be very difficult to manage, and have very specialized requirements in nursing and monitoring. This session will focus on an overview of renal physiology, acute versus chronic renal failure, management of anuria, oliguria and polyuria, peritoneal dialysis and specialized requirements of renal patients.
Week 2 (Real Time Session July 20): Endocrine
Content: A good Addisonian Crisis arriving on your doorstep can get the adrenaline flowing in any seasoned technician. They can arrive moribund, and a few hours later appear almost normal; a very gratifying disease in the emergent phase. Diabetic ketoacidosis; however, can also arrive quite moribund, and with appropriate treatment require a long term stay in your ICU to normalize. These are just two of the disease processes we will discuss in this session which will include: an overview of common endocrine diseases, understanding treatment goals, understanding common fluid and electrolyte movements and recognizing complications during therapy.
Week 3 (Real Time Session July 27): Neurologic and Gastrointestinal
Content: Specialized nursing concerns for neurologic patients including seizures, head trauma, and IVDD will be discussed in this session. We will also discuss neurological sequelae to other disease processes. Primary and secondary disorders of the gastrointestinal tract will also be examined in this session. Both of the subjects in this session will emphasize the role of the technician in identifying changes in patient parameters.
Week 4 (Real Time Session August 3): CPCR
Content: Of course we hope that our patients will not advance to cardiopulmonary arrest, but unfortunately, in critical patients this is a common occurrence. In this session we will discuss the techniques for CPCR, as well as the importance of having owner discussions, DNR-do not resuscitate orders and levels of CPCR.
CE HOURS: 6
Tuition: $120 ($108 early bird special if enrolled by June 22, 2011).
*Enroll in both Modules before May 4, 2011 and receive a 15% discount off the regular course price.
*Students currently enrolled in and taking at least 2 classes or 5 units at an AVMA accredited or CAAHT approved Veterinary Technician Program may be eligible to receive a 50% discount off the regular rate for this course (upon verification of student status). You must include the following information in the comments section of the CE enrollment form in order to be eligible for this discount: your program director's name and contact information (email/phone) and school name.
** To ensure participants are ready and prepared for classes, enrollment will close when the maximum number of participants is reached or at 5pm ET the day of the first Real Time Session unless otherwise noted. If the first Real Time Session is on a weekend, course will close on the Friday before the first Real Time Session.
**For more on how online CE works see the VSPN Participant's Resource Center
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Nanette R. Walker Smith, M.Ed., RVT, CVT, LVT
VSPN Content Director & VSPN CE Director
VSPN CE Services: VSPNCE@vspn.org
1-800-846-0028 or 1-530-756-4881 or direct line to VIN/VSPN from the United Kingdom: 01452226154
Charlotte Waack (Charlotte@vspn.org), ext 193
Chris Upchurch (Chris@vspn.org); ext 197
Darci Palmer (Darci@vspn.org); ext 179
Debbie Bess (DBess@vspn.org); ext 178
Jennifer Withrow (Jennifer@vspn.org); ext 159
Nanette Walker Smith (Nanette@vspn.org); ext 187
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