Session Description

Perianesthesia Clinical Priorities

This preconference offers a comprehensive course for perianesthesia nurses, from novice to expert, seeking to broaden their knowledge and skills in the care of the perianesthesia patient. The program will conclude with a sensitive discussion on the ethical challenges facing healthcare workers in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

8.5 contact hours Maureen McLaughlin MS RN ACNS-BC CPAN CAPA

Schedule (All times ET)

8:00am – 9:30am        Essentials of Anesthesia for Perianesthesia Nursing Care (1.5 DC)

9:30am – 9:45am        Break

9:45am – 10:45am      Risks and Benefits When Anesthesia Occurs Outside of the Operating Room (1.0 DC)

10:45am – 11:45am    Neurological Complications in the PACU (1.0 DC)

11:45am – 12:45pm    Lunch (On Your Own)

12:45pm – 2:00pm      Early Identification and Management of Perioperative Pulmonary Complications (1.25 DC)

2:00pm – 3:15pm        Caring for the Critically Ill Perianesthesia Patient (1.25 DC)

3:15pm – 3:30pm        Break

3:30pm – 4:30pm        Early Identification and Management of the Septic Patient (1.0 DC)

4:30pm – 5:15pm        Causality and Preventability of Medication Errors (0.75 IC)

5:15pm – 6:00pm        Ethical Challenges in the Midst of a Pandemic (0.75 IC)

6:00pm – 6:15pm        Evaluations

Accreditation

American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses, (ASPAN) is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Association Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP5197, for 8.5 contact hours.

Additional provider numbers: Alabama ABNP0074.

All planners and presenters at continuing nursing education activities are required to disclose to the audience any significant financial relationships with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial products, goods, or services. Such disclosures are provided in the following table. (--- = Nothing to disclose)