TCHP	Education Consortium

Providing education for today's health care professionals

Cardiovascular Critical Care

July 7, 2009
7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Minneapolis VA Medical Center--Main Auditorium

For any questions about this class, please call TCHP at 651-254-0885

Location (do not call hospital where class is scheduled to be held)
Cancellation related to weather: call TCHP after 5:30 a.m. on the day of class
Cancellation due to low enrollment
Class closed due to enrollment limit reached

Registration Information

Always register before attending class!

Sometimes classes are cancelled or full—we do not want you to make the trip to class for nothing! If you plan to attend, please register with your hospital, or with TCHP:

HCMC: Learning Center (Intranet Education Page) or call 612-873-2392

HealthEast: Use the HealthEast website at www.healtheast.org, under continuing education, employees only.

MVAMC: Call Education at 612-467-4380

Regions Hospital: Call Education at 651-254-3330

Non-TCHP Hospital Participants: Call TCHP at 651-254-0885 to let us know you are attending or register online. Payment is due before class time. You can print out and mail a registration form to send with your payment or just send in the payment with a notation about which class it is for if you have already registered online. It is best to mail in your payment at least a week before the class. If time is short, call your registration in to TCHP and bring a check or cash with you to pay for class. Checks should be made payable to Regions Hospital. The coordinator cannot make change for you—please bring the exact amount with you. Credit cards are not accepted. The tuition for this class is: $85.

Click HERE to get a map and driving directions.

Click HERE to get the Pre-reading packet (primer) for this class.

Description/Purpose Statement
Cardiac and vascular diseases are becoming more and more common in American society. Critical care nurses routinely see patients with a wide variety of cardiovascular problems. The purpose of this class is to learn how to assess and care for the patient experiencing problems such as angina, myocardial infarction, peripheral vascular disease, hypertension, congestive heart failure, and cardiomyopathy.

Target Audience
This class was designed for the novice critical care or telemetry nurse; however, other health care professionals are welcome to attend.

Before You Come To Class
You must complete the Cardiovascular Critical Care Primer. Click on the link above to access the primer. Please bring your completed primer post-test with you to class for processing.

Schedule

7:30 - 7:45 a.m.	Registration
7:45 - 9:00 a.m.	Hypertension	Pam Triplett
9:00 - 9:10 a.m.	Break
9:10 – 9:50 a.m.	Peripheral Vascular Disease	Pam Triplett
9:50-10:00 a.m.	Break
10:00 – 11:00 a.m.	Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)	Colleen Johannsen
11:00 – 12:00 noon	Lunch
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.	Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) (con’t)	Colleen Johannsen
1:00 – 1:15 p.m.	Break
1:15 – 2:30 p.m.	Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) (con’t)	Colleen Johannsen
2:30 - 2:45 p.m.	Break
2:45 – 4:00 p.m.	Congestive Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies	Cleo Bonham

Continuing Education Credit

For attending this class, you are eligible to receive:

7.7 Minnesota Board of Nursing contact hours / 6.41 ANCC contact hours

Criteria for successful completion: If you are an ANCC-certified nurse, you must attend the ENTIRE activity in order to achieve the objective and receive contact hours.

The Twin Cities Health Professionals Education Consortium is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association Continuing Education Approval Program Committee, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

If you complete the primer for this class, you are eligible to receive an additional:

2.0 Minnesota Board of Nursing contact hour / 1.66 ANCC contact hours

Criteria for successful completion: You must read the packet, complete the post-test and submit it to TCHP for processing.

Planning Committee/Presenters

*Cleo Bonham, MSN, RN, CCRN, Educator at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center.

Linda Checky, BSN, RN, MBA, Assistant Program Manager for TCHP Education Consortium.

Lynn Duane, MSN, RN, Program Manager for TCHP Education Consortium.

Jillyne Frazier, MSN, RN, System Director, Nursing Practice and Clinical Education at HealthEast.

*Colleen Johannsen, RN, Staff Nurse in the CICU at Regions Hospital.

Sarah Linhoff, MSN, RN, CNOR, Nurse Educator at Regions Hospital.

Debra Pederson, MS, RNC, Director of Employee Education at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center.

Betty Stenglein, MS, RN, Nursing Educator at Hennepin County Medical Center.

*Pam Triplett, RN, CCRN, Clinical Educator in the CICU at Regions Hospital.

*Denotes presenters

Other Information

You should dress in layers to accommodate fluctuations in room temperature.
Food, beverages, and parking costs are your responsibility.
Check the attached map for directions to the program location and for assistance with parking.
If you are unable to attend after registering, please notify the Education Department at your hospital or call TCHP at 651-254-0885.
In the case of bad weather, call the TCHP office at 651-254-0885 and check the answering message to see if a class has been cancelled. If a class has been cancelled, the message will be posted by 5:30 a.m. on the day of the program.