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Activity Steps

Purpose of Activity

To provide registered professional nurses with information to increase their knowledge about current issues affecting emergency nursing practice.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:


1. Discuss the street name, pharmacokinetics, effects, and treatment for ingestion of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA).
2. List 2 forms of cardiac glycosides and the symptoms and assessment of acute toxicity.
3. Discuss the American Heart Association?s (AHA?s) guidelines for ECG acquisition and interpretation for patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and the results of a study evaluating time to ECG.
4. Describe the effects of sedation and pain medications in the older adult.
5. Describe methods for the early detection and treatment of sepsis.
6. Discuss the incidence of dysphagia after stroke and the assessment of swallowing function.

Price: $32.50

Credits:

  • ANCC 5.0 CH
  • DC - BON 5.0 CH
  • KY-BON 5.0 CH

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
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This activity is also provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11749. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is also an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the District of Columbia and Florida #50-1223. Your certificate is valid in all states.
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The ANCC's accreditation status of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Department of Continuing Education refers only to its continuing nursing educational activities and does not imply Commission on Accreditation approval or endorsement of any commercial product.





Test Code: JEN0111C
Published: January 2011
Expires: 12/31/2026
Required Passing Score: 18/24 (75%)
Authors:
Categories: Emergency care