OVERVIEW

Join our CE course for Registered Nurses (RNs) on Critical Care Medications for Acute Cardiac Events to enhance your understanding of the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of drugs like digoxin, nitrates, and antiarrhythmics. Identify drug classifications, indications, interactions, and adverse reactions in cardiac emergencies. This course emphasizes safe administration practices, monitoring vital signs and ECG changes, and educating patients on medication use and toxicity signs, ensuring effective therapy and improved outcomes in acute cardiac care.

Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, learners will be able to:

Understand the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of critical care medications, including how drugs like digoxin, nitrates, and antiarrhythmics affect cardiac function and their absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.
Identify drug classifications and indications in cardiac emergencies, recognizing the specific uses of inotropic drugs, nitrates, and antiarrhythmics in treating myocardial infarction, angina, and arrhythmias.
Recognize drug interactions and adverse reactions, explaining the potential interactions and side effects of critical medications like digoxin, nitrates, and antiarrhythmics to ensure safe and effective therapy.
Implement nursing considerations for cardiac medications by applying key practices such as monitoring vital signs, ECG changes, and drug toxicity when administering medications for cardiac care.
Educate patients and monitor outcomes. Teach patients about their medications, recognize signs of toxicity, and evaluate therapy effectiveness based on clinical outcomes.

The estimated time to complete this activity is 1 hour.

State-required Topic(s)

ACCREDITATION & CREDITS

Nursing Accreditation Statement
eMedEd is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider approved by California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #17890, for 1 contact hour.

Release Date: November 19, 2024
Expiration Date: November 19, 2025

1 Contact Hour

FACULTY

Mariya Rizwan

PharmD

TARGET AUDIENCE

NursingNursesNurse Practitioners

SPECIALITIES

Critical care NursingCardiologyEmergency MedicineMedical-Surgical NurseGeriatricsNurse PractitionerNursing

TERMS & CONDITIONS

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