Townsend Cardiovascular Nursing Symposium

38th Annual Townsend Cardiovascular Nursing Symposium

September 15, 2023 

Registration

This year’s symposium offers a choice to watch the virtual conference on your own OR attend the virtual conference at an in-person “watch party style” event. Virtual attendees will receive a Zoom link and can watch the symposium from their own home or office. The in-person event will take place at the Wichita State University’s Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex in Wichita, KS. Breakfast will be included for in-person attendees. This watch-party style event provides a great setting for discussion 
and networking.

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Agenda

Objectives

• Discuss symptoms, labs, EKG changes, and complications of MI based on area of infarct, need for immediate treatment of STEMI versus NSTEMI and subsequent medical treatment and necessary follow-up care of MI patients after discharge.
• Identify and differentiate between HFrEF and HFpEF types and associated goal-directed medical therapy for patients while describing updates to the American College of Cardiology’s recommendations for patients diagnosed with heart failure.
• Discuss the management of atrial fibrillation and alternatives to anticoagulation in high-risk patients. Review treatment strategies and procedures for aortic stenosis, mitral insufficiency and diagnostic workups and treatment strategies for ventricular arrhythmias.
• Outline best practice recommendations to prevent legal recourse through discussing EMR documentation pitfalls and describing reportable or potentially reportable nursing actions as they relate to patient care.
• Apply knowledge acquired to complex, critically-ill patient cases by identifying the advantages and disadvantages of commonly used antithrombotics and discussing the role of monitoring antithrombotic therapy in critically ill patients. 

Continuing Education

Nursing
The Wichita State University College of Health Professions is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing. This course offering is approved for 7.5 contact hours applicable for RN, LPN, or LMHT relicensure*. Kansas State Board of Nursing provider number: LT 0090-0327. 
*Continuing nursing education credits will be available up to 9 days after the conference has ended. Participants must watch the session in its entirety and complete the evaluation by 11:59 pm on Sunday, September 24 in order to receive credit.

Live Respiratory
The Wesley Medical Center CEU Evaluator has approved this program for 7.5 hours of Live Respiratory Continuing Education on behalf of the Kansas Respiratory Care Society, a chapter society of the AARC. Credits for respiratory are only available during the conference for live attendees. Providership # KRCS 029

EMS
This program offers 6.5 hrs of cardiac-specific EMS CEs. Participants will need to self-submit retroactively. 

Registration Questions & More Information

For questions regarding your registration or the registration process, please contact the WSU Conference Office.

Phone: 316-978-6493
Fax: 316-978-3064
Email: conference.office@wichita.edu

Special Accommodations
Wichita State University is committed to making programs available to people with disabilities. If you wish to volunteer information regarding any special assistance you may need, please contact the Office of University Conferences at (316) 978-6493.

Notice of Non-Discrimination
Wichita State University does not discriminate in its employment practices, educational programs or activities on the basis of age (40 years or older), ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, political affiliation, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a veteran. Retaliation against an individual filing or cooperating in a complaint process is also prohibited. Sexual misconduct, relationship violence and stalking are forms of sex discrimination and are prohibited under Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. Complaints or concerns related to alleged discrimination may be directed to the  Institutional Equity and Compliance Director, Title IX Coordinator or Equal Opportunity Coordinator, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67260, telephone (316) 978-3187.