39th Annual Townsend Cardiovascular Nursing Symposium
September 20, 2024 • Virtual
About
As the field of cardiology expands, a multitude of opportunities in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases is available to enhance outcomes for patients. This one-day symposium brings national and local expert faculty to the virtual platform to present on a variety of cardiovascular related topics.
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Welcome |
| 8:10 am | Pupillometers are not just Fancy Penlights DaiWai M. Olson, RN PhD CCRN FNCS Professor of Neurology UT Southwestern Dallas, TX |
| 9:25 am | Break |
| 9:35 am | And the Beat Goes on: Understanding Cardiac Diagnostic Imaging Studies Elaine Young, DNP, ACNS-BC, CV-BC Assistant Professor Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing, Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO |
| 10:50 am | Break |
| 11:00 am | Ready to Explode: Understanding Hypertensive Crisis Terri Townsend, MA, RN, CCRN-CMC Retired; Private Educational Consultant Anderson, IN |
| 12:15 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 pm | Non-Operating Room Anesthesia: Implications for Procedural Nurses Maureen McLaughlin, MS, RN, ACNS-BC, CPAN, CAPA, FASPAN Quality Nurse Specialist Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Burlington, MA |
| 2:15 pm | Break |
| 2:30 pm | Ischemic Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease Linda Prinkey-Briggs, DNP, ANP-BC. ACNP-BC, FAANP Associate Professor Program Director: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program GW School of Nursing Ashburn, Virginia |
| 3:45 pm | Closing Remarks |
| 4:00 pm | Symposium Adjourn |
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 29 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.