Tidewater Emergency Nurses Association

Advanced Assessment & Diagnostic Skills Certificate Course

CE Information
20.5 CE credits
Completion Time
20 hours, 5 minutes
Available Until
December 31, 2025
Posted By
PESI
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Overview

Specialties
Cardiology, Family, Mental Health, Neurology, Pulmonary, and Urology
Clinical Topics
Radiology

Without the ability to interpret critical findings from tests like laboratory tests, 12-lead ECGs, or arterial blood gases, you risk missing important symptoms and interventions that could jeopardize both your patient's well-being and your professional standing.

Learning Objectives

Objectives:

Integrate sound critical thinking and clinical decision-making.
Demonstrate advanced heath assessment knowledge and skills including therapeutic communication.
Manage a comprehensive database including functional assessment, psychological assessment, health and pharmacological history, and physical examination.
Formulate appropriate laboratory and diagnostic testing.
Evaluate findings of laboratory and diagnostic testing along with suggestions for treatment.
Determine a differential diagnosis based on assessment data.
Diagnose the area of the heart where ischemia, injury, or infarction are occurring based on 12-lead ECG.
Choose the best interventions for stabilization of the deteriorating patient.
Determine the key interventions to stabilize the successfully resuscitated patient.
Analyze the latest clinical practice guidelines for common pathologies and comorbidities.
Formulate documentation strategies to protect yourself and your practice in the case of lawsuit.
Evaluate early signs of clinical deterioration to identify key interventions to initiate.

Speakers

Paul Langlois
Paul Langlois APN, PhD, CCRN, CCNS

Paul Langlois, APN, PhD, CCRN, CCNS, is a critical care clinical specialist in the surgical, medical, neurologic, burn, CCU, and trauma ICUs of Cook County Hospital, Chicago. Drawing on over 40 years of experience assessing and managing patients with life-threatening diseases, Dr. Langlois provides advanced-level training to nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists, and physicians. Dr. Langlois is committed to providing the highest quality of care to patients through advanced education. His presentations are evidence-based, timely, and provide participants with numerous case studies to facilitate critical thinking. As a bedside clinical nurse specialist, he has developed several institution-wide protocols for the multidisciplinary assessment and management of infectious disease and multi-system organ failure patients. His presentations are enthusiastically delivered and offer highly practical tips that help make the most challenging concepts easy to understand. Linking knowledge to clinical practice is the goal of every educational program.

CE Information

This activity offers 20.5 CE credits to attendees.


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