COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed for cardiovascular nursing staff with some experience working in general cardiology or cardiovascular ambulatory practices who wish to advance their disease-specific knowledge. This course can also be taken by advanced cardiovascular nursing staff who wish to revisit disease-specific training. MedAxiom's registered nurse (RN) expert Jenny Kennedy leads the course and features imaging expert Jaime Warren, vice president of Care Transformation Services at MedAxiom, as a guest instructor. The course incorporates video, textbook and online learning to cover these essential CVRN topics:

• Module 1: Introduction to Cardiovascular Medicine 
• Module 2: Heart Failure
• Module 3: Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and Valvular Heart Disease (VHD)
• Module 4: Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) and Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)

Note: Access to quizzes and instructors expires 12 months after the start of the course. 

COURSE GOALS

For Clinical Staff: This curriculum is designed to immerse nursing staff or RNs with some ambulatory cardiovascular practice experience in disease-specific clinical cardiology care in an outpatient setting – to understand what they are experiencing in the clinics and provide a didactic review of the pathophysiology, symptoms, diagnosis and clinical decision-making.

For Employers or Leaders: This curriculum will help jump-start and support your clinical staff’s on-the-job learning and quantitatively improve their level of competency.

COURSE materials

Resources sold separately

Required Texts, Materials or Equipment

• Internet access to include audio and visual.
• Links for all reading materials will be provided for each module.
• Textbook: Perpetua EM, Keegan P. Cardiac Nursing. 7th ed. LWW. Wolters Kluwer Health; 2021. Purchase the book.

Provided

Electronic Links: American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines, online articles, supporting slides, YouTube videos, PDFs, resource materials  

Optional

• Textbook: Knechtel M. EKGs for the Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant 3rd ed. New York: Springer. 2021.  

• Save 25% on EKGs for the Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant. Click here, add textbook to cart, select “Apply Discount Code” and enter MedAxiom25. 

• Subscription: UpToDate (www.uptodate.com) – An Online Resource  
• Note: This paid subscription and all corresponding readings are optional but they are beneficial to reach optimal understanding of the course material.

THE METHODOLOGY

Each weekly lesson has a 20-30-minute didactic video providing the content for each week’s focus.

CME CREDITS

Course Grading

Statement of Grading Approach or Philosophy: This is a pass/fail course based on the completion of the material. This course can be done at the student's own pace. However, each student will have a maximum of 12 months to complete the course material. Students must pass every weekly quiz with a score of 80 percent or above, and the final course evaluation feedback survey in order to receive the CME credits and certificate of completion. 

Explanation of Credits 

Total CME Credit Value: 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Accreditation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the International Institute for Continuing Medical Education and MedAxiom. The International Institute for Continuing Medical Education is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation

The International Institute for Continuing Medical Education, Inc., designates this enduring online activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.