Basic Training: A Comprehensive
6-Day Training Program
Program Description: Ideal for new
graduates or nurses new to cardiovascular care. Program starts with
foundational physiological principles and builds to higher-level critical
thinking and clinical application. Hands on learning is encouraged through
active participation in skill building sessions. The focus is on linking
knowledge to bedside clinical practice.
Day 1: Cardiopulmonary Fundamentals
- Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology
- Cardiac Assessment
- Cardiovascular Risk Factors
- Focus on Hypertension Management
- Focus on Dyslipidemia Management
- Focus on Diabetes and Cardiovascular
Risk
- Oxygenation
Day 2: ECG and Arrhythmias
- 12 Lead ECG Fundamentals
- Lead placement
- Views of leads
- Normal patterns / morphology
- Axis
- Bundle Branch Block Patterns
- Ventricular morphology
- Injury and Ischemia
- Arrhythmia Interpretation
- Bradycardias and Heart Blocks
- Atrial Arrhythmias
- Supraventricular Tachycardias
- Ectopy and Aberrancy Differentiation
Practice
- Bedside Cardiac Monitoring
- Lead placement
- Monitoring leads (arrhythmia
detection / ST segment monitoring)
- Principles of ST segment monitoring
Day 3:
- Cardiovascular Pharmacology to Enhance
Myocardial Performance
- Vasoactive Medications
- Beta blockers
- Calcium channel blockers
- RAAS Blocking Medications
- Diuretics
- Antiarrhythmic Pharmacology
- Class I agents
- Class III agents
- Non classified agents
- Evidence based practice
recommendations
- ACLS
- Clot Altering Medications
- Fibrinolytics
- Anticoagulants
- Antiplatelet agents
Day 4: Cardiovascular Pathophysiology
- Heart Failure
- Systolic and Diastolic Failure
- Acute Decompensation
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- STEMI
- Non STEMI and Unstable Angina
- Valvular Heart Disease
- Cardiomyopathy
- Inflammatory Disease
Day 5: Therapeutic and Invasive
Interventions
- Invasive Hemodynamics
- IABP
- Ventilator Therapy
- Pacemakers / Resynchronization Therapy
- Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators
- Radiofrequency ablation
- Cardiac Revascularization
Day 6: Non-Cardiac Issues in the
Cardiac Patient
- Oxygenation
- Pulmonary Pathophysiology
- Vascular Disease / Diseases of the Aorta
- Ischemic Stoke
- Electrolytes
- Acute Kidney Injury
- Sepsis
Cardiovascular Boot Camp
Accelerated Training Course
Program Description: This 3-day
program is designed for nurses with experience in cardiovascular care and is
ideal for nurses who are beginning to prepare for certification or for
nurses who want to take their clinical knowledge to an advanced level. The
focus is on an integration of knowledge and application to complex patient
situations. Case studies are used to engage participants in learning.
Day 1
- Advanced 12 Lead ECG
- Injury and Ischemia
- Myocardial Mimics
- Other Advanced Assessment
- Advanced Arrhythmia Interpretation and
Integrated Treatment
- Pacemakers
- Ablation Therapy
- Antiarrhythmic Therapy
- Advanced Hemodynamics
- Physiological Principles
- Invasive and Non Invasive Assessment
Techniques
- Pharmacology for Hemodynamics
- Intravenous Vasoactive Agents
- Oral Evidence Based Practice Therapy
Day 2
- Case Based Approach to Management of
Patients with:
- Acute Coronary Syndromes
- Interventional Cardiology
- CABG
- Clot Impacting Pharmacology
- Heart Failure
- ICDs
- Resynchronization Therapy
- Cardiomyopathies
- Shock States
- Vavular Heart Disease
- Inflammatory Diseases
Day 3
- Critical Care and Related System Issues
in Cardiac Patients
- Advanced Principles in Oxygenation
- Pulmonary Pathophysiology
- Fluids / Electrolytes / Renal
- Ischemic Stroke
- Peripheral Arterial Disease /
Diseases of the Aorta
- Sepsis
Certification Review: A Two Day
Cardiovascular Review Course (Ideal for CMC and other Cardiovascular
Certification Exams)
Program Description: This two day
review course is for nurses who have been preparing for certification and
who want to review key concepts prior to taking the exam. The course content
is delivered in a dynamic and fast paced style to allow for maximal coverage
of exam content. Foundational level knowledge of the exam blueprint is
essential to achieve the most benefit from this review.
Day 1
- Physiological Basis of Pharmacology:
Manipulating Determinants of Cardiac Output
- Principles of Oxygenation
- Pulmonary Pathophysiology
- Heart Failure
- Shock and Hemodynamic Monitoring
- Electrolytes and Kidney Injury
- Stroke
- Practice Questions
Day 2
- ECG
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Vascular Crises
- Intra Aortic Balloon Pump
- Revascularization
- Arrhythmias
- Pacemakers / Implantable Defibrillators
- Valvular Heart Disease
- Cardiomyopathies
- Inflammatory Disease
- Test Taking Strategies
