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Mastering Lab Interpretation Video and Book Package
Package - Video & Book
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Format:
Package - Video & Book   Instructions
Details:
Multi-disc DVD recording (6 hours) with electronic manual and instructions | (softcover) Book: 294 Pages
Authors:
CYNDI ZARBANO, MSN-ED, CCRN, CMSRN, LNC
MIKEL A. ROTHENBERG, MD
SEAN G. SMITH, MSC, FP-C, C-NPT, CEN, CFRN, CTRN, TCRN, CPEN, CCRN-CMC (ADULT), CCRN-K (NEONATAL), CCRN-K (PEDIATRIC)
Publisher:
PESI HealthCare
Copyright:
3/30/2016
CE Available:
Yes, See CE credit tab for complete continuing education details
Product Code:
RVKIT075470
Objectives
[+] [-] 073075 - Mastering Lab Interpretation & The Implications for Patient Care
  • Evaluate the results of Coagulation Studies (PT/INT and PTT).
  • Analyze a Complete Blood Count with Differential and discuss clinical applications (Anemias, Left Shifts, Infections, etc.).
  • Recognize the clinical implications of metabolic panels.
  • Distinguish between life-threatening electrolyte imbalances, as well as potential causes and remedies.
  • Predict renal function based on BUN, Creatinine, BUN/CR ratio, and GFR.
  • Interpret cardiac panel results in a suspected acute myocardial infarction.
  • Analyze blood gases and pertinent clinical implications.
  • Differentiate between bacterial meningitis and viral meningitis based on lumbar puncture findings.
  • Recognize the key clinical indicators and implications for infection on a urinalysis.

Outline
[+] [-] 073075 - Mastering Lab Interpretation & The Implications for Patient Care
  • Basic Metabolic Profile (BMP)
  • Glucose
  • Acid Base
  • Renal Function
  • Electrolytes
  • Life-threatening Electrolytes
    • Potassium
    • Magnesium
    • Sodium
    • Calcium

  • Comprehensive Metabolic Panel:
  • Indications and Implications
  • LFTs: Exploring the Liver
  • AST/ALT/ALP/Total Bilirubin/Proteins
  • Health Issues in Liver Failure
    • Jaundice
    • Ascites
    • Hepatic
    • Encephelopathy

  • CBC with Differential: Interpreting the Components
  • What Can Impact WBC and Neutrophil
    • Findings
  • Anemias/Polycythemias
  • Understanding the Differential
  • The Left Shift Explained
  • Guidelines on Transfusing have Changed

  • Acute Renal Failure: Identify the Cause
  • Creatinine
  • BUN
  • BUN/CR ratios
  • Glomerular Filtration Rate
  • Urine Osmolality
  • FENA

  • Cardiac Labs: Ischemia vs. Myocardial
  • Infarction
  • Cardiac Panels
  • EKG Clues Supporting the Findings
  • Distinguishing STEMI vs. NSTEMI
  • BNP
  • Pro-BNP

  • Coagulation/Thrombotic Risk Panels: Clues to Clotting
  • The Clotting Cascade
  • The Right Lab Test for the Medication
  • aPTT
  • PT
  • INR
  • D-dimer
  • Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy

  • Urinalysis: Does Your Patient Have a UTI?
  • Latest Guidelines
  • Culture

  • Blood Gases: Identifying the Underlying
  • Abnormality
  • Three Types of Gases
  • Interpreting Arterial Blood Gases: It’s Easier Than You Think!
  • Venous Blood Gases
  • Mixed Venous Blood Gases

  • Labs and Sepsis: Taking a Team Approach
  • Cultures, Gram Stains and Sensitivities
  • Systematic Inflammation
  • Labs of Sepsis
    • Lactate Levels
    • Procalcitonin Levels
    • WBCs
    • Neutrophils

  • Lumbar Punctures / Cerebral Spinal Fluid
  • Bacterial Meningitis
  • Viral Meningitis
  • Viral Encephalitis

  • Understanding Thyroid Dysfunction
  • TSH
  • T4 Levels
  • T3 Uptake

  • Differentiating Hyperglycemic States
  • DKA
  • HHS (HHNK)
  • Treatment for Each

    • Author

    CYNDI ZARBANO, MSN-ED, CCRN, CMSRN, LNC

    CYNDI ZARBANO, MSN-ED, CCRN, CMSRN, LNC Cyndi Zarbano, MSN-Ed, CCRN, CMSRN, LNC, has been a nurse for nearly 30 years specializing in intensive care. She earned her legal nurse consultant training through the Vickie Milazzo Institute in 2008 and has worked on nearly 250 cases for various boards of nursing. She has worked with attorneys on pre-corrective action and with nurses to meet consultation requirements to fulfill corrective action guidelines.

    Additionally, Cyndi has worked as a legal nurse consultant responsible to analyze medical records, determine merit, assist with client interviews, attend medical appointments, locate testing experts, complete chronologies, review billing for accuracy, provide deposition/jury question development, and assist in court strategy development. Cyndi is a renowned national seminar speaker having spoken for numerous companies since 2008, including her own, Clinical Review Consultants. She works for Mayo Clinic in Minnesota continuing her passion for bedside nursing in critical care. Speaker Disclosures:
    Financial: Cynthia Zarbano is the owner of Clinical Review Consultants and has an employment relationship with Mayo Mankato. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
    Non-financial: Cynthia Zarbano has no relevant non-financial relationships.

    MIKEL A. ROTHENBERG, MD

    Mikel A. Rothenberg, MD (deceased) was a board-certified internal medicine specialist with a special interest in critical care and emergency medicine. Dr. Rothenberg wrote several medical and legal books, numerous journal articles, and an ACLS computer software program. He served as the executive editor of ACLS Alert, and wrote an advanced cardiac life support online column. A strong advocate of personal growth and self-esteem building, Dr. Rothenberg spoke internationally, presenting courses on “plain English” medical topics.

    SEAN G. SMITH, MSC, FP-C, C-NPT, CEN, CFRN, CTRN, TCRN, CPEN, CCRN-CMC (ADULT), CCRN-K (NEONATAL), CCRN-K (PEDIATRIC)

    Sean G. Smith, MSc, FP-C, C-NPT, CEN, CFRN, CTRN, TCRN, CPEN, CCRN-CMC (Adult), CCRN-K (Neonatal), CCRN-K (Pediatric), is a humanitarian/flight nurse-paramedic who is triple board-certified in neonatal, pediatric, and adult critical care and emergency medicine. He brings 30+ years of education and team/leadership experience to his presentations from a career that includes global health, tropical medicine, research molecular neuroendocrinology, nuclear engineering technology, US Navy aviation/NASA manned space flight support, and high-performance teams/high yield pedagogy, dozens of national/international conference presentations and various awards and honors. Author/co-author/review credits include a best-selling laboratory medicine textbook, a chapter on shock in Nursing Core Curriculum a section in the newly released Resuscitation Crisis Manual, numerous other industry standard textbooks, and several professional association critical care/emergency medicine curriculums and board certification review courses (AACN, ANN, ENA, SCCM, etc.). Additionally, Sean routinely consults on clinical, legal, and certification matters for numerous high-profile hospital systems (Yale, Mayo, etc.). He holds a MSc in Pharmacy/Forensic Science, bachelor’s degrees in business administration, nursing, and molecular biology, and post graduate certificates in Forensic Death Investigation, Legal Consulting, and Tropical Medicine. In addition to being active in a number of professional associations (SCCM, AACN, WADEM, etc.), Sean is a life member of Mensa, The Emergency Nurses Association, and the Air Surface Transport Nurses Association. He has served on the executive committees and in various leadership roles of numerous charities and professional associations and has led/participated in 50+ medical missions (Dominican Republic, Honduras, Morocco, Liberia, Nepal, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Haiti). Sean served as a clinician and educator during the largest Ebola and Cholera outbreaks in recent history and is currently active building sustainable neonatal-pediatric cardiac critical care capacity in Iraq, as well as serving as part of a national level multidisciplinary child sexual assault forensics team in Guyana, South America. Hobbies include Scuba diving and vintage science kits, tube amplifiers and motorcycles. Speaker Disclosures:
    Financial: Sean Smith is an independent contractor. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
    Non-financial: Sean Smith is a member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.
    Continuing Education Credits Awarded for Completion of Entire Package
    [+] [-] Combined Continuing Education Credit From All Components
    Breakdown of Continuing Education Credits by Components
    [+] [-] 073075 - Mastering Lab Interpretation & The Implications for Patient Care
    [+] [-] 082860 - Laboratory Tests Made Easy
    Audience
    Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists
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