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Overview
To give nurses information about pacemaker insertion, how they function, and elements of patient education after insertion of a pacemaker.Goals and Learning Outcomes
Pacemakers can be life-changing devices that assist with the electrical activity of a patient’s heart rhythm. They may provide relief of symptoms associated with many heart rhythm disturbances and improve functional status. Some devices may improve a patient’s quality of life. Pacemakers, temporary or permanent, can sense a patient’s heart activity and produce an electrical stimulus (pace) when the heart fails to beat on its own. This electrical impulse may create a myocardial contraction as directed by the timing of the heart and the programmable pacemaker. The goal of this program is to provide nurses with general information about indications for pacemaker insertion, their function, and the important elements of patient education after insertion of a pacemaker.
The goal of this course is to educate nurses in acute care about permanent pacemakers.
- Explain basic information about pacemakers including modes, function, and presentation on ECG.
- Identify indications for pacemaker insertion.
- Describe proper nursing care and education for those with pacemakers.
Course Details
Course Originally Released on : 1/1/2021
REL-ACU-0-PWYNTK
Course Author
MSN, RN
MSN, RN, C-FNP, CCDS
Accreditations
NURSES
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791
Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.
CEBroker
Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Examiners For Registered Professional Nurses
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Disclosures
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.