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Overview
- Identify the mechanisms of radiation exposure during cardiac catheterization procedures, as well as radiation consequences and mitigation techniques for both patients and healthcare professionals.
- Identify physiologic processes, risk factors, prevention tactics, and treatments for contrast-induced nephropathy.
- Describe principles for the use of radiation and contrast in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.
Goals and Learning Outcomes
This course explores two areas of procedural care for cardiac catheterization that are accompanied by a degree of risk: radiation exposure and intravascular contrast use. Both are necessary to generate images that are essential components of catheterization procedures. This course explores basic radiation concepts and techniques for minimizing risks associated with exposure to radiation by patients and cath lab professionals. The use of contrast agents, the risk of kidney dysfunction, special clinical situations, and risk mitigation techniques for contrast use are also explained.
Course Details
Course Originally Released on : 11/15/2021
REL-ACU-0-RENCC
Course Author
MSN, RN-BC
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
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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.