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The Coronary Stent Placement Beginners Guide: All You Need to Know!
Contact Hours Awarded: 2
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Course Overview
Author: Keith Wemple
RN, BSN, CCRN-CMC, SRNA
This course will serve as your beginner’s guide to coronary stent placement. Many, if not all, of us have cared for patients with coronary artery disease and patients with coronary stents. But what exactly are stents? And what does it mean to nurses? We will cover all of that and more in this course! Don’t be afraid, cardiac nursing really isn’t that scary!
Course Outline
- Introduction
- Coronary Stent Placement
- How stents are placed
- Pre procedure considerations
- Post-Procedure considerations
- Potential complications
- When stents are placed
- Conditions requiring stent placement
- Recovery
- Nursing Implications
- Case Study
- Conclusion
Accreditation Statement
Nursing CE Central LLC is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
In this course, we will discuss The Coronary Stent Placement Beginners Guide. It will take the average learner 120 minutes to complete and awards 2 contact hours of continuing education.
Course Outcomes
After completing this course, the learner will rate a 4 out of 5 on the Likert Scale for their ability to:
- Explain the procedure of coronary stent placement.
- Describe potential complications of coronary stent placement.
- Discuss pre-procedure requirements for coronary stent placement.
- Describe post-procedure requirements for coronary stent placement.
- List conditions requiring coronary stent placement.
Target Audience
- Registered Nurses (RN)
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN)
- Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN/LVN)
Requirement for Completion
- Enrollment in the course by the learner
- Read and learn all course materials
- Complete the course evaluation
- Attest and testify learning of the course materials
Accreditations + Approvals
- American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) (P0614)
- California Board of Registered Nursing (CEP 17418)
- Kentucky Board of Nursing (7-0090)
- Louisiana State Board of Nursing (58)
- New York State Department of Education (IC 208)
- New York State Department of Education Child Abuse #80996
- Florida Board of Nursing (50-23983)
Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships
Nursing CE Central nor any of the authors, planners, content experts, or any contributors have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
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Course Expires on: August 16, 2027
Course Offering: #245