Mechanical Ventilation Unplugged: Navigating the Fundamentals with Confidence

Session Summary

This session provides a foundational understanding of mechanical ventilation (MV), including key ventilator modes—volume control, pressure control and hybrid settings—and the clinical rationale behind their use. Participants explore essential nursing interventions for managing life-threatening alarms and complications such as low volume, high volume, pressure changes and apnea. By strengthening MV knowledge, nurses can enhance patient safety, improve outcomes and approach ventilator management with greater confidence.

Objectives

Describe the different modes of mechanical ventilation and anticipate the appropriate mode for critically ill patients.
Identify and troubleshoot common ventilator alarms to ensure patient safety and effective ventilation.
Assess patients for readiness to be weaned off mechanical ventilation and implement appropriate liberation strategies.

Topics Pulmonary

Population Adult

Role Staff

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Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for 1.25 contact hours.

Disclosure

Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content will be identified by the Nurse Planner within the activity. Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content has been mitigated.

Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education only and does not imply AACN, ANCC, or CBRN approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity.

Activities with pharmacology hours are to assist the APRN in fulfilling the pharmacotherapeutic education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Activities meet the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your own state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting your certificate of completion.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.