Session Summary
This session focuses on right ventricular (RV) monitoring with the latest pulmonary artery catheter (PAC), emphasizing early recognition of RV–pulmonary arterial (RV–PA) uncoupling, before hypotension and organ failure evolve. Participants will learn to interpret and apply RV-specific parameters as dynamic signals of RV stress, and follow case studies that explore a practical, bedside RV rescue framework that links hemodynamic findings to ventilator, fluid, and vasoactive management decisions.
Objectives
- Define RV–PA uncoupling and recognize evolving right-heart stress by interpreting RV and PA pressure waveforms and RV parameters.
- Apply a structured RV rescue workflow that integrates PAC waveform analysis with hemodynamic targets to guide patient optimization.
Topics
Hemodynamics
Population
Adult
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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, {{contactHoursCalc}} 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.