Go with Your Gut: GI Issues in the ICU and GI Emergencies

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Critical care nurses who maintain vigilance for aberrant conditions of the GI tract are formidable foes to the adversity which accompanies these illnesses. The session takes a high level approach to life-threatening GI issues and emergencies of intestinal ischemia/infarction, obstruction and perforation with sepsis. Clinical clues to aid recognition of true GI emergencies are presented, helping attendees in techniques of rapid assessment and interventions for patients with these dangerous conditions.

Objectives

Discuss the incidence and etiology of abdominal vascular emergencies, GI obstruction and perforation with intraabdominal sepsis.
Describe the evaluation and management of intestinal ischemia/infarction, bowel obstruction or perforation with intraabdominal sepsis
Correlate the significant signs of GI illness or catastrophe with related anatomy through case-based scenarios.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must attend/view/read the entire activity and complete the associated evaluation to be awarded the contact hours or CERP. No partial credit will be awarded.

Disclosure

This activity has been reviewed by the Nurse Planner. It has been determined that the material presented here shows no bias. No conflicts of interest have been identified for any individual with the ability to influence the content of this activity. Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education only and does not imply AACN or ANCC approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity.

Accreditation

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC's) Commission on Accreditation, ANCC Provider Number 0012. AACN has been approved as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the California State Board of Nursing (CBRN), California Provider number CEP 1036. This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hours.

AACN programming meets the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education contact hours for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting CE to fulfill continuing education requirements.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.