Taking Stressors out of Pressors: Vasoactive Drip Titration Made Easy in Acute Care

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

This presentation simplifies drip titration and hemodynamics with endpoints such as stroke volume. Indirect indicators such as urine output and BP can be misleading. Vasoactive drips are discussed via case studies. A best-evidence focus on blood flow rather than pressures is used, along with assessing patient response, trending and early signs. Drip titration for conditions such as hypotension and heart failure show patients do not decompensate suddenly; we only tend to recognize it suddenly.

Objectives

Explain fundamental hemodynamic monitoring parameters for drug titration.
Discuss pharmacology of vasoactive core IV drips with optimization strategies, focusing on early signs and value trending.
Review case studies which illustrate key points in treatment of hypotension, heart failure and sepsis.

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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.

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