Advanced Cardiac Arrhythmia Interpretation

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Accurate interpretation of complex cardiac arrhythmias is an advanced nursing skill which can impact patient outcomes. In this session, you gain proficiency and confidence in interpreting high-grade AV block, atrial tachyarrhythmias, AVNRT, AVRT in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and ventricular arrhythmias. You learn clinical pearls including the use of the Lewis lead, strategies for determining of the etiology of SVT and a practical methodology for differentiating SVT with aberrancy from VT.

Objectives

Correlate the physiological problem in heart block to the findings on the rhythm strip, presentation and required treatment.
Distinguish ectopy (VT) from aberrancy (SVT with BBB) based on QRS morphology in lead V1.
Differentiate between typical AVNRT and AVRT (orthodromic).

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Criteria for Awarding Contact Hours

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

Accreditation

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 {contactHours} contact hours.

Disclosures

The Nurse Planner has determined that no individuals with the ability to control content of this activity have relevant relationships with ineligible companies.

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

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.