Guess It or Assess It: Personalizing Fluid Management Strategies for Critically Ill Patients

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

This presentation covers limitations of BP, HR and urine output to assess the volume patient’s volume status. Fluid statuses are differentiated from volume responsiveness. Methods to measure volume responsiveness are presented. Interactive case studies involving management of both fluid and vasoactive therapies with different hemodynamic technologies are presented. Identifying which technology is best, based on the clinical situation, is also addressed.

Objectives

Discuss the limitations of BP, HR and urine output for determining fluid balance.
Differentiate fluid balance from volume responsiveness.
Identify two methods to more accurately reflect volume responsiveness.

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.