Apheresis in the Critical Care Patient: What It Is and Why Your Patient Could Need It

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

This session provides a foundation for understanding why therapeutic apheresis, also known as PLEX or plasmapheresis, is ordered for the critical care patient. This procedure may be necessary for many reasons, but in the acutely ill critical care patient it can lifesaving. This session uncovers what it is and what you need to know before, during and after the apheresis procedure is completed.

Objectives

Identify the preprocedural bloodwork required prior to any apheresis procedure.
Correlate the potential for hemodynamic instability and potential side effects during or after an apheresis procedure.
Explain what apheresis is and which acute diagnoses within the critical care areas would benefit from the procedure.

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.