NTI Recorded Session NTI24303
Author(s): McLaughlin Maureen
Contact Hours 1.25
CERP A 1.25
Expires Dec 31, 2026
Topics: Monitoring, Medication Management
Population: Adult
Role: Staff
Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes
With increasing frequency, many patients who have undergone anesthesia go directly to an ICU to recover from their anesthesia. Critical care nurses need to have an understanding of anesthetic agents and anesthesia-related complications. This foundational session begins with an overview of anesthesia: general, neuroaxial and regional. Assessment and management strategies are described for anesthesia-related complications including airway emergencies, residual neuromuscular blockade, malignant hyperthermia and local anesthetic systemic toxicity.Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.
AccreditationAmerican 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
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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 PolicyContinuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.