This course is available to everyone at no charge.
COVID19PUL
COVID-19 Pulmonary, ARDS, and Ventilator Resources
Summary
“COVID-19 Pulmonary, ARDS and Ventilator Resources” is an online course available 24/7 featuring the latest information nurses need to provide care for those with COVID-19.
To support you and other nurses who need to cross train to care for patients with COVID-19, AACN is making this eLearning course available for all nurses, at no charge, to provide vital resources during this challenging time.
Content Overview
The modules are broken into four units that cover:
- Analyzing ABGs and managing patients’ oxygen delivery including oxygenation and ventilation
- Caring for patients with acute respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
- Administering care for patients requiring endotracheal intubation or invasive mechanical ventilation, and troubleshooting ventilators
- Managing patients on mechanical ventilation, including spontaneous awakening trials, neuromuscular blockade, prevention of complications, weaning from ventilation and extubation.
Learning Objectives:- Analyze ABGs and manage patients’ oxygen delivery including oxygenation and ventilation
- Care for patients with acute respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
- Administer care for patients requiring endotracheal intubation or invasive mechanical ventilation, and troubleshoot ventilators
- Manage patients on mechanical ventilation, including spontaneous awakening trials, neuromuscular blockade, prevention of complications, and weaning from ventilation and extubation.
CE hours are provided for this COVID-19 Resources course.
The course is available to organizations through AACN and our education partners: HealthStream, Elsevier and HealthcareSource. 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, Provider Number P0012. AACN has been approved as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN), CA Provider Number CEP1036. This activity is approved for up to 4.5 contact hours.
CE Expiration Date: March 25, 2026.
