Classes and Events
Introduction to Heart Transplant Class
Course for Sharp Memorial Progressive Care Unit nurses who provide care to heart transplant patients.
Presented by Sharp Memorial Hospital
This class is designed for Sharp Memorial 5W PCU and ICU registered nurses. It will provide an overview of the essential information necessary to provide care for heart transplant recipients.
The instructors will go over content pertinent to ICU and PCU care and the post-transplant phases, including the possibility of rejection and infection. The course will also address the use of immune suppressing medications.
At the completion of the course, the learner will:
1. Understand donor recipient matching
2. State nursing priorities immediately post-op
- Describe potential post-operative complications
- Anticipate immediate post-op, post-extubation and transfer orders
- Discuss treatment for acute right heart failure
3. Discuss immunosuppressant concepts in transplantation
- Understand transplant pharmacology
- Describe transplant rejection pathophysiology
- Recognize types of rejection
- Identify clinical findings and treatment modalities for rejection and infection
Cancellation Policy
If you need to cancel your registration for this event, please call 1-800-827-4277 Monday through Friday, 7 am to 7 pm, or log in to your account to cancel online.
Parking Information
Please park in your usual spot on campus.
Presenter Information
Marc Verlasky, MSN, RN, NP, the lead nurse practitioner in the Heart Transplant Department at Sharp Memorial Hospital.
Dr. Rob Adamson is medical director of the cardiac transplant program at Sharp Memorial Hospital.
CEUs
This course is provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (Provider No. 70) for 3.5 contact hours.
Please enter your RN license number during registration to obtain your CEU credits.
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