Pulmonary Nursing Ceus

Sudden cardiac arrest accounts for millions of deaths worldwide each year. It can strike without warning and can leave individuals on the brink of death within minutes of onset. Sudden cardiac arrest's lethality is quick and devastating. Fortunately, t...

This course summarizes key issues and changes in the 2010 American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC). Its focus is on resuscitation science and new recommendations to the...

Sudden cardiac arrest accounts for millions of deaths worldwide each year. It can strike without warning and can leave individuals on the brink of death within minutes of onset. Sudden cardiac arrest's lethality is quick and devastating. Fortunately, t...

According to a 2019 national survey, approximately 5.5 million Americans aged 12 years and older used cocaine in the past year. Once used in the medical field as an anesthetic, cocaine is now a schedule II substance due to its abuse potential. Cocaine ...

Asthma is a common chronic health condition that affects patients of all ages. It can significantly impair the quality of life of people who have the disease because of its effect on a basic life function: the act of breathing. Management of asthma is ...

Acute pulmonary edema develops rapidly with a clinical picture that includes air hunger, tachypnea, and a productive cough with copious pink, frothy sputum, leading to an impending sense of doom and panic. The patient feels as if they are “drowni...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) falls third behind stroke and myocardial infarction as the most common acute cardiovascular syndrome (Konstantinides, et al., 2019). It is also one of the main causes of mortality in hospitalized patients even though diagnostic ...

Patients with chronic, progressive pulmonary diseases are a challenging patient population, as they often present with unrelieved symptoms that affect their quality of life. Palliative care is no longer considered end-of-life care. This comprehensive c...

This course provides nurses with an overview of fetal cardiac development, the transition of cardiopulmonary circulation that occurs in a neonate post-birth, early presenting congenital heart defects, and the nursing care required for these neonates an...

Prepare for the Pain Management Nurse Certification (RN-BC) exam with Nurse.com’s RN-BC & NCA® certification test prep course. This online gerontological nursing certification review course is designed to fit your personal schedule and ti...

Understanding a chest X-ray requires basic anatomical knowledge. Before you can interpret a chest X-ray, you must understand some of the technical details about how the image is reproduced. The chest X-ray shows the lungs, heart, and mediastinum. You a...

Every clinician should be able to understand the values listed on an arterial blood gas report. Correlating the patient’s clinical picture with the ABG results is an example of critical thinking. Clinicians can readily interpret ABGs using the ba...

Any occlusion in the pulmonary vasculature, known as a pulmonary embolus (PE), will reduce the amount of oxygen uptake in the blood, negatively affecting systemic tissue oxygenation. Numerous elements may become lodged in the blood vessels of the lungs...

Prepare for the Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing (RNC-NIC) exam with Nurse.com’s RNC-NIC® certification test prep course. This online NICU certification review course is designed to fit your personal schedule and timeline and includes the late...

Hypercoagulability disorder is a highly prevalent clinical condition characterized by abnormal blood coagulation, which leads to thrombosis inside the blood vessels. The most common clinical manifestations are deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary e...

Nurses have a role in the prevention of pertussis through patient education and immunization programs. Many people who have conscientiously received all the recommended vaccines mistakenly believe that they are protected from whooping cough. Nurses nee...

Prepare for the Gerontological Nursing (RN-BC) & Nurse Competence in Aging (NCA) exam with Nurse.com’s RN-BC & NCA® certification test prep course. This online gerontological nursing certification review course is designed to fit your...

When a patient with complex chronic and acute medical needs is admitted to the hospital, an interprofessional team of highly trained professionals swings into action. This module highlights the distinctive and overlapping roles and actions of practitio...

In the clinical setting, a variety of diagnostic tools and laboratory studies are useful in evaluating trauma patients. But in the initial phase of treatment, the most crucial steps involve conducting a thorough physical examination and obtaining a pat...

Prepare for the ACS and Acute Adult Cardiopulmonary Management exam with Nurse.com’s certification review course. This online certification course for nurses is designed to fit your personal schedule and timeline. Gain the skills required to beco...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that nearly 34 million adults in the U.S. smoke, and 16 million have a serious illness attributable to their smoking habit. With nearly half a million U.S. deaths attributed to smoking or e...

Caring for mechanically ventilated patients is one of the most commonly used technologies and challenging parts of nursing care. Promoting patient safety is paramount in caring for mechanically ventilated patients. Patients who require mechanical venti...

Cancer is among the leading causes of death in the United States. Although much progress has been made, it remains a challenging disease to both treat and cure. The lifetime probability for an invasive cancer diagnosis is about 42% for men and 38% for ...

Tracheostomy is the procedure that creates an opening from the midline of the throat into the trachea. A tracheostomy tube (TT), a type of artificial airway, is placed in the stoma to keep it open. Tracheostomy tubes allow for removal of secretions and...

Nearly 26 million Americans have been diagnosed with asthma, a disease marked by variable and recurring symptoms, airflow obstruction, bronchial hyper-responsiveness, and underlying inflammation. Inflammation of the airways and airway hyper-responsiven...

More than 200 viruses are known to cause upper respiratory infections, or common colds. URIs — and their symptoms of cough, sore throat, fever, ear pain, and head/sinus/nasal congestion — are among the most common reasons people turn to phy...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Healthy People initiative provides evidence-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. For three decades, Healthy People has established benchmarks and monitored...

While progress has been made in reducing the number of youth smokers, the rate of decline has slowed. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, every day about 3,200 youth under the age of 18 smoke a cigarette for the first time. A...

Respiratory syncytial virus is the most common cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia in children younger than one year of age. It is highly contagious and readily spread from hands to the eyes and nose. Clinical guidelines and research provide guidance ...

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a lethal pulmonary disease caused by a newly emerged coronavirus. The virus is transmitted to humans from dromedary (one-humped) camels and is not fully understood. It is believed to have originated in bats be...

Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) provides an exciting alternative to invasive methods of managing ventilation. Used in appropriate patients, NPPV provides advantages for patients versus endotracheal intubation. NPPV can also be used as ...

Insomnia is the most prevalent sleep disorder in the general adult population. It is estimated that nearly 30% of the population suffers from at least one nocturnal insomnia symptom, and about 10% to 15% have associated symptoms of daytime functional i...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by airflow limitation that is largely irreversible. Nearly 16 million people in the United States age 18 and older have been diagnosed with COPD; millions of others have COPD but have not ye...

Dyspnea is a distressing symptom that has been described since ancient times, but only recently has it been comprehensively assessed and managed across disease states. The sensation of dyspnea results from interactions among multiple physiological, psy...

At the conclusion of this exercise, the nurse will be prepared to:

The purpose of this activity is to ensure that all nurses within primary care, pediatrics, pulmonary, and emergency medicine fields are aware of and able to implement the most up-...

Introduction

The American Heart Association (AHA) estimates that approximately 6.2 million Americans 20 years of age and older have heart failure, and although survival rates for heart failure (HF) are improving, it remains a serious disease (Ben...

Purpose Statement: Upon completion of this module, the learner will be able to discuss the pathophysiology and causes of tuberculosis, identify the risk factors, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, medications, and nursing management for TB.

Objective...

The purpose of this learning module is to provide an overview of the most common vascular access devices (VADs) utilized in clinical practice for adult patients. The various guidelines regarding the care, maintenance, and assessment of peripheral acces...

The purpose of this learning module is to provide an overview of the most common vascular access devices utilized in clinical practice for adult patients. The various guidelines regarding the care, maintenance, and assessment of central access devices ...

At the conclusion of this activity, the learner will be able to

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) includes two pathologies: deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). VTE affects between 300,000 and 600,000 people a year in the United Sta...

Evidence has shown that epidural analgesia is more effective than systemic narcotics in the management of acute pain for a variety of postoperative populations, including trauma procedures, thoracotomy, upper abdominal surgery, and orth...

In a global perspective, the effect of TB on the health and economy of the world is staggering. The return of TB, teamed with the spread of HIV/AIDS and the prevalence of MDR-TB, has created a serious, and potentially deadly, healthcare...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects approximately 44 million persons worldwide and is the fourth leading cause of death. Patients characteristically have symptoms consistent with chronic bronchitis and emphysema, but th...

This peer reviewed course is applicable for the following professions: Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP), Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Vocational N...

This peer reviewed course is applicable for the following professions: Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP), Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Vocational N...

Electronic cigarettes are used to ingest substances such as nicotine and cannabis. They are even used as a source for vitamin supplement. However, there are reports that e-cigarettes may cause serious pulmonary injury. Electronic cigarettes also produc...