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Please contact Patty Freier if you have any questions.
Phone (806) 725-0708 Fax (806) 723-7357 pfreier@covhs.org
Friends of Nursing Scholarship Application
West Texas Cardiac Symposium
“Deep in the Heart of Texas”
Saturday, October 8, 2005
Covenant Health System Knipling Education/Conference Center
Corner of Louisville & 21St Street, Lubbock, Texas
Temperatures vary, bring a jacket. Garage parking $4.00, surface parking free.
Purpose/Goal
To facilitate patient safety and promote optimal care by providing participants with comprehensive theoretical and technical information related to patients requiring advanced cardiovascular intervention.
Target Audience
Nurses, Radiologic Technologists, Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialists, Cardiovascular Techs (The program focuses primarily on Cath Lab and related areas.)
Objectives: Upon completion of this program, the targeted audience should be able to:
NURSES AND RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS
- Describe the impact of various levels of physical activity on the progression of cardiovascular disease, and the need for intervention, including radiographic evidence.
- Discuss selected imaging methods used in identifying coronary artery disease.
- Describe and compare diagnostic results, and how they contribute to treatment outcomes.
- Discuss the most significant innovations in cardiovascular intervention and radiographic imaging of the last decade and how they will influence the outcomes of the future.
- Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the various pharmacologic alternatives for adjunctive therapy for PCI, including evidence from fluoroscopic images.
- Discuss some of the most recent clinical trials utilizing these agents and how to put the trial results into clinical practice.
NURSES
- Discuss the impact of evidence based nursing practice on outcomes in cardiovascular nursing.
- Identify the clinical presentation and monitoring parameters of ADHF.
- Discuss current available treatment regimens for ADHF.
- Evaluate therapeutic outcomes of treatment for ADHF.
- Describe how to care for the cardiac patient of all ages with a holistic approach.
- Discuss the impact of congenital or acquired heart disease on families, and on the community.
RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS
- Discuss the development of CT.
- Explain the importance of multi slice scanners for cardiac diagnosis.
- Explain the importance of fast CT in trauma diagnosis.
- Describe the benefits of 64 slice CT over EBT.
- Discuss how cardiologists are utilizing CT.
- Identify the causes of varicose veins.
- Discuss the differences between various treatments of varicose veins.
- Describe methods of preventing varicose veins.
Agenda
7:45 A.M. Registration and Exhibits and Continental Breakfast
8:20 A.M. Welcome & Introduction
8:30 A.M. Athletes, Weekend Warriors, and Desk Jockeys
Guy Wells, MD - Lubbock Cardiology Clinic, Lubbock, Texas
9:20 A.M. Imaging Tools and Their Impact on Treatment and Outcomes
W. Chuck Brogan, III, MD - Brogan Heart Center, Lubbock, Texas
10:10 A.M. Break and Exhibits
10:30 A.M. Significant Innovations in Cardiovascular Intervention of the Last Decade
Devang Patel, MD - University of Texas HSC, San Antonio, Texas
11:20 A.M. Clinical Update: Pharmacologic Adjuncts in PCI
James Ferguson, MD - Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas
12:10 A.M. Lunch Provided and Exhibits
Line Dancing to energize you in the best West Texas tradition!
*****C O N C U R R E N T S E S S I O N S *****
A. NURSING:
1:10 P.M. Evidence Based Practice Applied to Cardiovascular Nursing
Sue Apple, DNSc, RN - Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
2:00 P.M. Current Concepts of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF)
Wyley McCoy, R.Ph. - Covenant Medical Center, Lubbock, Texas
2:50 P.M. Break
3:00 P.M. The Body, Mind, and Soul of the Cardiac Experience
Marty Harrell, RN, BSN - Covenant Medical Group, Lubbock, Texas
3:50 P.M. Evaluation/ Wrap-Up
B. RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY:
1:10 P.M. The Role of 64 Slice CT in Cardiac Diagnosis
Barry Hickey, RT(R) - Siemens Medical Solutions, Dallas, Texas
2:50 P.M. Break
3:00 P.M. Varicose Vein Treatment
Brian J Bruening, MD - Lubbock Diagnostic Radiology, LLP, Lubbock, Texas
3:50 P.M. Evaluation/ Wrap-Up
CNE CREDIT
7.2 CNE contact hours will be awarded for this program. Covenant Health System is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This activity meets Type I criteria for mandatory continuing education requirements toward relicensure as established by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas. Criteria for successful completion is defined as accomplishment of the objectives as self-reported upon evaluation.
Approved by TSRT for 7.0 Direct Credits for TDSHS-MRT Requirements
7.0 Category A Credits for ARRT Requirements (TDSHS-MRT Card Holders)
7.0 Category B Credits for ARRT Requirements (Non-TDSHS MRT Card Holders)
Radiologic Technologists - please bring your ID numbers (ARRT, TSRT, TDH-MRT)
Approved by ASRT for 7.0 Category A Direct Credits
Registration Deadline: October 1, 2005
Pre-registration Fee: $30 (Students: $20), Registration at the door: $40
(Student: $30)
(Refunds will not be granted for cancellations after October 1, 2005)
On-Line (preferred) www.covenantheartinstitute.com
Click on WTCS logo and bring up symposium brochure,
find “click here to register on-line”. Credit card payment required.
(Covenant Nursing Service employees may apply to Friends of Nursing for reimbursement)
If unable to register on-line, mail this page in with your check (payable to Covenant Foundation)
(Covenant Nursing Service employees may apply to Friends of Nursing for reimbursement)
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Return To:
Patty Freier, RN, Cardiac Research & Education
Covenant Heart Institute, 3615 19th Street, Lubbock, Texas 79410
For accommodations & area activities: www.lubbocklegends.org
For any additional information call: Patty Freier, RN, BSN, RCIS
Phone (806) 725-0708 Fax (806) 723-7357 pfreier@covhs.org
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