Preventing Post-Operative
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Casseopia Fisher – Preventing Post-Operative Complications
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Course Download Size :
- Faculty:
- Casseopia Fisher
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 36 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Apr 12, 2019
Description
Changes in the post-surgical environment mean that patients have shorter post-operative hospital stays and spend more recovery time at home. Nurses providing care in the post-operative setting are left with the highest risk patients and tight schedules for getting them out the door. You are now challenged to ensure safety, minimize complications, and support an optimal recovery along the way. If you are providing care to patients recovering from a surgical intervention, you are guaranteed to sharpen your skills through updated knowledge gained by watching this critical recording!
Handouts
| Webcast Manual (9.45 MB) | 66 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Outline
Types of Anesthesia and Sedation
- General and regional anesthesia
- Common complications
- Newest research in symptom management
Post-Operative Pain Control
- Complex pain management issues
- Evidence-based pain management
- Ideal vs. real world issues
- Managing effects and side effects
- Over-medication & accommodation
Physiologic Response to Surgical Stress
- Cellular level response
- Stress, inflammatory, and metabolic response
- Understanding the “ebb” and “flow” theory
- Newest research to reduce complications from surgical stress
Sepsis
- Identification and first response
- Real world scenarios and presentations
- The most up-to-date evidence to reduce infection rates
Special Situations & Ethical Issues
- Bloodless surgery
- Special considerations in GI surgery
- Consent issues
- Surgery on the DNR patient
- The ethics of evidence based surgical options
Recovery at Home
- The hospital stay as the first stage of recovery
- Newest patient education theories
- “What I wish someone had told me…”
Faculty
Casseopia Fisher, MSN, RN, CMSRN Related seminars and products: 2
Casseopia Fisher, MSN, RN, CMSRN, has practiced nursing in multiple hospital post-surgical environments, including Trauma, Orthopedics, and Surgical Specialties. She is currently Nurse Manager of a Med-Surg unit and ICU, and a graduate of Oregon Health and Science University and Western Governors University.
Casseopia has a passion to share her expertise with healthcare audiences through a variety of presentations that draw from her background. As such, she is a sought-after national presenter on topics that draw from her areas of expertise. She holds her certification in Medical-Surgical Nursing and has a special interest in the management of alcohol withdrawal/drug abuse in the inpatient population.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Casseopia Fisher has an employment relationship with Columbia Memorial Hospital. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Casseopia Fisher is a member of the International Nurses Society on Addictions.
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