Contact Hours 2.50
CERP A 2.50
Pharmacology Hours 2.50
Expires Dec 15, 2026
Topics: Cardiovascular, Pharmacology
Population: Adult
Role: APRN
Member: Free
NonMember: $25.00
Activity Summary
Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes
Approximately 6.8 million Americans have heart failure with nearly 1 million new cases identified annually. Heart failure is the primary reason for hospital admission in older adults. In these chronically critically ill patients, pharmacology decision-making is complex and challenging. You will learn initiation, up-titration, monitoring, and contraindications for evidence-based medications for both HFrEF and HFpEF. This session integrates the newest guidelines and expert consensus recommendations from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association. APRNs increase their clinical decision-making expertise using complex and challenging case studies.Objectives
- Review safe prescribing and monitoring for medications used in heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction.
- Discuss strategies for diuretic use to achieve and maintain euvolemia.
- Contrast pharmacological therapy for heart failure with reduced ejection with therapy for preserved ejection fraction.
Continuing Education Disclosure Statement
Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.
AccreditationThe American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of
nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on
Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for
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Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content will be identified by the Nurse Planner within the activity. Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content has been mitigated.
Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education only and does not imply AACN, ANCC, or CBRN approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity. Activities with pharmacology hours are to assist the APRN in fulfilling the pharmacotherapeutic education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.
Activities meet the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your own state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting your certificate of completion.
Refund PolicyContinuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.