A Course for Nurse Practitioners, April 10 12, 2015 page 1 Managing Urgent/Emergent Clinical Problems: A Course for Nurse Practitioners April 10 12, 2015 Friday, April 10, 2015 DAY 1 0830 Introduction and Welcome 0845 The Role of the NP in Acute Care 0915 Decreased Level of Consciousness Dawn Tymianski 1015 Break 1030 Decreased Level of Consciousness (cont d) Dawn Tymianski 1200 Lunch 1245 Acute Chest Pain Colleen Clark 1415 Break 1430 Acute Chest Pain (cont d) Colleen Clark 1530 Acute Kidney Injury Marnie Rodger 1700 Wrap-Up Day One
page 2 Saturday, April 11, 2015 DAY 2 0830 Acute Shortness of Breath 1000 Break Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing University of Toronto bloomberg.nursing.utoronto.ca/pd 1015 Acute Shortness of Breath 1115 Acute Limb Pain Bertha Hughes 1230 Lunch 1315 Acute Abdominal pain Shirley Strachan-Jackman 1445 Break 1500 Acute Abdominal Pain (cont d) Shirley Strachan-Jackman 1600 Wrap-Up
Sunday, April 12, 2015 DAY 3 0830 Acute Hypotension Mary Mustard 1000 Break A Course for Nurse Practitioners, April 10 12, 2015 page 3 1015 Acute Hypotension (cont d) Mary Mustard 1115 Pain Management Jason Sawyer 1230 Lunch 1315 Acute Glycemic Management Esmee Carson 1430 Break 1445 Wound Management Laura Teague 1600 Wrap-Up and Course Evaluation
page 4 Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing University of Toronto bloomberg.nursing.utoronto.ca/pd Managing Urgent/Emergent Clinical Problems: A Course for Nurse Practitioners April 10 12, 2015 Program Description This intensive course will focus on the management of urgent/emergent clinical problems that may be encountered by Nurse Practitioners working in acute care. An interactive and case based approach will be utilized to review acute clinical problems with a focus on critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills. The course will address shortness of breath, hypotension, decreased level of consciousness, chest pain, abdominal pain, acute kidney injury, limb pain, glycemic control, wounds of the lower limb and management of acute pain. The course will focus on equipping Nurse Practitioners with the knowledge and tools to confidently assess and develop a treatment plan through exploration of differential diagnoses and relevant pathophysiology, identification of assessment findings, discussion of the relevant diagnostic approach, determination of an initial therapeutic plan of care, and red flags for intervention/consultation. Program Learning Objectives At the completion of the course, participants will: 1. Identify and prioritize differential diagnoses for 10 common urgent/emergent clinical problems. 2. Describe pathophysiology for key differential diagnoses. 3. Understand relevant assessment techniques. 4. Identify appropriate, evidence-based diagnostics. 5. Identify initial treatment plan. 6. Identify red flags for urgent intervention/consultation. 7. Identify key scope & role issues relevant to the NP role in hospital.
A Course for Nurse Practitioners, April 10 12, 2015 page 5 Course Director NP-Adult, MScN, CDE Practice Leader for Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Practitioner, Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Michael s Hospital Director of Professional Nurse Practitioner Practice, Nurse Practitioners Association of Ontario Course Faculty Esmeralda Carson NP-Adult, MN, CDE Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Michael s Hospital, Colleen Clark NP-Adult, MN Nurse Practitioner, Cardiology, Heart Function Clinic, Southlake Regional Health Centre Bertha Hughes NP-Adult, MN, RVT, CCN(C), CDE Nurse Practitioner, Vascular Surgery, St. Michael s Hospital Mary Mustard NP-Adult, MN, CCN(C), CNCC(C) Nurse Practitioner, Cardiovascular Intensive Care, St. Michael s Hospital Marnie Rodger NP-Adult, MN Nurse Practitioner, Cardiovascular Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network Jason Sawyer RN-EC, BScN, MN, (BC) Nurse Practitioner, Acute Pain Service, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Board Certified-Pain Management; Lead, Pain Assessment, Documentation & Management Best Practices. Shirley Strachan-Jackman NP-Adult, MN, ENC(C) Nurse Practitioner, Emergency Department, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network Laura Teague NP-Adult, MN, PhD(c) Nurse Practitioner Wound Care, St. Michael s Hospital Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Western University Dawn Tymianski NP-Adult, MN, CNN(C) Nurse Practitioner-Adult, Neurosurgical Provincial Outreach, Krembil Neuroscience Center, University Health Network