Best Practices in Stroke Prevention
Earn 0.75 CE contact hours, including 0.25 pharmacology, in this online course learning about best practices in stroke prevention. Thomas Brott, MD will review the prevalence and epidemiology of stroke,…
Read MoreCan Stenting Prevent Myocardial Infarction in Stable Coronary Heart Disease?
In this online course, William Fearon, MD will review the current practice standards for the management of symptomatic coronary heart disease. He will also describe fractional flow reserve (FFR) and…
Read MoreSubstance Abuse and Cardiovascular Disease
Throughout this CE course, Mariann Piano, PhD, RN will review current U.S. trends and discuss the general and cardiovascular risks associated with regarding substance abuse and cardiovascular disease. Learn strategies…
Read MoreHeart Sounds: What is Your Patient’s Heart Telling You?
Join Jane Linderbaum, MS, CNP, AACC, as she reviews basic heart sounds (S1, S2) and how to recognize third and fourth sounds, gallops, and pericardial rubs. After this course, you…
Read More2022 Cardiovascular Nursing Symposium, Pharmacology Sessions
Clinical management of the chronic cardiovascular disease is a key component of the work of advanced practice nurses and registered nurses in the cardiology and primary care settings. PCNA’s 2022…
Read MorePrevention and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) from Hospital to Home
Join Kelly M. Rudd, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, CACP for this VTE CE course and review of venous thromboembolism (VTE) blood clot risk factors and best practices to prevent them in…
Read MoreSecondary Prevention in Acute Coronary Syndrome: What Nurses Need to Know
Learn from Dr. Handberg about the secondary prevention guidelines and treatments for risk reduction in patients with acute coronary syndrome. Understand the importance of a team-based approach to manage the…
Read MoreNavigating Resources to Assist Patients in Managing CVD
Pat Jolley, RN, winner of the 2020 innovative project abstract category discusses “Matters of the Heart,” a program that helps patients access materials over the web and/or phone to gain basic information about topics and issues that…
Read MoreIschemic Heart Disease and Microvascular Angina: Current Trends in Diagnosis and Management
Eileen Handberg, PhD, ANP-BC, FACC discusses clinical perceptions of women and heart disease and reviews the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of pre-clinical atherosclerosis and microvascular disease.
Read MoreOptimal Nutrition for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction
Dr. Catherine Christie discusses what research reveals about current diets and trends and how they stack up in the context of cardiovascular risk reduction.
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