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Advanced Nursing Skills

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Advanced Nursing Skills

Presented by The Healthcare Training Academy

Full-day program

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About the Program

This full-day review covers advanced skills, from basic to advanced concepts in 12-lead recognition, hemodynamics, arterial lines, and ventricular assist devices. It is designed for nurses at every level, whether you are new to the field or experienced. You will strengthen your skills and assessment and feel more confident caring for patients with advanced needs.

Topics Include

12-Lead ECG
- Axis deviation
- Injury patterns
- Basic concepts
- Reciprocal changes
- Systematic approach
- Lead locations
- Complications of MI
- Differentiating wide complex tachycardia
  - Is it V-Tach?
Hemodynamics
Pulmonary artery catheter
- Setup
- Troubleshooting
- Interpretation exercise
Arterial line
- Setup
- Troubleshooting
- Interpretation
And more

Learning Objectives

By the end of this presentation, you will be able to:

Discuss arterial lines and the significance of their waveforms
Implement care based on arterial and hemodynamic findings
Document findings for pulmonary artery catheters and arterial lines
Explain normal arterial line concepts and acid-base balance
Explain the use and troubleshooting of ventricular assist devices (VADs)
Recognize injury patterns on a 12-lead ECG
Recognize axis deviation on an ECG
Apply a tool to differentiate wide-complex tachycardia
And more

Who Should Attend

RNs, NPs, PAs, interns, students, and more.

Continuing Education Credit

6 hours awarded upon program completion.

This program is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (Provider #CEP17561) and the Florida Board of Nursing (Provider #50-24286) for 6 contact hours.

Faculty/Speaker

Lee Taylor-Vaughan, PhD, JD, RN, ACNP, CCRN-CSC-CMC, PCCN, CEN, TCRN, NREMT-P, LNC, CFRN

Lee is a native of Yorkshire, England, and began his healthcare career over 20 years ago in the emergency room and intensive care unit. His education includes EMT and paramedic training, a BS, an MS in nursing from Rutgers University, a Doctor of Law from Concord Law School, and a PhD from the University of Arizona.

Since 1997, Lee has provided continuing education for nurses, physicians, and other medical professionals. He co-authored the CEN® and CCRN® examination review books with Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio, RN, PhD, and travels across the USA teaching a range of exam review courses, including the CCRN review course with Laura.

Lee's career focuses primarily on emergency and critical care. He currently practices as an acute care nurse practitioner in a cardiothoracic surgery intensive care unit in the New York City metro area.

Lee is an enthusiastic, down-to-earth, and energetic lecturer whose presentations are easy to follow. He holds national and international speaking engagements on many topics.

Headshot of Lee Taylor-Vaughan

The planners, presenters, and others in a position to control the content of this educational activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. This educational activity is entirely free from commercial support or sponsorship, and there are no financial disclosures associated with the content of this seminar.

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Disclaimers

Accreditation and Approvals

Health Care Training Academy Inc. is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the New Jersey State Nurses Association, an accredited approver through the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Provider ID: P295-8/2025-90.
Approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP17561.
Approved via CE Broker for FL, GA, SC, NC, and AK (Provider ID: 50-24286).

Nursing Contact Hours

Nursing continuing education is accepted in all 50 states.

Program Information

Conflicts of interest: The planning committee, presenters, faculty, authors, and content reviewers have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Presentation standards: All speakers are expected to give balanced, unbiased presentations. All content is reviewed, and any identified bias is addressed.
Program support: This program has no commercial support, joint providership, or sponsorship.

Important Information

Endorsement: Accreditation does not imply endorsement by The Health Care Training Academy (D/B/A CardiacEd), NJSNA, or ANCC of any commercial products shown during this program, if any.
ANCC policy: ANCC does not permit contact hours for BLS provider courses, except BLS Instructor courses.
College credit: This activity does not offer college credit unless explicitly stated.

Non-nursing professionals: Please check with your licensing board to confirm that nursing contact hours will satisfy your credential renewal. Refunds are not issued if your board does not accept nursing credits.

Refund policy: All registrations are final. Refunds, credits, extensions, and transfers are not available. Before registering, please confirm that you are available and able to complete the program.

Criteria to Earn Contact Hours

You must attend the entire session to receive nursing continuing education credit.
Partial contact hours are not awarded. You must complete all program requirements to earn credit.