Cheryl's Presentations

Are you in need of Cardiac or Critical Care Classes? Listed below is a sampling of Cheryl’s Cardiac & Critical Care Classes. Classes can be tailored for the critical care nurse, the progressive/telemetry nurse or the acute care nurse. In addition, Cheryl presents cardiac education for paramedics/EMTs and social/service groups. Cheryl will develop an individualized seminar to meet the educational needs of your institution, local AACN chapter, or conference.

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Cardiac & Critical Care Topics

• Rhabdomyolysis -- Muscle Breakdown!
• Post Procedure Complication
• Cardiac Advanced Life Support – Surgery (CALS-S)
• Cardiac Medicine Subspecialty Certification (CMC) Review Class
• Care of the STEMI/NSTEMI patient
• Differentiating Cardiomyopathies
• How Cool! Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest
• Myocarditis, Endocarditis, Pericarditis
• Oh My Clogged Arteries: Peripheral Vascular Disease
• Triad of Disaster in Cardiac Surgery Patients: Hypothermia, Acidosis, and Coagulopathy
• Valvular Disease and Valvular Surgery
• A Woman’s Heart is Different: Women & Heart Disease
• Acute Coronary Syndrome: Time is Muscle
• As Easy as Black & White: Chest X-ray Interpretation
• Care of the Cardiac Patient for the Non-Cardiac Nurse
• Cardiac Surgery Certification (CSC) Review Class
• Care of the Cardiac Surgery(CVS) Patient (2 lectures)
  • For the Critical Care Nurse: Includes critical care concepts, complications recognition/treatment, and hemodynamic interpretation to care for the CVS patient in the first 48 hours post surgery.
  • For the Progressive/Telemetry Nurse: Strategies for care of the patient after the first 24 hours of surgery to discharge
• Critical Care Jeopardy
  • 12 Lead EKG
  • Chest X-ray Interpretation
  • Hemodynamics
  • Arterial Blood Gases
  • EKG Rhythms
• Critical Thinking Algorithms to Prevent the Killer Event
• Cutting Edge Technology: Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair
• Getting to the Heart of Cardiac A/P & P (Anatomy, Physiology, & Pharmacology)
• Heart Failure – Ways to Keep the Heart Pumping
• Puzzling Pacemakers
• Challenging and Complex Cardiac & Pulmonary Case Studies
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy – Broken Heart Syndrome
  • Cocaine Associated Chest Pain & AMI
  • Prinzmetal Angina
  • Coronary Spasms
  • Postpartum Cardiomyopathy
  • Other Unusual Case Studies
• Understanding Acidosis: Causes, Complications, Correction
• 12 Lead EKG (all day seminar or individual lectures)
  • The 12 Leads & Correlation of Coronary Anatomy
  • Ace the Axis– Beat the Bundles
  • 30 Seconds to Identification of STEMI
  • Advanced 12 Lead: EKG Changes Beyond STEMI
  • 12 Lead EKG Jeopardy

Leadership & Education Topics

• Creative Coaching & Educational Strategies to Develop Critical Thinking Skills
• Piecing Together the Puzzle of Generational Diversity

Cultural Diversity & Mission Topics

• It’s a Small World – Nursing Beyond the Borders
• Piecing Together the Puzzle of Generational Diversity

Public Presentations

• A Woman’s Heart is Different: Women and Heart Disease
• Heart Disease: The Number # 1 Killer
• Keeping your Lamp Burning--Preventing a Worn Out Woman