Seminar Detail
Mastering Lab Interpretation & The Implications for Patient Care
- Where:
- NEW YORK, NY
- When:
- Thursday, November 21, 2013 at 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
This event is not currently available for purchase.
For more information: Call (800) 844-8260
Course Description:
Health care professionals are expected to accurately interpret lab values and take the appropriate action. However, many of us recognize that our understanding of lab values is limited and their interpretation is complex. We may be comfortable with the CBC and BMP, but it is easy to be overwhelmed by the array of lab values seen in the acute and chronic setting.
Join Cyndi Zarbano as she demystifies both the common and less frequently seen lab values. Utilizing a case-based approach, she will explore a large variety of labs, why they are ordered, and what the results tell us about our patients. By understanding the clues that these values give us, we can utilize critical thinking to plan our course of action and ensure the best possible outcomes for our patients.
Health care professionals are expected to accurately interpret lab values and take the appropriate action. However, many of us recognize that our understanding of lab values is limited and their interpretation is complex. We may be comfortable with the CBC and BMP, but it is easy to be overwhelmed by the array of lab values seen in the acute and chronic setting.
Join Cyndi Zarbano as she demystifies both the common and less frequently seen lab values. Utilizing a case-based approach, she will explore a large variety of labs, why they are ordered, and what the results tell us about our patients. By understanding the clues that these values give us, we can utilize critical thinking to plan our course of action and ensure the best possible outcomes for our patients.
Please refer to the course brochure for continuing education information.
Learner Objectives:
- Recognize what clinical clues the components of a complete metabolic panel add to the basic metabolic panel.
- Analyze arterial blood gases and discuss when venous or mixed blood gases are utilized.
- Describe what arterial blood gases are telling us about our patients' statuses.
- Interpret cultures, lactate and base excess in the septic patient.
- Identify the difference between a calcium level and an ionized calcium level.
- Differentiate between bacterial meningitis and viral meningitis based on lumbar puncture findings.
- Predict renal function based on BUN, Creatinine, BUN/CR ratio, and GFR.
- List the components of a cardiac panel utilized in a suspected acute myocardial infarction.
- Explain what cardiac enzyme findings tell us.
- Recognize life threatening electrolyte imbalances.
- Identify when a urinalysis is positive for a urinary tract infection.
CYNDI ZARBANO, MSN-ED, CCRN, CMSRN, LNC
Cyndi Zarbano, MSN-Ed, CCRN, CMSRN, LNC, has been a nurse for nearly 30 years specializing in intensive care. She earned her legal nurse consultant training through the Vickie Milazzo Institute in 2008 and has worked on nearly 250 cases for various boards of nursing. She has worked with attorneys on pre-corrective action and with nurses to meet consultation requirements to fulfill corrective action guidelines.
Additionally, Cyndi has worked as a legal nurse consultant responsible to analyze medical records, determine merit, assist with client interviews, attend medical appointments, locate testing experts, complete chronologies, review billing for accuracy, provide deposition/jury question development, and assist in court strategy development. Cyndi is a renowned national seminar speaker having spoken for numerous companies since 2008, including her own, Clinical Review Consultants. She works for Mayo Clinic in Minnesota continuing her passion for bedside nursing in critical care.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Cynthia Zarbano is the owner of Clinical Review Consultants and has an employment relationship with Mayo Mankato. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Cynthia Zarbano has no relevant non-financial relationships.
Credits listed below are for full attendance at the live event only. After attendance has been verified, pre-registered attendees will receive an email from PESI Customer Service with the subject line, “Evaluation and Certificate” within one week. This email will contain a link to complete the seminar evaluation and allow attendees to print, email or download a certificate of completion if in full attendance. For those in partial attendance (arrived late or left early), a letter of attendance is available through that link and an adjusted certificate of completion reflecting partial credit will be issued within 30 days (if your board allows). Please see “live seminar schedule” for full attendance start and end times. NOTE: Boards do not allow credit for breaks or lunch.
If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, or questions on home study credit availability, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.
The planning committee and staff who controlled the content of this activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. For speaker disclosures, please see speaker bios.
PESI, Inc. offers continuing education programs and products under the brand names PESI, PESI Healthcare, PESI Kids, PESI Rehab and Psychotherapy Networker.
If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, or questions on home study credit availability, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.
The planning committee and staff who controlled the content of this activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. For speaker disclosures, please see speaker bios.
PESI, Inc. offers continuing education programs and products under the brand names PESI, PESI Healthcare, PESI Kids, PESI Rehab and Psychotherapy Networker.
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Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to PESI Rehab, P.O. Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000 or call (800) 844-8260.
ADA Needs
We would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at (800) 844-8260.
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