Friday, September 6, 2019, 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM, NYU Langone Health Alumni Hall B, New York, NY

This program is designed to prepare transplant staff nurses, APPs for the transplant nursing certification exam. Program will included education about heart transplantation, Ventricular Assist Devices, lung, kidney, pancreas, liver, intestinal transplants as well as living donors and pharmacology

1. Describe 3 risks a nurse should assess a patient . during the immediate post op care of a patient implanted with a ventricular assist device.
2. Differentiate between 2 types of immunosuppression: induction therapy and maintenance immunosuppression.
3. Identify 2 risks of immunosuppression post transplantation
4. Discuss 3 risk factors that must be discussed with potential living donors during their consent to be evaluated for donation.
5. State 3 diseases that may be indicated for liver transplantation for adults
6. Analyze the rationale for checking 2 separate ABOs on each candidate listed for transplantation
7. Describe 2 therapies in intestinal rehabilitation that may delay or avoid intestinal transplantation
8. Identify the two most common diseases leading to a need for kidney transplantation
9. Discuss 2 major risks of living donor liver transplantation
10. Identify organ allocation systems for liver, kidney, heart and lung transplantation
11. Analyze the decision making required for bilateral vs single lung transplantation
12. State two risks following pancreas transplantation.

AMA Accreditation

NYU Winthrop Hospital is Accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians through 3/31/2023. Provider #0006392

Nursing Accreditation

NYU Winthrop Hospital is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Northeast Multi-State Division(NEMSD), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.  Provider Number:  Provider# NY009-2020 through Oct 9, 2020.  

Social Worker Continuing Education Credit

NYU University Hospital, Office of Academic Affairs SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of Continuing Education for licensed social workers Provider #0319.

No faculty are available for this activity at this time.