- Critical Care Pharmacology Course Promotes Patient and DrugAdministration Safety
Elsevier/MC Strategies (http://www.mcstrategies.com/), a pioneer inproviding e-learning solutions to more than 1,300 healthcare organizations,has partnered with the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) todevelop a series of online nursing courses. Today, AACN and Elsevier/MCStrategies announced the first course in this series: AACN Critical CarePharmacology.
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"Critical Care Pharmacology will provide significant benefits to bedsideclinicians and educators," said Justine Medina, RN, MSN, AACN Director ofProfessional Practice and Programs. "Patient safety is paramount to ensurethe best outcome for critically ill patients. Critical Care Pharmacologybreaks new ground in online clinical education by integrating aninterdisciplinary framework to provide the requisite knowledge to supportsafe administration of medications in the highly complex environment ofcritical care."
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Developed with expert consultation from the American Association ofCritical-Care Nurses in collaboration with the American Society ofHealth-System Pharmacists (ASHP), the interactive, online course will helpprepare nurses to safely administer drugs specific to critical care patients.Users of the eight-lesson product can take advantage of continuing nursingeducation contact hours offered through AACN and will engage and learnthrough four key features, including "Ask the Pharmacist," "Safety Alert,""Myth vs. Fact" and "What's the Evidence?" Presented in a case study formatthat utilizes cutting-edge animations, Elsevier/MC Strategies designed thecourse to encourage critical thinking skills with a real world critical-carepatient and clearly illustrate complicated concepts.
"Ensuring safe care of critically-ill patients receiving high-alert drugshas long been a challenge," said Cindy Tryniszewski, RN, MSN ExecutiveDirector, Clinical e-Learning, Elsevier/MC Strategies. "Working alongsideAACN and ASHP, we have delivered a high-quality product that provides nurseswith superior continuing education on how drugs work, why drugs cause adverseeffects, and what the implications are for patient care."
Among current challenges facing healthcare organizations is the effort toprovide safe, competent and quality care to critically ill patients to ensureoptimal outcomes. Critical Care Pharmacology effectively meets thischallenge, not only by offering in-depth education concerning medicationsafety, best practices, and evidence-based interventions, but by complyingwith The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals. A soon to bereleased white paper from Elsevier/MC Strategies highlighting this topic istitled "Education Options for Staff Development: Using a Blended LearningApproach to Teach Critical Care Pharmacology". This white paper highlightsissues surrounding quality patient care as a direct result of best practicesin drug administration.
Additionally, Elsevier offers a collection of four powerful onlinereference tools for nurses and allied health professionals. The Mosby'sNursing Suite provides complete solutions to nursing staff, and includesMosby Nursing Skills, an online skills and procedures index; Mosby NursingConsult, a comprehensive online resource for nurses; and Mosby's Index, anursing and allied health journal abstracts and indexing database. Mosby'seLearning promotes safe, quality, and accurate patient care throughhigh-quality, online continuing education.
Further information about Critical Care Pharmacology, future courseswithin the series and the AACN-Elsevier/MC Strategies partnership can beobtained during the National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition,May 15-20, in Washington, D.C.
About Elsevier/MC Strategies
Elsevier/MC Strategies provides organizational development, onlinelearning and clinical reference solutions to the healthcare industry. Since1986, Elsevier/MC Strategies has had one objective - to advance healthcare bybringing the highest quality professional education, clinical information andorganizational development tools to healthcare. Today over 1,500organizations are using our Learning Management System (http://www.mcstrategies.com/LMS/index.htm ) for the training and developmentof 2.5 million nurses, financial managers, HIM professionals, medical coders,and other healthcare professionals. Our trusted brands include Mosby'sNursing Suite, Mosby's Imaging Suite and Educode, and we partner with leadinghealthcare associations to develop market-leading knowledge developmentsolutions that promote competency and confidence in front line clinical,revenue cycle and coding staff.
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical andmedical information products and services. The company works in partnershipwith the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000journals, including The Lancet (http://www.thelancet.com) and Cell(http://www.cell.com), and close to 20,000 book titles, including majorreference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions includeScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com), Scopus (http://www.scopus.com),Reaxys (http://www.reaxys.com), MD Consult (http://www.mdconsult.com) andNursing Consult (http://www.nursingconsult.com), which enhance theproductivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite(http://www.scival.com) and MEDai's Pinpoint Review (http://www.medai.com),which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes morecost-effectively.
A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier(http://www.elsevier.com) employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is partof Reed Elsevier Group PLC (http://www.reedelsevier.com), a world-leadingpublisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed ElsevierPLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam),REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
About AACN
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, the world's largestspecialty nursing organization, has been serving the needs of nurses caringfor acutely- and critically-ill patients since 1969. Representing theinterests of more than 500,000 nurses, AACN is dedicated to creating ahealthcare system driven by the needs of patients and their families, whereacute and critical care nurses make their optimal contribution. AACN definesacute and critical care nursing as the specialty within nursing that dealswith human responses to life-threatening health problems.
The purpose of AACN is to promote the health and welfare of patientsexperiencing acute and critical illness or injury by advancing the art andscience of acute and critical care nursing and promoting environments thatfacilitate comprehensive professional nursing practice. Through itsactivities, the association seeks to
About ASHP
ASHP is a 35,000-member national professional association that representspharmacists who practice in hospitals, health maintenance organizations,long-term care facilities, home care, and other components of health caresystems. ASHP is the only national organization of hospital and health-systempharmacists and has a long history of improving medication use and enhancingpatient safety.- Provide leadership and leadership development within acute and critical care nursing. - Demonstrate responsiveness to issues and concerns raised by members or other interested parties. - Promote means to enhance affiliation and support networks for members and colleagues. - Operate effectively and efficiently with respect to human and financial resources. - Provide value and quality in all programs, activities, and products.
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