Course Code: REL-ACU-0-MOP
Hours: 1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2026
Learning Objectives:
Discuss pacemaker indications and functions.
Analyze pacemaker presentations on ECG.
Describe nursing care and education for patients with pacemakers.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Permanent Pacemakers
Overview
Indications
Implantation
Complications
Pacemaker Interrogation
Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
Review
Summary
Section 3: Pacemaker Programming and Features
Pacemaker Codes
Pacemaker Modes
Biventricular Pacing
Review
Summary
Section 4: ECG Interpretation
ECG Analysis
Pacemaker Failures
Pacemaker Analysis
Section 5: Nursing Care
Pacemaker Information
Patient Education
Basic Life Support
Section 6: Clinical Vignette
Meet Iyana
Section 7: Conclusion
Summary
Course Contributor
Resources
References
Subject Matter Expert: Cathryn Ayers, RN
Cathryn Ayers, RN, MSN has nearly 10 years of critical care experience. She was active in multiple committees to improve patient safety, executed staff education activities, and managed the new graduate orientation program for those entering intensive care units. Cathryn obtained a license for massage and bodywork therapy in 2012 and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2016 with a Master of Science in Nursing Education. She has provided telephonic case management services and developed program materials to facilitate positive outcomes for people with rare conditions across the United States. Cathryn has a passion for teaching and helping others to be their best.
Reviewer: Zeliha Ozen, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNL
Zeliha has extensive experience in critical care nursing in acute care hospitals, including cardiac intensive care (CICU) and medical intensive care units (MICU). She has served in various roles, including educator, preceptor, charge nurse, and advanced critical care life support (ACLS) instructor. She has extensive experience as a code nurse for a 900-bed hospital. Zeliha has been a lung transplant coordinator for around five years and was responsible for pre-transplant care, waitlist management, and post-lung transplant care. Zeliha has worked on cutting-edge transplant organ procurement initiatives such as Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP) and has managed patients in a hospital that performs around 100 transplants annually. Additionally, Zeliha has served as quality chair council for the heart and vascular services and has worked on several quality initiatives for the service line, such as infection control, cardiac education, nursing resiliency, and nursing onboarding. She has served on various leadership councils in the CICU. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Saint John University in Rochester, New York. She has a Master of Science in Nursing and a Master’s in Clinical Nurse Leadership (CNL) from Queens University in Charlotte, North Carolina. She is also certified as a Critical Care Nurse (CCRN).
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Nurses; in the following settings: Acute Care Facility.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.