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Digital Seminar

Heart Failure: Diagnosis and Current Treatment Guidelines


Speaker:
Cyndi Zarbano, MSN-Ed, CCRN, PCCN, CMSRN, LNC, NLCP
Duration:
2 Hours
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Dec 13, 2024
Product Code:
POS078921
Media Type:
Digital Seminar

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Description

With pronounced longevity and improved survival after myocardial infarcts, we see more patients than ever with heart failure. Patients with chronic low cardiac outputs can be a challenge to manage, especially as new medications and management tools become available every year. During this session, Cyndi Zarbano, MSN-Ed, CCRN, CMSRN, LNC, will explore emergency interventions for acute decompensation, causes, and new management guidelines to treat and slow the progression of the heart failure disease process. Discover best practice strategies to prevent and manage heart failure exacerbations!

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Cyndi Zarbano, MSN-Ed, CCRN, PCCN, CMSRN, LNC, NLCP, brings 30 years of frontline nursing experience across intensive care, emergency, and flight nursing – and she continues to take patient assignments as an intensive care nurse at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. That direct patient care isn’t just background; it’s the foundation of everything she teaches.

A sought-after speaker on national and international stages, Cyndi is known for delivering evidence-based clinical content with the kind of real-world perspective and genuine humor that makes learning stick. She practices what she preaches when it comes to professional growth, currently pursuing her third master’s degree – this one in leadership.

Her expertise extends well beyond the bedside. Since 2008, Cyndi has served as a legal nurse consultant on more than 300 cases spanning plaintiff, defense, and boards of nursing matters. She has accumulated critical perspectives on clinical documentation, standards of care, and the moments when nursing judgment makes all the difference. A 10-year US Navy veteran who left service as a Lieutenant Commander, she carries that same precision, discipline, and commitment to excellence into every room she enters.

 

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, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Cynthia Zarbano has no relevant non-financial relationships.


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Objectives

  1. Analyze current guidelines for treating different forms of heart failure to slow progression and to improve mortality rates.
  2. Explore current medication regimens and when each is appropriate for patients.
  3. Recognize the strengths and limitations of laboratory findings in patients with heart failure.
  4. Determine the clues on an EKG that could identify acute changes in cardiac long-term function.

Outline

Metabolic Syndrome
  • What are some of the problems we are facing?
Types of Heart Failure
  • LV Systolic Failure
  • LV Diastolic Failure
  • Cor Pulmonale
Classification Systems
  • NYHA
  • AHA
Tests
  • Labs
    • BNP
    • Pro-BNP
    • Troponins
  • ECK Clues
  • ECHO Clues
  • Heart Cath
    • Right-sided
    • Left-sided
Current Medications Based on the Type of Failure
  • Improving function
  • Slowing progression
Tools
  • IABP
  • Impella’s
  • VAD’s
  • PPM’s/ICD’s

Target Audience

  • Physicians 
  • Physician Assistants
  • Nurses

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