Understanding the Management of Heart Failure

Wednesday, October 12, 2016
1:00 pm (ET), 12:00 pm (CT), 11:00 am (MT), 10:00 am (PT)

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Presenters:

• Jean Nappi, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS AQ-Cardiology
  Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcome Sciences
  Associate Director, Graduate Pharmacy Education
  South Carolina College of Pharmacy – MUSC Campus
  Charleston SC

Goal Statement (Pharmacists & Nurses)

The purpose of this activity is to provide the participant with the knowledge needed to manage patients with heart failure.

1. Compare and contrast heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) to heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).
2. Summarize the various categories of recommendations found in the ACC/AHA guideline for the management of heart failure.
3. Describe the place in therapy for 2 newly approved drugs for HFrEF.
4. Identify drugs that may cause or exacerbate heart failure.
5. Given a specific patient case scenario, develop and justify a therapeutic plan.

Goal Statement (Pharmacy Technicians)

The purpose of this activity is to provide the participant with the knowledge needed to assist pharmacists in managing patients with heart failure.

1. Define heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).
2. List 2 new drugs that can be used to treat HFrEF.
3. List non-antimicrobial options for patients with heart failure.

Target Audience

Pharmacy staff and nursing staff involved with the medical care of patients with heart failure.

Type of Activity

Knowledge-based

Pharmacy Accreditation

Innovatix, LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program has been approved for 1.0 contact hour for Disease State Management. Universal activity number: 0409-0000-16-016-L01-P (Pharmacists) and 0409-0000-16-016-L01-T (Technicians). To receive continuing education credit, a pharmacist or technician must attend the accredited session and complete the program evaluation at https://innovatix.com/evaluations/. Registrants must

Nursing Accreditation

Professional Education Services Group is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC-COA).

Professional Education Services Group is awarding 1.0 contact hour for learners who successfully complete this continuing nursing education activity (including attending the entire 1.0 hour session and completing and submitting the session evaluation) The evaluation can be found online at: http://innovatix.cds.pesgce.com/index.php.

For questions about this activity for nurses, contact support@pesgce.com.

Cost

This program is free of charge to existing and potential Innovatix members.

Continuing Education Credits

ACPE Statements of Credit will be transferred to CPE Monitor within 4-6 weeks, upon successful completion and submission of the verification of Continuing Education and Program Evaluation Forms. CE certificates are not issued by Innovatix.