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Course # 9451 • Sepsis: Diagnosis and Management

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Learning Objectives:

1. Define the various degrees of sepsis, and describe the history and incidence of sepsis relative to mortality.
2. List the risk factors associated with the development of sepsis.
3. Describe the pathogenesis of SIRS, including the five phases of development, and the pathophysiology of sepsis.
4. List potential organ manifestations related to the development of sepsis.
5. Describe the suggested diagnosis and management of the septic patient.
6. List the diagnostic criteria of suspected SIRS in the pediatric patient.

Faculty:

Patricia Lea, RN, MSEd, CCRN, received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing in 1973 from Houston Baptist University in Houston, Texas. She returned to Graduate School to complete a Master's Degree in Education, specifically Health Education, in 1996. Pat has worked in various institutions, including St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital and Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, where she specialized in cardiovascular surgery and acute renal dialysis. She has worked as a Cardiovascular Clinical Coordinator in the Cardiology Department and the Congestive Heart Failure Clinic at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco, Texas. In 2003, Ms. Lea was employed as a Senior Research Clinical Nurse Specialist at the Stem Cell Research Center at the Texas Heart Institute coordinating stem cell and cardiac stent trials. She is now a full-time faculty member at the University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing.

Division Planner(s):

John M. Leonard, MD

John V. Jurica, MD, MPH

Jane C. Norman, RN, MSN, CNE, PhD

Faculty Disclosure

Contributing faculty, Patricia Lea, RN, MSEd, CCRN, has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.

Division Planners Disclosure

The division planners have disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.

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