Agenda - PCNA Meeting - Cedar Valley Chapter (Iowa)
Cedar Valley Cardiovascular Center, Waterloo, IA
7/15/15 4:00 – 5:00 pm
4:00 – Call to Order – Lisa Maher
4:05 – Review:
 Chapter Requirements
 Must meet 4 hours per year
o After this meeting 2 hours
 Annual Report (Submit in January)
 Annual Symposium – Orlando, FL: April 2016
4:10 - Committees:
 Webmaster – Publicity Coordinator – monthly PCNA eNewsletter – Lisa Maher, DNP, ARNP
 Update on PCNA Facebook page – Invite Only for Cedar Valley (Iowa) PCNA members.
Education Committee – Kari Haislet, DNP, ARNP; Lisa Maher, DNP, ARNP
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Will address the educational needs of PCNA chapter members through educational
opportunities and CEU offerings.
Journal Club
o Definition: An educational meeting in which a group of individuals discuss current
articles, providing a forum (even electronic – Facebook) for a collective effort to
keep up with the literature.
o Advocates evidence-based nursing practice.
o Facilitates the review of a specific research study and to discuss implications of the
study for clinical practice.
o Research will be done to set up an electronic meeting place and details will be sent
out via email and addressed at the next meeting.
CEU Speakers and Requirements – Dina Dowden, Allen College Contact for CEU credits
Topics for future speakers?
Membership Committee – Abbie Schaa, MSN, ARNP
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Works to retain current members and recruit new members. Possible members could
include any nursing personnel, nursing students, Registered Dietitians, Pharmacists, Exercise
Specialists, and any person interested in promoting cardiovascular care and prevention.
Community Initiatives Committee – Abbie Schrader, MSN, ARNP
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Organizes activities for local members to provide community outreach opportunities and
public education.
4:20 – General Ideas
 Discussed ideas for both Golf Tournament and 5K. After further discussion with the
PCNA main office, funds cannot be raised towards our individual chapter. It was
decided to table general ideas until next meeting.
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Other Ideas?
4:25 – Upcoming Events
 CEU Opportunities
o Cholesterol Guidelines, Abbie Schrader, ARNP (August 2015)
 Set exact date
o Discussed asking Heather Cue, ARNP, Occupational Health to discuss DOT Guidelines
from a Cardiovascular Standpoint.
 January/February 2016
o October 23, 2015 – Montage 5:30 – 7:30 pm
 DVD Program in a Box and Power Point Presentations ready to go.
Patient Advocacy in Post-Hospitalization Care of ACS: Closing Communication Gaps
and Engaging Patients
Free
REGISTER
 Release date: June 13, 2014
 Expiration date: June 12, 2015
 Estimated time to complete activity: 1 hour.
 Please click the following link to confirm: http://pcna.peachnewmedia.com/SystemCheckv2/
 Jointly sponsored/Co-provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine, PCNA, and CE Health Interactive
 This activity is supported by an educational grant from AstraZeneca
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, advanced practice nurses and nurses
who work in acute cardiac care settings, ambulatory cardiology practices, cardiac rehabilitation, case management,
and primary care, as well as other specialists including cardiologists, primary care clinicians, hospitalists, intensivists,
and emergency medicine specialists, involved in the management of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
Statement of Need/Program Overview
Adherence to professional guidelines by healthcare professionals in the management of patients with acute coronary
syndrome (ACS) remains suboptimal despite the fact that the implementation of professional guidelines into
treatment strategies has been shown to improve outcomes in patients with ACS post-hospitalization. In addition,
patient adherence to therapy is also suboptimal. Clinicians can improve patient adherence by learning about patientrelated factors of nonadherence to therapy and addressing those factors with their patients. Several methods for
effectively addressing patient- and provider-related barriers to adherence that support long-term treatment goals
through improved adherence rates have been developed. Advancements in antiplatelet therapy that are aimed at
increasing adherence through improved efficacy and safety profiles continue; however, several barriers to their use
and implementation exist, including the volume of information available to clinicians. Barriers to the effective use of
these agents is multi-layered and requires educational initiatives to provide healthcare practitioners with a working
knowledge of the agents available, as well as those on the horizon, so that guideline adherence and the use of
effective agents can increase, thereby improving patient outcomes.
Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
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Objective #1: Implement evidence-based options recommended in professional guidelines for antithrombotic
therapy in ACS patients.
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Objective #2: Use achieved knowledge of antithrombotic options to manage ACS patients post-hospitalization.
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Objective #4: Apply practical solutions for improving communications to effectively counsel ACS patients on
medication access, the importance of long term persistence with therapy, and local pharmacy communications.
Objective #3: Identify issues involving communication gaps between patient advocates and patients diagnosed
with ACS.
Physician Continuing Medical Education
Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of Postgraduate Institute for
Medicine and CE Health Interactive. The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide
continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation
The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1
Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing Continuing Education
This educational activity is provided by the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA). PCNA is approved
as a provider of nurse practitioner continuing education (CE) programs by the American Association of Nurse
Practitioners (AANP), provider number 030602.
Nurses – How to Claim Credit
Nurse and nurse practitioner learners will view the course materials; complete the post-test (post-test can be taken
more than once to achieve a passing score of 75%); the CE evaluation and may then print the CE certificate.
Physicians – How to Claim Credit
Please go online to CME University at: www.cmeuniversity.com, and register or login (takes less than 1 minute).
Once logged in, follow these steps:
 Click on the “Find Post-Test/Evaluation by Course:” at the top of the page.
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Type in “9669” and hit enter.
Click on the activity title when it appears.
Choose your profession/type of credit you are seeking.
Complete the online posttest and Evaluation Form.
Upon successful completion of the posttest, 70% or better, and the online Evaluation form, you will have immediate
access to a certificate of attendance to print or save for your files.
If you have any questions regarding the CME certification for this activity, please contact Postgraduate Institute for
Medicine at: information@pimed.com or (303) 799-1930.
Formats Available: Streaming
Approved Credit:
 PCNA: 0.80 hours Contact Hour Total, 0.80 hours Total Hour
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“Secondary Prevention Cocktail: the Key Ingredients” (FLS 2015 topic)
Submitted grant program to supplement non-FLS CE events.
Recap of meeting
Questions?
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Next meeting September/October?
5:00 - Adjourn