 GREETINGS!
Welcome to our 5th Annual Convention of the Cardiac Care Associates of the Puerto Rico ACC Chapter
The CCA of the Puerto Rico ACC Chapter is pleased to have outstanding and prestigious speakers in the field of cardiovascular care. We will participate in a varied number of conferences and workshops developed to provide you with the continuing opportunity to achieve an excellent cardiovascular care that as associates you provide. I also extend you an invitation to renew your membership or be part of the CCA team, to continue promoting and providing excellence in cardiac care patients and their families.
I will personally greet you and make sure you have and extraordinary 5th convention experience.
Miriam Nieto, PhD, RN, CCA
President
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the convention the participant will be able to:
1. Discuss important aspects related to cardiovascular care and management.
2. Analyze the impact of related physiological and psychological disturbances on the cardiovascular system.
3. Apply the basic concepts of EKG and ACLS in the management of cardiovascular patients.
CARDIAC CARE ASSOCIATES GUEST FACULTY
León Ferder, MD
Professor and Chairman
Physiology Department
Pharmacology Department
Ponce School of Medicine
Ponce, PR
Hilton Franqui, MD
Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship
University of Puerto Rico School of
Medicine
Department of Medicine
San Juan, PR
Ana Maldonado, MSN, CNS, FNP, RN
Instructor
Department of Nursing
University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez
Mayagüez, PR
Abigail Matos, DNP, MS, ANPC, RN, CCA
Secretary/Treasurer CCA - ACCPR
Associate Professor
Department of Nursing
University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez
Mayagüez, PR
Mildred Negrón, MSN, RN, CCA
Faculty Member for Masters’ in Critical
Care Nursing Program
UMET-Bayamón Campus
Nursing Department
Special Areas’ Educator
ACLS Course Coordinator
Pavía Hospital
San Juan, PR
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Miriam Nieto, PhD, RN, CCA
President CCA - ACCPR
Associate Professor
Department of Nursing
University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez
Mayagüez, PR
Lourdes Santiago, MSN, DE, CNS, RN, CCA
Professor
Department of Nursing
University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez
Mayagüez, PR
Ernesto Soltero, MD, FACC
Director Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Hospital Damas
Associate Professor of Surgery
Ponce School of Medicine
Ponce, PR
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Annabelle S. Volgman, MD, FACC
Medical Director, Rush Heart
Center for Women
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Attending Physician
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL |
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
FRIDAY MAY 27, 2011
1:45pm-2:00pm - Introduction and Welcoming Remarks
Miriam Nieto, PhD, MSN, RN CCA
President, CCA-PR
2:00pm-2:35pm - Palliative Care in Heart Failure Patients
Miriam Nieto, PhD, MSN, RN, CCA
2:35-2:50pm - My Cardiovascular Patients want Viagra: What Should I Tell Them?
Abigail Matos, DNP, MS, ANPC, RN, CCA
2:50pm-3:15pm - Antiplatelets/Anticoagulant/Thrombolytic Therapy in Cardiovascular Patients: Mechanism of Action
Mildred Negron, MSN, RN, CCA
SATURDAY MAY 28, 2011
8:00am-8:30am Registration
8:30am-8:55am - Cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and Triglycerides: What the Values Mean?
Abigail Matos, DNP, MS, ANPC, RN, CCA
9:00am-9:25am - Secrets of the Heart
Annabelle S. Volgman, MD, FACC
9:30am-10:00am - Cardiac Surgery: Nursing Perspective
Ernesto Soltero, MD, FACC
10:05am-10:35am Break/Exhibitors
10:35am-11:00am - Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: Evidence Based
Lourdes Santiago, MSN, DE, CNS, RN, CCA
11:05am-1:30am - Broken Heart Syndrome
Annabelle S. Volgman, MD, FACC
11:35am-12:00N - Effect of Renal Disease in the Cardiovascular Patient
León Ferder, MD, PhD
12:00N-1:30PM Lunch
1:30pm-1:55PM - Regression of Plague: It is Possible?
Lourdes Santiago, MSN, DE, CNS, RN, CCA
1:55pm-2:20PM - Hemodynamic in Critical Care Patients
Mildred Negron, MSN, RN, CCA
2:20pm-3:45PM - Chest Pain Evaluation
Anna Maldonado, FNP, MSN, RN
SUNDAY 26, 2011
Workshops:
9:00-10:00AM - EKG
Hilton Franqui, MD
10:00-11:00AM - ACLS (Algorithm)
Mildred Negrón, DNP, FNP-BC, CCA |
