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ForwardCICU Practicum March 2026
The CICU Practicum is an immersive course where participants review common congenital and acquired cardiac conditions, attend multidisciplinary rounds, and apply diagnosis and treatment plans to simulated critical care transport scenarios. Learners will analyze and manage transport medication drips, practice DOTM protocols and procedures, and apply skills in packaging, transporting, and handing off critically ill cardiac patients.
Target Audience
- Nurses
- Paramedics
Learning Objectives
- Participants analyze common congenital heart defects and acquired heart diseases seen in the pediatric population; then apply the knowledge by attending multidisciplinary rounds to learn about diagnosis and treatment plans of the patient population common to the CICU setting. They apply the information learned in follow up discussion, including Xray review. Participants will identify and apply skills to patients with critical care transport concerns.
- Participants will identify and analyze transport medication drips for cardiac patients. They will apply information from the diagnosis, assessments and treatment plans to simulate a transport patient, Including the medication considerations.
- Participants will examine DOTM protocol and procedures, including drip calculations,medication administrations and common procedures. They will apply learned skills to receiving, packaging, transporting, and handing off of care of a critical care cardiac transport patient, including equipment used for transport and procedures common while on transport.
Nadia Pendleton
Daniel Schroeder, BSN, RN, CCRN, CNPT, PNCCT
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Children’s National Hospital. Children’s National Hospital is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Children’s National Hospital Accreditation Provider# 4008362.
Available Credit
- 10.75 ANCCChildren’s National Hospital will provide 10.75 Nursing Contact Hours for this Live activity.
- 10.75 ParticipationSuccessful completion of this continuing education activity.
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This will guide you through the steps needed to receive your CE certificate. You will only be able to complete these steps after you have attended the education session and submitted your attendance code.