40th Annual Townsend Cardiovascular Nursing Symposium
September 19, 2025 • Virtual
About
As the field of cardiology expands, a multitude of opportunities in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases is available to enhance outcomes for patients. This one-day symposium brings national and local expert faculty to the virtual platform to present on a variety of cardiovascular related topics.
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Welcome |
| 8:10 am | 12-Lead ECG Interpretation and Identifying Acute Changes Andrea Efre, DNP, APRN, FNP-C Healthcare Education Consultants LLC |
| 9:25 am | Break |
| 9:35 am |
Turn it Up, Turn it Down: The Art of Vasoactive/Inotropic Titration & Fluid Administration
in Resuscitation and De-resuscitation |
| 10:50 am | Break |
| 11:00 am | Infective Endocarditis in Patients with an Intravenous Substance Use Disorder Mary Ann Degges, DNP, RN, CCNS, CNL Nursing Professional Development Specialist Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital |
| 12:15 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 pm |
I Think I Need Help in Here: The Acute Chest Pain Assessment |
| 2:15 pm | Break |
| 2:30 pm |
Considerations When Conventional Heart Failure Management is No Longer an Option |
| 3:45 pm | Closing Remarks |
| 4:00 pm | Symposium Adjourn |
Continuing Education
Nursing
The Wichita State University College of Health Professions is approved as a provider
of continuing nursing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing. This course
offering is approved for 7.5 contact hours applicable for RN, LPN, or LMHT relicensure*.
Kansas State Board of Nursing provider number: LT 0090-0327.
*Continuing nursing education credits will be available up to 9 days after the conference
has ended. Participants must watch the session in its entirety and complete the evaluation
by 11:59 pm on Sunday, September 28 in order to receive credit.
Live Respiratory
The Wesley Medical Center CEU Evaluator has approved this program for 7.5 hours of
Live Respiratory Continuing Education on behalf of the Kansas Respiratory Care Society,
a chapter society of the AARC. Credits for respiratory are only available during the
conference for live attendees. Providership # KRCS 029
EMS
This program offers 6.5 hrs of cardiac-specific EMS CEs. Participants will need to
self-submit retroactively.