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Activity Steps

1 Activity
2 Take Test 3Certificate

Purpose of Activity

To provide information about the new Surviving Sepsis Campaign treatment guidelines and the Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock definitions and tools.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. outline the new treatment guidelines and changes in the sepsis bundle interventions.
  2. discuss how the new tools can be used to predict adverse outcomes in patients with infection.

Disclosures

The authors and planners have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

Price: $17.95

Credits:

  • ANCC 1.5 CH
  • DC - BON 1.5 CH
  • FL - BON 1.5 CH
  • GA - BON 1.5 CH

Lippincott Professional Development is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This activity is also provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11749. Lippincott Professional Development is also an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the District of Columbia Board of Nursing, Florida Board of Nursing, and Georgia Board of Nursing, #50-1223.







Planner
Test Code: AJN0218B
Published: Feb 2018
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources: AJN, American Journal of Nursing
Required Passing Score: 13/18 (72%)
Authors: Mary Beth Flynn Makic, PhD, RN, CCNS; Elizabeth Bridges, PhD, RN, CCNS
Categories: Acute Care , Evidence Based Practice
Topics: Guideline , Sepsis , Sepsis Bundle , Septic Shock , Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) , Surviving Sepsis Campaign , Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3) , quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA)