Educational Opportunities

PCNA is proud to offer a wide variety of continuing education opportunities. Partnerships with our corporate sponsors have allowed us the opportunity to provide you with these online courses, a national symposium and the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing.

PCNA is accredited through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education - number 030602. Please contact those whom you would submit your credits to find out if these credits are relevant to your license.

Publication CE :

Read publication first and then complete the online CE

• National Guidelines and Tools for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: A Pocket Guide, 3CE credits, ** This CE course requires purchasing a study book

Online CE :

Triglycerides & HDL

• Assessment, Treatment, and Evaluation of the Patient with Elevated Triglycerides and Low HDL, 1 CE credit

Nutrition

• Health Benefits of Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Walnuts, 1 CE credit
• Nourishing Healthy Hearts, 3.6 CE credits (This CE course requires a separate registration and log-in that is different from your original log in)
• Whole Grain and Health: Get the Whole Story, March 2007, 2 CE credits, patient & health professional materials

Heart Failure

• Initial Evaluation and Ongoing Assessment of the Patient with Chronic Heart Failure: Focus on the Outpatient Setting,
  2 CE credits

• Get Tough on Angina, 1 CE credit
• Latest Advances in the Treatment of Angina, 1.5 CE credits

• Women's Health in Menopause and Later Years, 1 CE credit

• Lipid Management Today, June 2006, 1 CE credit
• Lipid Management Today, November 2006, 1.5 CE credits

• Depression-Cardiovascular Disease: Does the Arrow Point Both Ways?, 1 CE credit

• Module 1: Pathophysiology & Consequences, 1 CE credit
• Module 2: Assessment & Diagnosis, 1 CE credit
• Module 3: Lifestyle Interventions: Diet & Exercise, 1 CE credit
• Module 4: Pharmacological Management, 1 CE credit
• Module 5: Focus on Children & Families, 1 CE credit