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Educational Products for Emergency Nurses
CEN REVIEW
Improve your performance on the CEN Certification Exam or enhance your Emergency Nursing
expertise with Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio RN, PhD. These comprehensive CEN Review materials
are designed for nurses who want to update, strengthen or expand their knowledge base in
clinical emergency settings, as well as acute care units. Pass the CEN Exam…now!
TOPICS INCLUDE:
• CARDIOVASCULAR EMERGENCIES: Shock,
myocardial infarction, hypertensive crisis,
congestive heart failure, cardiac trauma
• NEUROLOGICAL EMERGENCIES: Neurological
assessment, increased intracranial pressure,
cerebral hemorrhage, head trauma
• GASTROINTESTINAL EMERGENCIES:
Pancreatitis, GI bleeding, abdominal
trauma, bowel obstruction
• RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES: Respiratory
assessment, pulmonary embolism, acute
respiratory failure, tension pneumothorax,
status asthmaticus, pulmonary trauma, ABG
interpretation
• GENERAL EMERGENCIES: Gynecological,
poisonings, burns and compartment syndrome
This six hour CEN REVIEW Course, taped live at one of Dr. Vonfrolio’s
seminars, is available on DVD, CD, Video or audio cassette tapes.
Approved for 6 contact hours.
PRICE: Individual use: $80.00 plus $6.00 shipping
Institutional: $300.00 plus $6.00 shipping (includes 20
booklets/post-test/CEU’s)
EMERGENCY NURSING EXAMINATION
REVIEW BOOK
Practice your Emergency Nursing knowledge with over 900 multiplechoice questions. This 485 page book, written by Laura Gasparis
Vonfrolio RN, PhD & Joanne Noone RN, provides detailed explanations
of the correct answers and explains why other choices are incorrect.
PRICE: $32.95 plus $6.00 shipping
EMERGENCY NURSING BIBLE (3rd edition)
This 630 page book, written by Pat Bemis RN, CEN is designed for use at
the bedside and describes each nursing action in a step-by-step, logical
manner. Each chapter covers a medical emergency seen in the ED and
includes a ready reference of the commonly used medications, pathophysiology and practical tips. Current life support, pediatric and trauma
protocols are included. A new chapter covers homeland security and
terrorism, disaster triage, and more!
40 contact hours are available for an additional fee of $15.
PRICE: $59.95 plus $6.00 shipping
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Educational Products for Critical Care Nurses
CCRN REVIEW
Prepare to successfully pass the CCRN Certification Exam with the help of Laura Gasparis
Vonfrolio RN, PhD, author of the best-selling book “Critical Care Examination Review.” Her
comprehensive review materials cover core curriculum and the most important content areas
according to the new Certification Examination Blueprint. In addition to valuable test-taking
strategies, you will gain the confidence you need to readily pass the exam. After watching or
listening to these entertaining videos, DVDs, CDs or audio cassette tapes, you will understand
why Dr. Vonfrolio is such a popular entertaining speaker. Laugh and learn!
TOPICS INCLUDE:
• CARDIAC: Acute myocardial infarction, angina,
arrhythmias, CHF, hypertensive crisis, shock
states, cardiac trauma, CABG
• PULMONARY: ABG interpretation, respiratory
assessment, acute respiratory failure, ARDS,
status asthmatics, pulmonary embolism,
thoracic trauma
• ENDOCRINE: Diabetes insipidus, SIADH, DKA,
Hyperosmolar coma, hypoglycemia
• HEMATOLOGY: Disseminated intravascular
coagulation, immunosuppression
• NEUROLOGICAL: Neurological assessment,
increased intracranial pressure, head trauma,
aneurysm, acute spinal cord injury, seizures,
intracerebral hemorrhage
• GASTROINTESTINAL: GI hemorrhage, hepatic
failure, pancreatitis, abdominal trauma, bowel
obstruction
• RENAL: Renal anatomy, acute renal failure,
electrolyte imbalances, renal trauma
This two day program, 12 hour CCRN REVIEW Course taped live at Dr.
Vonfrolio’s seminar, (just like being there) is available on DVD, CD, Video.
Approved for 12 contact hours.
PRICE: Individual use: $150.00 plus $6.00 shipping
Institutional: $700.00 plus $6.00 shipping
(includes 20 booklets/post-test/CEU’s)
SUPER CCRN REVIEW CRAM (one day program, 6 hour) available on audio
cassette tapes for individual use. Approved for 6 contact hours.
PRICE: $80.00 plus $6.00 shipping
CRITICAL CARE EXAMINATION REVIEW BOOK
The one and only book written by Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio
RN, PhD & Joanne Noone RN, to help you pass the CCRN
Exam! Test your knowledge of critical care nursing with
over 800 multiple-choice questions with detailed explanations for each
answer choice. Explains why the correct answer is right and why the other
choices are wrong. The content of this 410 page book is organized by body
system so you can easily study the subject areas that need more review.
PRICE: $32.95 plus $6.00 shipping
Symposium Registration P. 6 • Vacation Registration P. 9 • Product Order Form P. 15
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Educational Products for Critical Care Nurses
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f you work with pulmonary artery catheters
and EKG’s, these review materials were
created especially for you by Laura Gasparis
Vonfrolio RN, PhD. She will teach you how to
expertly identify and interpret normal and
abnormal hemodynamic waveform configurations.
Learn to read a 12 Lead EKG in a very systematic
and simple way, identifying inferior, anteriorseptal and lateral wall myocardial infarctions.
Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned
critical care nurse, this knowledge will make a
real difference in the patient care you provide in
the clinical setting.
HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING TOPICS INCLUDE:
• Clinical significance of abnormal and normal
hemodynamic waveforms, A, C, & V waves
• Alterations in PAP, PCWP, PAWP associated
with diseases
• Obtaining accurate readings and errors/
variations in techniques
• Troubleshooting causes of dampening,
overwedging and catheter whip
• How PEEP affects wedge pressures and
calculations to obtain accurate readings
12 LEAD EKG INTERPRETATION TOPICS INCLUDE:
• Reading a 12 Lead EKG easily by using a
systematic approach
• Recognizing the location of cardiac muscle
injury seen in specific leads
• Determining axis deviations utilizing a “2
Lead Approach”
• Anticipating complications specific for
Inferior, Anterior, Septal and Lateral Wall
infarctions
HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING
By Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio RN, PhD, on DVD,
CD, Video. 3-hour program
taped at a live seminar.
3 contact hours
PRICE: Individual $59.95
plus $6.00 shipping
Institutional $250.00 plus
$6.00 shipping (includes 20
booklets/post-test/CEU’s)
HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING & 12 LEAD
EKG INTERPRETATION
By Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio RN,
PhD on DVD, CD, Video. 6-hour
program taped at a live seminar.
6 contact hours.
PRICE: Individual $80 plus
$6.00 shipping
Institutional $350.00 plus
$6.00 shipping (includes
20 booklets/post-test/CEU’s)
12 LEAD EKG INTERPRETATION MADE EZ
By Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio RN, PhD on DVD
and Video. 3-hour program taped at
a live seminar. 3 contact hours.
PRICE: Individual $59.95 plus
$6.00 shipping
Institutional $250.00 plus
$6.00 shipping
(includes 20 booklets/
post-test/CEU’s)
FUNDAMENTALS OF PERMANENT
PACEMAKERS
By Donna Memoly Koenig RN, BSN, CCRN &
Paul Leving MD.
This 250 page book will
educate and engage you
with illustrations,
cartoons that will have
you laughing while you
learn. Topics covered
include interpreting
EKG’s with pacemakers,
indications for pacemakers, hardware and
post-operative teaching. (20 contact hours
available for an additional fee)
PRICE: $24.95 plus $6.00 shipping
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isten, learn and laugh a lot with Laura
Gasparis Vonfrolio RN, PhD, as she covers
important topics for enhancing your acute
care skills.
This two day program, 12 hour ENHANCING
YOUR CRITICAL CARE SKILLS course taped live
at Dr. Vonfrolio’s seminar, (just like being there)
is available on CD or audio cassette tapes.
DAY ONE:
12 LEAD EKG
INTERPRETATION: Reading a
normal EKG, identifying patterns of ischemia, injury and
infarction; identifying the
location of infarction, complications associated with
each specific myocardial infarction and nursing
interventions.
DIFFERENTIATING ECTOPY FROM ABERRANCY:
Is it VT or SVT with a bundle branch block?
Recognize QRS changes in V1 and MCL1 with
RBBB and LBBB, recognizing SVT with a block
from ventricular tachycardia. Approved for 6
contact hours.
PRICE: Individual use: $59.95 plus $6.00
shipping
Institutional: $300.00 plus $6.00 shipping
(includes 20 booklets/post-test/CEU’s)
DAY TWO:
IV THERAPY: Parenteral solutions and their indications, complications and applications.
ABG INTERPRETATION:
ABG made EZ in a two-step
approach. ABG analysis, acidbase disturbances, symptomatology and treatment modalities.
NEUROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT: Quick neuro
assessment, patient’s prognosis based on clinical
findings, interventions to decrease increasing
intracranial pressure, as well as what not to do.
BREATH SOUNDS, HEART SOUNDS & MURMURS: Differentiating normal and abnormal
breath and heart sounds and monitoring them
as indicators of patient progress. Also included
is a thorough review of heart murmurs, their
sounds, how to assess them and etiology.
ENDOCRINE EMERGENCIES: Pathophysiology
and the nursing management of patients with
endocrine emergencies such as DKA, HHNK, DI,
SIADH, Adrenal Insufficiency, Myxedema Coma
and Thyroid Storm. Approved for 6 contact hours.
PRICE: Individual use: $59.95 plus $6.00 shipping
Institutional: $300.00 plus $6.00 shipping
(includes 20 booklets/post-test/CEU’s)
HOW I BECAME A NURSE
ENTREPRENEUR – Tales from
50 Nurse Entrepreneurs
This 360 page book details 50
business savvy nurses who have
started their own businesses
in consulting, private practice,
agencies, etc and share their
hopes, dreams and moments of despair and
success. Future nurse entrepreneurs will find
their tips and insights to be invaluable.
PRICE: $19.95 plus $6.00 shipping
MAKING A MILLION IN NURSING
on CD or audio cassette tape
This one hour presentation
by Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio
RN, PhD, the owner of four
successful businesses, will
provide you with ideas and
tips on how to start your own
business. This seminar will tickle your brain
and give you a boost of confidence to be your
own boss!
PRICE: $20.00 plus $6.00 shipping
Join the National Nurses
in Business Association
www.NNBA.net
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GREAT NURSE PRODUCTS
OBSTETRICAL EMERGENCIES
Audio CD by Toni Bergen RN, BSN, MsEd.
An in-depth look at
various diagnoses that
frequently impact the
perinatal patient, fetus
and family. Review of
pathophysiology, signs
and symptoms, medical
and nursing management
of pregnancy induced hypertension, preeclampsia, DIC, HELLP syndrome, abruptio
placentae and early and late post-partal
hemorrhage. Approved for one contact hour.
PRICE: $20.00 plus $3.00 shipping
signs and symptoms as well as origin and
influence of radical oxygen species, pro and
anti-inflammatory cytokines on the development of SIRS. Approved for 1.5 contact hours.
PRICE: $20.00 plus $3.00 shipping
IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT OF
BIRTH TRAUMA AND INJURY
A review of risk factors associated
with birth injuries, a description
of appropriate nursing interventions for common injuries, as well
as a review of the nurses’ responsibility in
notification and documentation of injuries
provided. Approved for 1.5 contact hours.
PRICE: $20.00 plus $3.00 shipping
SURVIVAL SKILLS FOR NEONATAL NURSES
By Terry S. Johnson RNC, MN, ARNP
THE FIRST 10 MINUTES OF LIFE: NEONATAL
TRANSITIONAL PHYSIOLOGY
This presentation reviews the beneficial effects
of labor, changes in the infants cardiovascular
and respiratory systems, closure of fetal shunts,
pulmonary and first breath dynamics and
changes in oxygenation and perfusion status.
Approved for 1.5 contact hours.
PRICE: $20.00 plus $3.00 shipping
CHILL OUT! MODEST HYPOTHERMIA TO
TREAT HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC REPERFUSION
INJURIES IN NEWBORNS
This presentation reviews the extensive
cellular physiology precipitating hypoxic
ischemic reperfusion injuries and introduces
new therapies, including modest hypothermia
or brain cooling to limit the extent of injury.
Approved for 1.5 contact hours.
PRICE: $20.00 plus $3.00 shipping
SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY
RESPONSE SYNDROME (SIRS)
IN NEONATES
This presentation reviews the
inflammatory process, clinical
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25 STUPID THINGS NURSES DO
TO SELF DESTRUCT
By Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio
RN, PhD.
This 2-CD audio set, taped
live at a seminar, will explore
the 25 stupid things that nurses do to selfdestruct as a profession (the first one being –
We Don’t Stick Together). Your awareness will
be heightened and your senses sharpened as
to the power we can hold as a profession.
Content will cover those behaviors that have
a negative impact on the nursing profession;
outlines situations and gives examples of
dysfunctional professional behavior and
delineates a solution for each behavior.
PRICE: $20.00 plus $3.00 shipping
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NURSE’S
T-SHIRT
Our 100% cotton
t-shirt tells it like
it is – in red, navy
blue and black.
Available in large
and extra large.
When ordering
specify size and
color.
NURSE’S PIN
Show the world that nurses
rule with this attractive
clutch-backed, 1 1/8 inch,
enamel and gold finish pin. The perfect
gift for you and your nurse colleagues!
PRICE: $6.00 plus $2.00 shipping
NURSE BRACELET
7-inch nurse
bracelet with silver
like beads with
hanging heart detailed
charms featuring the words Nurse,
Comfort and Kindness. Comes gift boxed
with a special nurse card and charm.
PRICE: $15.00 plus
$6.00 shipping
PRICE: $12.00 plus $3.00 shipping
T-shirt front
IVORY LACE HEART
ORNAMENT
Honor your favorite nurse
or yourself! Beautiful 6
inch ivory lace bouquet
heart-shaped ornament
embroidered with the word “Nurse”.
T-shirt back
PRICE: $6.00 plus $3.00 shipping
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