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    Kaitlyn Hopkins attended an Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) program to gain skills and certification needed for a career in critical care. The 8-hour program consisted of interactive scenarios to reinforce key concepts like early CPR and effective team communication during cardiac emergencies. Kaitlyn found value in the experience to improve her skills and knowledge to help save lives. She recommends ACLS certification for all nurses to develop essential skills for identifying life-threatening situations and providing proper care during medical emergencies.

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    Kaitlyn Hopkins attended an Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) program to gain skills and certification needed for a career in critical care. The 8-hour program consisted of interactive scenarios to reinforce key concepts like early CPR and effective team communication during cardiac emergencies. Kaitlyn found value in the experience to improve her skills and knowledge to help save lives. She recommends ACLS certification for all nurses to develop essential skills for identifying life-threatening situations and providing proper care during medical emergencies.

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    Kaitlyn Hopkins attended an Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) program to gain skills and certification needed for a career in critical care. The 8-hour program consisted of interactive scenarios to reinforce key concepts like early CPR and effective team communication during cardiac emergencies. Kaitlyn found value in the experience to improve her skills and knowledge to help save lives. She recommends ACLS certification for all nurses to develop essential skills for identifying life-threatening situations and providing proper care during medical emergencies.

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    N479 Professional Activity Evaluation Form

    Your Name: Kaitlyn Hopkins Date of Activity: 3/30/2020 Faculty name: Mark Falconer

    Describe the community service/professional activity/s you attended or participated with (be

    specific about the purpose and your role):

    The professional activity I attended was the Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support

    (ACLS) program. This program was an in-depth simulated scenario-based class, whose purpose

    is to teach health professionals how to provide quality care to a cardiac arrest victim or other

    cardiopulmonary emergencies. The concepts emphasized in the simulations were the importance

    of early basic life support CPR for patient survival, integration of effective basic life support

    with the advanced cardiovascular life support algorithm, and the importance of effective team

    interaction/communication during resuscitation. My role as a student attending was to do hands-

    on participation in the interactive scenarios reinforcing the key concepts listed above and

    demonstrating proper physical skill/ drug usage. This was done over nine separate scenes, some

    involving stroke, ischemic heart, and finally finished with the cardiac arrest. The last part of the

    class was a test to prove not only the physical skills were effective executed but the knowledge

    as well.

    Where was this held and what was program/activity length?

    This was held at the Eclipse CPR Training center in Tucson, AZ. It was held from 0900

    to 1600. Even though the class was only 6 hours, it qualifies at 8 hours for all of the preparation

    this extensive class required beforehand with learning ACLS algorithms and the pretest.

    Discuss the value of this experience to you (be specific).


    It allows me to be better prepared for a career in the critical care area. I wish to pursue a

    career in the ICU eventually. The certification could help increase my chance of receiving a job

    in the critical care area. It also improves my skill set as a healthcare worker due to a high

    mortality rate from providing BLS or ACLS. Therefore, taking an ACLS class and Pre/posttest to

    evaluate my skills and knowledge could help save a life. That is why I value the knowledge and

    experience this class taught me.

    How would you continue to use this experience throughout your nursing career?

    I have already used some of the skills taught in class with the quality CPR needed in a

    code. All of the key concepts from identifying various life-threatening clinical situations to

    prearrest conditions, along with even basic skills like reading an EKG, are used daily in a nurse's

    job. ABCs, if any failure affects these bodily functions, this calls for an immediate call of the

    RST or a code blue. New nurses, especially unfamiliar with independent patient care, should

    know exactly when to call and not be afraid of being unsure. The knowledge to help in a code in

    any way, and the signs to call a code should be known.

    Would you recommend this specific community/professional experience in the future; why or

    why not? (Describe)

    Yes, these are essential skills to learn on top of the extensive theory expected to be

    already understood before even stepping through the door. These are skills previously stated

    above that nurses should have down due to constant usage.

    Brochure or proof of attendance obtained if applicable? Yes Signature on validation of clinical


    hours form obtained? Yes

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