Mastering Cardiac Care

Paul Langlois, APN, PhD, CCRN, CCNS, is a critical care clinical specialist in the surgical, medical, neurologic, burn, CCU, and trauma ICUs of Cook County Hospital, Chicago. Drawing on over 40 years of experience assessing and managing patients with life-threatening diseases, Dr. Langlois provides advanced-level training to nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists, and physicians. Dr. Langlois is committed to providing the highest quality of care to patients through advanced education. His presentations are evidence-based, timely, and provide participants with numerous case studies to facilitate critical thinking. As a bedside clinical nurse specialist, he has developed several institution-wide protocols for the multidisciplinary assessment and management of infectious disease and multi-system organ failure patients. His presentations are enthusiastically delivered and offer highly practical tips that help make the most challenging concepts easy to understand. Linking knowledge to clinical practice is the goal of every educational program.

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Rebecca Bierle, MSN, APRN, ANP-BC, is an electrophysiology nurse practitioner at Monument Health Heart and Vascular Institute in Rapid City, South Dakota. Rebecca has been recognized for her clinical excellence and leadership in heart failure and electrophysiology.

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I am clinically active as an intensive care nurse at a 16 bed ICU for Mayo. I work with a wide variety of specialties including neuro surgery, ventilator patients, balloon pumps, CRRT, Flotrak, etc.... I have a legal nurse consulting business (see website for both services offered and testimonials). I also develop and deliver seminars during the week for companies nationwide on medical related topics and work with the MN Board of Nursing working with nurses who have gotten Corrective Action or Suspensions. I work with them as a consultant to meet the criteria of their corrective action and get them back to work. I have two pocket guides currently published in 2013 and 2014, both available on Amazon.com. One is on Assessment Skills and the other on Medical Surgical Nursing. Currently a pocket guide on laboratory findings in in the editing stage. I am in the process of negotiating a contract with Springer Publishing Company as well for a manual to prepare for the Medical Surgical Certification test. I also have numerous recorded programs that are available for purchase through PESI Healthcare, Ed4Nurses and Med Ed Seminars. I am a US Naval veteran leaving service as a Lieutenant Commander (LCDR). Specialties: Medical/Surgical, Intensive Care, psychiatric nursing, certified legal nurse consulting, seminar development and delivery. I am certified in ICU, Progressive Care, Med/Surg, as a legal nurse consultant and as a nurse life care planner.

Stacie R. Ward-Santangelo, RN, MS, APN, CHFN, CCNS, works as an advanced practice nurse in cardiology and heart failure with Community Physicians. Additionally, she is charged with working with various facilities, and her esteemed colleagues, developing ‘skilled heart units’ in nursing and rehab facilities across the Chicagoland area. Stacie is board-certified in advanced heart failure and cardiology. She has extensive experience working in respected and growing cardiac programs in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. She is responsible for the program development of cardiac transplantation and mechanical support programs, which are successful and viable today. Stacie had received many awards and honors during her career. She received Nurse of the Year at University of Chicago, Volunteer of the Year for the American Heart Association, “Stand Out Amongst Your Peers” award from Abbott for her work in cardiovascular research, Patient Satisfaction Award for consistently being in the 99th percentile for patient satisfaction at Northwestern Medicine, and most recently, elected to be on a national committee “ Thought Leaders Forum” for research in advanced heart failure. She publicly speaks at national and local meetings. Stacie is considered an expert amongst her peers and physicians colleagues alike in general cardiology, advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, and cardiac transplantation. She is highly motivated and has a keen interest in research, guideline-directed therapies, and the education of practitioners, students, and patients/families.

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Cheryl Herrmann, RN, MS, APRN, CCRN, CCNS-CSC/CMC, has 31 years of nursing experience—15 years as a bedside nurse in SICU, Neuro ICU, and CVICU, and 16 years as a cardiac clinical nurse specialist. As a cardiac CNS, she cares for patients in cardiac prep and recovery, cardiac catheterization, surgery, ICU, telemetry/progressive units, and at discharge. In addition, Ms. Herrmann is a Prehospital RN for the local ambulance service. In 2005, Ms. Herrmann was honored with the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Circle of Excellence—Excellent Clinical Nurse Specialist Award and the Twenty-Five Women in Leadership Award in central Illinois. She is the recipient of the 2009 University of Illinois Alumni Award.