The Links Between Smoking and Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)

11/19/24 • 23 min

Guest Lola Coke, PhD, ACNS-BC, FAHA, FPCNA, FAAN, describes the impacts on smoking and peripheral aretry disease, as well as how to help patients with behavior change strategies for tobacco cessation.

Resources:

Stages of Change Theory: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK556005/

PCNA Behavior Change Mini-Certificate: https://pcna.net/online-course/behavior-change-mini-certificate/

PCNA Heart Healthy Toolbox: https://pcna.net/clinical-resources/patient-handouts/heart-healthy-toolbox/

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Resources:

Stages of Change Theory: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK556005/

PCNA Behavior Change Mini-Certificate: https://pcna.net/online-course/behavior-change-mini-certificate/

PCNA Heart Healthy Toolbox: https://pcna.net/clinical-resources/patient-handouts/heart-healthy-toolbox/

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Hot Topics in CV Nursing Advocacy: Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act

Hear from the Director of Federal Advocacy for the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) about the Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2023.

Jessica walks listeners through the importance of this bill, how it expands upon the previously approved Cardiac Rehab Bill (in 2018), and why it is important for our patients.

CDC Million Hearts: https://millionhearts.hhs.gov/index.html

Nurse Practitioners: A Solution to America’s Primary Care Crisis Study: https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/nurse-practitioners-a-solution-to-americas-primary-care-crisis/c

MedPAC Health Care Spending and the Mediare Program Study: https://www.medpac.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/July2024_MedPAC_DataBook_SEC.pdf

AANP Action Center for Cardiac Rehab: https://www.votervoice.net/AANP/1/Campaigns/104006/Respond

PCNA Advocacy Training Course: https://pcna.net/online-course/from-care-to-action-basics-of-nurse-advocacy/

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Sleep: A Cornerstone of Cardiovascular Health

Sleep quality and cardiovascular health are closely intertwined. Guest Virend Somers, MD, PhD, describes the connections and provides sleep hygiene tips that can be used by healthcare professionals as well as your patients to improve sleep.

The Nurses Study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11458281/

PCNA CE course: https://pcna.net/online-course/identification-and-management-of-sleep-apnea-to-reduce-cvd-risk/

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