Online Courses

Administering Blood Transfusions

Price: $10.00
Nursing CE: 1.50
This course is accessible until 3/1/2026
This course is also available in one or more course bundles.

This course focuses on the care and administration of blood and blood products. It will review the indications for transfusions, the appropriate use of blood and blood products, and the care and monitoring of a patient receiving blood and/or blood products. 

echelon® is an approved CE provider by the Florida Board of Nursing.

This course reports to CE Broker
Upon successful completion of this course, the participant will be able to:

  1. Identify indications for transfusions of whole blood, packed red blood cells, platelets, fresh-frozen plasma, and cryoprecipitated antihemophilic factor.
  2. State risks associated with blood transfusions.
  3. Describe care of the patient during a blood transfusion.
  4. Identify signs and symptoms indicative of a blood transfusion reaction.
  5. Identify characteristics of specific transfusion reactions and describe the appropriate treatment.

Qualified Planners/Faculty

Nancy Haugen, PhD, RN, CCRN

Nancy Haugen is an Assistant Professor & ABSN Program Chair School of Nursing for Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, California. Her nursing experience spans over 30 years in a variety of areas including critical care, post anesthesia care, infection control, employee health, and staff development. She received her Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing from the University of Florida in 2000 and certified as a Critical Care Nurse. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, American Nurses Association, Florida Nurses Association, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, National League for Nursing, and Southern Society of Nurse Researchers.

Disclosures
This author has disclosed that there are neither conflicts of interest nor commercial affiliation with this activity.

Revisioning Author: M. Julie Talmadge, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, APPD

Dr. Talmadge is a family nurse practitioner with over 18 years of experience as a nurse practitioner. Her most recent clinical experience was in acute care working with a surgical residency program in Orlando, Florida. In 2013 she was awarded her Doctorate of Nursing Practice from the University of Florida in Gainesville. She currently is the Accredited Provider Program Director with echelon, Continuing Education and Professional Development, a Division of AdventHealth University. Dr. Talmadge is a member of the Central Florida Advanced Nursing Practice Council. She served on the Florida Board of Nursing, as appointed by the Governor (term 2018 - 2021). She has been adjunct faculty at the University of Central Florida and has precepted graduate nurse practitioner students.

Disclosures
*There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for those involved with the ability to control the content of this activity.

Deborah Torres-Logan, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC

Ms. Deborah Torres-Logan is an adult nurse practitioner and works in the office setting seeing vascular patients. She graduated from the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL with her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree. She graduated from the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL with her Master of Science in Nursing degree and Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. She graduated from Florida Hospital College of Health Science in Orlando, FL with her Associate of Science in Nursing degree. She is a former Instructor of  Nursing at Adventist Health University.  She is a member of the American Association of Nurse practitioners and the International Nursing Honor Society, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI). She was the president of the Nursing Honor Society at Advent Health University in 2014-2015.  During her presidency, the nursing honor society applied to become a chapter of STTI and was approved.  She is a peer-reviewer for the Journal of American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She has been on clinical mission trips to Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Disclosures
*There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for those involved with the ability to control the content of this activity.

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Completion Requirements: To receive continuing education credit commensurate with the credit awarded for this on-line activity, the participant must:

  • View all modules and cases studies.
  • Participate and pass all Self-Checks and Post Test(s).
  • Complete and submit the on-line evaluation.

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