Purpose:
Provide RNs education on the classifications of PEs and new catheter directed treatment options.
Significance: PE remains a common and lethal entity PE is the 3rd leading cause of cardiovascular death in hospitalized patients (60,000-1000,000 per year) 150,000-250,000 PE related hospitalizations per year RNs must be knowledgeable of the classifications of PEs and catheter directed therapies to promote positive patient outcomes Prior to catheter directed therapies, submassive PEs had a mortality rate up to 20% at 3 months and were traditionally treated with IV heparin, or oral anticoagulant therapyhttps://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1139/thumbnail.jp
