As the Director of Education and American Heart Association (AHA) Site Coordinator for a hospital in McKinney Texas, I take the opportunity to teach a Basic EKG and Pharmacology class during our general Nursing Orientation scheduled every two weeks. We require all new hire nurses regardless of area of specialty to attend this AHA course. Student demographics may can include RN’s from areas to include seasoned critical care and emergency room to psychiatric and women’s services Nurses. We also open the class to employees who may be preparing to take ACLS or PALS courses. The class begins at 0800 in the morning and typically runs until 1300 every other Friday.