COURSE CREDITS & HOURS
14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™14 ANCC Contact Hours
4 Hours of Pharmacology for NPs
COURSE FEES
$895.00
$695.00
$495.00
TARGET AUDIENCE
Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Nurses
PROGRAM TOPICS
Topics:
- Stroke Update
- Identify large vessel occlusion strokes and outline pre-hospital care and emergency care for optimal patient outcome.
- Low Risk Chest Pain Patients
- Define the HEART Score and HEART Pathway and which patients can go home for outpatient workup.
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Update
- Are CT scans good enough to rule out SAH or do we still need to LP?
- What about CTA instead?
- What is a traumatic LP?
- How can we tell if traumatic SAH or spontaneous SAH from CT findings?
- Who needs seizure prophylaxis?
- Outline best workup and treatment for these patients.
- The Febrile Infant
- Boston, Rochester, Philadelphia or Step by Step?
- Describe how best to workup the febrile infant.
- Royal Pain in the Back
- Back pain patients can be high risk if they have certain red flags. We will cover those red flags to make sure you have a structured approach to evaluate these patients.
- Wilderness Medicine
- Manage patients outside of our normal environments.
- Learn to expand the our brain box!
- Disaster Medicine
- Unfortunately in our world it is a matter of when, not if.
- Everyone must be prepared for mass casualty events. Describe steps to manage these situations.
- Ophthalmology for Non-Ophthalmologist
- Compile eye complaints and recognize who needs to see ophthalmologist now.
- Drowning Update-NOT USING THIS ONE
- Define new terminology and treatment for the drowning patient.
- Osteoporosis
- Evaluate screening recommendations and apply them to everyday practice
- Utilize therapies that include bisphosphonates, PTH and inhibitors of the RANK/RANKL/OPG system
- Review the current controversies and clinical studies regarding Vitamin D
- Better advise patients on calcium supplementation
- MCI and Alzheimer's Disease
- Define Mild Cognitive Impairment in both amnestic and non-amnestic disease states
- Understand the potential implications of early diagnosis of dementia for patient care outcomes
- Describe the clinical manifestations of Alzheimer's disease
- Evaluate patients for symptoms of cognitive and functional loss
- Apply appropriate drug and non-drug interventions for patients with dementia
- Counsel families and caregivers at all stages of disease
- To Sleep: Perchance to Dream
- Describe the age-related changes in sleep
- Evaluate the psychiatric, medical, and neurological causes of sleep problems
- Implement office-based and objective methods for evaluating sleep disordered breathing
- Intervene with appropriate treatments for complaints of insomnia including CBTI as first line guideline directed care.
- Management of Constipation
- Understand the common barriers that hinder the optimal management of chronic constipation in health care settings
- Define primary as well as secondary causes of hypertension in the older adult
- Provide a rational strategy to manage constipation based on current best evidence of the drug classes currently available
- Where Pain Management Meets Addiction Medicine
- Understand the pathogenesis of pain
- Apply recent guidelines in pain management including calculations for Morphine Milligram Equivalent Units
- Choose appropriate drug therapy and multimodal interventions for the relief of pain
- Consider the metabolic breakdown of different narcotics and their contribution to serotonin syndrome
- Employ newer tools to determine the potential for opioid dependence
- Pulmonary Disease in the Elderly
- Evaluate current trends in pulmonary disease in the elderly
- Review current immunization guidelines and supportive therapy
- Include new therapies like LAMA/LABA combination inhalers and roflumilast in the management of COPD
- Implement the appropriate use of nebulizers, MDIs and oxygen
- Apply guideline directed care to patients with COPD
- Nutritional Supplements: When East meets West
- Understand that adequate nutrition is a prerequisite for the maintenance of good health and optimum efficiency
- Find the on-line resources that provide the best evidence in support of dietary and nutritional supplements
- Identify targeted supplements for heart disease, vision, depression/mood, and urologic disorders
- Council patients on the risks of certain therapies in the presence of other disease
- Improve your working knowledge of the Mediterranean diet
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
PLEASE NOTE: To attend the conference, participants must book their cruise accommodations through Continuing Education, Inc. This ensures we can provide full conference services and complimentary social amenities to meeting participants and guests. Participants' family and friends are welcome to book within our group allotment to take advantage of our typically excellent rates. Thanks for your cooperation. We look forward to welcoming you aboard!
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