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Contact Hour(s): 

 2 Contact hours, including 2 Advanced Pharmacology Hours

Author:

 Sarah Beattie DNP, APRN-CNP, CDCES

This peer-reviewed course is applicable for the following professions:

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), Athletic Trainer (AT/AL), Certified Nurse Midwife, Certified Nurse Practitioner, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN), Midwife (MW), Nursing Student, Physical Therapist (PT), Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA), Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Nurse Practitioner, Respiratory Therapist (RT)

Accreditations: 

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Board of Certification for Athletic Trainers (BOC)

State Approvals:

Alabama, Provider #ABNP1485; California BRN Provider #CEP # 13509; Florida Physical Therapy Association Approval: CE26-1361410; Kentucky Board of Nursing Provider #7-0085; Florida Board of Nursing Provider 50-353; New York State Education Department’s State Board for Physical Therapy

Course Description:

This course discusses the prevalence and diagnostic criteria of adult obesity, its complex pathophysiology, and obesity-related conditions. This course also discusses comprehensive clinical assessment findings in those with obesity. Evidence-based obesity interventions, including nutrition counseling, physical activity recommendations, pharmacological treatment, and surgical/procedural interventions, are also discussed in detail. Weight bias and stigma, and their effects on nursing care, are also discussed.

Outcomes:

≥ 92% of participants will know the comprehensive evaluation and management of adults living with obesity.

Objectives:

After completing this continuing education course, the participant will be able to:

1. Relate the incidence and prevalence of obesity in the adult population.
2. Differentiate between the terms overweight and obese.
3. Explain the pathophysiology of obesity.
4. Examine obesity-related conditions and complications.
5. Elaborate on a comprehensive assessment of an adult with obesity.
6. Summarize evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of obesity.
7. Recognize weight stigma in practice and how to promote stigma-free care.

Disclosures:

CEUFast Inc. and the course planning team for this educational activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Contact Hour(s): 

1.5 Contact Hours, including 1.5 Advanced Pharmacology Hours

Author:

Charmaine Robinson, MSN-Ed, BSN, RN

This peer-reviewed course is applicable for the following professions:

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), Certified Nurse Midwife, Certified Nurse Practitioner, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN), Midwife (MW), Nursing Student, Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Nurse Practitioner

Accreditations: 

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

State Approvals:

Alabama, Provider #ABNP1485; California BRN Provider #CEP # 13509; Kentucky Board of Nursing Provider #7-0085; Florida Board of Nursing Provider 50-353

Course Description:

This course discusses adverse reactions to contrast agents and how to appropriately address them. The course also addresses the history of contrast agents, diagnostic studies that require them, myths surrounding them, risk factors for adverse reactions, and ways to mitigate these risks.

Outcomes

≥ 92% of participants will know how to recognize adverse reactions to contrast agents.

Objectives

After completing this continuing education course, the participant will be able to:

1. Associate diagnostic studies with respective contrast agents.
2. Identify strategies for preventing adverse reactions and complications from contrast use.
3. Recognize factors that place a patient at greater risk of experiencing a contrast adverse reaction or complication.
4. List examples of allergic and physiological reactions to contrast agents.
5. Characterize acute kidney injury.
6. Summarize the length of time contrast reactions can occur after administration.
7. Analyze the pharmacodynamics of contrast agents.

Disclosures:

CEUFast Inc. and the course planning team for this educational activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Contact Hour(s): 

4 Contact Hours, including 4 Advanced Pharmacology Hours

Author:

Berthina Coleman, MD, BSN, RN

This peer-reviewed course is applicable for the following professions:

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), Certified Nurse Practitioner, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN), Midwife (MW), Nursing Student, Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Nurse Practitioner

Accreditations: 

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

State Approvals:

Alabama, Provider #ABNP1485; California BRN Provider #CEP # 13509; Kentucky Board of Nursing Provider #7-0085; Florida Board of Nursing Provider 50-353

Course Description:

The purpose of this course is to enable the participants to get an in-depth understanding of chronic kidney disease, review its staging, and understand the relationship with its main comorbidities and how these comorbidities affect patient outcomes.

We will also review the management of patients with chronic kidney disease. The learner will garner a better understanding of how to manage complications occurring during dialysis, better comprehend the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in patients with CKD, and finally, a brief review of the role that nurses (both dialysis and non-dialysis nurses) play in caring for patients with chronic kidney disease.

Outcomes

≥ 92% of participants will know how to stage and manage chronic kidney disease.

Objectives

After completing this continuing education course, the participant will be able to:

1. Define Chronic Kidney Disease.
2. Outline the staging of chronic kidney disease.
3. Identify the gold standard for the treatment of end-stage renal failure.
4. Identify the two main comorbidities associated with chronic kidney disease.
5. Categorize the etiology and treatment of intradialytic hypotension.
6. Relate the three causes of allergic reactions to dialyzers.
7. Explain the cause of dialysis disequilibrium syndrome.

Disclosures:

CEUFast Inc. and the course planning team for this educational activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Contact Hour(s): 

2 Contact Hours, including 2 Advanced Pharmacology Hours

Author:

Heather Rhodes, APRN-BC

This peer-reviewed course is applicable for the following professions:

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), Athletic Trainer (AT/AL), Certified Nurse Midwife, Certified Nurse Practitioner, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Dietetic Technicians, Registered (DTR), Dietitian/Nutritionist (RDN), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN), Midwife (MW), Nursing Student, Occupational Therapist (OT), Occupational Therapist Assistant (OTA), Physical Therapist (PT), Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA), Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Nurse Practitioner

Accreditations: 

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), Board of Certification for Athletic Trainers (BOC)

State Approvals:

Alabama, Provider #ABNP1485; California BRN Provider #CEP # 13509; Florida Physical Therapy Association Approval: CE26-1276537; Kentucky Board of Nursing Provider #7-0085; Florida Board of Nursing Provider 50-353; Nevada Board of Physical Therapy; New York State Education Department’s State Board for Physical Therapy

Course Description:

This course discusses recent developments and current guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, and management of COVID-19. This course is designed to bridge the gap between optimal clinical management of COVID-19 and the recent research discoveries on the disease.

Outcomes:

≥ 92% of participants will know the current recommendations and guidelines in the overall management of COVID-19.

Objectives:

After completing this continuing education course, the participant will be able to:

1. Recognize the latest updates on the clinical evaluation of COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 variants, and disease transmission.
2. Summarize the latest recommendations for disease prevention and limiting disease transmission.
3. Describe various means of serology testing and laboratory assessments used to identify suspected COVID-19 cases.
4. Identify the current variants' unique characteristics and how they affect clinical presentation.
5. Formulate current treatment options based on age and health status.
6. Determine current public health recommendations.

Disclosures:

CEUFast Inc. and the course planning team for this educational activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Contact Hour(s): 

4 Contact Hours, including 1.0 CCU hour

Contact hours for LPNs in any state are earned by completing this course. This is part of a series of 24 contact hours of courses to prepare for LPN IV Certification in Florida. Florida certification participants must schedule a 6-hour live presentation and return demonstration to complete IV Certification. The live presentation is not provided by CEUFast.com.

Author:

Dana Bartlett, RN, BSN, MA, CSPI

Desiree Reinken, PhD, APRN, NP-C

This peer-reviewed course is applicable for the following professions:

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN)

Accreditations: 

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

Course Description:

This course discusses the basics of IV medications and fluid administration, including the purpose and principles of administration. Common crystalloid IV solutions are also discussed. Effective and safe IV administration of specific drugs, including complications and adverse effects, are addressed.

Outcomes:

≥ 92% of participants will know how to administer IV medications and fluids safely and correctly.

Objectives:

After completing this continuing education course, the participant will be able to:

1. Identify the types of IV medications that are commonly used.
2. Summarize complications of IV medication administration.
3. Evaluate essential principles of IV medication administration.
4. Analyze adverse effects and warnings for medications covered in this course.
5. Examine types of electrolytes that, when given IV, are high-alert medications.
6. Outline the differences between crystalloid IV solutions.

Disclosures:

CEUFast Inc. and the course planning team for this educational activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Contact Hour(s): 

1 Contact Hour, including 1 Advanced Pharmacology Hour

Author:

Berthina Coleman, MD, BSN, RN

This peer-reviewed course is applicable for the following professions:

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN), Nursing Student, Registered Nurse (RN)

Accreditations: 

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

State Approvals:

Alabama, Provider #ABNP1485; California BRN Provider #CEP # 13509; Kentucky Board of Nursing Provider #7-0085; Florida Board of Nursing Provider 50-353

Course Description:

This course discusses caring for surgical patients. It provides a brief of preoperative risk assessment including cardiac risk assessment and the American Society of Anesthesiologists classification of perioperative risk. Post-operative care is also reviewed with an overview of common post-operative complications.

Outcomes:

≥ 92% of participants will know how to care for surgical patients.

Objectives:

After completing this continuing education course, the participant will be able to:

1. Explain the components of a perioperative evaluation.
2. Identify the concerns in conducting a perioperative cardiac risk assessment.
3. Compare and contrast the categories of the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ physical status classification system.
4. Describe the purpose of the Mallampati Score.
5. List the common postoperative complications.

Disclosures:

CEUFast Inc. and the course planning team for this educational activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.