Course Summary
Contact Hour(s):
1 Contact Hour including 1 Advanced Pharmacolgy Hour
Author:
Heather Rhodes, APRN-BC
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), 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 Rheumatoid Arthritis, its risk factors for development, diagnostic criteria, and available treatment options.
Outcomes:
≥92% of participants will know the presenting factors, the risk factors for the development and treatment options of Rheumatoid arthritis.
Objectives:
By the end of this activity, learners will be able to complete the following objectives:
- Identify common joints of the hands affected by rheumatoid arthritis.
- Explain which population is most impacted by rheumatoid arthritis.
- Evaluate risk factors that increase the potential for the development of rheumatoid arthritis.
- Explain the goal of imaging in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
- Identify the biological markers associated with the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis.
- Name the most common drug used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
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.