HIV/AIDS: Current Evidence-Based Practice (Two Hour)

Contact Hour(s):  

2 Contact Hours including 2 Pharmacology Hours Hours 

Author: 

Jassin Jouria (MD) 

Target Audience: 

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), Certified Nurse Practitioner, Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN), Nursing Student, Physical Therapist (PT), Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA), Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Nurse Practitioner, Respiratory Care Practitioner, Respiratory Therapist (RT) 

Accreditations:  

ANCC, NY PT/PTA 

Course Description: 

This course discusses the current clinical practice guidelines for HIV/AIDS, including symptomatic presentations and management strategies. 

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. 

Outcomes 

≥ 92% of participants will know the pathology, management, and current clinical guidelines of HIV/AIDS. 

Objectives 

By the end of this activity, the participant will be able to: 

1. Outline the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) genome and structural biology.
2. Characterize the HIV life cycle.
3. Identify the different symptomatic presentations of people living with HIV and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
4. Generalize the different accepted guidelines on exposure prophylaxis for HIV.
5. Create management plans for people living with HIV/AIDS. 

Implicit Bias Statement: 

CEUFast, Inc is committed to furthering diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). While reflecting on this course content, CEUFast, Inc. would like you to consider your individual perspective and question your own biases. Remember, implicit bias is a form of bias that impacts our practice as healthcare professionals. Implicit bias occurs when we have automatic prejudices, judgments, and/or a general attitude towards a person or a group of people based on associated stereotypes we have formed over time. These automatic thoughts occur without our conscious knowledge and without our intentional desire to discriminate. The concern with implicit bias is that it can impact our actions and decisions regarding workplace leadership, colleagues, and even our patients. While it is our universal goal to treat everyone equally, our implicit biases can influence our interactions, assessments, communication, prioritization, and decision-making regarding patients, ultimately adversely affecting health outcomes. It is important to keep this in mind to intentionally identify our own risk areas where our implicit biases might influence our behaviors. Together, we can cease perpetuating stereotypes and remind each other to remain mindful to help avoid reacting to biases that conflict with our conscious beliefs and values.