Measles in a Modern World

Contact Hour(s): 

2 Contact Hours including 2 Pharmacology Hours

Author:

Sarah Schulze, MSN, APRN, CPNP, PMHS, CLC

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 the pathophysiology of measles, its risks and complications, and the progression of this disease’s effects on society throughout history, both before and after available vaccination.

Outcomes:

≥ 92% of participants will know how to identify and treat measles.

Objectives:

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

1. Identify risk factors for measles infection.
2. Explain the effects on global and local infection rates after introducing the measles vaccine.
3. Summarize the history of measles in North America.
4. Characterize how measles outbreaks continue to occur in the United States.
5. Describe how the measles virus was first isolated for vaccine development.
6. Differentiate between the original measles vaccine and the one currently used today.
7. Utilize current recommendations to create a vaccine plan.
8. Explain how the measles virus attacks and spreads through a host.
9. Paraphrase the transmissibility of measles.
10. Identify signs and symptoms of measles at various points in the infection process.
11. Explain the diagnostics used to confirm suspected measles cases.
12. Identify treatment interventions for patients with acute measles infection.
13. Explain the effects of the anti-vaccine movement on measles infection rates.
14. Outline how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected vaccination rates for measles.

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.