Course Summary
Contact Hour(s):
2 Contact Hours including 2 Advanced 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), 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)
State Approvals:
Alabama, Provider #ABNP1485; California BRN Provider #CEP # 13509; 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 evidence-based practices that enable clinicians to provide safe, effective, and patient-centered care to individuals living with asthma. This includes how to differentiate asthma from similar conditions, tailor care across age groups, and respond effectively in both outpatient and acute settings.
Outcomes:
≥ 92% of participants will know the current evidence-based practice for safe, effective, and patient-centered care to individuals living with asthma.
Objectives:
After completing this continuing education course, the participant will be able to:
- Define the prevalence and public health impact of asthma
- Explain the pathophysiology of asthma as a two-phase process
- Identify common triggers and environmental risk factors for asthma
- Differentiate asthma from common differential diagnoses, including exercise-induced bronchospasm
- Identify various diagnostic tools to confirm asthma
- Classify asthma severity and control according to guideline criteria
- Outline the pharmacological management of asthma, including severe exacerbations
- Plan nonpharmacological strategies for asthma management
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.