Course Summary
Contact Hour(s):
1.5 Contact Hours, including 1.5 Advanced Pharmacology Hours
Author:
Lisa Onega, PhD, RN, MBA, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, GNP-BC, CNS-BC
This peer reviewed course is applicable for the following professions:
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), Certified Nurse Practitioner, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN), 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 provide information that may enable clinicians to decrease risks associated with older adults taking multiple medications. Ultimately, making pharmacological decisions that optimize the health of older adults with multiple medical problems requires thoughtful consideration, knowledge regarding drug effects and interactions, and individualized treatment plans.
Outcomes:
≥ 92% of participants will have more awareness and knowledge about the prevalence of older adults taking multiple medications.
Objectives:
At the completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
- Identify the prevalence of older adults taking multiple medications.
- Describe individual and societal costs of older adults taking multiple medications.
- Explain the process of assessment of medication use in older adults.
- Outline a process for evaluating multiple medications for older adults.
- Summarize adverse events, such as falls and delirium, that older adults taking multiple medications may experience.
- Consider pharmacological management of multiple health conditions that older adults experience.
- Apply principles associated with managing multiple medications to a clinical case.
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.