Oral Anticoagulant Therapy: Implications for Patient Management

Course overview

The focus of this course is on the newest oral anticoagulant drug therapies, their indications, and data supporting their use in clinical practice. This course is designed for advanced practice nursing prescribers who are involved in the decision making for oral anticoagulant selection; or who take care of patients who have already been prescribed oral anticoagulants. The purpose of this course is to increase advanced nursing prescribers’ knowledge of oral anticoagulants to identify patients in whom therapy is indicated, to assist in selecting the most appropriate option, and to assist in appropriate monitoring and counseling the patient.