15 Hour Bundle for West Virginia Nurses
Tracking # 20-661057
$22.00
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What you'll learn
Learning Objectives for each course:
1. AN INTRODUCTION TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE:
- Identify early, middle, and late findings associated with dementia
- Discuss three causes of reversible dementia
- List three diagnostic tests that aid in the diagnosis and treatment of dementia
- Describe three non-medical interventions to aid patients with dementia
- Discuss the risks and benefits of medications used to treat behavior disturbances in dementia
2. PRESCRIBING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND DRUG DIVERSION:
- Describe the scope of the drug abuse epidemic in the United States. ¿
- Describe the differences between drug misuse, drug abuse, and addiction. ¿
- Identify how controlled substances are classified according to schedules and provide examples of drugs on each schedule. ¿
- Identify commonly misused and diverted drugs as well as sources for diversion. ¿
- Describe behaviors that could indicate drug misuse or diversion on the part of a patient or doctor.
- Identify risk factors for drug misuse or diversion.
- Identify best practices that prescribers can implement to prevent drug misuse or diversion. ¿¿
3. PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT:
- Discuss the effects of pain on the patient’s overall health.
- Discuss how to address and assess pain.
- Describe the principles of safe, effective, evidence-based pain management.
- Define pain according to the International Association for the Study of Pain.
4. VETERAN AND FAMILY OF VETERAN MENTAL HEALTH:
- Provide a demographic overview of current and former military members.
- Describe the prevalence of various mental health issues among active duty military and veterans.
- Identify barriers that may prevent veterans from seeking mental health care.
- Describe why screening military personnel for mental health issues is so important.
- Identify factors that put veterans at increased risk for mental health issues.
- Describe the impact that mental health issues can have on veterans and their families.
- Identify mental health treatment options available to veterans.
- Identify issues that veterans and their families may face as they readjust and reintegrate following a deployment.
- Identify mental health concerns that prevent a soldier from being deployed.
- Describe symptoms indicating that a veteran may be suffering from a mental health issue. ¿¿
Course overview
This 15 hour bundles includes: 1. Veteran and Veteran Mental Health - 2 Hours 2. Prescribing Controlled Substances and Drug Diversion - 3 Hours 3. Pain and Symptom Management - 5 Hours 4. Alzheimer's Disease - 5 hours We report to CE Broker within 24 hours.
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
West Virginia Board of Registered Nurses
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
3h
Drug Diversion Training and Best Practice Prescribing of Controlled Substances, and Training and Administration an Opioid Antagonist
2h
Continuing education for mental health conditions common to veterans and their families
10h
Relating to professional nursing practice
Registered Nurse
10h
Relating to professional nursing practice
2h
Continuing education for mental health conditions common to veterans and their families
3h
Drug Diversion Training and Best Practice Prescribing of Controlled Substances, and Training and Administration an Opioid Antagonist
Disclosure statements
Learning Objectives for each course:
1. AN INTRODUCTION TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE:
- Identify early, middle, and late findings associated with dementia
- Discuss three causes of reversible dementia
- List three diagnostic tests that aid in the diagnosis and treatment of dementia
- Describe three non-medical interventions to aid patients with dementia
- Discuss the risks and benefits of medications used to treat behavior disturbances in dementia
2. PRESCRIBING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND DRUG DIVERSION:
- Describe the scope of the drug abuse epidemic in the United States. ¿
- Describe the differences between drug misuse, drug abuse, and addiction. ¿
- Identify how controlled substances are classified according to schedules and provide examples of drugs on each schedule. ¿
- Identify commonly misused and diverted drugs as well as sources for diversion. ¿
- Describe behaviors that could indicate drug misuse or diversion on the part of a patient or doctor.
- Identify risk factors for drug misuse or diversion.
- Identify best practices that prescribers can implement to prevent drug misuse or diversion. ¿¿
3. PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT:
- Discuss the effects of pain on the patient’s overall health.
- Discuss how to address and assess pain.
- Describe the principles of safe, effective, evidence-based pain management.
- Define pain according to the International Association for the Study of Pain.
4. VETERAN AND FAMILY OF VETERAN MENTAL HEALTH:
- Provide a demographic overview of current and former military members.
- Describe the prevalence of various mental health issues among active duty military and veterans.
- Identify barriers that may prevent veterans from seeking mental health care.
- Describe why screening military personnel for mental health issues is so important.
- Identify factors that put veterans at increased risk for mental health issues.
- Describe the impact that mental health issues can have on veterans and their families.
- Identify mental health treatment options available to veterans.
- Identify issues that veterans and their families may face as they readjust and reintegrate following a deployment.
- Identify mental health concerns that prevent a soldier from being deployed.
- Describe symptoms indicating that a veteran may be suffering from a mental health issue. ¿¿