• 12.0 contact hours of CE (certificate)

• Extensive Course Manual

• 12 hours of Gerontological content

• 5 hours of pharmacology credit

• Total LIVE course run time 8 hours

• Individual attention from the faculty

• Small classroom environment

• Morning coffee service & afternoon soda break in most cities

• Special unpublished hotel rates for course attendees (when available)

• Test-taking and Study Strategies for Success

• Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

  • Epidemiology/risk analysis (substance use, health habits, environmental influences)

  • Genetics (syndromes, cancer, dementias)

  • Health behavior guidelines/risk reduction (nutrition, exercise, health habits, immunizations)

  • Growth and development (physiological aging, psychosocial aging),

  • Diagnostic tests (screening, diagnosis, monitoring)

  • Wellness assessment (health-promoting behaviors, nutrition, exercise, immunizations)

• Assessment of Acute and Chronic Illnesses

  • Epidemiology/disease control (infections, disease progression, public health issues)

  • Pathophysiology (comorbidity, disease states), physiological aging vs. disease states, anatomy deviations from normal in the aged, implications for functional status, microbiology (laboratory analyses, diagnostic testing)

  • Psychopathology (depression, anxiety disorders, substance abuse disorders, family dysfunction, delirium, dementia, psychosis, behavioral assessment)

  • Diagnostic reasoning (differential diagnosis, prioritizing, comorbidity)

  • Health assessment (exam techniques)

• Clinical Management

  • Standards of practice (professional recommendations)

  • Clinical guidelines (pathways, protocols)

  • Pharmacotherapeutics (drug interactions, pharmacogenetics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics)

  • Clinical therapeutics (nutrition, rehabilitation therapies, complementary/alternative therapy, exercise, procedures (cerumen removal, wound debridement, tube insertion, nail care, joint injections, biopsy, casts, splints, suturing)

  • Clinical decision-making (applied ethics, advanced directives, end of life, quality of life, autonomy), coordination of care (culturally/age-appropriate individualized care, coordination across settings/transitions in care), diagnostic reasoning (triage, prioritizing)

  • Safety

  • Theory (application of frameworks)

• The Nurse Practitioner and Patient Relationship

  • Cultural competence (health beliefs, practices, ethnic considerations, family systems, spirituality)

  • Therapeutic communication (educational level, caregiver, culturally and linguistically appropriate)

  • Teaching/coaching (anticipatory guidance, teaching strategies, learning styles, self-care/caregiver care

  • Patient advocacy (empowerment, quality of life, end of life care)

• Professional Role and Policy

  • Healthcare/public policy (laws, regulations, poverty levels, autonomy)

  • Ethics (advocacy, decision-making capacity, health status continuum/degree of wellness)

  • Scope of practice

  • Access to care (treatment cost-effectiveness, poverty, transportation, health disparity)

  • Coordination of care (case management, drug costs, multidisciplinary teams, community resources, care continuum)

  • Documentation

• Research

  • Research process and utilization

  • Continuous process improvement (quality improvement, quality assurance, total quality management, peer review)

  • Outcomes evaluation

• Extensive Review of System-Specific Health Problems

  • HEENT

  • Cardiovascular

  • Respiratory

  • Gastrointestinal

  • Genitourinary/reproductive

  • Musculoskeletal

  • Neurological

  • Dermatological

  • Psychological/mental health

  • Immune/lymphatic

  • Metabolic/endocrine

  • Hematology/oncology

  • Multisystem comorbidity

• Syndromes

  • Nutrition (failure to thrive, obesity), functional/mobility limitations, falls, pain, incontinence, sleep disorders, relocation, delirium, sensory loss, dementia, abuse/neglect, multiple loss syndrome, end of life/palliative care, constipation

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