Gerontology Resources Package
The Gerontology package provides the learning tools to master the skills needed to perform expert assessments in the gerontology practice setting and the reference sources for later consultation.
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
- Antibiotic Update: Community-acquired Pneumonia 1.75 1
This case-based course will help you gain an understanding of factors that influence the development of resistant pathogens and learn about the latest treatment recommendations.
- Dermatology In the Older Adult 0.7 0.2Hone your ability to identify and manage skins disorders in older patients with this informative program taught by NP dermatology expert Victor Czerkasij, DNP, APRN-BC, FNP-C.
- Drug-Drug Interactions: Safe Prescribing to Avoid Malpractice 1.5 1.5
The course will focus on:
- Discuss the most common mechanisms for drug-drug interactions
- Discuss techniques to ensure safe prescribing to prevent malpractice
- Review cases involving prescribing errors and medical malpractice cases
- Expert Exam: Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Spine 6.6 0
Run Time: 3
Contact Hours: 6.6
Rx Hours: 0Gain the skills necessary to accurately assess common spine problems through this comprehensive program. Pathoanatomy, differential diagnosis, and diagnostic testing are reviewed in this detailed course.
- Laboratory Monitoring During Drug Therapy 1 1Laboratory monitoring plays a critical role in ensuring safe and effective medication therapy, enhance patient care and medication management with Laboratory Monitoring During Drug Therapy program presented by clinical expert Dr. Margaret A. Fitzgerald, DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP, FAAN, DCC, FNAP.
- Managing Hypertension in the Older Adult: A Contemporary Approach 1.5 1.5
Clinical expert Dr. Margaret A. Fitzgerald, DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP, FAAN, DCC, FNAP focuses specifically on hypertension in the older adult, highlighting the recommendations from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA). Learn which antihypertensive medications are preferred for elderly patients with multiple comorbidities, as well as the recommendations for blood pressure goals in older adults. Enhance your understanding of hypertension management in older adults, including which antihypertensive agents are preferred in elderly patients with multiple comorbidities.
- Neurology Expert Exam: Clinical Pearls for the Nurse Practitioner 3 0
This comprehensive course is designed to help you sharpen your skills in performing critical parts of the neurological exam, including a focused health history, mental status evaluation, and assessment of cranial nerves, motor and sensory function, gait, and reflexes.
- Skin Cancer: Best Practices in Diagnosing Non-melanoma 0.9 0.2
While non-melanoma skin cancers are highly curable in the early stages, the death rate of patients with these cancers continues to climb. Learn to identify and prevent the most common skin cancers, and what procedures are used to definitively diagnose suspicious lesions.
- Update in Geriatric Prescribing: Beers Criteria, START/STOPP, and Deprescribing 1.75 1.75Explore age- and disease-related physiologic changes in the elderly that influence the selection of safe and effective therapeutic agents.