Urgent Care Issues
This set of six lectures is designed to bring you up to date on antimicrobial treatment of common bacterial infections.
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
- Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis: A focus on the latest treatment recommendations 1.5 1.5What are the most common risk factors for acute bacterial rhinosinusitis (ABRS)? What are the leading pathogens causing acute sinusitis? What are the current recommendations for assessment and treatment of bacterial sinusitis? Learn the answers to these questions in this case-based program.
- Assessment and Intervention of COPD: The Latest Treatment Recommendations 1.25 1.25Expand your expertise with our program on COPD management.
- Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Mumps, Measles, Pertussis, and Varicella 1.75 1.75
Measles, pertussis (whooping cough), mumps, and varicella (chicken pox) are on the rise as vaccination rates decrease, and NPs must know how to effectively assess and intervene when patients present with signs of resurgent disease. This webinar will equip nurse practitioners with the knowledge to identify infectious disease symptoms, understand transmission, and implement prevention strategies. By participating in this crucial public health conversation, you can play an important role in reducing harm and mitigating rates of infection.
- Asthma: Assessment, diagnosis, and management 1 1
Learn evidence-based strategies for step-up and step-down care and appropriate use of pharmacology in adults, adolescents, and children from expert clinician, Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald. Updated safety data on asthma medications is also covered.
- Cough, Cold and Fever Symptoms: Pharmacologic Therapies 1.7 1.7
Symptoms associated with upper respiratory tract infection (URI) are among the most common encountered in practice. Dr. Fitzgerald gives prescribing tips in choosing products to help manage common URI symptoms.
- Drug Adverse Effects: Focusing on the most serious problems 1.5 1.5Explore the complexities of medication safety with clinical expert Dr. Margaret A. Fitzgerald, DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP, FAAN, DCC, FNAP as she presents Drug Adverse Effects: Focusing on the most serious problems
- Prescribing for the Relief of Symptoms: Pain, Fever, Cough and Nausea 1.4 1.4
Run Time: 1.18
Contact Hours: 1.4
Rx Hours: 1.4A two-volume set. This program focuses on the relief of pain, fever, cough, and nausea in the outpatient setting. Highlights include factors influencing the choice of the best evidence-based pharmacologic options.