Comprehensive Urgent/Emergent Care Package
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Practicing in urgent or emergent care requires a unique set of skills and knowledge. Dr. Fitzgerald created this comprehensive program to increase skills and confidence for NPs practicing in these settings.
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
- Acute Asthma and COPD Exacerbations: An evidence-based approach to management 2 1Learn the latest evidence-based recommendations on assessment and intervention in acute asthma exacerbations from Dr. Fitzgerald, NP asthma expert and certified asthma educator.
- 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.
- Anemia Assessment and Intervention: Common and Not So Common 1.8 1.8
Run Time: 1.5
Contact Hours: 1.8
Rx Hours: 1.8Award winning speaker Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald provides a concise review of the use of laboratory testing to confirm the diagnosis of anemia and investigate its underlying cause(s).
- Anxiety and Panic Disorder: The Latest Treatment Recommendations 1.6 1.6
Expert clinician Dr. Fitzgerald focuses on the assessment of the person with anxiety and panic disorder as well as the choice of effective therapeutic agents.
- Coming to an Exam Room Near You: Diagnosis of Mumps, Measles, Rubella, Pertussis & Varicella 1.8 0.8
Run Time: 1.6
Contact Hours: 1.8
Rx Hours: 0.8With dropping immunization rates in certain communities and an increase in domestic and international travel, we are seeing a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases that a generation of healthcare providers have seldom seen.
- 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.
- Dental Examinations: Identifying Common Disorders 1.4 0.2
Learn how to conduct a systematic and thorough oral exam. Emergent, urgent, and primary care procedures expert Dr. Theresa Campo will help you determine dental diagnoses and treatments based on signs and symptoms.
- Dizziness, Vertigo, and Syncope: Assessment and Treatment 1.5 0.5
Learn to differentiate among the causes of syncope, near syncope, vertigo, and ataxia, including adverse drug effects. Central and peripheral vertigo are explained, as well as how to choose appropriate pharmacologic interventions. - 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
- 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
- Evaluation in Immunologic and Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders 1.6 1.6
This program will help you understand the expected laboratory findings in autoimmune diseases. Included are the common laboratory findings in inflammatory disease including cardiovascular and infectious as well as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Expert Exam: HEENT: Physical Assessment 3Master adult physical assessment skills with this in-depth CEU course. Built around the HEENT exam (Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat), this video-based training enhances clinical accuracy for nurse practitioners and other healthcare professionals.
- Fluid and Electrolyte Abnormalities: Evaluation and management of common disorders 2.75 2.75This program will provide the clinician with information relevant to the evaluation and management of common fluid and electrolyte disorders encountered in the adult and geriatric population in primary and acute care settings.
- Hepatic Function Assessment 2.1 0
Learn the appropriate use of laboratory testing as part of the evaluation process of the person with or at risk for hepatic dysfunction including drug-induced problems, acute and chronic infectious hepatitis. The program covers the clinical utility of commonly ordered hepatic laboratory tests such as hepatic enzymes, albumin, prothrombin time, bilirubin, and others, as part of the differential diagnosis process.
- Laboratory Diagnosis: Challenging Case Studies 1.2 0
Run Time: 1.3
Contact Hours: 1.2
Rx Hours: 0Laboratory testing often plays a key role in formulating and/or refining the differential diagnosis. This course presents challenging cases to help you refine your expertise in ordering and analyzing laboratory tests.
- Laboratory Diagnostics: A Focus on Renal Insufficiency and Failure 1.8 1.8
Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald will help you learn the common and not-so-common risk factors for renal disease, the pathophysiology in renal disease, and the expected laboratory findings in acute and chronic renal disorders.
- 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.
- Low Back Pain Assessment and Management 1.7 1.7
Run Time: 1.5
Contact Hours: 1.7
Rx Hours: 1.7Low back pain is a challenging condition commonly encountered by NPs. This case-based program will help you learn how to determine appropriate treatment based on a 5-step, evidence-based approach to assessment.
- Management of Thyroid Disorders: Too Many, Too Little, Masses 1.9 1.9
In this case-based program, award winning speaker and educator Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald discusses the most cost-effective tests to order in suspected thyroid disorders, recommended tests and imaging in the evaluation of a thyroid mass, evidence-based guidelines for intervention in common thyroid disorders and thyroid masses, and more.
- Ophthalmology Examinations: Identifying Common Disorders 1.6 0.2
Learn how to conduct a systematic and thorough eye exam. Emergent, urgent, and primary care procedures expert Dr. Campo will help you determine ophthalmologic diagnoses and treatments based on signs and symptoms.
- Optimizing Outcomes with Preoperative Assessment 1.5 0Preoperative assessments are commonly conducted in the primary care setting. An NP and CNRA, Monica Tombasco provides the information you need to learn how to perform critical preoperative assessments in your practice.
- Orthopedics: Knee Expert Exam 2.4Master the skills needed to conduct a thorough knee examination with expert Monica Tombasco, MSNA, CRNA, MS, APRN, FNP-BC.
- Orthopedics: Shoulder Expert Exam 2.4Gain confidence in performing a comprehensive shoulder examination with expert guidance from Monica Tombasco, MSNA, CRNA, MS, APRN, FNP-BC.
- 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.
- Radiology Diagnostic Fundamentals: When & What to Order 1.6 0
Run Time: 1.5
Contact Hours: 1.6
Rx Hours: 0Learn when and what imaging to order and enhance your clinical skills. Key concepts are covered on the following imaging modalities: radiograph, CT scan, nuclear imaging, MRI, and ultrasound.
- Respiratory Tract Infections: A Focus on Antimicrobial Treatment Options 1.6 1.6
Run Time: 1.4
Contact Hours: 1.6
Rx Hours: 1.6Learn to identify the most likely causative organism in select bacterial respiratory tract infections. Find out how to develop a plan for antimicrobial therapy according to current clinical recommendations.
- WBC Count and Differential 1.5 0
Run Time: 1.3
Contact Hours: 1.5
Rx Hours: 0This course will enable you to identify the function of the white blood cells as well as assessing the WBC with differential during acute bacterial infectious disease and infection recovery.
- Antimicrobial Update: A focus on appropriate use and stewardship 1.5 1.5The misuse and overuse of antimicrobials have fueled the rise of resistant bacteria, posing a significant threat to global health.
- Evaluating Chest Pain: From differential diagnosis to diagnostic imaging 4.4 0
Run Time: 3.5
Contact Hours: 4.4
Rx Hours: 0Learn how to evaluate chest pain, consider differential diagnosis, and determine appropriate imaging.
- Chest X-ray Interpretation: A Systematic Approach 3 0Develop a systematic approach to reading and interpreting chest x-rays with this case-based course, which includes analysis of dozens of x-rays.
- Abdominal & Pelvic Pain Evaluation: From Diagnosis to Diagnostic Imaging 3.5 0
Run Time: 3
Contact Hours: 3.6
Rx Hours: 0Learn how to conduct a focused abdominal and pelvic exam, consider differential diagnosis, and determine appropriate imaging.
- Spine Imaging Criteria and Interpretation: Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar 2.7 0
Run Time: 2.1
Contact Hours: 2.7
Rx Hours: 0Learn imaging and X-ray criteria and interpretation of normal and abnormal findings for the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. Use evidence-based guidelines to determine when to order appropriate spine imaging.
- Cardiac Rhythms: The Clinician's Approach to Accurate Interpretation 4.1 0
Run Time: 3.5
Contact Hours: 4.1
Rx Hours: 0Master the skills needed to interpret cardiac rhythms using this 5-step approach. ECG strips are incorporated throughout to demonstrate key concepts, and the program closes with a dysrhythmia interpretation test.
- Medical Imaging of Upper and Lower Extremity Fractures 4.7 0
Run Time: 3.7
Contact Hours: 4.7
Rx Hours: 0Taught by national speaker and imaging expert Dr. Theresa Campo, this course will help you learn how to evaluate extremity injuries, order imaging, and interpret X-rays. Common adult and pediatric orthopedic injuries are discussed.
- Orthopedic Assessment: Upper and Lower Extremities 3 0This comprehensive presentation provides a strong foundation for the diagnosis and treatment of orthopedic disorders of both upper and lower extremities. Beginning with a concise but complete discussion of relevant physical examination findings, NP Monica Tombasco discusses important clinical pearls for the selection of appropriate diagnostic imaging as well as commonly used pharmacotherapies. Following the foundational concepts, specific clinical disorders and conditions are analyzed from presenting symptoms to comprehensive management. In addition to osteoarthritis, sprains and strains, specific conditions of upper and lower extremities are discussed. Conditions of the upper extremity presented include De Quervain's tenosynovitis, gamekeeper's thumb, trigger finger, carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, golfer's elbow, olecranon bursitis, shoulder impingement syndrome, rotator cuff anomalies, and frozen shoulder. Conditions of the lower extremities presented include trochanteric bursitis, meralgia paraesthetica, piriformis syndrome, labral tears, prepatellar bursitis, ACL tear, MCL injury, Baker's cysts, plantar fasciitis, Morton's neuroma, tarsal tunnel syndrome and Achille's tendon phenomena. This is an outstanding clinically-focused program for both the novice and experienced clinician.
- Suturing Skills: The Art of Wound Repair 3.9 0
Can't attend a live suture workshop? Want to reinforce suturing skills? Learn to suture at home
- Basic 12-Lead ECG Interpretation: A Primary Care Perspective 2.4 0
Run Time: 1.8
Contact Hours: 2.4
Rx Hours: 0Gain critical skills such as how to identify and recognize common ECG alterations through this practical primary care course.
- Analysis of the 12-lead ECG: Beyond the basics 4 0.25This advanced program is designed for primary care NPs who have mastered the principles of the introductory course, 12-Lead ECG Interpretation: A Primary Care Perspective.