Family NP Pharmacology Package
Increase your prescribing skills and learn about the latest in drug therapy and diagnosis and treatment of some of the most common clinical conditions encountered in the family practice setting.
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.
- 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.
- Assessment and Intervention of COPD: The Latest Treatment Recommendations 1.25 1.25Expand your expertise with our program on COPD management.
- 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.
- Bacterial Pharyngitis, Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis, Acute Otitis Media 2 2
What are the most common risk factors for acute bacterial pharyngitis, acute otitis media, and acute conjunctivitis? What are the leading pathogens causing these conditions?
- Case-based Approach to HTN Management: Combination Therapy is Essential 1.25 1.25Discover the critical role of combination therapy in achieving optimal blood pressure control and minimizing the risk of complications in this comprehensive program.
- Contraceptive Update: Focus on the Patient with Co-morbidities and Special Considerations 1.5 1.5Enhance your contraceptive management skills with our program focused on patients with co-morbidities and special considerations.
- 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.
- 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.
- Pediatric Prescribing: A Focus on Antibiotic Therapy 1.75 1.75
Clinical expert Dr. Margaret A. Fitzgerald, DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP, FAAN, DCC, FNAP offers a comprehensive overview of pediatric pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) principles, focusing on their critical role in effective antimicrobial therapy. Participants will gain valuable insights into the importance of appropriate antibiotic prescribing for children and explore key challenges in pediatric antimicrobial use. Nurse practitioners will enhance their expertise in evidence-based pediatric prescribing, improving patient outcomes and promoting responsible antibiotic use.
- Pharmacologic Intervention during Lactation: A focus on safety and efficacy 1.75 1.75
This course outlines the principles of effectively prescribing for the health of both mother and child. Therapy choices for the lactating woman with common episodic and chronic health problems are highlighted.
- Prescribing in Pregnancy: A focus on safety and efficacy 1.5 1.5
This program will help you in choosing the safest and most effective medication for the mom and unborn child. Highlights include therapeutic choices in common acute and chronic health problems seen in women during pregnancy.
- Principles of Safe Prescribing 3.7 3.7
The art of safe prescribing begins with understanding the importance of a medication's pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic profile.
- RX Essentials: Diabetes Update: Focus on the latest recommendations 1.5 1.5Effectively managing type 2 diabetes requires keeping pace with evolving evidence and innovative approaches. Join clinical expert Dr. Margaret A. Fitzgerald, DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP, FAAN, DCC, FNAP for an in-depth exploration of the latest recommendations in managing type 2 diabetes.
- 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.
- What's New with AHA/ACC Guidelines for the Management of Lipid Disorders? 1.5 1.5This program presents the most current guideline updates and pharmacologic options for lipid management recommended by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association. With a focus on atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk reduction, medical history, lipid panel, and CAC scoring are analyzed. Building upon the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, additional therapeutic agents for the high-risk patient are considered, with the latest evidence-based analysis of indication, risk, and safety. Cholesterol absorption inhibitors, PCSK9 inhibitors, and ACL inhibitors are all explored as they apply to current guideline-driven management.