Adult Gerontology Acute Care
Nursing Practitioner Certification Prep Packages
Adult-Gerontology NP Pharmacology Package
The most popular programs on pharmacology for Adult-Gerontology nurse practitioners together at a great price. This comprehensive program was developed to help Adult-Gerontology NPs gain the broad-based pharmacology knowledge needed for clinical practice.
- Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis: A focus on the latest treatment recommendations 1.51.5 What 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.
- Asthma: Assessment, diagnosis, and management 11
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.
- Assessment and Intervention of COPD: The Latest Treatment Recommendations 1.251.25 Expand your expertise with our program on COPD management.
- Antibiotic Update: Community-acquired Pneumonia 1.751
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.
- Cough, Cold and Fever Symptoms: Pharmacologic Therapies 1.71.7
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.
- Contraceptive Update: Focus on the Patient with Co-morbidities and Special Considerations 1.51.5 Enhance your contraceptive management skills with our program focused on patients with co-morbidities and special considerations.
- RX Essentials: Diabetes Update: Focus on the latest recommendations 1.51.5 Effectively 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.
- Drug-Drug Interactions: Safe Prescribing to Avoid Malpractice 1.51.5
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
- Laboratory Diagnostics: A Focus on Renal Insufficiency and Failure 1.81.8
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.
- Dermatology In the Older Adult 0.70.2 Hone 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.
- What's New with AHA/ACC Guidelines for the Management of Lipid Disorders? 1.51.5 This 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.
- Bacterial Pharyngitis, Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis, Acute Otitis Media 22
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?
- Update in Geriatric Prescribing: Beers Criteria, START/STOPP, and Deprescribing 1.751.75 Explore age- and disease-related physiologic changes in the elderly that influence the selection of safe and effective therapeutic agents.
- Laboratory Monitoring During Drug Therapy 11 Laboratory 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.
- Principles of Safe Prescribing 3.73.7
The art of safe prescribing begins with understanding the importance of a medication’s pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic profile.
- Case-based Approach to HTN Management: Combination Therapy is Essential 1.251.25 Discover the critical role of combination therapy in achieving optimal blood pressure control and minimizing the risk of complications in this comprehensive program.
Gerontological Pharmacology Package
The Gerontological Pharmacology package offers NPs an in-depth review of geriatric prescribing as well as the latest updates in drug therapy for this patient population.
- Antibiotic Update: Community-acquired Pneumonia 1.751
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 0.70.2 Hone 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 1.51.5
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
- Laboratory Diagnostics: A Focus on Renal Insufficiency and Failure 1.81.8
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 11 Laboratory 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 1.51.5
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.
- Principles of Safe Prescribing 3.73.7
The art of safe prescribing begins with understanding the importance of a medication’s pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic profile.
- Update in Geriatric Prescribing: Beers Criteria, START/STOPP, and Deprescribing 1.751.75 Explore age- and disease-related physiologic changes in the elderly that influence the selection of safe and effective therapeutic agents.
Urgent Care Issues
This set of six lectures is designed to bring you up to date on antimicrobial treatment of common bacterial infections.
- Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis: A focus on the latest treatment recommendations 1.51.5 What 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 1.251.25 Expand your expertise with our program on COPD management.
- Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Mumps, Measles, Pertussis, and Varicella 1.751.75
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 11
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 1.71.7
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 1.51.5 Explore 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 1.41.4
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.
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.
- Antibiotic Update: Community-acquired Pneumonia 1.751
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 0.70.2 Hone 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 1.51.5
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 6.60
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 11 Laboratory 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 1.51.5
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 30
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 0.90.2
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 1.751.75 Explore age- and disease-related physiologic changes in the elderly that influence the selection of safe and effective therapeutic agents.
ECG Rhythm & 12-Lead ECG Interpretation Package
Learn the basic principles of 12-lead ECG interpretation as well as the interpretation of more complicated tracings with this multimedia package.
Orthopedic Package
Learn the ins and outs of orthopedic examination and the fundamentals of radiology. Save 25% compared to separate purchases.
Office Procedures
Many procedures that could be performed in the primary care setting get referred. This package will add the skills needed to provide in-house care.
Mental & Behavioral Health Package
Today’s primary care provider needs the skills to cope with patients exhibiting a wide variety of mental and behavioral issues. These learning tools will expand the ability of the provider to deliver appropriate care to patients presenting with these symptoms.
Acute/Urgent Care Package
This package was designed to help NPs acquire the wide range of skills and knowledge needed to practice in acute or urgent care.
- Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis: A focus on the latest treatment recommendations 1.51.5 What 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.
- Acute Liver Failure: Etiology, manifestations, and clinical management 1.31 Learn to identify and differentiate liver failure, identify common causes, and initiate treatment. Expert NP and national speaker, Dr. Chu Rodgers will discuss how to order lab and diagnostic studies and manage this disease.
- Analysis of the 12-lead ECG: Beyond the basics 40.25 This 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.
- Antimicrobial Update: A focus on appropriate use and stewardship 1.51.5 The misuse and overuse of antimicrobials have fueled the rise of resistant bacteria, posing a significant threat to global health.
- Assessment and Intervention of COPD: The Latest Treatment Recommendations 1.251.25 Expand your expertise with our program on COPD management.
- Asthma: Assessment, diagnosis, and management 11
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.
- Basic 12-Lead ECG Interpretation: A Primary Care Perspective 2.40
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.
- Critical Care Lab Diagnostics: ABG and acid base balance 10 Dr. Angelow will help acute care providers identify acid-base imbalances based on ABG findings, along with other diagnostics. Learn about common causes of acid-base imbalances and strategies for evaluating and managing them.
- Drug-Drug Interactions: Safe Prescribing to Avoid Malpractice 1.51.5
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
- Emerging Trends in the Clinical Management of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 1.50 Learn to implement current best practices for management of this complex condition. Expert NP and national speaker, Dr. Chu Rodgers will discuss clinical manifestations and evidence-based treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
- Expert Exam: HEENT: Physical Assessment 30 Master 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 2.752.75 This 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.
- Geriatric Pharmacology Considerations in Acute Care 1.51.25 Individuals within the geriatric population are living longer with chronic disease that requires pharmacotherapy. Dr. Angelow offers guidance on how to apply AGS Beer’s Criteria and address special prescribing concerns for these patients.
- Pneumonia Treatment in the Acute Care Setting 1.251.25 Acute care expert and national speaker Dr. Angelow reviews common pathogens and current ATS/IDSA guidelines on pneumonia treatment in acute care settings
- Prescribing for the Relief of Symptoms: Pain, Fever, Cough and Nausea 1.41.4
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.
- Pulmonary Function Testing: Demystifying this Important Diagnostic Tool 1.30
Run Time: 1
Contact Hours: 1.3
Rx Hours: 0Enhance your understanding of pulmonary function testing with this course that focuses on basic tests, spirometry techniques, and interpretation of spirometry results. Learn how to use this vital tool in patient care.
- Severe Acute Pancreatitis: An update in management 1.50.25 Learn how to identify signs and symptoms and classify severe acute pancreatitis. Acute care expert, Dr. Chu Rodgers, reviews how to order lab and diagnostic studies and manage this disease.
Hospitalist Resources
These resources cover a wide variety of skills and knowledge applicable to the clinician in the hospital setting. Save 25% off individual pricing of the products in this package!
Laboratory Data Interpretation
Are you looking to improve your lab data interpretation skills? Using a case-based approach, this program is designed to help you refine your skills in ordering and analyzing the results of laboratory tests.
Laboratory Data Interpretation covers a full spectrum of lab tests for primary care providers: what and when to order; what they indicate.
- Anemia Assessment and Intervention: Common and Not So Common 1.81.8
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).
- Evaluation in Immunologic and Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders 1.61.6
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.
- Fluid and Electrolyte Abnormalities: Evaluation and management of common disorders 2.752.75 This 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 2.10
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 1.20
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 1.81.8
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 11 Laboratory 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.
- Management of Thyroid Disorders: Too Many, Too Little, Masses 1.91.9
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.
- Vitamin D Deficiency: Assessment & Intervention 1.250.25
Is vitamin D a vitamin or a hormone? Is vitamin D deficiency the cause of a multitude of illnesses, or is it a source of hype? Learn the answers to these questions from expert clinician, Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald.
- WBC Count and Differential 1.50
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.
Imaging Skills Fundamentals Package
Improve your imaging interpretation skills with this essential package. Learn to determine appropriate imaging, interpret normal from abnormal findings and consider differential diagnoses from award-winning author and imaging expert Dr. Theresa Campo.
Common Diagnostic Skills & Procedures Package
Increase your knowledge of common diagnostic skills and procedures through this package curated by Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald. Learn new skills you can immediately apply in your practice.
Cardiac Essentials Package
Sharpen your cardiac expertise with this knowledge-building program curated by Dr. Fitzgerald to include our Cardiac Essential courses.
- Honing Your Cardiac Exam: A Focus on Heart Sounds and Murmurs 3.30.3
Identifying clinically significant findings on the cardiac exam is an essential practice skill. Refine your cardiac exam skills with this case-based course.
- Cardiac Rhythms: The Clinician's Approach to Accurate Interpretation 4.10
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.
- Chest Pain Differential Diagnosis: Who Needs an ECG? 1.60.2
Hone your ability to differentiate acute cardiogenic pain from noncardiogenic pain and recognize red flags for serious illness with this course presented by Dr. Sally K. Miller.
- Heart Failure Management: Detection and Treatment 1.90.3
Run Time: 1.6
Contact Hours: 0
Rx Hours: 0Learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of heart failure, classify its stages, and diagnose and manage this disease in outpatient, emergency, and inpatient settings through this practical case-based course.
- Case-based Approach to HTN Management: Combination Therapy is Essential 1.251.25 Discover the critical role of combination therapy in achieving optimal blood pressure control and minimizing the risk of complications in this comprehensive program.
- Managing Hypertension in the Older Adult: A Contemporary Approach 1.51.5
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.
- What's New with AHA/ACC Guidelines for the Management of Lipid Disorders? 1.51.5 This 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.
General Pharmacology Package
- Principles of Safe Prescribing 3.73.7
The art of safe prescribing begins with understanding the importance of a medication’s pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic profile.
- QT Prolonging Drugs: When to Worry 1.251.25 Understand the mechanisms behind QT prolongation with various medications and recognize the clinical consequences of prescribing these drugs.
- Drug Adverse Effects: Focusing on the most serious problems 1.51.5 Explore 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
- Vitamin D Deficiency: Assessment & Intervention 1.250.25
Is vitamin D a vitamin or a hormone? Is vitamin D deficiency the cause of a multitude of illnesses, or is it a source of hype? Learn the answers to these questions from expert clinician, Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald.
- Transgender Patient Essential Care: Making Healthcare Trans-parent 1.60.3
The program describes the appropriate language to use when caring for a transgender patient, explains the differences between gender identity, gender dysphoria, and transgender and discusses WPATH standards of care for transgender clients.
- Update in Geriatric Prescribing: Beers Criteria, START/STOPP, and Deprescribing 1.751.75 Explore age- and disease-related physiologic changes in the elderly that influence the selection of safe and effective therapeutic agents.
- Drug-Drug Interactions: Safe Prescribing to Avoid Malpractice 1.51.5
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
- Rx Essentials: Antimicrobial Prescribing Update 3.73.7 Dr. Fitzgerald demystifies antimicrobial prescribing in common bacterial infections including acute bacterial sinusitis, COPD exacerbation, urinary tract infection, and skin and soft tissue infections.
- UTI in Adults: Update on Assessment & Treatment & Asymptomatic Bacteriuria 1.61.6
What are the most likely urinary tract infection (UTI) organisms? What are the most common UTI risk factors? What are the current recommendations for assessment and treatment of UTI? Learn the answers to these questions in this evidence-based program.
- Ticked Off: Myths, Truths, and Realities of Tick-Borne Infections 1.60.4
Early diagnosis of tick-borne disease is key to avoiding complications. Learn to differentiate, recognize and treat these infections, including Lyme disease, babesia, and Ehrlichia.
- Rx Essentials: Nutraceuticals Prescribing Update 44
In this case-based program, Dr. Fitzgerald presents essential prescribing updates and best practices for the most-commonly used nutraceuticals (vitamins, minerals, and herbs) based on established and emerging evidence.
- Sleep Medications in Primary Care: How to Choose, What to Avoid 1.51.5 Enhance your knowledge of sleep medications in primary care with this comprehensive program.
GI Essentials Package
- Abdominal & Pelvic Pain Evaluation: From Diagnosis to Diagnostic Imaging 3.50
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.
- Abdominal Pain: Differential Diagnosis 1.60.8
Run Time: 1.3
Contact Hours: 1.6
Rx Hours: 0.8Abdominal pain is a common presenting complaint. A systematic approach to breaking down symptoms of abdominal pain and arriving at a diagnosis will be explored. Appropriate diagnostic testing will also be discussed.
- Common GI Disorders: PUD, gastritis, GERD, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting 22
A concise and relevant review and update of the assessment and management of peptic ulcer disease, gastritis, gastroesophageal reflux disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and inflammatory bowel disorders.
- Prescribing for the Relief of Symptoms: Pain, Fever, Cough and Nausea 1.41.4
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.
- Primary Care Management of Patients Post-weight-reduction Surgery 1.30.6
Chronic management of patients after weight-reduction surgery often falls to the primary care provider. Learn about routine management, potential complications of weight-reduction surgery, and proper diet and exercise patterns to maintain weight loss.
- Probiotic and Prebiotic Use in Clinical Practice: What we know, what we are learning 1.51.5
Join clinical expert Dr. Margaret A. Fitzgerald, DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP, FAAN, DCC, FNAP as she dives into the definitions, types, and forms of probiotics and prebiotics, offering a clear understanding of their role in clinical practice. Explore the potential health benefits of probiotics and prebiotics, supported by the latest emerging scientific research. Participants will gain actionable insights to improve patient care and optimize health outcomes through evidence-based use of probiotics and prebiotics.
- Fatty Liver Disease Assessment and Management 1.20.3
Explore the diagnosis, potential complications, and management of fatty liver disease, the increasingly prevalent hepatic component of metabolic syndrome.
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome & Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Differentiation & Treatment 1.80.8
Irritable bowel syndrome is one of the most common diagnoses seen in both primary care and gastroenterology specialty practices. Learn the pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and potential complications of both conditions, as well as how to differentiate between the two pathologies.
Pain Management Essentials Package
Grand Rounds for the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Facing puzzling patient cases can be frustrating for even the most seasoned clinicians. Atypical presentations, multiple comorbidities, and unexpected medication reactions can derail textbook approaches. This valuable series provides invaluable insights from renowned FHEA clinician experts. Through engaging case studies, our Grand Rounds Guides will help you navigate through 11 challenging clinical scenarios commonly encountered in Acute Care & Adult-Gerontology Acute Care. Learn to critically analyze complex patient presentations, consider alternative diagnoses, and develop effective treatment plans that address the unique needs of each individual. Enhance your clinical decision-making skills and navigate the complexities of patient care with greater confidence.
Cases include:
- UTI
- Sepsis
- Cancer
- Hyponatremia
- Abdominal Pain
- Common Anemias
- Common Complex Complaints
- Abdominal pain
- Headache
- General Strategies in Diagnostic Reasoning
- Infectious Disease Concepts & Antibiotic Review
- Analyzing Common Acute Care Diagnostic Findings
- Grand Rounds for the AGACNP: Cancer, Sepsis 40.25 What do you do when the textbook, diagnostic algorithms and treatments don’t work? Comorbidities, atypical presentations, confounding laboratory studies and unusual medication adverse effects are just a few of the clinical conditions that can confound both new and experienced clinicians.
- Grand Rounds for the AGACNP: Abd pain, UTI 40.25 What do you do when the textbook, diagnostic algorithms and treatments don’t work? Comorbidities, atypical presentations, confounding laboratory studies and unusual medication adverse effects are just a few of the clinical conditions that can confound both new and experienced clinicians.
- Grand Rounds for the AGACNP: Dx Reasoning, Complex Complaints & Acute Care Findings 40 What do you do when the textbook, diagnostic algorithms and treatments don’t work? Comorbidities, atypical presentations, confounding laboratory studies and unusual medication adverse effects are just a few of the clinical conditions that can confound both new and experienced clinicians.
- Grand Rounds for the AGACNP:Hyponatremia, Common Anemias, ID Concepts & Abx Review 41 Medicine is not one size fits all. Textbook presentations of pathology often fall short, and signs of disease in real-world scenarios may not be so black and white. Comorbidities, atypical symptoms, confounding lab results, and unexpected medication side effects can challenge even the most seasoned clinicians.
Online AGACNP Review Package
WHY THIS PACKAGE?
- You want the flexibility of studying at your own pace
- Get peace of mind with additional resources to prep to pass the exam
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
- Online Certification Exam Review Course
- Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Exam Review Plus Practice Questions
- Ferri’s Best Test: A Practical Guide to Laboratory Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging
- Printed Workbook
- 100-Question Practice Exam
- Fitzgerald Pass Guarantee
Livestream AGACNP Review Package
WHY THIS PACKAGE?
- You want instruction from NP experts from anywhere
- Get peace of mind with additional resources to prep to pass the exam
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
- 2-Day Livestream Certification Exam Review Class
- Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Exam Review Plus Practice Questions
- Ferri’s Best Test: A Practical Guide to Laboratory Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging
- Printed Workbook
- 100-Question Practice Exam
- Fitzgerald Pass Guarantee
On-Demand AGACNP Review Package
WHY THIS PACKAGE?
- You want self-study products
- Both online & offline (MP3) study options
- Get peace of mind with additional resources to prep to pass the exam
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
- Online Certification Exam Review Course
- MP3 Certification Exam Review Course
- Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Exam Review Plus Practice Questions
- Ferri’s Best Test: A Practical Guide to Laboratory Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging, 4th Edition
- Printed Workbook
- 100-Question Practice Exam
- Fitzgerald Pass Guarantee
Ultimate AGACNP Review Package
WHY THIS PACKAGE?
- You want live instruction from NP experts
- Livestream, online, and MP3 review options
- Additional curated resources to prep to pass the exam
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
- Livestream Certification Exam Review Course
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