Treating Common Primary Care Problems Package

• Allergic Rhinitis: Focus on Assessment and Intervention 1.5
• Case-based Approach to HTN Management: Combination Therapy is Essential 1.25
• Clinical Guideline Updates: anxiety, colorectal cancer (CRC), HIV and PrEP, COPD, OSA, and COVID-19 1
• Common GI Disorders: PUD, Gastritis, GERD, Diarrhea, Nausea, Vomiting, 7th Edition 1.75
• Optimizing Outcomes with Preoperative Assessment 1.5
• Osteoporosis Latest Treatment Recommendations 1.25
• Probiotic and Prebiotic Use in Clinical Practice: What we know, what we are learning 1.5
• RX Essentials: Diabetes Update: Focus on the latest recommendations 1.5
• Safe Prescribing and Drug – Drug Interactions: Lessons from history 1.5
• Sleep Medications in Primary Care: How to Choose, What to Avoid 1.5
• Treatment Guideline Updates: GI, ID, Cardiology, Respiratory, and Dermatology 1.6
• What’s New with AHA/ACC Guidelines for the Management of Lipid Disorders? 1.5

Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald

DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP, FAAN, DCC, FNAP

Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald is the founder, president, and principal lecturer with Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, (FHEA), an international provider of nurse practitioner certification preparation and continuing education for healthcare providers.

An internationally recognized presenter, Dr. Fitzgerald has provided thousands of programs for numerous professional organizations, universities, and national and state healthcare associations on a wide variety of topics including clinical pharmacology, clinical assessment, laboratory diagnosis, healthcare, and nurse practitioner practice. For more than 25 years, she has provided graduate-level pharmacology courses for NP students at a number of universities. In addition, she practices as a family nurse practitioner at the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Lawrence, MA.

Dr. Fitzgerald also holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, where she received the Alumni Association Award for Clinical Excellence and is also an Adjunct Associate Professor. Dr. Fitzgerald is a member of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee for Neighborhood Health Plan in Boston, MA.

Dr. Fitzgerald is the recipient of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties’ Lifetime Achievement Award, given in recognition of vision and accomplishments in successfully developing and promoting the nurse practitioner role, the American College of Nurse Practitioner’s Sharp Cutting Edge Award, the Outstanding Nurse Award for Clinical Practice by the Merrimack Valley Area Health Education Council, and one of the 50 Leaders in 50 Years by the Solomont School of Nursing, UMass Lowell. In addition, Dr. Fitzgerald received the Loretta C. Ford Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Nurse Practitioner Symposium for demonstrating longevity, integrity, professional achievement, and advocacy in advanced practice nursing. She is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and a charter fellow in the Fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.