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Description

Audio Session and Presentation Slides from National Conference Nurse Practitioners 2018

This session is designed to explain the aging process and help the healthcare professional reduce the chance of a drug-disease interaction or adverse drug event. By evaluating high-risk medications, minimizing polypharmacy, and following essential guidelines in geriatric medicine-safety and efficacy can be achieved.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Discuss the guidelines in geriatric medicine for safe prescribing in older adults.
  2. Identify drug interactions and adverse events in geriatrics.
Price: $17.95

Credits:

  • ANCC 1.5 CH / 1.5 APH
  • DC - BON 1.5 CH
  • KY-BON 1.5 CH
  • GA - BON 1.5 CH

Lippincott Professional Development is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This activity is also provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11749. Lippincott Professional Development is also an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the District of Columbia Board of Nursing, Florida Board of Nursing, and Georgia Board of Nursing, #50-1223. (CE Broker Course #20-660278)

Awarded Advanced Pharmacology Hours







Test Code: spring2018S301A
Published: May 2018
Expires: 12/31/2026
Sources: Spring 2018 National Conference for Nurse Practitioners
Required Passing Score: 1/1 (100%)
Authors: Steven Atkinson PA-C MS, Founder and Co-Owner, Twin Cities Physicians, Inc.