{{ (moduleVm.actions && moduleVm.changeStatus) ? moduleVm.status : '' }} Improving Follow-up After Fragility Fractures: An Evidence-based Initiative

Activity Steps

1 Activity
2 Take Test 3Certificate

Purpose of Activity

To provide registered professional nurses with an understanding of a method to improve patient follow-up after fragility fractures.

Learning Objectives

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

  1. List recommendations from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, and the Hajcsar et al. (2000) study for the care of patients with fragility fractures.
  2. Discuss the intervention implemented and results from the evidence-based initiative described in this article.

Disclosures

The author and planners have disclosed that they have no financial interests to any commercial company related to this educational activity.

Price: $24.95

Credits:

  • ANCC 2.5 CH
  • DC - BON 2.5 CH
  • KY-BON 2.5 CH

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
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This activity is also provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11749. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is also an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the District of Columbia and Florida #50-1223. Your certificate is valid in all states.
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The ANCC's accreditation status of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Department of Continuing Education refers only to its continuing nursing educational activities and does not imply Commission on Accreditation approval or endorsement of any commercial product.





Planner
Test Code: ON0511C
Published: May/June 2011
Expires: 12/31/2026
Sources: Orthopaedic Nursing
Required Passing Score: 12/16 (75%)
Authors: Karen M. Myrick
Categories: Evidence Based Practice , Orthopaedics
Specialties: Home Health, Medical-Surgical, Orthopaedics
Topics: Leg Injuries