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Activity Steps

1 Activity
2 Take Test 3Certificate

Purpose of Activity

To provide registered professional nurses with an understanding of self-esteem and patients' satisfaction after deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap breast reconstruction.

Learning Objectives

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

  1. Explain the indications for and complications from DIEP flap breast reconstruction and the use of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) with breast reconstruction patients.
  2. Review the results of this study examining patients' and surgeons' aesthetic satisfaction scores following breast reconstruction surgery.

Disclosures

The authors and planners have disclosed that they have no financial relationships related to this article.

Price: $21.95

Credits:

  • ANCC 2.0 CH
  • DC - BON 2.0 CH
  • KY-BON 2.0 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: PSN1011B
Published: October/December 2011
Expires: 12/31/2026
Sources: Plastic Surgical Nursing
Required Passing Score: 13/18 (72%)
Authors: Christel M. Haekens MD, Morteza Enajat MD, Kristien Keymeulen MD, Rene R. W. J. Van der Hulst PhD
Categories: Medical-Surgical , Women's Health
Specialties: Surgery
Topics: Reconstruction