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Title
Category
Credits
Event date
Cost
- Primary Care
- Contact hours
$20.00
1.00 NAPNAP Contact Hour. This continuing education activity is offered at a reduced rate to NAPNAP Members. This continuing education activity rate is $10 for NAPNAP Members. For non- members, this continuing education activity rate is $20.
Pediatric obesity is a growing public epidemic that has significant implications in critical care medicine. Obesity-related comorbidities often complicate the safe care of the critically ill child and pose unique challenges for providers. The presenter will review strategies to best benefit the care of the obese child using relevant case studies with a concise review of the latest information on the care of the critically ill obese child.
- Primary Care
- Contact hours
$20.00
1.00 NAPNAP Contact Hour. This continuing education activity is offered at a reduced rate to NAPNAP Members for 10$ and for 20$ for non-members.
This course will discuss general disaster preparedness activities for healthcare professionals and families, activities that healthcare facilities can utilize for their disaster drills and describe the disaster preparations families can make for their child with special healthcare needs including components of the Emergency Information Form.
- Primary Care
- Acute Care
- Contact hours
$20.00
1.00 NAPNAP Contact Hour. This continuing education activity is offered at a reduced rate to NAPNAP Members for $10 and $20 for non-members.
This course will discuss discuss common mechanisms of injury in pediatric trauma and likely subsequent injuries, review subtle signs and symptoms that may be overlooked, and describe potential complications of missed injuries
- Acute Care
- Contact hours
$20.00
1.0 NAPNAP Contact Hour. This continuing education activity is offered at a reduced rate to NAPNAP Members. This continuing education activity rate is 10$ for NAPNAP Members. For non- members, this continuing education activity rate is 20$. The hand is one of the most frequently injured parts of a child's body, accounting for approximately 15% of pediatric fractures and 2.3% of all pediatric emergency room visits. Early recognition along with appropriate and timely management of these injuries is necessary in order to prevent potential functional deficits or cosmetic deformities. The presenter will provide clinical pearls for evaluating pediatric/adolescent hand injuries and review current treatment recommendations for both definitive care as well as initial management in the primary care and acute care emergency room settings.
- Professional Issues
- Contact hours
$15.00
0.75 NAPNAP Contact Hour. This continuing education activity is offered at a reduced rate to NAPNAP Members. This continuing education activity rate is 7.5$ for NAPNAP Members. For non- members, this continuing education activity rate is 15$. Nurse practitioner practice ownership is on the rise. Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia have passed laws to enable NPs to provide patients the high quality, affordable health care they need. It is imperative that NPs become business entrepreneurs and establish their own practices. This presentation will introduce NPs to the business side of practice ownership and entrepreneurial skills necessary to promote a practice.
- Acute Care
- Contact hours
$20.00
1.0 NAPNAP Contact Hour. This continuing education activity is offered at a reduced rate to NAPNAP Members. This continuing education activity rate is 10$ for NAPNAP Members. For non- members, this continuing education activity rate is 20$. Pediatric-focused nurse practitioners in the PICU provide care for chronically, critically ill children every day. With the advancement of technology, many of these children are surviving and even thriving. However, ethical conflict can sometimes arise between providers and caregivers when these children become critically ill. Providers must then discuss and merge these conflicts while keeping the best interests of the child in mind. The presenter will review an ethical principles and discuss relevant cases studies, providing in-depth discussion regarding strategies to providing compassionate, ethical care in the PICU for these critically ill children.
- Primary Care
- Contact hours
$25.00
1.25 NAPNAP Contact Hour. This continuing education activity is offered at a reduced rate to NAPNAP Members. This continuing education activity rate is 12.5$ for NAPNAP Members. For non- members, this continuing education activity rate is 25$. During this presentation, the expert will share images of various dermatological findings and lead a discussion surrounding whether those findings may suggest an underlying genetic condition. If recognized as an associated lesion, there will be an overview of the underlying genetic condition.
- Acute Care
- Pharmacology CE
- Contact hours
$30.00
1.5 NAPNAP Contact Hour, 0.5 Pharmacology Contact Hour. This continuing education activity is offered at a reduced rate to NAPNAP Members. This continuing education activity rate is $15 for NAPNAP Members. For non- members, this continuing education activity rate is $30.
Jennifer Joiner is a dual certified pediatric nurse practitioner who serves as the inpatient nurse practitioner for The Children’s Heart Center at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio for Baylor College of Medicine. Jen has had the privilege of taking care of almost every population of patient in critical care and has been a preceptor and lead of several advanced practice groups. She served as an original test item writer for the PNCB's pilot exam in Acute Care in 2004 and assisted the PNCB by writing acute care pediatric updates for many years.
- Primary Care
- Pharmacology CE
- Contact hours
$20.00
1.0 NAPNAP Pharmacology Contact Hour. This continuing education activity is offered at a reduced rate to NAPNAP Members. This continuing education activity rate is $10 for NAPNAP Members. For non- members, this continuing education activity rate is $20. Penicillin allergy, the most commonly reported allergy in a pediatric patient, is associated with increases in cost of care, hospitalization and morbidity, as well as contributing to antibiotic resistance. However, 95% of patients labeled with a penicillin allergy do not have a true allergy. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has identified improper use of antibiotics to be an important factor that must be addressed for both patient safety and public health. This presentation will identify high-risk symptoms of allergy, differentiate between adverse reactions, IgE-mediated allergic reaction and delayed T-cell reactions, as well as discuss appropriate testing for penicillin allergy. Additionally, the presenter will address alternative antibiotics that can be used until a formal allergy evaluation can be completed.
- Primary Care
- Contact hours
$25.00
1.25 NAPNAP Contact Hour. This continuing education activity is offered at a reduced rate to NAPNAP Members. This continuing education activity rate is 12.5$ for NAPNAP Members. For non- members, this continuing education activity rate is 25$. This presentation will provide the definition of a variety of blood issues and how those diagnoses may impact primary care. Specific diagnoses will include Sickle Cell disease, Thalassemia, Hemophilia, vonWillebrand Disease and Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP). The presentation will help the primary care provider understand the lab results that support a diagnosis as well as how primary care can assist the family. The presenter will share diagnostic lab review for each process. There will also be a hematology management overview and application to the primary care setting.