JPHC CE: Cafe au Lait Macules and Associated Genetic Syndromes
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This continuing education activity is administered by the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) as an Agency providing continuing education credit. Individuals who complete this program and earn a 70% or higher score on the post test will be awarded 1.0 NAPNAP contact hours.
Target Audience
Pediatric-focused advanced practice registered nurses
Learning Objectives
1. Explain the pathophysiology, characteristics, and types of cafe au lait macules.
2. Identify key features that distinguish genetic syndromes associated with cafe au lait macules.
3. Describe diagnostic criteria and/or testing for several genetic syndromes associated with cafe au lait macules.
4. Discuss appropriate surveillance and referral for individuals with cafe au lait macules.
Sharon Anderson, DNP, APN, NNP-BC, AGNBC Associate Professor and Assistant Dean, Division of Advanced Nursing Practice, Rutgers School of Nursing, Newark, NJ; and Advanced Practice Nurse, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical Pediatric Genetics, Child Health Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ.
Conflicts of interest: None to report.
Correspondence: Sharon Anderson, DNP, APN, NNP-BC, AGNBC,
Rutgers School of Nursing, Stanley S. Bergen Building, 65 Bergen St., Ste. 1126, Newark, NJ 07101;
e-mail: sharon.anderson@rutgers.edu
Available Credit
- 1.00 Contact hours