NPACE Grand Pharmacology Bundle

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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This grand pharmacology bundle holds a wide variety of over 20 different critical primary care topics for prescribers, from pediatric pharmaceutical updates and safe prescribing in older adults, to a 2021 drug update. This bundle has it all. Topics include contraceptive management, polypharmacy, asthma guidelines, medical marijuana, HIV updates, hypertension, mood disorders, depression, dislipidemia, diabetes management, and more.

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

ACNE Treatment Updates

As a result of this activity, the learner will be able to:

Describe the pathophysiology and epidemiology as it relates to the accurate assessment and diagnosis of acne.

Analyze evidence-based data on treatment options to improve treatment outcomes and patient adherence to therapy.

Discuss selection and pharmacotherapeutics for the management of acne.

Anxiety Pharmacotherapeutics

After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

Describe the physiologic targets of pharmacologic management of anxiety disorders.

Compare and contrast pharmacologic options for management of anxiety disorders.

Apply concepts presented to case studies.

Arthritis: New Diagnostic and Treatment Options for OA and RA

As a result of this activity, learns will be able to:

Discuss the pathophysiology of OA and RA

Identify the non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic agents available for the treatment of OA and RA

Compare and contrast newer pharmacologic agents with older agents with regards to benefits, risks, side effects and drug interactions

Asthma Guidelines Pharmacology Updates

After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

Incorporate the 2020 NAEPP updates to the 2007 asthma guidelines.

Compare recommendations from 2020 NAEPP with the broader international GINA asthma guidelines.

Incorporate tools into practice that support guideline-concordant asthma care.

Contraceptive Management

After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

Detail the new contraceptive methods available in the last year.

Review the different strategies available to improve patient satisfaction with their contraceptive method.

Provide accurate information about the efficacy and use of common contraceptive methods.

Drug Update: What's Hot and What's Not (2019 & 2021)

After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

Identify 10-20 new medications.

Discuss the use, side effects, drug-drug interactions, and benefits of each of the medications.

Discuss updates related to labeling, indications, risks associated with various medications.

Dyslipidemia and Treatment Guidelines in Primary Care

After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

Determine a risk assessment and appropriate goals for ASCVD to the adult population

Review and examine the treatment modalities and pathophysiology for cholesterol management

Develop treatment plans to appropriately treat adults with dyslipidemia

Genomic Medicine and Pharmacogenetics: What Clinicians Should Absolutely Know

As a result of this activity, you will be able to:

Identify the benefits of genomics medicine in developing treatment strategies for patients in primary care.

Utilize pharmacogenomic principles in prescribing appropriate medications for use for selected morbidities.

Discuss ethics concerns related to the use of genomics in medical care.

Geriatric Pharmacotherapeutics: A Focus on BEER's Criteria

After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

Identify at least three pharmacologic risk factors that older adults face.

Recall at least three issues that put older adults at increased risk for adverse drug events.

Name at least three medications that are typically inappropriate for older adults.

HIV Updates

After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

Articulate what PrEP is, who can most benefit from the use of PrEP, and the clinical standards for prescribing as well as monitoring

Review and discuss any new HIV treatment medications along with a review of current HIV clinical treatment guidelines

Discuss the major initiatives to end the epidemic and their impact on those living with HIV/AIDS

Immunization Update: Vaccine Recommendations Across the Lifespan

After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

Identify the recommended vaccinations and schedule for individuals across the lifespan.

Discuss the benefits and side effects of the various vaccines for individuals across the lifespan.

Discuss strategies to improve vaccination rates in patients of all ages.

Managing Depression: Beyond the SSRI

After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

Differentiate unique elements among the SSRIs.

Analyze antipsychotic medication choices for treatment of depression.

Compare and contrast single vs. combination therapies case presentation.

Medical Marijuana: Where Does the Advance Practice Nurse Begin?

After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

Compare the history of cannabis to current events

Analyze the pharmacotherapeutics of cannabis

Explain how medical marijuana can best be incorporated into a patients plan of care

Pearls and Pitfalls of Aesthetic Injectables

After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

Report common characteristics of facial aging.

Compare and contrast aesthetic injectable products with safe facial application areas.

State complications of injectables and what to do when things go wrong.

Pediatric Pharmacotherapeutics

After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

Identify ways in which children are different than adults in terms of pharmacotherapeutics.

Discuss common pediatric prescribing errors.

Discuss strategies to prevent pediatric prescribing errors.

Identify medications with new pediatric approvals.

Pediatric Update: A Focus on HEENT Conditions and New Drug Update

As a result of this learning activity, you will be able to

Discuss the latest guidelines for the pharmacologic management of common pediatric HEENT conditions.

Review various pharmacologic treatment options.

Identify new pharmacologic treatment options for children.

Pharmacotherapeutics of ADD Management

After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

Analyze mechanisms of action for various ADD medications.

Compare and contrast drug choices in ADD pharmacotherapy.

Apply concepts in case study presentations.

Pharmacotherapeutics of Mood Disorders

After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

Differentiate bipolar depression from unipolar depression.

Analyze mechanism of action for the medications that treat mood disorders.

Evaluate best pharmacologic choices for individual scenarios.

Polypharmacology

After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

Understand the incidence and determinants of polypharmacy.

Explore the implications of polypharmacy.

Apply DePrescription interventions where appropriate.

Prevent polypharmacy where possible.

Safe Prescribing in the Older Adult

As a result of this learning activity, you will be able to

Discuss the difference in pharmacokinetics in the older adult vs. the younger adult.

Review tips for safe prescribing in the older adult.

Discuss malpractice cases that involve adverse reactions to medications in the older adult.

Talking to Vaccine Hesitant Parents and Patients: What Can Improve Vaccine Confidence?

After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

Discuss the impact of vaccine confidence on immunization rates and outcomes.

Review the suggested approaches to discussing immunization with parents and patients.

Identify tips and talking points for common scenarios.

The Latest in Treating Hypertension

As a result of this activity, the learner will be able to:

Utilize the 2017 ACC/AHA Blood Pressure Guidelines in adults to guide medication choices.

Evaluate and compare different HTN pharmacologic agents in different populations.

Understand the importance of non-pharmacological therapies in the treatment of HTN.

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Primary Care Update

After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:

Understand ADA and AACE guidelines and how they pertain to medication treatment options.

Review antidiabetic treatment options; pro’s, con’s and costs.

Apply the knowledge learned in multiple case studies such that the learner is comfortable with newer standards and how they may apply.

TIME TO COMPLETE

Approximately 31 hours.

Each video is accessible twice within six months of purchase.

CREDITS

NPACE designates this educational activity for a maximum of 31.00 CNE credit(s), of which 30 is pharmacology credit. Participants should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclaimer: Certain NPACE bundles contain courses that are included in other NPACE bundles or sold individually. When completing a course bundle, participants may claim only 1 credit hour for any course that appears more than once within bundles they purchase (e.g., contact hours cannot be earned more than once on the same CE course).

RELEASED

December 2021

ACCREDITED PROVIDER

Program ID: GPHB1121

Provider Accreditation Statement

This program is provided by Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education (NPACE).

Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education (NPACE) is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

In addition to ANCC, NPACE is approved as a provider of continuing education in nursing by: the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP8720 and Florida CE Broker #50-1476.

NPACE, the Provider of awarding contact hours, is responsible for adherence to ANCC criteria.

FACULTY

Nicole Bort, AGNP-C, DCNP

Dermatology Nurse Practitioner, University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve Medical Center

Program Director, Dermatology NP Post Graduate Training Program, University Hospitals

Nicole Bort is a board-certified Adult/Gerontology nurse practitioner and a certified dermatology nurse practitioner who currently practices at University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center. She is a graduate of the hospital-based post-graduate training program specifically designed for NPs who wish to specialize in dermatology and currently serves as the Program Director.

Sally K. Miller, PhD, APRN, FAANP, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC, AGACNP-BC, AGPCNP-BC

Clinical Professor, Drexel University CNHP

Nurse Practitioner, iCarePsychiatry and Sahara Family Practice

Dr. Sally Miller has been a practicing nurse practitioner for 28 years. She holds four nurse practitioner certifications including Family, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care, Adult-Gerontology Primary Care, and Psychiatric Mental Health. Dr. Miller is a clinical professor at Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions in Philadelphia.

Wendy L. Wright, DNP, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP

Family Nurse Practitioner and Owner

Wright & Associates Family Healthcare

Wendy received her Doctor of Nursing Practice in 2019 from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. She is a 1992 graduate of the Adult Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts and completed a family nurse practitioner post-master’s program in 1995. She is an adult and family nurse practitioner and the owner of two, nurse practitioner owned and operated clinics within New Hampshire named: Wright & Associates Family Healthcare.

Barbara P. Yawn, MD, MSc, MSPH, FAAFP

Adjunct Professor

University of Minnesota Family and Community Health

Barbara P. Yawn, MD, MS, MSc, is the Chief Science Officer of the COPD Foundation, a national COPD educational and advocacy organization. She also serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Family and Community Health at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, and in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of South Dakota Medical School.

Alison O. Marshall, RN, MSN, FNP-C

Faculty, Sylvie Ratelle STD/HIV Prevention Center of New England

Clinical Instructor, Boston College Connell School of Nursing

Alison Marshall is a board certified, practicing Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP). She earned her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Sociology with Honors from Boston College in 2000, and her Master’s in Nursing from Yale University in 2005. Alison’s nursing practice is based in Massachusetts. Alison has practiced at the South Boston Community Health Center since 2005.

Gary Graf, MSN, ARNP-C

Family Nurse Practitioner (BC)

Cotton-O'Neil Diabetes and Endocrinology Center

Gary Graf has been a Family Nurse Practitioner since 2000 working in the field of Family Practice for his first 3 years and Diabetes and Endocrinology for the past 16. He has continued to work in urgent care one shift per week.

Christine Kessler, MN, ANP, CNS, BC-ADM, CDTC, FAANP

Founder and Clinical Consultant

Metabolic Medicine Associates

Christine Kessler is an award-winning nurse practitioner, national/international speaker, prolific author, and clinical consultant specializing in Endocrinology and Metabolic Medicine. During her 47 years of nursing (40 years in advanced practice) she has held diverse roles in management, research, academia (undergraduate and graduate nursing), and clinical practice; the latter as a critical care clinical specialist, an acute care nurse practitioner (as hospitalist & intensivist) and adult endocrinology nurse practitioner.

Amy Siple, APRN, FNP, GS-C

Owner

AmySipleNP, LLC

Amy Siple has been a national speaker on health care issues that impact older adults and the empowerment of healthcare givers for more than 20 years. She maintains an active practice as a nurse practitioner and is certified as a specialist in geriatrics and dementia care.

Sheldon D. Fields, PhD, RN, CRNP, FNP-BC, AACRN, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN

Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion and Research Professor

Penn State University, College of Nursing

Dr. Sheldon D. Fields has 30 years of experience in the health sector as an educator, researcher, clinician, administrator, consultant, health policy specialist, and entrepreneur/business owner. He received his Ph.D., in Nursing Science from the University of Pennsylvania, his M.S., in Family Nursing and B.S., in Nursing from Binghamton University.

Clark Cassone, MSN, FNP-BC, ACHPN

Nurse Practitioner, Palliative Care Consultant

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Clark Cassone is a board-certified family nurse practitioner and advanced hospice and palliative nurse. They are an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Nursing at Simmons University where they teach Advanced Pharmacology. Their clinical practice is in palliative care at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

Marianne Woody MSN, APRN-BC, DCNP, CANS

Nurse Practitioner

Juva Skin and Laser; Aestique Plastic Surgery; MediSpa

Marianne, a Dermatology Certified Nurse Practitioner and Certified Aesthetic Nurse Specialist Practices Medical and Aesthetic Dermatology at JUVA Skin and Laser in New York City in addition to part-time employment in aesthetics at Aestique Plastic Surgery in Pittsburgh. She has a wealth of experience as both a Family Nurse Practitioner and a Registered Nurse with more than 35 years in the medical profession working in hospitals, corporations, and with academic institutions as a researcher and educator.

Jay Gupta, RPh, MSc, MTM Consultant, C-IAYT

President

RxRelax

Jay Gupta is the Director of Pharmacy & Integrative Health at Harbor Care and President of www.YogaCaps.org and www.RxRelax.com. An international speaker, he is recognized by Cardinal Health, by the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA), and by Next Generation Pharmacists/Pharmacy Times for excellence in medication education and integrative therapies.

Brett Snodgrass, FNP-C, CPE, FACPP, FAANP

Assistant Director of Palliative Medicine at Baptist Memorial Hospital

Owner of BBS Health Education

Brett Badgley Snodgrass has been a Family Nurse Practitioner for 12 years, practicing in multiple settings including: family practice, urgent care, emergency departments, administration, chronic pain and palliative medicine. She is currently the Palliative Medicine Clinical Coordinator for the Baptist Healthcare System in Memphis, TN.

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