ANP/GNP

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP)
Certification Review/Clinical Update Live Course
This program has been approved for 11.25 contact hours of continuing education (which includes 5 hours of pharmacology) by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Program ID 0803131.

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Faculty: Thomas W. Barkley, Jr., DSN,APRN,BC, ACNP
Associate Professor and Coordinator
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program
California State University, Los Angeles
and
President, Barkley & Associates

Dr. Barkley has over 10 years experience actively teaching in the certification review continuing education business.  Since October, 2002,he has owned hisown nurse practitioner certification review/clinical update continuing education company, Barkley and Associates, where he serves as President.  
 

Dr. Barkley’s clinical background and practice are in critical and acute care nursing where he holds national certification as an acute care nurse practitioner from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Dr. Barkley received his bachelor of science in nursing degree from the University of Alabama, a master’s degree in critical care nursing from the University of Virginia, and holds the doctor of science in nursing degree with a specialty in nursing education and nursing education administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. 

In addition to his classroom and practice responsibilities, Dr. Barkley is the primary editor of the American Journal of Nursing Book-of-the-Year award-winning text, Practice Guidelines for Acute Care Nurse Practitioners, now in its second edition.  He has also published numerous refereed articles related to acute care nursing practice, nursing education, and multicultural HIV/AIDS prevention. 

While dually prepared as both an ACNP and ANP, Dr. Barkley has presented numerous continuing education courses, as well as adult acute care, adult primary care and co-presented family nurse practitioner certification reviews throughout the country, with consistently outstanding evaluations.  As a dynamic and engaging speaker, he frequently co-presents with other expert faculty in many of Barkley & Associates' courses.

• 11.25 contact hours of CE (certificate)

• Extensive Course Manual

• 12 hours of Acute Care content

• 5 hours of pharmacology credit

• Total course run time 12 hours

• Individual attention from the faculty

• Small classroom environment

• Morning coffee service & afternoon soda break in most cities

• Special unpublished hotel rates for course attendees (when available)

·        Test-taking and Study Strategies for Success

·        Assessment of Acute and Chronic Illnesses

o        Epidemiology/disease control

o        Pathophysiology

o        Psychopathology

o       Diagnostic reasoning

o       Physical assessment

·        Clinical Management

o       National standards of practice

o       Clinical guidelines

o        Pharmacotherapeutics

o       Clinical therapeutics (nutrition, occupational therapy, complimentary therapies)

o       Clinical decision-making

o       Safety

·        Health Promotion and Risk Assessment

o       Risk factor analysis (wellness assessment)

o       Risk reduction (lifestyle modification, health maintenance guidelines)

o       Special needs of the adult across the lifespan (young, older, elderly, frail)

o       Screening tests

·        The Nurse Practitioner and Patient Relationship

o       Cultural competence and spiritual wellness

o       Therapeutic communication

o        Teaching/coaching

o       Patient advocacy

·         Professional Role and Policy

o       Ethics

o       Scope of practice/health care public policy

o       Access to care (treatment cost-effectiveness, drug costs, poverty, transportation)

o        Coordination of care (interdisciplinary planning)

·        Research Utilization

o        Evidence-based practice principles

·        Extensive Review of System-Specific Health Problems

o        Cardiovascular

o       Pulmonary

o       Endocrine

o        Neurological

o        Renal/genitourinary/gynecologic

o        Gastrointestinal

o        Hematology/oncology

o       Immunology

o        Musculoskeletal

·         Psychosocial Health Issues

o       Violence

o       Depression

o       Substance abuse

o       Anxiety

o       Grief

o       Sexuality

o        Powerlessness

o       Altered mental status

·        Common Problems in Acute Care

o       Fever

o       Shock

o       Nutritional imbalances

o       Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base imbalances

o       Poisoning and drug toxicities

o       Wound management

o       Infections (community-acquired, hospital-acquired, opportunistic, cellulitis)

o       Immobility

o       Palliative care (end of life, pain management)

o        Transplantation

o       Pain (acute, chronic)

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