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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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Thomas W. Barkley, Jr., DSN, APRN,BC, ACNP is an Associate Professor of Nursing and Coordinator of the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program at California State University, Los Angeles. Dr. Barkley has over 10 years experience actively teaching in the certification review continuing education business. Since October, 2002, he has owned Barkley & Associates, a nation wide nurse practitioner certification review/clinical update continuing education company.

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.
 


What's Included:

·         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)

 

 

Course Overview:

·         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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ACNP Live Course Schedule
  • To register: click on the "City" or "Course Status" columns below

  • Please Note:  Early Bird Special Discount Rates usually ends 8 weeks prior to course start date.  Register EARLY to receive the BEST course price and savings!

  • Registrations received < 2 weeks from course start date: add $50
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City Dates Location

Early Bird Special Discount Rates End

Course Status
(Click to go to registration page)

Houston, TX

January

03-04 Sheraton North Houston Intercontinental Airport

11/03

Registering

Baltimore, Md

January

05-06 Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport 11/05 Registering

Huntsville, AL

January 12-13 University of Alabama - Huntsville
College of Nursing
11/11 Registering
Birmingham, AL

June

04-05 University of Alabama - Birmingham N/A Registering
New York, NY

June

07-08

Novotel Times Square
New York

04/07 Registering
Los Angeles, CA

June

21-22 Crowne Plaza Hotel
Los Angeles International Airport
04/20 Registering
Evansville, IN

July

11-12 University of Southern Indiana College of Nursing and Health Professions 05/11 Registering
Fort Lauderdale, FL

July

22-23 Hilton Garden Inn Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Airport 05/22 Registering
Nashville, TN

July

25-26 Hilton Garden Inn Nashville Airport 05/25 Sold Out
Philadelphia, PA

July

27-28 Virtua Health Mt. Holly, NJ N/A Registering
Dallas, TX

August

16-17 Wyndham DFW North 06/16 Registering
San Francisco, CA

August

22-23 Hotel Nikko 06/22 Registering
Mobile, AL

December

07-08 Wingate by Wyndham 10/07 Registering

2009 Live Course Schedule:

Houston, TX

January

03-04

Sheraton North Houston Intercontinental Airport 11/03 Registering
Baltimore, MD

January

08-09

Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport 11/08 Registering
New York, NY

January

17-18

Novotel Times Square
New York
11/17 Registering
Huntsville, AL

January

23-24

University of Alabama - Huntsville
College of Nursing
11/23 Registering
Lexington, KY

April

23-25

Hyatt Regency Lexington 01/25 Registering
Chicago, IL

May

02-04 Course Location to be Determined 02/09 Registering
Richmond, VA

May

12-14

Virginia Commonwealth University - School of Nursing 02/12 Registering
New York, NY

June

06-08 Course Location to be Determined 03/12 Registering
Los Angeles, CA

July

10-12 Course Location to be Determined 04/10 Registering
Fort Lauderdale, FL

July

19-20 Course Location to be Determined 04/18 Registering
Nashville, TN

July

24-25 Course Location to be Determined 04/24 Registering
Philadelphia, PA

July

26-27 Course Location to be Determined 04/26 Registering
Dallas, TX

August

14-15 Course Location to be Determined 05/14 Registering
San Francisco, CA

August

21-23 Course Location to be Determined 05/21 Registering
Mobile, AL

December

06/07 Course Location to be Determined 09/06 Registering
 

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10/03/2008 01:34:42 PM Updated