• 11.25 contact hours of CE (certificate)

• Extensive Course Manual

• 5 hours of pharmacology credit

• 12 hours of adult content

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• Special unpublished hotel rates for course attendees (when available)

♦ HEENT

♦ Respiratory

♦ Cardiovascular

♦ Gastrointestinal

♦ Urinary

♦ Musculoskeletal

♦ Neurologic

♦ Endocrine

♦ Hematopoietic/genetics

♦ Integumentary

♦ Lymphatic

♦ Immune/allergies

♦ Communicable/infectious disease

♦ Men’s health

♦ Women’s health

♦ Emergencies

♦ Psychosocial/cultural

♦ Mental health

♦ Functional/mobility issues

♦ Learning disabilities

♦ Pain management

♦ Emergency preparedness

Foundations of Advanced Practice Nursing

♦ Establishing rapport

♦ Counseling patients

♦ Discussion of difficult situations (prognoses, end-of-life, etc.)

♦ Health promotion/disease prevention

♦ Prevention guidelines

♦ Impact of aging and the continuum of aging

♦ Nutrition

♦ Health screenings

♦ Risk analyses

♦ Influences on care (age, life transitions, socioeconomic, spiritual, psychosocial, and cultural)

♦ Health care and public policy

♦ Care settings

♦ Cultural sensitivity and competency

♦ Spiritual assessment

♦ Patient and family teaching

♦ Patient rights

♦ Malpractice

♦ Decision-making capacity

♦ Caregiver stress

♦ Violence

♦ Abuse

♦ Neglect

♦ Needs assessments

♦ Evaluating outcomes

♦ Teaching and learning principles

Professional Role

♦ Continuous quality improvement

♦ Advocating and negotiating for the patient

Health Care Policy and Delivery

♦ Regulatory processes

♦ Billing and coding

♦ Reimbursement

♦ Advanced directives

♦ Power of attorney

♦ Informed consent

♦ Emancipation

♦ Guardianship

♦ Federal guidelines

♦ Documentation

Clinical Management

♦ Formulating plans of care

♦ Nonpharmacologic interventions

♦ Age-specific guidelines

♦ Evaluation of treatment

♦ Resource allocation

♦ Epidemiology